Mos Def - History Lyrics






[Mos Def]
Kweli say, "Everybody act according to the season that they born in"
Some are the night, some are the morning, some at noon
Some in winter, some in June
It's our code, it's the natural
The science is a joke
For me and mines, yours and you
Let's move, tell you a little about mine, yo

I was born in a season where the world was quiet and cold
Celebrations were going on
Some were happy, some were sad
Some felt bad from being good
Some felt good from being bad, feelings pass and change
But they never leave, they here to stay
Holiday, holiday, happy birthday
Teenage love, the first cut run deep
Soul on flesh, this is the Brooklyn streets
Year of the Ox, seven and three
M.D., the history (come on)
Every soul got wonder D (yes)
It's where you been and where you be
And without understanding you cannot proceed
Complete, the start and the end
Then it just go round again... again

[Talib Kweli and Mos Def]
Again and again, brand new
Again and again, so fresh
Again and again, newness

[Talib Kweli]
I was born in the decade of decadence where they worship what they have
Ford was president, do the math
The war was ended when the Vietnamese stormed the city of Saigon
We was like "Bye", we was gone, let bygones be bygones
I'm gone, spread love, it's the Brooklyn way
Where the hug you with the firearm side arm
Like new school clothes, Black Star official
Smash when we do a show, it's facts, no mystery
I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy
I rock with The Roots like the Given Tree
Powerful, bigotry I work, me and my people got history
These rappers dumb it down considerably
We "Get it Poppin'" like a hit chorus
The flow is historic, they can't get rid of us
You pick with us, and we lay the law like Leviticus
Ten years ago we made history so they missing us

[Mos Def]
And don't call it come back in particular
We've been effort blending to affirmer or
Fade into peripheral, {?} of the minister's original
We're broadcast clear without diminishing
Black Star so tight, burning soul temperatures and ministers
Alkalines, aminos and minerals essentials
Served over Dilla time signatures
It's miracle material, remember it's right now foreverness





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  1. M.... ....

    REcstatic version is arguably better although they're both good.

  2. M.... W....

    THAT 3RD VERSE🔥🔥🔥

  3. D.... S....

    This isn’t on Spotify.

  4. A.... H....

    My people so dope!

  5. K.... ....

    Legendary Duo-mad hapi to see Black Star creating magik once again -Shalom/Alafia/Salaams

  6. C.... M....

    I am till believing Mos Def is best Lyrical ever

  7. D.... ....

    Black Star + J Dilla = Hip Hop Royalty

  8. O.... S....

    Forever a classic

  9. R.... C....

    Respect all day/night!!!!…...

  10. K.... M....

    Yasiin is ec·lec·tic

  11. S.... J....

    🔥🔥🔥

  12. J.... S....

    Youtube Algorythm: ....heres some good music

  13. B.... M....

    So many memories with this track. And I still listen to it often. Love Mighty Mos and Talib

    B.... M....

    i miss this kinda music

  14. T.... L....

    Mos def

  15. z.... a....

    such beautiful music

  16. b.... a....

    *waiting for a new album*

  17. B.... ....

    he took if off spotify 🤦🏿‍♂️

  18. B.... R....

    why the fuck isnt this on spotify??

  19. c.... C....

    HER-STORY NOW !

  20. d.... ....

    New Madlib produced Black Star album coming!

  21. R.... M....

    This is hip hop not the new trash thats on the radio today

  22. S.... F....

    FTW ☝🏽☝🏽👌 YOUTUBE SEARCH SUBLIMINAL GENIUS , SUBLIMINAL CREATIVITY, SUBLIMINAL MEMORY BOOSTER , SUBLIMINAL RAP MASTER , SUBLIMINAL CLEAR SUBCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITIES , SUBLIMINAL HAPPINESS, SUBLIMINAL DMT . SUBLIMINALS ARE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN.IT’S ADVISABLE TO LISTEN WHILE SLEEPING. ALSO SEARCH ON YOUTUBE MUSIC MEDICINE TEDTALK- JIKKO FROM MANILA

  23. T.... G....

    Love Mos Def but not sure if science is a joke

    T.... G....

    Tim Gilchrist he said science is a jewel

    T.... G....

    @Jp 89 Good call, I stand corrected

  24. F.... C....

    Fire nothing like 90s hip hop

  25. A.... L....

    I'm here in October 2019 #History

    A.... L....

    💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥

    A.... L....

    Avery Lane

    ❣️🔥🤟🏼📈

  26. J.... B....

    Mos def is top 5

  27. K.... M....

    Mos Def is cool af man....so underrated

  28. R.... B....

    TRUTH! !! YOU GTOWN BAYBAY.💖😎🐘

  29. T.... Y....

    Absolutely 💓This!!!(Spread love its the BK way!!)🎧🐼

  30. R.... P....

    Pissed that this isn't on spotify anymore, this is one of my favorite Mos Def tracks ever

    R.... P....

    They also took it off Apple Music smh

  31. M.... B....

    Talib= Peter Pan

  32. M.... J....

    So cold!

  33. B.... ....

    0:23 Is L who appears in the camera?

  34. t.... ....

    #Foreverness

  35. J.... M....

    pa eso vine, joder PEACE

  36. G.... ....

    STILL FRESH! BIG RESPECT FROM POLAND!!!!!!

  37. A.... N....

    BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, kinda sounds like YBN Cordae.

  38. �.... �....

    Один трек, а уйма воспоминаний (музыка волшебна)
    Ахренеть 10 лет прошло

  39. T.... T....

    History will always be in my future.

  40. L.... P....

    I remember this when it was on NBA live 10. That soundtrack was so great. Back when Hip Hop was HIP HOP

  41. M.... A....

    Why can't this approach to hip hop come back? Real creativity and positive energy. More real.

  42. S.... ....

    Mos Def

  43. T.... W....

    2019 🔥

  44. D.... D....

    Seen them preform this at the Brooklyn Hip Hop festival in summer 2018. Insane fire

  45. A.... R....

    Science is a jewel 2019!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. K.... J....

    Mos Kweli + Dilla........smh too good to be true

  47. C.... A....

    Didn't realize he repped Mussolini. Is he aware of Mussolini's campaigns in Africa?

  48. A.... R....

    On it in 2019!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  49. C.... ....

    Nba Live 10

  50. S.... ....

    Who's listening to this in 2019? Brooklyn vibes all day long!💋🔥

  51. m.... n....

    Gutted I missed your performance in Bristol

  52. Y.... G....

    Ayo this shit is a certified classic AYEE 😝🔥

  53. D.... M....

    the most beautiful poet of our time!

  54. A.... Q....

    Ummmm....this is the problem with the world if you ask me. We got immortal men among us, but they're only in power in the hearts of their disciples.... if I woke up tomorrow and Talib was pres and Mos was vice, or visa-versa.... I'd know I was dead cuz, that would be paradise. Word up

  55. N.... ....

    whos here in 2019?

    N.... ....

    Yep. Gotta look back at all the stuff that was part of my constant plays this decade. Wild it's really been a decade.

  56. V.... S....

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  57. J.... V....

    les black star! l'un comme l'autre il resteront une base pour moi!

  58. C.... K....

    2019 where you people at??? Hands up my brothers and sisters

  59. t.... H....

    How can u dislike mos def he is the best rapper I've ever heard

  60. C.... D....

    One of the hardest tracks true mcss

  61. R.... ....

    Mighty Mos-Def... Untouchable.

  62. T.... W....

    2019 ‼️

  63. K.... S....

    2019 anyone?????

  64. J.... M....

    [Intro]
    Kweli say, "Everybody act according to the season that they born in"
    Some are the night, some are the morning, some at noon
    Some in winter, some in June
    It's our code, it's the natural
    The science is a jewel
    For me and mines, yours and you
    Let's move, tell you a little about mine, yo

    [Verse 1]
    I was born in a season where the world was quiet and cold
    Celebrations were going on
    Some were happy, some were sad
    Some felt bad from being good
    Some felt good from being bad, feelings pass and change
    But they never leave, they here to stay
    Holiday, holiday, happy birthday
    Teenage love, the first cut run deep
    Soul on flesh, this is the Brooklyn streets
    Year of the Ox, seven and three
    M.D., the history (come on)
    Every soul's got one of these (yes)
    It's where you been and where you be
    And without understanding you cannot proceed
    Complete, the start and the end
    Then it just go round again

    [Hook]
    Again and again, brand new
    Again and again, so fresh
    Again and again, newness

    [Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
    I was born in the decade of decadence where they worship what they have
    Ford was president, do the math
    The war was ended when the Vietnamese stormed the city of Saigon
    We was like, bye; we was gone, let bygones be bygones
    I'm gone, spread love, it's the Brooklyn way
    Where the hug you with the firearm, try it on
    Like new school clothes, Black Star official
    Smash when we do a show, it's facts, no mystery
    I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy
    I rock with the Roots like the Giving Tree
    Powerful, bigotry at work, me and my people got history
    These rappers dumb it down considerably
    We get it poppin' like a hit chorus
    The flow is historic, they can't get rid of us
    Ubiquitous, and we lay the law like Leviticus
    Ten years ago we made history so they missing us

    [Outro]
    And don't call it comeback in particular
    We will never blend into ephemera or
    Fade into peripheral, transition of the minister's original
    We're broadcast clear without diminishing
    Black Star so tight, burning soul temperatures and ministers
    Alkalines, aminos and minerals essentials
    Served over Dilla time signatures
    It's miracle material, remember it's right now foreverness

  65. y.... b....

    Black History Month 🇿🇦🇿🇦✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🎤🎤🎤🎶🎵📚
    Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli 🎤🎤✊🏾✊🏾🖤🖤❤💚

  66. M.... ....

    Put him the Hall

  67. I.... D....

    Playing this Loud in 2019! and you??

  68. 0.... ....

    Black Star + J Dilla = Classic

  69. G.... N....

    This beat is dope

  70. J.... T....

    #realhiphopmatters

  71. g.... t....

    BLACKSTAR FOREVER

  72. E.... D....

    Peace to the King!!

  73. S.... G....

    I'm here now Dec 2018 an I'm taking it with me

  74. F.... _....

    Cheers from Italy 👍🏼

  75. P.... F....

    Some at noon

  76. R.... L....

    Stickman basketball 10

  77. P.... F....

    Top 5 Dead or alive when you ryhme UBIQUITOUS with anything - #TALIBKWELI #YASINBEY

  78. C.... B....

    I get so emotional when I see this vid. Real hip-hop that touches the soul.

  79. N.... T....

    My generation raps about drugs, hoes and cash and that shit gets boring but this😍😍😍is timeless. Trap music only lasts a few months then it's dead🚮

  80. P.... F....

    We was like bye we was gone... Let bygones be bygones - Talib

  81. P.... F....

    And don't call it a comeback in particular even if it blend into a femrora or fade to a periphera - Yass

  82. P.... F....

    Yasin anD Talib are ageless

  83. P.... F....

    👌🏽

  84. A.... R....

    Had to go there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  85. r.... t....

    Is he telling you how to fix up yourself or does he care about how you look and your image

  86. V.... J....

    Wow such lyricist like frfr

  87. U.... ....

    still giving me chills when I listen to this track. Check the video when they performed at Jimmy Fallon.

  88. o.... ....

    For all the brothers and sisters of the past present and future, who have fought in the struggle, regardless of whether they’re alive or dead. #blacklivesmatter

  89. Y.... I....

    TRUTH AT ITS FINEST!!!! MAY THE MOST HIGH BE WITH YOU FOR SPEAKING FACTS

  90. l.... 1....

    Talib kweli + planet asia + raekwon = Hiroshima

  91. m.... ....

    plain perfect these two. a heavenly combo.

  92. B.... B....

    Brooklyn stand up! #Brooklynbornandraised.

  93. A.... M....

    This reminds me of my day's in varsity, I'm so in Love with this track

  94. S.... L....

    Still listening in 2018 reciting every word, imma make my kids listen to this one day fr

  95. K.... B....

    They're so created. 2018 FROM CALI WITH LOVE.


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