Im Leaving

[Mos Def] Yeah Yo, yo, what time the plane leavin'? Alright, see you at the airport [Hook] I'm leaving, on a jet plane I don't know if I'll be back again Kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me, like you know I'll never go Even though you know I will I'm a travellin' man Movin' through places, space and time Got a lotta things I got to do But God willin', I'm comin' back to you, baby-boo I'm a travellin' man Movin' through places, space and time Got a lotta things I got to do But God willin', I'm comin' back to you, baby-boo I'm leaving [Verse 1] "Well, go 'head and leave" The call heard around the world from the wives of MC's These cats is payin' more than half a pound My garment bag'll snatch it down Ain't got the skate, but we can probably run it back in town Scenarios like this is tear jerkers For the modern MC, i.e. the blue collar worker 'Cause this thing called rhymin', no different from coal minin' We both on assignments to unearth the diamond When you start climbin', then them eyes start shinin' You be strugglin' and strivin', and they think you prime-timin' Maintain and keep silent, make note and observation This confrontation, this is the daily operation My concentration, stay focused on my recitation 'Bout to reach my destination with no pause or hesitation Baby, make the preparation 'cause this ain't no recreation This is pro-ball And we lettin' you know, y'all At the show, y'all Doin' this for dough, y'all Get the phone call And I'm ready to blow, y'all 'Bout to go, y'all Been a pleasure to know y'all And I'm lettin' you know that [Hook] I'm leaving, on a jet plane I don't know if I'll be back again Kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me, like you know I'll never go Even though you know I will I'm a travellin' man Movin' through places, space and time Gotta lotta things I got to do But Inshallah, I'm comin' back to you, baby-boo I'm a travellin' man Movin' through places, space and time Got a lotta things I got to do But Inshallah, I'm comin' back to you, baby-boo I'm leaving [Verse 2] But God willin', I'll be back home To drop these heavy-ass bags up off my backbone Around the world with a catalogue of rap songs My baby girl is walkin', been away for that long But no, you haven't Well, at least that's how it seem to me My hometown is like a whole different scenery The old timers on the stoop leanin' leisurely The new jacks up in the parks smokin' greenery Easily taken for granted when you up in it But it's sweet scented, when you been down for a minute Move around city limits, break it down with the vintage The inovinin', classical b-boy image Collect the winnings, 'cause it the reason that we came here This thing is not a game here The fortune, not the fame here From New York to the Cackalacks Cali and the Cadillacs Chicago know we innovate Infiltrate Virginia state DC make me stimulate Philly know we penetrate Georgia make us generate Let's set a date to get the papes They celebrate to my jams in foreign lands Even your mans in Japan know who I am Mina-san, make everybody out in Nippon say 'ichiban' "Me God, man, Mo', where you get it from? Phenomenon" 'Scuse me, that's a phone call It's a show, y'all Tryin' to get this dough, y'all 'Bout to blow, y'all Been a pleasure to know y'all And I'm lettin' you know [Hook] I'm leaving, on a jet plane I don't know if I'll be back again Kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me, like you know I'll never go Even though you know I will I'm a travellin' man Movin' through places, space and time Got a lotta things I got to do But Inshallah, I'm comin' back to you, baby-boo I'm a travellin' man Movin' through places, space and time Got a lotta things I got to do But God willin', I'm comin' back to you back to you, back to you I'm leaving! I'll be back to you I'm leaving! I'll be back to you [Outro] All over the world, we go DC, all over the world, we go VA, all over the world, we go The Cakalacks, all over the world, we go London, all over the world, we go Japan, we go, over the world, we go Paris, we go, over the world, we go Shake your money maker Shake your money maker Shake your money maker Move your money maker Move your money maker