Mos Def ‘Got’ on not learning from experience, the ones that git got.

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Some cats really like to, you know

Profile and front

And then the jooks go down, all at once they like

Don’t get me (please)

Don’t get me (oh)

Don’t g-g-g-g-g-get me (oh no, no, no)

Don’t get me (please)

Don’t get me (oh)

Don’t g-g-g-g-g-get me (oh no, no, no)

Don’t get me (please)

Don’t get me (no)

Don’t g-g-g-g-g-get me (oh no, no, no)

Don’t get me (please)

Don’t get me (oh)

Don’t g-g-g-g-g-get me (uh, huh, huh, huh, huh)

You’re out on the block, hustling at the spot

Got, this is how you get got

At the gamblin’ spot and your hand is mad hot

Got, this is how you get got

Out in Brooklyn late night flashing all of your rocks

Got, this is how you get got

Some girl from Pink House said, “I like you a lot”

Got, this is how you get got

This one goes to all them Big Will cats

With ice on they limbs and big rims on they Ac’

You rollin’ ’round town with your system bump

And your windows cracked low to profile and front

Now I like to have nice things just like you

But I’m from Brooklyn, certain shit you just don’t do

Like, high postin’ when you far from home

Or like, high postin’ when you all alone (right)

Now, this would seem to be clear common sense

But, cats be livin’ off sheer confidence

Like, “Fuck that, picture them tellin’ me run that”

But acting invincible, just ain’t sensible

It’s nineteen ninety-now, and there’s certain individuals

Swear they rollin’ hard and get robbed on principle

5 star general, flashin’ on your revenue

Be takin’ a ride on the Downstate medical, Like (woo)

Colorful sparks, yellow and blue

A full on attack and it’s happening to you

Wit’ nothing you can do but bust back and cop a plea

But five of them and one of you, that equals got to me

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Come on y’all now, let’s be real

Some jokers got a rough time keepin’ it concealed

I wonder what it mean, it’s probably self-esteem

They fiendin’ to be seen, get hemmed like Gabardines

Cats think it can’t happen ’til the gats start clappin

They comin’ down the wire spittin fire like a dragon

‘Cause while the goods glisten, certain eyes take position

To observe your trickin‘, then catch that ass slippin’

Like, come on now akh’, what you expect?

Got a month’s paycheck danglin’ off your neck

And while you Cristal sippin‘, they rubbin’ up they mittens

With heat in mint condition to start the getti-gettin’

They clique starts creepin’ like Sandinista guerrillas

You screamin’ playa haters, these niggas is playa killers

Mr. Fashion, that style never last long

The harder you flash, the harder you get flashed on

There’s hunger in the street that is hard to defeat

Many steal for sport, but more steal to eat

Cat’s heavy at the weigh-in, and he’s playin’ for keeps

Don’t sleep, they’ll roll up in your passenger’s seat

There is universal law, whether rich or poor

Some say life’s a game, to more life is war

So put them egos to the side and get off them head trips

‘Fore some cats pull out them heaters and make you headless

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