K.O.S. (Determination)
So many emcees focusin on black people extermination
太多说唱者沉迷于抹杀黑人的存在
We keep it balanced with that knowledge of self determination
我们用自我觉醒的智慧保持平衡姿态
It's hot we be blowin the spots with conversations
炽热的对话点燃每个角落
C'mon let's smooth it out like soul sensation
来吧 让灵魂共鸣般熨平所有隔阂
We in the house like japanese in japan or koreans in korea
我们在此扎根 如日本之樱 韩国之松
Head to philly and free mumia with the kujichagulia true
奔赴费城 以团结之名解放穆米亚
Singin is swingin and writin is fightin but what
歌声即利剑 文字即抗争
They writin got us clashin like titans it's not excitin
但他们的笔墨 正挑起泰坦般的纷争
No question bein a black man is demandin
身为黑人 注定肩负重担
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need fannin
眼中燃烧着火焰 亟待煽动燎原
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need fannin
眼中燃烧着火焰 亟待煽动燎原
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need fannin
眼中燃烧着火焰 亟待煽动燎原
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
Yes yes come on yes yes
没错 来吧 没错 没错
Knowledge of self is like life after death
认知自我如获新生
With that you never worry about your last breath
从此不再畏惧生命终章
Death comes that's how I'm livin it's the next days
直面死亡 活在当下
The flesh goes underground the book of life flip the page
肉体入土 生命之书翻页启航
Yo they askin me how old we livin the same age
他们问我年岁 我们同在这时光
I feel the rage of a million n***az locked inside a cage
我感受到百万被囚禁灵魂的愤怒在燃烧
At exactly which point do you start to realize
究竟要到何时你才能彻底领悟
That life without knowledge is death in disguise
没有知识的生命不过是伪装的死亡
That's why knowledge of self is like life after death
故认知自我如同死后重生之光
Apply it to your life let destiny manifest
将其注入生命 让命运显影成真
Different day same confusion we're gonna take this
日复一日的混沌中我们终将掌控
Hip-hop s**t and keep it movin shed a little light
带着嘻哈精神继续前行 撒播微光
Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the power of the evident
此刻你们如花绽放 真理的力量正在显现
Voices and drums original instruments
人声与鼓点 原始乐器交织
In the flesh presently presentin my representation
此刻以血肉之躯 展现真我本色
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
With that what
所以呢
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
The most important time in history is now the present
历史长河中最重要的就是当下此刻
So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence
细数恩赐吧 时光无法定义生命的本质
But you stressin over time and you follow the roman calendar
你却困在罗马历法里为时间焦虑不安
These people enter cona like gattaca you can bet
他们如《千钧一发》般潜入意识牢笼
They tryin to lock you down like attica the african diaspora
企图像镇压阿提卡般禁锢非洲血脉
Represents strength in numbers a giant can't slumber forever
离散族群以团结为力 巨人终将觉醒
I know you gotta get that cheddar whatever
我知你必会追逐财富无论如何
Aiyyo I heard you twice the first time money get it together
嘿 第一次就听清你的决心 重整旗鼓吧
You must be history you repeatin yourself out of the pages
你不过是历史轮回 在书页间重复自己
You keepin yourself depleatin your spiritual wealth
你不断消耗自我 掏空精神的财富
That quick cash'll get your a*s quick fast in houses of detention
快钱只会让你更快地深陷牢狱
Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays attention
都市里的集中营 无人关注
Or mentions the ascension of death 'til nothing's left
无人提及死亡的攀升 直到一无所有
The young gifted and black are sprung addicted to crack
年轻的天才黑人 沉迷于毒品的枷锁
All my people where y'all at cause y'all ain't here
我的同胞们 你们在哪 你们并不在此
And your hero's using your mind as a canvas to paint fear
而你们的英雄 正用恐惧涂抹你们的心灵
With broad brush strokes and tales of incarceration
用浓墨重彩描绘囚禁的篇章
You get out of jail with that knowledge of self determination
带着自我觉醒的认知挣脱牢笼
Stand in ovation cause you put the hue in human
起立致敬 因你为人类注入色彩
Cause and effect effect everything you do
因果循环 影响着你每个举动
And that's why I got love in the face of hate
这就是为何我在仇恨面前仍怀大爱
Hands steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight
双手稳健 勾勒出清晰的思想蓝图
The thought you had don't even contemplate
那些肤浅念头不值深思
Infinite like figure eight there's no escape
如同无限符号 永无出路
From that what
源于那
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
From that what
源于那
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
From that what
源于那
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
From that what
源于那
Knowledge of self
自我觉醒
Determination
坚定信念
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
Things I say and do may not come quite through
我的言行或许未能完全表达
My words may not convey just what I'm feelin
词不达意 难诉衷肠
What I'm feelin what I'm feelin ooooh what I'm feelin
这份感受 这份感受 噢 这份感受