The great Mos Def...
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
Copyright © 2009 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2009 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All rights reserved.
Man, I have been thinking about this video for years! Thanks for posting it. By the way, does anybody know whatever happened to DJ Honda? I don't hear about him much anymore.
honda got a jawn out right now on itunes, "hIV"...
They reminisce?
Man, you are making me a fan. Thanks.
Mos Def is like the Ladainian Tomlinson of rap. Use to be great, then he fell off hard, like off a cliff. The man is still a Hall of Fame emcee, but his recent work has left a lot to be desired. Because ever since he tried to start an acting career, Mos Def has put out a lot of mediocre to godawful stuff.
Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losin ground
Although I am black and proud
Problems got me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messin up
Why does it have to be so damn tuff?
I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull
My grandmas past, my brothers gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire (home)
But lord I ask you (home)
To be my guiding force and truth (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
Talkin to each other every night and day
Although you're superior over me
We talk to each other in a friendship way
Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta the country and into more country
Past Dyesburg into Ripley
Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
Wlak the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
Ask those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young (home)
Go back to from whence you came (home)
My family tree my family name (home)
For some strange reason it ahd to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
Now I see the importance of history
Why people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
Without the enlightment of all my folks
He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
And he was there to quench my thirst
But I am still thirsty...
The lord allowed me to drink some more
He said what I am searchin for are
The answers to all which are in front of me
The ultimate truth started to get blurry
For some strange reason it had to be
It was all a dream about Tennessee
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40c6iAEHpc
thanks TNC for not rushing in where angels fear to tread
This is a dope song. I'm mad though, tried to get it off itunes a month or so ago, and got two versions - neither was this version. This is the only reason I know DJ Honda.
hey it was a reggae song...and i liked it better ten. or maybe it was a tom jones song?
Have you had a chance to watch/listen to any of the Blacroc stuff that's been coming out?
http://www.blakroc.com/videos.html
It's basically The Black Keys doing production for rappers like Mos Def, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Pharaoh Monch and others. I'm really looking forward to it, and the studio videos they have up there are pretty interesting.
agreed, he's still great