Rain Water Brother Ali

All the joy I've ever known Has disappeared - into motherfuckin' thin air Like it's never even been there My joy left me y'all HookGod's rain water flow through the same gutter That we, walk today, gotta

Just Fine Brother Ali

lunchtime Put them down for naps and scribble a couple rhymes I'm in my basement what I painted the walls and brought a matching rug Surrounded by records and beat making stuff Jake track bump drinking water

All You Need Brother Ali

So I never told the world that the first time I toured I came home to find that little man had been ignored Two years old got a hold of water you had boiled And burned his little head and his face while

My Beloved (Feat. Choklate And Tone Trezure) Brother Ali

one's looking Sing like no one’s listening Live and love out loud and let your spirit glisten Feet firm on the dirt head in the sky Serve when the sun is at work dream when he hides And know that the water

Gather Round (Feat. Amir Sulaiman) Brother Ali

scholar With the pad and the pen or with the sword and the chopper Look at how far I got if you lost I could guide you In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa In the desert like Bedouins in search of water

Shine On (Feat. Nikki Jean) Brother Ali

my tie Mind if I behold you through the fold of your menu Couture all up against you oh lord How could I convince you I just met you And I'm instantly listening to your instrumental Poor me I poured water

Dorian Brother Ali

criticized First off scooter, take the bass out your voice I'm respectfull with mine and yo you makin' a choice Here and, understand it's only once that I warn you Make a move, make a threat, I'll make it rain

Back Stage Pacin' Brother Ali

> [ VERSE 1: Brother Ali ] Show promoter backstage pacin (Why is that?)

Truth Is Brother Ali

song Blood soaking the pages I painted em' on And none of ya'll will take my place when I'm gone I'm the pure raw uncut, who the fuck want what Here to show you sucker ass mutts what's the fucks what Brother

Take Me Home Brother Ali

my name If I never played your game We don't race the same, I don't run inside no painted lane Plus ya'll pace is strange, Ya'll either stop or you sprint Run if it's sunny and hide if it change to rain

Star Quality Brother Ali

Brother Brother, how ya making 'em get down Come, straight to your town, vibrating the ground Keep the people out there scared, of making a sound Thats our policy, we step out there on Star Quality Brother

Bad Ma Fucka Brother Ali

with respect from my predecesors To die the best of deaths is meaning gunfire Blessed with , testin the opressive This dimension inside your pain is my domain By signing my name I solidify the rain In

Still Water Daniel Lanois

I'm going to where the boats go by Caledonia river flow so wide I'm going to where the boats go by Caledonia river flow so wide Still water, laying over Still water, laying over Still water, laying over

I Can't Wait Brother Ali

[Chorus:] B-b-b-b-baby, I-I-I-I can't wait, your love B-b-b-b-baby, I-I-I-I can't wait [Verse 1:] Wait, wait, I done tumbled into love again Ladies first, safety last, nothing under him Watch it cr...

Only Life I Know Brother Ali

It's my life Yeah the only one that I'll ever know Feeling extra low Please let me go Hold on no It's my life Yeah the only one that I'll ever know And it stressed me so Oh God bless me soul Hold o...

Say Amen Brother Ali

Fake thugs and arrogant nerds Fuck no homo you a no hom owning old grown Unsigned chump month behind on your car loan You got balls looking down on me Or got a mirror on the floor trying to find Ali

Writer's Block Brother Ali

if i don’t get this in one take imma quit rappin’the whole song i swear to godi’m supposed to be a professionali ain’t tryin’ to be one of them dudesthat make hundreds of new songs and none of them...

Writer's Block (Clean) Brother Ali

If I don’t get this in one take Imma quit rappin’The whole song I swear to GodI’m supposed to be a professionalI ain’t tryin’ to be one of them dudesThat make hundreds of new songs and none of them...

Letter To My Countrymen (Feat. Dr. Cornel West) Brother Ali

of us is headed for the grave This old crooked world won't be saved by the passive type This is a letter to my countrymen Not from a Democrat or a Republican But one among you that's why you call me brother

Stop The Press Brother Ali

Another one of them long ass breaks Damn Brother Ali where the hell you been What you disappear Stop the presses give me couple seconds Let me tell my friends what’s up with big brethren New year new beard

Mourning In America Brother Ali

I don’t usually usethose big wordsCause I don’t usuallydeal with big peopleI find you can geta whole lot of small peopleAnd whip hell out ofa whole lot of big peopleMurder murder murderKill kill ki...

Work Everyday Brother Ali

Damn manMan I’m broker than an old VCR Man I need a jobAre they hiring at your JobI got a stack of red billsat my house ManIt looks like Valentine’s Dayat the cribMy Kids eat left-over leftovers ma...

Need A Knot Brother Ali

I need a knot weatherthe bread is for me or notI need a knot weatherthe bread is for me or notI need a knot weatherthe bread is for me or notShow me the spotI had to get paper use to move whiteDid ...

Won More Hit Brother Ali

Please oh please oh pleaseGive me just one more hitPlease oh please oh pleaseGive me just one more hitPlease oh please oh pleaseGive me just one more hitPlease oh please oh pleaseGive me just one m...

Fajr Brother Ali

People ain’t eatingthey say the reasonResources depletedfor the defenseI’m offended by itthese authentic liarsShould’ve been retiredLet me identifyYou’ll never get me quietMy people been inspiredI’...

Namesake Brother Ali

I am somebody somebo-dyWe am and she amand he am and I amSomebody Somebody Somebo-dyI was raised with the raised fistAngela Davis summersixty-eight OlympicsTrain banging your wings againstThe cage ...

Singing This Song Brother Ali

different song same message Dignigty in that spolight and life's precious When we raise voices we're joining a chorus You're not a solo the harmony is enormous Echo john lennon we echo nina simone We echo my brother

Room With A View Brother Ali

(Brother Ali] I guess its no different from any place else in the world man, I look out my window i see the whole thing.

Champion Brother Ali

> [ VERSE 1: Brother Ali ] I'm chokin players like I'm Bob Knight, choke the coaches like I'm Spreewell They bowin to the 'Sayers till they knees swell I shake the game up worse than Single White Females

Prince Charming Brother Ali

don't know what you do to me If you would just give me a chance then I'm sure you'll see, baby You just don't know what you do to me Only God knows what can happen when you fool with me, lady [ VERSE 1: Brother

Win Some Lose Some Brother Ali

[ CHORUS ] (2X)Man, you win some, lose someThey run the gamut from hilarious to gruesomeIn my life I done caught some and threw someAnd I done been in some shitBut this is one that I will never for...

Pay Them Back Brother Ali

Blood on beatsTears have been shedLives have been lostBlood has been spilledBlood on beatsDamn, look at em sittin there, cats missin their chancePissin their pants for opportunities and disappear i...

Blah Blah Blah Brother Ali

Ali] Ayo, the music made 'em jump back Fuck that, how y'all gonna come tracks, some fat, without lettin Ali touch that?

Shadows On The Sun Brother Ali

The city dweller sendin' telegrams from Neverland The better man kind now, kindly join the caravan We're like a rock band that pack contraband And won't hesitate to stomp a man into the rocks and sand Brother

Bitchslap! Brother Ali

Yo Ant, kick the beat you just kicked a little while ago...[ VERSE 1 ]I bitchslap rappers so hard it give em whiplashYou fuckin with sleeveless t-shirts, where your tricks at?Look left, look right,...

When The Beat Comes In Brother Ali

Open the doors, let the people in Turn up the mics, let me speak to them Victorious when the evening ends It all starts when the beat begins VERSE 1: Brother Ali You're now fuckin with the show stopper

Missing Teeth Brother Ali

everything I spit shrapnel while the villagers babble Slice deep, pull, peel, and let the skin unravel We're here to scrape off a layer of your make-up So we can see what a bitch is really made of [ VERSE 2: Brother

Soul Whisper Brother Ali

My brothers in the plight Who ain't got your head right Too many people shed blood For us not to shed light We hot we dead right We drop we take mics We run these streets Like cops through red ligh...

Picket Fence Brother Ali

I was up and out my mothers house at 17Been a grown ass married man ever sinceFamily reunions, I'm talked about but never seenCause I learned that some of them can be your nemesisGot a lot of scars...

Victory! (Come Forward) Brother Ali

Victory Ours are the cries that breathe life in the concrete Victory Ours are the tears that splash genius at God's feet Victory Ours are the prayers that weave poetry through drum beats Victory [ VERSE 1: Brother

Champion (Remix) Brother Ali

to get the dick out your intake You toilets in a gay bar, never gettin your shit straight They'll never find diamonds, as bright as my eyes When I find where my competators hide And then I slice em, Brother

Sleepwalker Brother Ali

thoughts will burn as you toss and squirm And curse your life, feeling like you lost your turn And I pray that I haunt you the way you haunt me The way I feel I never want to see you walk free Fuck you Ali

Love On Display Brother Ali

I downloaded parents cause I heard they're overrated I pushed a demo tape when the group was first created Younger Brother was the debut album when they made it E!

Self Taught Brother Ali

I'm home Uh, yeah They always ask me, ' Ali, what you so angry for man? Why you always so upset?

Chain Link Brother Ali

[Verse 1]I try to always buy final call from the F.O.IEven though that's not what Islam always signifyY'all gotta love the struggle in 'emThey would get on their knees and shine shoes'fore they eve...

Waheedah's Hands Brother Ali

Verse OneDamn Brother what's wrong with you I think that somebody as strong as you Should have a better memory for what it was that brought you through I know it's hard for you to discard what's carved

Whatcha' Got Brother Ali

place full of flow Was never given the zone had to create my own As clean as the nose on my face that I placed to the stone Had to stake my claim to the thrown Ain't no mistaken the sacred in his tone Ali

Lookin' At Me Sideways Brother Ali

ought no tell em what they spellin on MySpace dot com Bold type face rhetoric You gon' clickety click and get your head split What the hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the brother

The Puzzle Brother Ali

don't expect you to have stood where I'm standing Why, repsect is the only thing I'm demanding Try, you and I could build this understanding You can't honestly shake unless you know where my hand's been brother

Pedigree Brother Ali

One behind the next in line It's inspection time let me check your design Your pedigree don't hold up next to mine I'm a thouroughbred of the most excellent kind Brother Ali and who's asking The text book