{"id":3571,"date":"2014-04-16T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2020-05-17T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:50:09","slug":"mos-def","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"Mos Def"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A clip from <strong>Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme <\/strong>(2000)a documentary about freestyling &#8211; the improvised, on-the-spot rhymes that demonstrate the skills of hip-hop MCs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2666 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mos_Def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mos Def<\/a>\u00a0 \u2193\u00a0 freestyling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmqXKbxDoJ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Mathematics&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6v0hk4FGTDU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;Tell the truth&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0j6ynL1_v8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666\u00a0 &#8216;Six days&#8217; (remix) + DJ Shadow \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxer6LY5JZg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">I got a feeling there&#8217;s gonna be a riot<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">I don&#8217;t read the newspapers because they all have<br \/>\nUgly prints<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Check me out<br \/>\nCheck me out<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Bring it on! Bring it on!<br \/>\nBring it on &#8216;cause there&#8217;s gonna be some shit tonight!<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">At the starting of the week<br \/>\nAt summit talks you&#8217;ll hear them speak<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s only Monday<br \/>\nNegotiations breaking down<br \/>\nSee those leaders start to frown<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s sword and gun day<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Tomorrow never comes until it&#8217;s too late<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">You could be sitting taking lunch<br \/>\nThe news will hit you like a punch<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s only Tuesday<br \/>\n(What time is it?)<br \/>\nYou never thought we&#8217;d go to war<br \/>\nAfter all the things we saw<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s April Fool&#8217;s Day<br \/>\n(What time is it?)<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Tomorrow never comes until it&#8217;s too late<br \/>\nTomorrow never comes until it&#8217;s too late<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc OULBYb\">Tomorrow is another day<br \/>\nToday is another bomb<br \/>\nTomorrow is another day\u2026<\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;Ms\u00a0Fat Booty&#8217; \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[1999]<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aO_yLfBPRh0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I know, I can&#8217;t afford to stop<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> for a moment.. that it&#8217;s too soon.. to forget . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Mos Def &#8211; speaking over sung vocals]<br \/>\n<em>Man.. for real &#8211;\u00a0I was in love with this girl, y&#8217;know<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I was.. to&#8217; up dog! I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; you man<\/em><br \/>\n<em> She was wild man.. f&#8217;real<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s just too.. let me tell you about her<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>[Mos Def]<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yo, in she came with the same type game<br \/>\nThe type of girl givin&#8217; out the fake cell phone and name<br \/>\nBig fame, she like cats with big thangs<br \/>\nJewels chip, money clip, phone flip, the six range<br \/>\nI seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once<br \/>\nAss so fat that you could see it from the front<br \/>\nShe spot me like paparazzi; shot me a glance<br \/>\nin that catwoman stance with the fat booty pants,<br \/>\nHot damn!<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your name love, where you came from?<br \/>\nNeck and wrist laced up, very little make-up<br \/>\nThe swims at the Reebok gym tone your frame up<br \/>\nIs sugar and spice the only thing that you made of?<br \/>\nI tried to play it low key but couldn&#8217;t keep it down<br \/>\nAsked her to dance she was like \u00abYo, I&#8217;m leavin&#8217; now\u00bb<br \/>\nAn hour later, sounds from Jamaica<br \/>\nShe sippin&#8217; Crys straight up, shakin&#8217;, windin&#8217; her waist up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scene two: my fam throwin the jam<br \/>\nFahreed is on the stand big things is in the plan<br \/>\nThe brother Big Mu makes space for me to move in<br \/>\nHey, this my man Mos, baby let me introduce; I turn around<br \/>\nSay word! You was the same pretty bird who I had priorly observed<br \/>\ntryin&#8217; to play me for the herb \u00a0 (Yeah, that&#8217;s her)<br \/>\nShocked as hell she couldn&#8217;t get it together<br \/>\nI just played it long and pretended I never met her<br \/>\n<em>\u00abHow you feelin&#8217;?\u00bb \u00abOh I&#8217;m fine.\u00bb \u00abMy name is Mos.\u00bb \u00abI&#8217;m Sharice.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I heard so much good about you it&#8217;s nice to finally meet.\u00bb<\/em><br \/>\nWe moved to the booth reserved for crew especially<br \/>\nAnd honey love ended up sittin&#8217; directly next to me<br \/>\nI&#8217;m type polite but now I&#8217;m lookin&#8217; at her skeptically<br \/>\nCause baby girl got all the right weaponry<br \/>\nDesigner fabric, shoes, and accessories<br \/>\nChinky eyes, sweet voice is (fucking) with me mentally<br \/>\nWe conversated, made a laugh, yeah you know me bro<br \/>\nEven though I know the steelo, she wild sweet yo<br \/>\nI&#8217;m bout to merc, I say peace to the family<br \/>\nShe hop up like \u00abHow you gonna leave before you dance with me?\u00bb<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I know I can&#8217;t afford this life<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> For a moment &#8211;\u00a0That it&#8217;s too soon &#8211;\u00a0To forget &#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Mos continues speaking through sung hook]<br \/>\n<em>She blew my whole head with that dude, I was like \u00abWhat?\u00bb<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I played it low though, I was like<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u00abYeah, aiight, c&#8217;mon then, let&#8217;s go\u00bb<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s mad, the shit is so sick, I&#8217;m tell you<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Yo, honey was so blazin&#8217;, she was just..<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Yo, she was like Jayne Kennedy, word bond<\/em><br \/>\n<em> To my mother man, she was that ill man<\/em><br \/>\n<em> She take me to the dance floor and she start whisperin&#8217; to me<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>[Mos Def]<\/i><br \/>\nYo, let me apologize for the other night<br \/>\nI know it wasn&#8217;t right, but baby you know what its like<br \/>\nSome brothers don&#8217;t be comin&#8217; right<br \/>\nI understand, I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; you<br \/>\nBeside, &#8216;can I have a dance?&#8217; ain&#8217;t really that original<br \/>\nWe laughed about it, traced her arms across my shoulder blades<br \/>\nThey playing lovers&#8217; rock, I got the folded fingers on her waist<br \/>\nHe end my butt up like the Arizona summer song<br \/>\nFinished then she whisper <em>&#8216;honey, let&#8217;s exchange numbers&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scene three: weeks of datin&#8217; late night conversation<br \/>\nIn the crib heart racin, tryin&#8217; to be cool and patient<br \/>\nShe touched on my eyelids, the room fell silent<br \/>\nShe walked away smilin singing Gregory Issacs<br \/>\nLike &#8216;if I don&#8217;t, if I don&#8217;t, if I don&#8217;t&#8217;<br \/>\nShowin&#8217; me that tan line and that tattoo<br \/>\nPlayin&#8217; Sade, <em>\u00abSweetest Taboo\u00bb<\/em><br \/>\nBurnin&#8217; candles, all my other plans got canceled<br \/>\nMan I smashed it like an Idaho potato<br \/>\nShe call my at my J.O., &#8216;come now&#8217;, I can&#8217;t say no<br \/>\nGinseng tree trunks, rockin&#8217; the p-funk<br \/>\nCocking her knees up, champion lover not ease up<br \/>\nThree months, she call &#8216;I feel I&#8217;m runnin&#8217; a fever&#8217;<br \/>\nSix months, I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; her I desperately need her<br \/>\nNine months, flu-like symptoms when shorty not around<br \/>\nI need more than to knock it down I&#8217;m really tryin&#8217; to lock it down<br \/>\nMidnight we hook up and go at it<br \/>\nBurn a stogger, let her know, sweetheart I got to have it<br \/>\nShe tellin&#8217; me commitment is somethin&#8217; she can&#8217;t manage<br \/>\nWake up the next morning, she gone like it was magic<br \/>\nAhh damnit! This all Harrison Ford frantic<br \/>\nMy 911 wasn&#8217;t answered by my fly Taurus enchantress<br \/>\nNext week, who hit me up, I saw Sharice at the kitty club<br \/>\nWith some banging ass Asian playin&#8217; lay it down and lick me up<br \/>\nWhat!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A clip from Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)a documentary about freestyling &#8211; the improvised, on-the-spot rhymes that demonstrate the skills of hip-hop MCs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2666 Mos Def \u2193 freestyling<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 &#8216;Mathematics&#8217; \u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p> \u2207 &#8216;Tell the truth&#8217; \u21d3 <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 &#8216;Six days&#8217; (remix) + DJ Shadow [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":3570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[102,313],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rap","tag-lyrics","tag-america","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3571"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53597,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions\/53597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}