inna lillahi wa inallah-e-raji'oon


Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
The mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit
Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
Yo, the mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit


Look, ock, I walk around a little edgy already
Y'all MC's come into my face, but my aim's steady
M-Illitant is skilled in most strategic plan
I float across seas and breeze across land
Standing, in these thoughts of murder within
Destructor of this world that's corrupted with sin
I'm always hitting, to leave MC's guessing
For any transgression, in my perimeter
There will be a blessing, and your explicit intoxicated
Buddha session, to stop stressing
Me with the madness, putting niggas on my had list
No sadness is felt, you shuffled and your cards get dealt
Jim Carrey ass niggas start to melt
Impact like a buckle being swung from off a belt
Any help for shelter, when in the realms of a welter
My weight will tilt ya, hold alignments and change your filter
My attitude a product of society
So sometimes for gratitude, you know you can't rely on me
Niggas eyeing me, with looks of they anxiety
Wondering what's in my heart, velocity or piety
Yo, it depends on which one you bring to surface
At times I get trife, but what to worship is my purpose
Malik B blend with the tree, to spot an enemy
You clogging me up, cat, now vacate the vicinity

Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
The mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit
Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
Yo, the mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit


I'm symbolic to a ballot, it's Abdul Malik
Don't approach with bullshit, I'm quick to call it invalid
Route through your district, we keep it simplistic
No need for the rapper to talk, put it on halt
Show me the vault, or the safe, cause I'm on the paper chase
Wade through route states for bout thirty down my waist
I'm tryna get it, these rain bottling thoughts become acidic
With one in the chamber, ready to aim and spit it
A girlfriend and team made million cash just splintered
I take what you got to give, cause I got to live
The last hour, I bet your ass in rack shower
Might act up, but I still can pass Da'wah
I'm using new ways to try to reach these better days
Instead of tryna take you under, I just make you wonder
I still fast, make salaat and pay zakaat
I didn't make Hajj yet, but that's my next project
Living two lives, one of turn and one with true lies
Keeping up hope, knowing he's answering to my du'as
In the quarters living modest with my nigga Trotter
I circle my foes like a tawaf around the ka'ba
I used to live life like there was no mañana
Now I'm treating every breath like it was Your Honor
I'm Mill-itill-itant with the Fifth that stand firm like a pillar
I'm I and T-L like Manilla


Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
The mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit
Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
Yo, the mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit
Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
The mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit
Yo, the feet that I walk with
The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with
Yo, the mouth that I talk with
The terror that I stalk with, now it's time to spark shit


This is what it's all about
This is what it's all about
This is what it's all about
This is what it's all about
This is what it's all about
This is what it's all about
This is what it's all about

- The Spark / Malik B

Goddamn. RIP.

RIP. Gawd fucking damnit.

https://www.facebook.com/keith.mcphee

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/rapper-malik-b-founding-member-of-the-roots-dies-at-47/ar-BB17l5Fr

damn.

you were driving a stick shift, wild as shit. I said to myself "If I survive this night, Im never riding with AbdulJaleel again"

we went to a random studio session with Abdul-Malik and Flo Brown a few blocks from my parents house

RIP legend

i forgot all about it

The Spark got me through so much.

..damn, this has been one helluva week.

I don't wanna do shit else today.

*Push up your lighters.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

RIP.

Was great to hear him again on Game Theory. Wish we could have heard more. Regardless, an integral part of the Roots crew. This is sad.

in Philly with Malik and another OKP. Dude was cracking jokes like we had known each other for years. He had a real good spirit...you could feel it. R.I.P. Malik Blizzah

Never got to see him perform.

and I were walking around Harlem late night.

I remember Malik leading the fajr prayer at the masjid that morning.

i think you were a sophomore at FAMU

the last time I saw him was a few months later floating around outside The Five Spot the one time I went to Black Lily out there

Can't believe it

RIP to da gawd, forever a pillar of the hardest-working, longest-running crew in hip hop.

Gone entirely too soon. Damn!

this sucks...

That's all i got.

.

Rest in Power. Such an amazing talent.

heads are real low today.
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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


"She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me..."

this year sucks. damn

:-(

This hurts. Remembering watching him at the Wetlands in NYC. Condolences to his family and friends.

Citing drug use and qualifying his membership in the group with language basically disclaiming him, like 'former member' and 'appeared' on. They should have simply linked to Thought's heartfelt IG posting https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPLu1nFpft/ until someone who cares could write it, that author clearly didn't/doesn't.
I could maybe see if it was nearly any other outlet, but here...Okayplayer? SMH!

Rest in Peace Black Man

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDTq_eHFNyS/?igshid=914io6oqjpuj

That verse was the first thing that came to my mind too.

but that's just for some...peace the dead, strength to the chosen"

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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


"She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me..."

Rest in Peace, Malik.
May the ancestors embrace you.

I took the wrong exit, the sign said Langhorne

R.I.P.

when maryland's women's basketball team was on their way to winning the ncaa, i'd be saying that at random watching the games on tv (b/c one of their best players was krystal langhorne and she was putting in work).

lots of favorite m-illa bars, but it's funny that two of my most favorite involve women's bball.

if i get abducted trapped up in the belly/
wacked up my celly, get known like dawn staley/

every time i see her on tv and especially when she coached sc to the national championship i be thinking of that line.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

yes, i realize i posted here twice.

just listening to this track now. he killed it.

at the end of the day, though...

BT's technical style and Malik's emotive approach. And truth be told, I sometimes had trouble telling them apart on the first couple albums.

peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

This year is fucking unrelenting.
RIP Malik B and peace and love to the entire Roots crew, whether estranged or close.
Your short time on Earth will stretch into forever within our collective memory.

Did he have any kids?

said Langhorne. (c) Malik B

man. damn.

Rest in Power.

this hurts. Malik B will always be a foundational, unsubtractable part of The Legendary.

damn.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

=========================================
I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

🙏🏼

Peace to his family

Damn damn damn, 2020 is claiming way too many musical lives mayne, that shit needs to stop; I can't believe that Malik B. is gone, I was so hoping for him & The Roots to link back up and do another album with him featured on a few songs, damn. :(

damn
we just never really know

Rest in Power.

This has been a brutal year.

Prayers go out to the friends and family.

I cannot believe this.

sad day one of my personal favorite emcees.

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"Sometimes I contemplate moving to a warmer place, then the lake and skyline give me a warm embrace" © Common

A king for real....

It's plenty of money to be made
from Candler Road to Bankhead
It's plenty of room to get paid
for those that ain't scared

rest in power.


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http://beantownbrown.blogspot.com/
http://www.itsjusthair.com/
http://twitter.com/indigginus
http://bahai.us/

“Your glass house, I’ll shatter that.”

Thank you for your contributions to this culture. You were appreciated.

.

hopefully, Quest will do a tribute DJ set in his honor when he can

Peace to his family

.
.

“It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.” — Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ

The Case for Christ Lecture: https://youtu.be/67uj2qvQi_k

Good News: https://www.goodnewsnetwork

The absolute epitome. Gonna miss my mans. Down since freestyle battles at Millersvlle U. RIP bro.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Rest in peace, Malik.

Sending prayers and condolences for the family and friends. This hits too close to home. His lyrics have resonated with me from day one. Nothing but standout lyrics on DYWM, Illadelph Halflife and TFA. That 3-album run rivals anything in hip hop lore. Rest in beats brethren.

Used to love the chemistry between him and Thought.

Been kicking myself for years for recording this one Black Lily performance in DC where my man John Moon was onstage freestyling so well that Malik hopped onstage and started doing spontaneous ad libs to back him up. It was like they knew each other. Scott Storch was killing it on the keys too. Memories.

Phenomenally skilled and wild underrated RIP Malik B

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

www.Tupreme.com

https://ibb.co/k4m6n8C

May Allah grant him Jannah Firdous

______________________________________________________________________________

"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

Rest in Paradise

My continued prayers to you and your loved ones..

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDRYttdjXvd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

the video pauses for a few seconds, but it's really nice.

PBUH
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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


welp

Idk how that happened. I realized other folks' comments from the blank post subsequently got deleted too.

I was gonna say under theirs that this was the best Malik B. interview I came across so far, and it was cut off and so short lol. Kindred (Fatin) originally posted it on his IG and I've been looking for the rest, but can't find it.
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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


welp

https://www.passionweiss.com/2020/07/30/remembering-malik-b-1972-2020/

Wow, what an article!
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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


welp

http://www.willmakebeatsforfood.com/2020/08/the-m-illitant-mixtape.html

"On July 29th with lost a #Philly legend Malik B. I haven't seen much written about him so peep this piece I wrote & bang out to my "M-the-Illitant" #mixtape!" - @KilApt5B on twitter
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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


welp