Reflection Eternal

[Talib Kweli]

(Ay, yo, Hi-Tek?

Do me a favor, man, speed it up a little bit)

From the intro you know I'm so influential,

'cause I'm glowin' like a candle

The focus is so essential, dawg, what you tryna get into?

I steady the flow, ready to blow like snotty tissue

They snitchin' like Donnie Brisco and countin' like Monte Cristo

The ghetto full of betrayal like Iago and Othello

Your fellow neighbor will slay you, they'll smoke you like cigarellos

Police, want that info, they'll grill 'em like portabellos

I'm murderin' instrumentals 'cause I rap with the conscience

Of felons, killers, and monsters, so revealing and honest

We're still feelin' the promise, some nights I kill 'em with kindness

Hittin' like Muhammad Ali, you more like Tatyana

All this is prob'ly karma: You dishonored the father

Whether it's God Almighty, or the almighty dollar

We follow the prophets like Islamics or the Dalai Lama

Your bullet points so hollow they could prolly pierce body armor

Look in the scope, my people still a target



[Jay Electronica]

Smile on my face, tears of a sad clown

Feelin' out of place as I whistle a cab down

If I tip extra, can I huff a cig?

Blow my smoke out the window, droppin' ashes on the bridge?

I'm in New York now, like Akeem and Semi was

Tryna get the lobby door open from a semi buzz

I just wanna go to the slum

And throw my money on the floor like the Notorious B.U.M. (Uhn)

Build a home, teach a class, start a revolution

Free the mind, heal the body, talkin' evolution

This that black Elohim Anunnaki rap

That Farrakhan Akeem Olajuwon Qaddafi rap

I dedicate this to my n*ggas in New Orleans

Rockin' black and gold stocking caps and fleur-de-lis Shockey hats

I'm in the coatroom, screamin' "Who Dat" on the double

Servin' gumbo wit' a shovel, dawg, I'm on another level

Me and Kweli come together like two pieces of metal

We magnetizin' the ghetto



[J. Cole]

(Yeah, now here's the memo)

I'm a rebel without a cause, a bezel without no flaws

And shawty, you straight, but you look way better without no drawers

Let's sweat out this alcohol, bet I'm about to ball

And never let up, look how I just crept up without applause

Fed up with all the frauds and left y'all without a job

The center of attention, this is clever, I'm Pau Gasol

Really though, I'm LeBron, really don't got my mind

On this new school of rappers, I will really go Columbine

And throw up the diamond sign, boy you know I'ma shine

Flow is in Ramadan

'Cause couple years ago, the game had they pajamas on

But now they on my dick, man, I should throw a condom on

Ay, 'cause a n*gga comin' raw like I ain't got one on

And I ain't stoppin' or coppin' no pleas, I just lock and load, squeeze

Dawg, I'm on a higher level, I'm on top of nosebleeds

N*ggas say they sick, but when they write, they don't sneeze

Like the n*gga on the block wavin' his Glock but won't squeeze

Please



[Mos Def]

Hold your applause until the ceremony end

Yours truly, truly blessed, yet again a noble pla-anted

Super magic, abracadabra kid

Mysterious master Jim, blacker pen, arrowhead

With the long-barrel stem, and his apparel fresh

Harbor lights shinin' out the black power grid

With the Black Power grip

And pure power don't power trip

Push the cellar ceiling up and make the tower tip

Your Gladwell point, and Babylon polish

All about nothin' where it's all about the dollar

And mansions on the fort line of a shaky market

The devil at the dancehall, thirsty for a partner

Get off 'im

There is not a parcel or a portion

Or a measure of a fortune more awesome

Gorgeous

The funky Four Horsemen and one more

With Hi-Tek on the score, once more, of course



You're welcome, thanks

Appreciation for your participation

Special dedication

Celebration, b*tches