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 a new record
Made a few adjustments
I want to discuss it
In a life of pain and sadness
Never would’ve guessed
that a taste of success
Would’ve been the first time
I ever got depressed
I know I’m blessed
I just couldn’t adjust
In life all I ever knew
how to do is fight
Scrapped on the playground
fighting for the mic
Trying to build a life
with an insane wife
Fighting for a little bit of time
in the light
Then I got a daughter
a car and house
No one left to fight
with but myself
Gained a lot of weight wasn’t
thinking about my health
Maybe the music
that I’m making could help
I can’t drive
'cause this albino shit
Told you I was legally blind
that’s legit
I ain’t want Ant to
have to come scoop the kid
So I bought a crib a couple
blocks from his
That’s the greatest friend
I ever had
Like a brother to me
a borderline dad
Maybe making a record
will get me on track
Help me fix whatever’s wrong
with my head
I jumped back in
the basement at once
Made the album Us
in a couple of months
But I can’t lie to
y’all I felt lost
Energy I brought
might’ve been a bit off
Couple great moments
though of course
Baby girl Puppy Love
and The Travelers
I toured two years off that album
Was on the road ten months
out of one of them
Did the globe
with my brother BK
My life coach slash DJ
Literally been with me
since day one
Had a lot of hard times
had a lot of fun
Long story short
He got hell of a wife
Catastrophe damn
near ended her life
Brought our wifeys out
to Hawaii
These fuckers got pregnant
on Waikiki
He said
I need to talk to you Ali
This is what you were born to do
But not me
So after Soundset
two thousand and ten
Say goodbye to my Deejay
But not my friend
My career ain’t stop it
Just grew
I rocked the bells
and Glastonbury too
Close enough to smell
Beyonce’s perfume
But it just ain’t the same
without dude
Couldn’t slow me down no lord
Stayed on the planes
and the busses and cars
Brought a young DJ
into the squad
Sucker quit on me
Cause I toured too hard Wahhhh
On to the next one
Then me and Ant
had trouble connecting
If I was here then
he was always there
Touring or recording
with Atmosphere
What the hell's goin on
with my career
Within a year my team disappeared
Got a phone call on
the 4th of July
My dad died
He committed suicide
Shit should've been there for him
Had to fly home from
Europe to bury him
I'm sorry
I need a minute
Bismillah
Alright listen
Trying to hold this marriage
together
But me and my baby
barely see each other
I’m in France
with the fans taking pictures
She’s with the kids
making dinner doing dishes
She ain’t got to worry bout me
screwing other
But that ain’t enough to
make a woman feel precious
If we don’t start to intersecting
We got no choice
but grow in different directions
Damn
I got that phone call again
You know the kind
You never want to get
Mikey’s mom
couldn’t get a hold of him
And found him dead
in his apartment
Just drowning in tears
Probably won’t get over that
in all my years
I’ll remember forever
A day later boarded
a plane to Mecca
And the next month
changed my life
Listening to God in the holy sites
Inklings I had all my life
Suddenly presented themselves
in plain sight
Any doubts I had about the mic
Whether or not
what I write is right
Fell out of sight like
the tears on the floor
Now I’m going harder than
I ever did before
Got a couple of beat
tapes from Jake
Genuine dude
and his music is great
I told Zach to hold
my tour dates
Roll the tape
I got something to say
So I’m gonna this out
Start it off right though