Kanye West - Lord Lord Lord Feat. Mos Def, Raekwon, & Charlie Wilson

It’s an amazing time
Look around you
Power of observation…
Marvels and frights and strange delights
Attributes, properties, disciplines, and novelties
Ecstatic patterns in the calendar design
Wilderness tours guided by and for the blind
Cool ruler standing still sweating through the shade
He knew those lights only grew bright to fade
Dead wrong pageantry, lottery, and games
Sleight of hand provided by the extravagant and fake
The carnival till bell, the hustle for the age
They clutch what they covet, what must they give away?
Who was uninvited? Who was asked to come and stay?
Surprise! It’s your life, it’s your business anyways so please,
Pardon these and such curious minds
Peace, safe passage, precious time
Hither and gone, the day of days
Yawm Al Qiyamah
This tiny stone illuminated by a star
Formed our only star so large and many more
To make our largest star glow small, furthermore
The end is not the end, no stop but a pause
And what we can witness isn’t all there is at all
Cussed and mocked over scotch and pork-chops
The passion, expansion, the Order of the random
See the dreamers. See the sleepers. Why’d you wake us?
Sweet Jesus and life on Earth.
Seek heaven first. Let’s put in this work.

- Mos Def

My favorite Mos verse.