所属专辑:Champion
歌手: Brother Ali
时长: 04:25
Chain Link - Brother Ali[00:00:00]
Artistbrother ali[00:00:06]
Songs Titlechain link[00:00:08]
Ohhh[00:00:10]
Yeah[00:00:13]
Ohhh[00:00:21]
I try to always buy final call from the FOI[00:00:21]
Even though that's not what I***m always signify[00:00:24]
Y'all gotta love the struggle in 'em[00:00:27]
They would get on their knees[00:00:29]
And shine shoes[00:00:30]
'Fore they ever let the drugs afflict 'em[00:00:31]
Makin taco's and f**kin' with McDonald's[00:00:33]
Nickel and dime broke[00:00:35]
But dignified with high hopes[00:00:36]
Some people shoulder[00:00:38]
The weight of the median[00:00:39]
Make it look easy[00:00:40]
Even though they[00:00:41]
Walkin the tight roads[00:00:42]
Immigrants twelve[00:00:44]
Deep in one bedroom[00:00:45]
I'm too cool[00:00:46]
I look at 'em like fools[00:00:47]
Those fools combine forces[00:00:49]
And put the resources[00:00:50]
And guess who the new[00:00:51]
Owner of the corner store is[00:00:53]
Sh*t what's stoppin'[00:00:55]
Me from doin that[00:00:56]
I probably could with drug[00:00:57]
Smugglers approve of that[00:00:58]
Because if one dime sack[00:00:59]
In the time can climax[00:01:01]
Into a billion dollar industry[00:01:02]
Then look at my abilities[00:01:04]
But I'm a dreamer in alotta ways[00:01:05]
I feel if you believe in God[00:01:07]
That you believe in brighter days[00:01:09]
Keep my son's heartbeat in my sleep[00:01:10]
I'ma walk the planet earth[00:01:12]
With his name carved[00:01:14]
Deep in my feet like[00:01:15]
Children growin' women producin'[00:01:16]
Men go workin'[00:01:19]
But what's the use[00:01:20]
When the real strive hard[00:01:21]
And stress about the rent[00:01:23]
And can still die poor[00:01:24]
And in debt without a cent[00:01:25]
Children growin' women producin'[00:01:27]
Men go workin'[00:01:30]
But what's the use[00:01:31]
When the real strive hard[00:01:32]
And stress about the rent[00:01:33]
And can still die poor[00:01:35]
And in debt without a cent[00:01:36]
Ohh god people[00:01:39]
Jesses love you[00:01:41]
Ohh[00:01:48]
Born again christian[00:01:49]
Creatures from the suburbs[00:01:51]
Tryin to save souls on[00:01:52]
Broadway they got some nerve[00:01:53]
Comin' here[00:01:54]
Unaware[00:01:55]
That the one's with no material gifts[00:01:56]
Sometimes most spirits leave rifts[00:01:58]
Lazyness[00:01:59]
Got me spare the stand back[00:02:00]
And what was that[00:02:02]
That can't hold me back[00:02:03]
My man vast told me that[00:02:04]
Harlem got all that[00:02:05]
On a bigger scale[00:02:06]
When there's bullets in the sandboxes[00:02:08]
Every bid is real[00:02:09]
I see children growin' up[00:02:10]
Within a wicked system[00:02:12]
Smilin I wanna kiss 'em[00:02:13]
I see prophet Muhammad in 'em[00:02:15]
Poverty's trickin[00:02:16]
People from my generation[00:02:18]
And hands down[00:02:19]
To world's most creative[00:02:20]
I've seen both sides of the fence[00:02:22]
Picket a chain link and[00:02:24]
We ain't all thinkin' the same thing but[00:02:25]
They teens got so impressed by me[00:02:27]
They try to walk talk interact[00:02:30]
And dress like me[00:02:31]
We captivated the world's imagination[00:02:33]
I used to idolize athletes and entertainers[00:02:35]
'Cause they never let the situation capture 'em[00:02:38]
System gave 'em lemons made[00:02:40]
Lemonade and sold it back to 'em[00:02:41]
Children growin' women producin[00:02:43]
Men go workin'[00:02:46]
But what's the use[00:02:47]
When the real strive hard[00:02:49]
And stress about the rent[00:02:50]
And can still die poor[00:02:51]
And in debt without a cent[00:02:52]
Children growin' women producin'[00:02:54]
Men go workin'[00:02:57]
But what's the use[00:02:58]
When the real strive hard[00:02:59]
And stress about the rent[00:03:01]
And can still die poor[00:03:02]
And in debt without a cent[00:03:03]
Marvin[00:03:05]
Gaye said it best[00:03:06]
This ain't livin'[00:03:07]
No matter your religion[00:03:08]
The earth keep spinnin'[00:03:09]
And the sun keep shinin'[00:03:10]
Babies keep cryin'[00:03:12]
Old folks dyin'[00:03:13]
In beatswithin' you put ya chiming[00:03:14]
And here I am still lower class[00:03:16]
America[00:03:18]
Same room[00:03:19]
Same view[00:03:20]
Different cast of characters[00:03:20]
Regina got arrested[00:03:22]
As a late prowler[00:03:23]
Couldn't trick[00:03:24]
Got evicted[00:03:25]
Lost her section aid voucher[00:03:26]
Onward goes my neighbourhood's[00:03:27]
Revolving door[00:03:29]
A gang of rental properties[00:03:30]
Nobody owns at all[00:03:31]
I guess that's why[00:03:33]
We call it a hood[00:03:34]
Nobody stays as long as[00:03:35]
It takes to become neighbour[00:03:36]
Children growin' women producin'[00:03:38]
Men go workin'[00:03:41]
But what's the use[00:03:42]
When the real strive hard[00:03:43]
And stress about the rent[00:03:44]
And can still die poor[00:03:46]
And in debt without a cent[00:03:47]
Ohh[00:03:48]
Children growin' women producin'[00:03:49]
Men go workin'[00:03:52]
But what's the use[00:03:53]
When the real strive hard[00:03:54]
And stress about the rent[00:03:55]
And can still die poor[00:03:57]
And in debt without a cent[00:03:58]
Ohhh[00:04:21]