Brother Ali: Rain Water - Atmosphere
Uh into motherf**kin' thin air
Like it's never even been there
My joy done left me y'all
Sh*t I never hang my head man
CHORUS
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
And I can't stop feelin' guilty smilin'
A wise man once told me that every cloud has a silver linin'
I wanted to believe him but its a trick to find em'
When the people around me continue dyin'
Grandad was in the twilight of his life
When he closed his eyes tight and opened his wrists wide
What make a tenth round fighter with a winning score
Decide he need to throw the towel before the whistle blow
Maybe I'll never know but I inherited his poetic soul
So the sybolism's yet to show
Is life so obscene that death's more serine
Or was an old auther trying to write his own closing scene
Nothin stings like knowin that the woman who gave me this life is being eaten from the inside
I thought we'd never make sh*t right
I wish I'd have viewed it once clear
Before you were done here
That's two in one year that I let leave here
Lovin' me without shedding one single tear
Either I'm one of the strongest people left
Or ya'll should stone me for even trying to steal breath
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
They say"Sh*t scrapper you all by yourself ain't ya"
Damn straight I got a jail cell nature
Been boxed up but I've never been settled in
Then got tough started developing leather skin
I learned to make that face that tells predators
It's better to reassess just who you bout to wrestle with
I'm on one like the first kick drum of the beat
Clear my lungs spit blood on the street
They tellin me we got nothing to fear but fear itself
But I fear I have no human fear left
Someday I'm gonna wanna peel back these calluses
And really feel life again and that where my challenge is
I've been kickin and bitin for so long
That when they throw me a rescue rope I'll be too weary to hold on
And see the light So I sing through the tears
In the key of life the way a wounded ego might
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
BRIDGE
My joy done left me ya'll
She don't show her face around these parts
Every time she come she gets chased off
So she stays distant
Verse 3
If it weren't for me squintin he wouldn't know the sun was out
I hate every word that come out of his f**kin mouth
Ladies treat him special don't know nothin bout him
If they saw what his wife see they wouldn't fuss about him
He can't do sh*t right but rap and make babies
And babies need daddy at home consistent
But rap keep daddy on the road religious
So even in my two loves my soul is so conflicted
My son came into this world innocent
And he deserves everything that needs to live in it
And this home I made for him is broken
I'm hopin his love for me will never grow thin
It hurts daddy to know and to know when
You were cryin at the hospital I'm out tryin to rock a show
I made a vow that we'd never be broke again
And I'd never be a burden on another friend
So when I've sweated on my farewell stage
When I've wrote my last hook in my last rhyme book
When I get the last nod of approval from my family
This is the man I have to be
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
And God's rain water flow through the same gutter
That we walk today gotta stay brave brotha
Keep you your lip stiff keep your fist clenched
At times you gotta kick your way through this b**ch
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone You ever felt that way
