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

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?

Bad Ma Fucka Brother Ali

Accept the rebreath?

Gather Round (Feat. Amir Sulaiman) Brother Ali

Ain’t no stopping the calling I’m a warrior 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

Fajr Brother Ali

the wall down Pull a crown of a tyrant Rebuild gentrify the planet for the righteous He who sacrifices for the greater good Elevate them where they should to the title of your highness Only tribe surviving

Truth Is Brother Ali

Truth is here the truth is here Truth is here the truth is here Truth is here the truth is here I said the truth is here the truth is here I want more Give me more We want more God damn it I'm back to

Uncle Sam Goddamn Brother Ali

And straighten me out right quick I like it so far man ...Yeah, come on, lets go [Chorus] Welcome to the United Snakes Land of the thief home of the slave Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred

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

Singing This Song Brother Ali

Singing this song let the whole world know Singing this song let the whole world know Let the choir sing Singing this song let the whole world know Let the choir sing Singing this song let the whole world

Victory! (Come Forward) Brother Ali

[ VERSE 1: Brother 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

Haunted House (Feat. Aby Wolf) Brother Ali

Broken broken Broken broken Broken broken The foundation's The foundation's Broken broken Broken broken I knew love could be a sunrise Make an old man see the world with young eyes Round each corner discover

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bitchslap! Brother Ali

mic, pourin out my 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

Chain Link Brother Ali

let the drugs afflict 'em Makin taco's and fuckin with McDonald's Nickel and dime broke, but dignified with high hopes Some people shoulder the weight of the median, make it look easy Even though they

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

The Bite Marked Heart Brother Ali

Love struck like dumb luck See the bite marked heart come untucked Still scared of the dark yet I’m not Afraid to fall scale the wall that you construct Must be the tears of joy that appeared Rose from

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.

Sleepwalker Brother Ali

cellmates behind Hell's gates The devil lives inside my eyelids When I close them I hit rising violence, I'm supposed to find some silence Rockin' the back seat of insomniac theatre With the answers in

Missing Teeth Brother Ali

have wings Keep takin a nap, wear a brick for a cap Or get the fuck off the lap before you lose everything I spit shrapnel while the villagers babble Slice deep, pull, peel, and let the skin unravel We're

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

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

All You Need Brother Ali

you snored You were afraid of bringing him to the hospital ‘Cause two weeks ago your mom called the cops on you Child protection paid a visit Ruled that the crib was unfit to raise kids in I’m working

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?

Picket Fence Brother Ali

picket fence Happy go lucky scared of no one With only the exception, I'm allergic to the sun Didn't know I had a image that a camera couldn't capture 100% Allah's manufacture But then came the laughter

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

Years Brother Ali

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 fade to the back I feel that way to this day matter of

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

Electric Energy Brother Ali

with em And everyone else go home but she lingers She wants to make it known she's not a groupie Didn't even pull out his room key He smiled and said I know but we'll see The longer they talk the closer

Writer's Block Brother Ali

are good some of ‘em are cool but ain’t say nothin’ new runnin’ through a verse just for somethin’ to do i wanna be the cat that put the straw on the back of the camel and send him to the chiroprac i

Writer's Block (Clean) Brother Ali

are good Some of ‘em are cool but ain’t say nothin’ new Runnin’ through a verse just for somethin’ to do I wanna be the cat that put the straw on the back Of the camel and send him to the chiroprac I

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.

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!

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

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..

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?

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

Back Stage Pacin' Brother Ali

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

Take Me Home Brother Ali

grind driven by the fist Where do you place 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

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

I Can't Wait Brother Ali

first, safety last, nothing under him 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

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

again Ladies first safety last nothing under him 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

Champion (Remix) Brother Ali

They'll never find diamonds, as bright as my eyes When I find where my competators hide And then I slice em, Brother Ali, mean muggin emcee Is goin toe to toe with em, Stand nose to nose with em My flow