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

Writer's Block 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

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

All You Need Brother Ali

ten hour days at the gig then You were unemployed all null and void Now I ain’t trying to be no Sigmund Freud But ain’t you supposed to have instincts when it comes to the boy I called a cab and took

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 whiplash You fuckin with sleeveless t-shirts, where your tricks at?

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?

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

Picket Fence Brother Ali

stories If, you promise not to take offense Homie, sit back then, hand bring the beat in I'll try to find a place to start that makes sense now The first time I was pushed out blind Cold and naked, spanked

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

Sleepwalker Brother Ali

VERSEI do not have any memory of peaceful sleep Feels like I read about it in a novel once I believe that all the little secrets people keep When you drop your guard, and slumber, they come out and front

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

I Got This Ali

Dirty drop the beat, go round and watch this beat go Round and Round and? Dirty let the beat go Dirty I Got This Round and Round and?

Faheem Brother Ali

you in my arms for me to teach you Sometimes I gotta not be popular to reach you But boy look me in my eye when I speak to you I tell you these things cos I believe in you Respect, patience, excellence

Fajr Brother Ali

demonize it Guys on the wring side of right find us frightening Pray lightning strike twice ice on their eyelids Isis Osiris Christ in his likeness Day of resurrection bring life to the lifeless Tear

Bad Ma Fucka Brother Ali

him He cried when it came, at that moment he froze And death pulled his soul through the hole in his nose From the moment I sight em, decide I don't like em I evacuate the little bit of life they got

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

to give a testament 'Bout the deeply depressing mess we're in It's home so we better make the best of it I wanna make this country what it says it is Still dream in the vividest living color No matter

Blah Blah Blah Brother Ali

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

Rain Water Brother Ali

has a silver lining I wanted to believe him but it's a trick to find 'em When the people around me continue dying Granddad was in the twilight of his life When he closed his eyes tight and opened his

Just Fine Brother Ali

new socks on Turned the TV off it's too nice out here Put some clothes on the kids and we're outta here Hook Verse 2 Neighborhood park play in the sunshine Pushing three kids on the swings at one time

Won More Hit Brother Ali

you red and bloody And we made you build a country and we never gave you nothing But a savior with our ugly face painted on the front And we let you sing about it entertain us every Sunday Sing when you

Dorian Brother Ali

Yo it's your neighbour from across the hall man, I just wanna holla at you for a minute... Here we are in the apartment corridor, Dorian, right? yeah I been meaning to speak to you.

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

Faith in God High thinking and simple living Work hard deep love no conditions Gentle heart head level clear vision Back tall firm in our conviction Smile through the tears Laugh through the tragedy All

Victory! (Come Forward) Brother Ali

[ CHORUS ] 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

Gather Round (Feat. Amir Sulaiman) Brother Ali

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 the slaughter Indoctrinated by a complacent social

Mourning In America Brother Ali

earth and get ill blood spill Eyes sunk deep in their skull their bone chill Few for survival most for the thrill Terrorism is the war of the poor Hold up a mirror so the script get flipped Cause when

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?

Here Brother Ali

Woman I'll give you the grand tour Theres no reason for you to look closer but you do so I show you It ain't pretty here now but it will be One day I promise when the sun rays are honest I chip away

Love On Display Brother Ali

Intro Sample: Goodbye Goodbye my love Chorus: We move all the merch, CDs and shirts For you, this is a game but for me this is work I punch in ha, when I step on the stage I get paid when my record is

Chain Link Brother Ali

you believe in God that you believe in brighter days Keep my son's heartbeat in my sleep I'ma walk the Planet Earth with his name carved deep in my feet like [Chorus x2] Children growin, women producin

Years Brother Ali

kids that were at our feet all moved out and began their own family It still feels like just yesterday I stood in that mirror practicin' what to say Just know when I live for the moment My eyes glowed

Namesake Brother Ali

I am somebody somebo-dy We am and she am and he am and I am Somebody Somebody Somebo-dy I was raised with the raised fist Angela Davis summer sixty-eight Olympics Train banging your wings against The cage

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

Pay Them Back Brother Ali

way that children act when the stars come out It would be too much like right for them to tune up their sight and then Pursue something tight within, the blue ugly life they're in Liked your grimace but

Only Life I Know Brother Ali

Trying to put armor between you and pain Wood grain steering wheel the bass bang But not enough to drown out the hatred in your brai The only out is smoking out Get lean get wet get meth get

Truth Is Brother Ali

day I was born Face to the dawn and my faith in the 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

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

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

Champion (Remix) Brother Ali

glimpse at a Ugly charmer, Gentlemen Caller Sendin them all to hell in a milk crate Forest Whitiker dictate You need to get the dick out your intake You toilets in a gay bar, never gettin your shit straight

Singing This Song Brother Ali

Everybody wanna fuss but what gets discussed When it's all said and done what will be said of us This is who we are not who we have to be In the lasting aftermath of a tragedy Don't wanna talk no more

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

Whatcha' Got Brother Ali

I placed to the stone Had to stake my claim to the thrown Ain't no mistaken the sacred in his tone Ali the new name by which greatness is known Ya'll act like MCing is a new sport Your too inexperienced

Star Quality Brother Ali

light your spirit, clear your soul If I would've known that tonight was Ladie's Night I would've stopped and swabbed my balls with the baby whipe In the van, Hold your sorry little life in my hand Watch

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.

Electric Energy Brother Ali

Electric relax Chemical attracts Search for satisfacts Electric relax Chemical attracts Search She needed relief out on the floor Drove from Minnesota to watch in Chicago He forgot her name five minutes

Here Comes The Summer Kelli Ali

Here comes the summer I've been waiting for you Like two butterflies in glass jars Staring out at sunny skies Winter always comes when we part See the sunset in my eyes Here comes the summer Here comes

Shine On (Feat. Nikki Jean) Brother Ali

Don't pay me no mind baby Shine shine shine Don't pay me no mind sugar Shine shine shine Don't pay me no mind baby Shine shine shine Don't pay me no mind sugar Shine shine shine I had seen you when the

Need A Knot Brother Ali

Did it 24/7 morning noon night Had to hit the block early in my true life Scraping on the concrete in the moonlight Powerful supply got that powder from the sky I could always get it where you want it

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

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

Say Amen Brother Ali

Truth so heavy it could rumble the earth I dunked paint brush up in a bucket of words Ain’t Nothing interrupting the urg Might cut you worse than unguarded love when it hurts Try to hold it in