Mathematics (Mos Def song)

"Mathematics"
Single by Mos Def
from the album Black on Both Sides
A-side	"Ms. Fat Booty"
Released	August 2, 1999
Genre	Conscious hip hop
Length	4:10
Label	Rawkus
Songwriter(s)	Dante Smith Christopher Martin
Producer(s)	DJ Premier
Mos Def singles chronology
"Ms. Fat Booty" (1999) "Mathematics" (1999) "Sex, Love & Money" (2004)

"Mathematics" is a b-side single from Mos Def's solo debut album, Black on Both Sides. It contains lyrics about various social issues and asks the listener to add them up and come to conclusions about them. Many references to numbers are found in this song and at times, Mos Def rhymes statistics in numerical order.