Black Star - Fix Up Lyrics
[Intro]I told you! Thought – the creation of new energyYes, the creation of new energy and new beingsWhat? Yes, brothers! I speak of movement, of creation, of making[Verse 1: Yasiin Bey]Brilliance. Nice, nice levelsThank you, Mr. JacksonFix up look sharp, yoI resolve, me and mine involvedA lot of cats talk live, they ain't live at allSideline check, hush when it's time to ballTaking this charge and all, why you front so hard?You could have a thousand rhymes, a thousand dimesThe house to shine, coupes on the routes reclineBe on Greenwich Mean, Beech Street, or Mountain timeBut weigh it up, duke – your pound ain't a ounce of mineYou're down for mine, ashy and ground for mineYasiin a sunburst clip, pronounce divinePull down the blinds, shade them out or shineEverything from Bangkok to Bucktown is mineSay Black Star, great things sprout the mindFull moons and starry nights, new life and true lightDesert flames and ancient names, cinematic classic framesBeautiful and fantastic thingsLike peace, equality; Allah see everythingDon't call it a comeback, I was home anywayAin't mister measure for all any time we spend awayTravelling man I carry home with me every dayBey, slim body push heavy weightFix up look sharp, elevateAnd I don't mean like Copperfield or David BlaineWe on solid ground and far above the cloudsBlack Star[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]The wait is over, or is it overweight?The game is bloated, there's no escapeThey sub-standard, we substantialWe got the great names, they got the love handlesWe slimming down, trim the fatSit it down with all that chitter-chatYou talking this and that – shhh, simmer downSimmer down, simmer down, simmer down, sonThe music so powerful, use it to see the parallelsI could make it rain but I make it plainer than Malcolm doesBlack Star, baby powder fresher than the talcum, yupPeople charged up, yup, we good with or without the plugYou doubted us, but you're still hating – wow, I'm proud of ya! Committed to your cause and it's caused you to be a sourpussAin't a number that could measure your level of cowardiceYou Power Puff, you pale in comparison, don't get out enoughTurn up the mother*****ers, the speakers ain't nearly loud enoughBlack Star rocking it, Chaka would be proud of usHad enough, callow for shallow and narrow-mindednessPreparing for the battle, the shadows is where you finding usYou trying to bust – you synthetic as a designer drugThe populace is ignorant – thank you for reminding usSeparate myself from the rappers who hustle backwardsYup, zero property, laws of algebra[Hook: Yasiin Bey]Fix up look sharpBlack Star, good GodAnd when the sky look darkShine a light, look ahead, look up[Verse 3: Yasiin Bey]Malcolm X and Marley Marl, the word of God, the work's involvedPortraits of the brain and other unexplained phenomenonShut down Babylon, smash all automatonFeel the beat, got 'em feeling geeked like it's Comic-ConFar from the hardy-har, more like a Tomahawk rocket launchAli right cross knock these rappers offKweli and Mr. Bey, fresh not from concentrateLooking very sharp today – thank you brother, Danke SchoenCrowd working more than German engineeringAnd through the frequency they thought they hear the interferenceFlashes of the spiritSeekers in the clearingSay that the tongue is the mirror of the heart's inner mirrorLook, in that window it's the freedom fighter's grandsonFixed up looking sharp, automatic handgunLook, parade, caravan, diplomat, degenerateMessiah, pariah, the leader of the syndicatePeace treaty written in loophole penmanshipSame rows, two shots, palaces and tenementsDispossesed made a noble owner of the lonely heartPeel apart, come together, come together, peel apartCome together[Hook]Fix up look sharpBlack Star, good GodAnd when the sky look darkWe shine light, look ahead, look upFix up look sharpBlack Star, good GodAnd when the sky look darkShine bright, so fresh and so clean, clean
