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?

'

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 he knows what to do with

I give it all to you, long as you can promise me this

When it’s time, you will ball up a fist (like this)

Me and Anthony, we fill all the gaps in

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 ain’t nothin' rougher

Then tryin' to climb from the rug you get swept under

I can run through every one of your blunders

Mistake number one is that your crew don’t love ya

I’ll take a bullet for the core of 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

It’s that religious, it’s 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 girl’s 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 I’m fucking with the hand I was dealt

Live twenty-five years to experience what Lazarus felt

If you drop three crumbs, I’ll eat one

Feed one to the family, rest’ll get invested in my freedom

I battle through carton of 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, (it's the same)

Pressure that made the liberty bell crack, (it's the same)

Pressure that made my brother E sell crack, (in the name)

Qur’an, 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 don’t give a fuck

Cause I feel I got the world by the nuts, Uhh!

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»

Homeboy understand, I ain’t mad at you

There’s 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 don’t put our hands on our mouths, 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, it’s very clear

Every year, new city, new rules to play with (true shit)

New kid in school, didn’t rule nothin'

To this day I rap like I’m 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 leave

Ain’t no tricks up our sleeve, this is what we believe

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'