On The Vista - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Mos Def]

Highlights, clear view on the vista

Stars so close, you can reach out and kiss one

Bright waves roll easy and still

Sparkling and deep, rude and sweet

Dream what you like, but you dare not sleep

The lights on the riverbanks, they just much reach

How much lessons did they teach for the bounty that they seek?

Angels over each of these as the heavens just increase

And the mountains surrender, final call

The on and the only, the all-for-all

All gone, and it goes on and on

And when it's done on-ing, it just ons some more

Majestic and lonely, magnetic, raw

Odds, post-something that God's wicked awes

Magic wave fresher than all's, yes y'all's

And on and on, and on and on and on

Superior, magnetic, off

And on, and on, and on, and on

Yes, yes, y'all, a-to the beat, y'all

A-feel free, y'all, it's unique, y'all

What it do, what it is, what it be, y'all

Fuck money, live up, and get free, y'all

A-yes, yes, y'all, to the beat, y'all

Numerous and luminous conduits in the reservoir

Bright lights, high lights on the vista

Stars so bright, you can reach up and kiss one

Bright waves roll easy and still

Majestic and deep, dream what you want

But you dare not sleep

Total control

Total con— Total control

Total con— Total con— Total control

Total control

Total con— Total control

Total control

Highlights, clear view on the vista

Stars so close, you can reach up and kiss one

Bright waves roll easy and still

Sparkle in the deep, rude and sweet

Dream what you like, but you dare not sleep

The lights on the riverbanks, they just must reach

How much lessons did they teach for the bounty that they seek

Angels over each and each and the heavens just increase

And the mountains surrender, final call