[00:00.000] 作词 : JT Smith/Kamaal Fareed/Nasir Jones/Oluko Imo[00:00.211] 作曲 : JT Smith/Kamaal Fareed/Nasir Jones/Oluko Imo[00:00.423][Verse 1: LL Cool J][00:04.237]Knowledge and wisdom bring understanding[00:06.632]For the culture, bringing freedom to the planet[00:08.881]The power to refine how we planned it[00:11.103]Bring equality to God's economy[00:13.344]Build the truth, destroy in the booth[00:15.416]What I was born to do, decipher for you[00:17.458]Hey, Allah, what you wanna be when you're born?[00:19.734]What you really need to see is yourself in divine form[00:21.893]For the sake of equality, I'm fathering the song[00:24.152]Spirit of God, bring he and her along[00:26.330]They mistreat Islam, no justice performed[00:28.720]Till I'm crowned king, love, hell, right or wrong[00:30.844]Thе master, dominate the stagеs I'm on right now[00:33.734]And it won't end when I'm gone[00:35.392]Control the cypher, I got the power, bring it on[00:37.647]Watch ya queen get snatched like a pawn[00:39.881]Slicker than a ruler, the savior is born[00:41.906]Tell you the truth, you're square, your style's all wrong[00:44.495]You ain't understanding the universe[00:46.304]Some say they want the victory but don't wanna rehearse[00:48.511]Gotta work with the wisdom if you want it to work[00:50.815]We don't fear the unknown, staying in the zone[00:53.074]Ask, "Why?" I reply, "To each his own"[00:55.280]Roll a Zig-Zag zig 'cause the God came home, let's go[00:55.791][00:55.969][Chorus: Q-Tip][00:57.516]Praise him all you can[00:59.381]All woman and man[01:01.801]Praise him with your heart[01:03.845]Praise him with your mind[01:06.128]Praise him everyone, all of humankind[01:10.477]Praise him, praise him, praise him[01:14.828]Praise him, praise him, praise him[01:19.554]Praise him, praise him, praise him[01:20.222][01:20.382][Verse 2: Nas][01:24.015]Peace to all, peace to y'all[01:26.483]Peace to all, peace to y'all[01:28.678]Fly women and gentlemen, I gotta say, iconic is the sentiment[01:33.218]Definitive, blending smooth and menacing is him again[01:35.389]Bally shoe with the velour, yeah, that's a fit again[01:37.588]In prison, they be listening, I get 'em through they sentences[01:39.790]He whistle through his solid gold gold teeth[01:41.698]His fists all metal, tapping a cold beat[01:43.900]That sound made me a wild wavy[01:46.226]My style pay me since junior high school with Craig G[01:48.868]I grew to be established[01:49.894]Having a stash and once was banned from every club from Queens to Staten[01:53.073]Now in the Zoom meetings, sipping Veuve Clicq' and eating[01:55.848]Reminiscing when I got my new sheepskin, was goon season[01:58.613]It started in the Project Park[01:59.807]1985, '86 with the Clarks with the gum sole[02:01.967]Them young boys, they brung noise and jumped off[02:04.755]You soft outside fresh, a dumb choice[02:06.605]Bum rushed, gun bust[02:08.882]Over Cazal glasses, they got that ass whipped[02:11.138]I first heard "I Need a Beat"[02:13.155]I got on the train, last stop on the F and E[02:15.325]Jamaica bound, hopped in a dollar van to Farmers[02:17.444]Just to see the God they called Todd lives[02:20.148]They say you raised up some hood toddlers[02:22.261]Now we connect more knowledge and more dollars, peace