Manifest Destiny (Remix)

[Intro: Ces]

You are about to enter

The manifestation of a family cipher

The Urban Thermo Dynamics

Is about to hit you right about now

[Verse 1: Ces]

I'm just here to let you all know

I got the flow and the locks that grow

I love the nappy heads, the braids, and afros

Kicks Adidas, jeans Girbaud

This is how we go and this is how we do

This how we be, we are The Big U

You don't know me and I don't know you

But if you wanna set it, do what you gotta do

I keep my flow with the one and two

That equals three, first letter "C"

Second letter "E," last joint "S"

Styles manifest from Key West to Budapest

Neverthеless, don't need no "S" on my chest

"Yo, why Ces?" 'Causе I'm super blessed

Save all the stress 'fore I clean up the mess

And if it ain't no, then it must be yes

And if it's the bomb, then it must be Ces

And if it's the bomb, then it must be Ces

I got the exposure to keep my composure

I'm meeting quotas, from Minnesota to Dakota

Taking no shit from the rap promoter

'Cause if they ever tried it, they shit is over

Murky mixture, what's goin' on?

I leave the party bumpin' 'til the

Break of dawn, break of dawn, break it down

Yo, Mister Sparkle, I like that sound

Put on the weight 'cause it's more than a pound

So if you want some of what I have

Meet me on DeKalb or Fulton Ave

Or Albee Square, a hop from the D

Manifest Destiny, it must be (What?)

Manifest Destiny, it must be (What?)

So check it out

[Verse 2: Mos Def]

Well if it ain't red, then it must be blue

And if it ain't false, then it must be true

And if it ain't day, then it must be night

And if it ain't left, then it must be right

And if it ain't width, then it must be height

And if it ain't loose, then it must be tight

And if it ain't off, then it must be on

If it ain't here, then it must be gone

If the shit ain't proper, then it must be wrong

Whatever don't fit does not belong

Sunrise to sunset, that's dawn to dusk

The Big U – a name that you can trust

The Big U – a name that you can trust

The Big U – a name that you can trust

Lay around on the middle ground, kid, you could die

It's game time, son, you better choose yo' side

Half-measures will not abide

If you ain't all the way live, then step aside

Indeed, Medina Green is where I reside

And it's about time that this Brooklynite

Took the mic and made the world get hype

You wanna be hardcore, try livin' right

Man, nigga's be puttin' up a hellified fight

Many times I'll stumble off the righteous path

But I don't subtract, I only add

But I promise on high plains, I take the rocks

I got the will of the Ox, I will not be stopped

(I gotta manifest des') What, ahk? You think not?

The verbal juggernauts will make a party lick shot

I tread a road more narrow than a fold-out cot

Coming from the bottom, so I'm risin' to the top

What – and you don't stop!

[Hook: Ces, DCQ, & Mos Def]

Self-actualize and realize, do what you got to do

If you can see it, you can be it, manifest, it's up to you

Everbody self-actualize and realize, do what you got to do

If you can see it, you can be it

If your mind can go there, then why can't you?

If your mind could go there, then why can't you?

If your mind can go there, then why can't you?

[Verse 3 : DCQ, (Mos Def)]

Nowadays, heads be makin' me mad

Talk a good game, but they legs is bad

Yappin' at the mouth with the "wish I had..."

Ahk, do yourself a favor and get off your ass

You go from left to right and in between

Run round town, selling dreams and beans

Screamin' "word is bond," but what's your word worth?

Before you indict yourself, fool, think first

And if it's my word, then it must be bond (Right)

And if it's my word, then it must be bond (Right)

And if it's my word, then it must be bond

(And the word is, The Big U got it goin' on)

'Cause it evolve culture, we taking down vultures

Peace to all those who represent the culture

To the kings and the queens of the universe

Aiyyo, we gotta shine the light on the Earth

Aiyyo, we gotta shine the light on the Earth

Aiyyo, we gotta shine the light on the Earth

[Hook: Ces, DCQ, & Mos Def]

Self-actualize and realize, do what you got to do

If you could see it, you could be it, manifest, it's up to you

Everbody self-actualize and realize, do what you got to do

If you can see it, you can be it

If your mind could go there, then why can't you?

If your mind could go there, then why can't you?

If your mind can go there, then why can't you?

If your mind can go there, then why can't you?

You can too!