Clear the area, stand back, nothin' to see here
Keep it movin'
I need the area clear
Get back, stand back, back, get back
We gon' have to clear all this stuff
Get back, back, get back

Reflection Eternal
That's the name don't forget it
Talib Kweli, DJ, Hi-Tek
Brooklyn, New York City
Cincinnati, keep on

It's a funky sensation ain't it?
I'm havin' a conversation wit' cho imagination
It was explainin' how you was waitin', for somethin' amazin'
Like when it come out you out the door racin' to the store

It took a lot of perseverance and patience
We was preparin' for our place among the ancients
Yo basically yo' take on me ain't makin' me
Or breakin' me and yo I hate to see a fake MC

I take out all my compe***ion from like A to Z
'Cause I get fly more frequently than a travel agency
That's what I'm made to be, hip-hop through my artery
An important part of me the soundtrack to my odyssey

It got me, rockin' retarded
Pardon me for speakin' incorrect politically
Anything less would be me speakin' hypocritically
And I don't do dat

You lingerie MC's I see through that
I make a point about you and your crew, go through dat'
Who dat? It's the Reflection
Remember the name, slid in the game before the '2000 Season' came

Breakin' the chain, usin' the pain as our ammunition
To blast Babylonian towers out of position
It's the Reflection and we poppin' like your ears on a plane
We make you disappear like tears in the rain
The fears in your brain is clear when I appear
On the terrain and bloody your nose

I got more lines than cocaine that's why you sniffin' around
We diggin' for different sounds to keep it hittin'
Straight up the only way we gettin' down
With the sound is provocative

It's for the love and 'cause of that we got a lot to give
It's for the love and 'cause of that we got a lot to give
You got a issue with that then it ain't my problem kid
Y'all *****z gotta eat, we gotta live, yo
We all gotta eat and gotta live

Reflection Eternal
That's the name don't forget it
Talib Kweli, DJ, Hi-Ti-dek
Brooklyn, New York City
Cincinnati, keep on

We remain, hotter than the blue part of the flame
I got a glock in my brain
That baffle weapons inspections like Saddam Hussein
And rocks with the impact

Gettin' beat with socks filled with ten-packs of tokens
Men's backs get broken when I get open
Words more than spoken
Most of dem MC's on the first thing smokin'
Leavin' town at the same time causin' traffic on the interstate

We stay droppin' cl***ics 'cause the key word is innovate
These cats is so plastic that we call 'em laminated
Tried to duplicate the style quickly got frustrated
More desperate than dudes who search people's ashtrays for clips

I burn MC's like Coca-Cola through the paint on your whip
****! My rhymes is like a magnifyin' gl***
When I shine my light through it, I burn up everything in my path
Last Dragon like Lee-roy, rock for the b-boy

My rhymes are so sharp you catch cuts that key-loid
Destroyed the decoy, most of y'all d-boy, my culture
It's not that I hate, y'all just p-noid 'cause y'all fake
Embarr***ed and ashamed and don't know where to put the blame
And never hesitate to call out my name

I ain't effected by the negative
It's the Reflection and we dealin' with the positive
It's for the love and cause of that we got a lot to give
It's the Reflection kid

Never gotta look between the lines to get the messages
You're too sensitive, checkin' out our references
The turntable and microphone specialist
It's the Reflection kid, it's the Reflection kid
It's the Reflection kid, like that like that

Talib Kweli, DJ Hi-Tek
Talib Kweli, DJ Hi-Tek
Break it down, for you and yours
Y'all know what time it is
You ***kin' with Kweli, you ***kin' with Brooklyn
Tired of hearin' all this
Don't wanna hear none of that
Is is my fam really nice