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truth for respect
Of the powers that be
See you act for a dollar
Live in double consciousness
Nigga find God
Nigga find God
Nigga find
Suicide
Don't hide

said, they always had the double-consciousness
You're tryna be black, meanwhile you got a white ghost 
Hovering over your head that says, "if you don't

the skin I'm in
Got two minds that I live with, double consciousness
Wear a big grin on the outside but it's pain within
Hope things start getting better

of shiny Stacey Adams
I'm gon' pull myself up by my wingtips and look good doing it
I'm the double talking, double consciousness of Du Bois
and the glorious,

It is a peculiar sensation
This 'Double Consciousness'
This sense of always looking at one's self
Through the eyes of others
Of measuring one's soul

supplement to this triumphant story/
Of black renaissance and its ascent to glory/
Academics like to call it double-consciousness/
I call it melanin-induced

to keep the mind narrow
Believe in Jack Sparrow before a black pharaoh 
The double consciousness it's hard to keep balance
Black in America that's mental

Yeah
I walk outside and feel the sunlight, raise my arms high
Feel the blessings I'm given inside this black life
Double consciousness choking up my

rovers
Casanova 3x's... pre-crime
Versace from your heyday on layaway 
Like Tekashi & Treyway
Hop out with the AKs

The war is on Double Consciousness

Hook



Double consciousness 

Got me conflicting 

Got no confidence 

Got no options then 

I’m gon lie and say 

I’m on top of it

Voice In My head

Split between myself
I cannot meet what I demand
I am defined by the undefined
I can't fulfill the truth of what I am

Double consciousness
It's colonized

stare in the mirror it's double consciousness

Getting intel for the
Collective consciousness
And seeing double
Sorry if you'd hoped for better news
I can't lie when I show my honest views

If I give you

double lines
I’m walking side to side
I forget how to lie and
I say what’s on my mind
I say what’s on my mind
Nobody truly knows
How my consciousness

immersions of space
Stunt, double takes, double takes
Flash exposing some fakes
Then burnt at the stake, that cake is lie
At times the past escapes from my

You ain't come wit me
Hop up on a plane go over seas
You ain't on the lease
I looked at my wrist no double vs
More work
More work
Like a cutlery
Making

as a surprise been putting in work while they sleeping
Hard to try to keep a smile on while I murder all my demons
Far away look my mind gone my consciousness

into the name
Creativity is gone, so we bringin it back
Similes and metaphors, punch lines, attack
The Consciousness... educate, entertain
Stimulate ya

how'd you get switching and setting the narratives
Fed up discussions about it don't need me acknowledgements
Way off in the deep end lost consciousness

the ashes in the hall
Past the castle moat the boats float by
Where i see the ghosts and the seagulls fly

Ignore all the prayers, ignorance is spared
Double

Knowledge Reigns Supreme

KRS-One

Jive's Unreleased Masters for the Children's Health Fund, Vol. 1

1997

The only existence is God consciousness
And God consciousness is what exists as Kris
Your ego tells you that you're doin all this
You amidst a mister

Barely and rarely in consciousness
I think they might find that discomforting
Cardio, he works on my nerves
Seconds from doing it first
I figured that my

Moving through this blasphemy
Soaking up the god in me
Shaping shit like pottery
They be double Tappin me
That's why I float
I float
I float
I float

on the moons of Iego, I think
You're a funny little boy
Woah, got me seein' double
How in God's name could I stay out of trouble with you
Queen undercover
Angel