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

Verse 1 I used to think I hated this place Couldn't wait to tell the president straight to his face But lately I changed nowadays I embrace it all Beautiful ideals and amazing flaws Got to care enough

Singing This Song Brother Ali

brother chuck d that legacy lives on And when the struggle stress you Let it bless you keep you strong And may your voice live on forever in that song Singing this song let the whole world know Let the

Letter From The Government Brother Ali

> [Chorus x2] I got a letter from the government the other day I opened and read and burned that man The way that I live don't concern that man We gon' have to settle this another way [Verse 1] When

Shine On (Feat. Nikki Jean) Brother Ali

time Made sure the moment got seized made up my mind Through a napkin over my sleeve straightened my tie Mind if I behold you through the fold of your menu Couture all up against you oh lord How could

Haunted House (Feat. Aby Wolf) Brother Ali

friend but I don't know how Don't want to leave but I don't want my demons to return and haunt this house The foundation's The foundation's Broken But you know its dead wrong that I ain't never felt so

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

die Wherever you go May the good lord bless your heart and soul My beloved my beloved my beloved I want you to know That your love and your wisdom touched me so My beloved my beloved my beloved Bless

Bitchslap! Brother Ali

heart When it's late night we litter the landscape Animate our dead opposition to get one last phoney handshake I read a lot and write a lot, empty my pockets at the giro shop Hit the cash machine for

Dr. West Eminem

Dr. West: (good) morning Marshall Em: Good morning, Doc' Dr: So we're discharging you today, how are you feeling? Em: Uh, anxious...

Gather Round (Feat. Amir Sulaiman) Brother Ali

could guide you In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa In the desert like Bedouins in search of water Except we’re thirsting for power up in this urban drama Every day our sons and daughters are led to

Champion (Remix) Brother Ali

Im a trend setter with a wicked vendetta Been feather, venomous, skeleton shredder, theres never been better Plus my fourth to the tenth letter rip Heads quick, youre little chick, that deliver get a little

Fajr Brother Ali

People ain’t eating they say the reason Resources depleted for the defense I’m offended by it these authentic liars Should’ve been retired Let me identify You’ll never get me quiet My people been inspired

I'll Be Around (Feat. Phonte And Stokley Williams) Brother Ali

Watch it crumble then build it up again Long kiss good fright you let it tuck you in Nothing other than human suffering Let your frozen bones shutter in the summer wind Crash test dummy friend turned up to

Ear To Ear Brother Ali

> I shed my ex-wife kept my son with me Now me smiling ear to ear now that's something to see, shit [Chorus:] I said my life, and my God and my songs Good Lord Ya'll I said my life, and my God and my

Ore-Ore-O Ali

(Ali) C'mon, oooooooooooooooooooh, no, yo (Just the north, south, east, west coast and us) Hey, uh, it's Lee I'm amazin', original Asian Lime blazin' hatin'll get you nowhere, but get me Hotter than Cajun

The Puzzle Brother Ali

Who's to blame for the state I'm in I play my cards but somehow I can't win [Verse 1] Listen when life leaves you beaten up Don't lay around in it, hurry pick them pieces up Cling closely to the people

Love On Display Brother Ali

Dibbs Remember this, those are the main ones that show us support So I owe them my existence and shit so I got to thank them, my home is broken ain't it?

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

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

Picket Fence Brother Ali

out blind Cold and naked, spanked on the ass to breathe An immigrant from heaven on earth with a WORK VISA I announce my self with gasps and screams Before black and white supremacy, heisted my innocence

Sleepwalker Brother Ali

sleep for nothing, I'm left to beat the sun And my breath, they keep it rushing, my chest, with deep percussion If death and sleep are cousins, then justice is disgusting We'll probably be cellmates behind

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.

Victory! (Come Forward) Brother Ali

Ali ] Step inside the mind of a soon-to-be legendary Straight paramilitary Brother Ali exist to read the scripture, it's never read Whoever said this underground hip-hop shit is dead Must have fallen

Lookin' At Me Sideways Brother Ali

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 is hard core I ain't got

Shadows On The Sun Brother Ali

Holy Grail, drink from it I keep an eye on heaven and an ear to the street And spread a thick layer of blood, sweat and tears on the beats My brain rest upon the hip-hop lexicon That I acquired in the

Work Everyday Brother Ali

man I can’t fool them no more It’s job time every day every day Got to work every day My God there’s got to be more to life than this There’s got to be a bigger reason that I exist Work to eat to earn

Win Some Lose Some Brother Ali

[ CHORUS ] (2X) Man, you win some, lose some They run the gamut from hilarious to gruesome In my life I done caught some and threw some And I done been in some shit But this is one that I will never forget

Just Fine Brother Ali

The revolution will not be televised The revolution's about to go out and get some exercise Oh man sometimes the revolution just needs a break man Sometimes the revolution just needs to live life Stop

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

Daylight Brother Ali

> My friend, give me a minute here You have no idea how to frame me "Brother Ali is this, Brother Ali is that" You ain't been right yet So ok I'll do it myself Ant, you got me?

Star Quality Brother Ali

, with one woman cashing my cheques I'll take the compliment and pass on the sex [Chorus] We like Brother Brother Brother, how ya making 'em get down Come, straight to your town, vibrating the ground Keep

Rain Water Brother Ali

A question was raised to me the other day "Why it seem I always have joy?" Well, I'd like to take time to set the record straight..

Writer's Block Brother Ali

folks listen to me close i open my inner soul and slip it in my clothes some flood the blogs some flood the streets i don’t flood nothin’ i’m watering the seeds i walk away from emcees offerin’ me cheese

Writer's Block (Clean) Brother Ali

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

Bug Powder Dust (Feat. Justin Warfield) Bomb The Bass

The wild boys runnin' 'round Interzone trippin' Letter to control about the Big Brother Try like hard to not blow my cover I always hit the apple when I'm going to shoot So you can call me William Tell

Bad Ma Fucka Brother Ali

> I circle my opponents like a bird of prey, in search of a vertabra Just to curse your day, and make blue sky revert to gray Tryin' to work my way back to where the purpose gave birth To the perfect

Years Brother Ali

say Just know when I live for the moment My eyes glowed held out my hand and felt yours on it You don't know the power a touch like that You have on a lovestruck lad Everything I ever used to care about

Freedom Ain't Free Brother Ali

> [Hook:] Ain't no where to run There ain't nothing here for free [Verse 1:] I don't like my life I gut it, rebuild it Keep nothing from God and my children I kill the devil wherever he resides Even

Need A Knot Brother Ali

I need a knot weather the bread is for me or not I need a knot weather the bread is for me or not I need a knot weather the bread is for me or not Show me the spot I had to get paper use to move white

Just Might Be Ok (Feat. Gemini) Lupe Fiasco

with a view with in the insanity Live my vida loca was built like bob vila villa gone The architect that I arted wat I hearted jimmy carter from Chicago west side Finish my construction now we

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

[ VERSE 1: Slug ] I dictate while most MC's lactate Can't wait for me to smack ( ?greats?

Take Me Home Brother Ali

favourite subject, I don't know whether you picked up on that yet or not I never said I had a business mind I just don't believe that quitting time exists, Ain't no finish line to this You got to give

Summer For The Rose Dr. Z

brother Came to reverence my Maker, put a candle to the altar I loved my Brother 'Kyrie eleison', I am of the Fall 'Kyrie eleison', I have done it all Bowed my will to serve the Spirit, Searching for

Say Amen Brother Ali

and my muscles will burst Do an Incredible Hulk through my shirt A verse make an old lady jump up in the church Pass a plate around pulling bucks out her purse Foremost and first my hunger and

Faheem Brother Ali

go I was right there for your first breath Used to lay you on my chest when you slept I fed you, changed you, read to you, bathed you I ain't tryna' hold that over your head, I'm saying thank you God put

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?

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 lights

Back Stage Pacin' Brother Ali

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

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

Dorian Brother Ali

yeah I been meaning to speak to you.