Uh, yeah They always ask me, ' Ali, what you so angry for man? Why you always so upset? ' I tell 'em ' Shit, theres a thin line between anger and hunger my man And I ride a unicycle down the middle, you might catch me touchin feet down on both sides '
Ever since day number one, it's just me and where I'm coming from Rites of Passage and Shadows on the Sun My people, I stand before you, As a man with more true shit Than what he knows to do with I give it all to you, long as you can promise me this When its time, you will ball up a fist (Like this) Me and Anthony, we fill all the gaps And are proud of what we make, regardless what happens Fuck rappin, I sing off key One thing you should never do is dis Ali Cause, motherfucker, there aint nothin rougher Then tryin to climb from the rug you'll get swept under I can run through every one of your blunders Mistake number one is that your crew don't love ya Ill take a bullet for the Core or the Sayers When me and my dogs out tourin the nation I spit with an intensity you have to witness Look close, my blood on the back of the tickets Its that religious, its what I teach my son How to read the Qur'an and how a party is won
We like ' Doctor, don't get it mistaken We *carve* life out when we sit in the basement We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing ' Doctor, don't get it mistaken We *carve* life out when we sit in the basement We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing'
When line meets mine, we bend ya girls spine Figure-eight status, she got back for days The same old magic will not crack the maze The lights changed since we anted up, pot has been raised And Im fucking with the hand I was delt [ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/yBv ] Life twenty-five years to experience what Lazurus felt If you drop three crumbs, Ill eat one Feed one to the family, rest I get invested in my freedom I battle through *a part in this shit* With a wrist, full of broken tooth picks, *tryin to carve out a niche* You can either choose the heart or the fist, but you will connect with me If your path ever intersect with me The fire in the eye could never be held back, (its the same) Pressure that made the liberty bell crack, (its the same) Pressure that made my brother E sell crack, (in the name) Qu'ran, holy, Rest in Peace My back is bein watched by, the only one on high We stride in the party, hoods up, crossed eyes Broke as what, but dont give a fuck Cause I feel I got the world by the nuts, Uhh!
Doctor, don't get it mistaken We call life out when we sit in the basement We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing Doctor, don't get it mistaken We call life out when we sit in the basement We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing'
Homeboy understand, I aint mad at you Theres just very few things in life I know how to do And this is one of them right here
And whatever comes up comes out We dont put our hands on ourmouths, I stand for what I'm about Unknown but I'm still a soldier Can't let em go home till I win 'em over My youth was training, its very clear Every year, new city, new rules to play with (true shit) New kid in school, didnt rule nothing To this day I rap like Im trying to prove something Little bit aggressive, when I spit a sentence Till you get the message You couldn't pay me to quit professin' Rock sixty-one sold out shows, came home, and caught a bus to the sixty-second Shirt sweated full of work ethic Been in love with the shit since I first met it Rhymesayers is the first to come, last to le