The Human Element Reflection Eternal (Ft. Donte (of Mood))

[Talib Kweli talking]
The other day I was walking, passing NYU on the way to
Meet my pops, you know, and this white boy stops me, talking
'bout, he be in the National Socialist something or other
Trying to sell me a paper and, give me some, uh, Free Mumia
Pamphlets. So you know I'm in a hurry, right, and I told him
Right, and he tried to check me, like 'Have you ever even heard
Of the Black Panthers, and Mumia was fighting so you could go to
College, and...' All this, and I'm like, "Dude, you don't even know
Me, man. I don't even fucking go here, man. I know who the
Fuck Mumia is, man. Innocent niggas get locked up every day, man
That ain't nothing new..."
But, yo, on the other hand, you tell some brothers Mumia's on
Death row, and they think he's making records with Suge Knight
I don't know, man, I guess it just really where you at
You know what I'm sayin'...Bust it

[Talib Kweli]
Niggas on the street running like slaves
Trying to eat, yo, we averages
Twenty one years from the graves, back to baby carriages
The same hypocrites screaming pro-life and marriages
Be using religion to justify our savageness
'How bad is this?'
You and the creator need a mediator
Your priest is human
Your relationship with God is greater
The men who think they hard
Steady issuing death penalties
The people got no right to life cause they all slaves mentally
You turned'Thou Shall Not Kill' into a sham of a commandment
Your interpretation I cram to understand it
Like light
So if America is majority white
Then the prison's 'Another Country' like James Baldwin
Blacks and latinos all in the system
Like it's a calling to fall in the trap
That's why our blocks are infested with drugs and gats
In fact, cats on death row cause the way they think is illegall
One thing you can't forget when you're dealing with people