The first of two “definition”-themed songs (peep the remix) on Mos and Kweli’s 1999 classic "Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star". Flips several songs by Boogie Down Productions. Hi-Tek’s beat is a reworking of “The P is Free”, the hook is an interpolation of “Stop the Violence”, and Mos throws in a line from “The Bridge Is Over”. This song is Black Star’s take on violence in hip-hop and their dislike of it, this song comes a couple of years after 2Pac and Biggie Smalls were both shot dead.

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