Lyrics Brother Ali

Brother Ali

Letter From The Government

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

When the knuckles turn white and the eyes begin bulging

I take an honest look at my life its insulting

and I been sulking about it all week

Hearing the dull screech of metal grinding the concrete

And sparks dance where the worst of both worlds clash

Meaning the blue tyrants and my broke ass

I understand this is pawn take pawn shit

But I'll be damned if you shoot me on my lawn bitch

Think twice before shining that light

In my drawers in the alley in the middle of the night

Garbage bag and house shoes put two and two together

I ain't no drug smuggler I'm a struggling brother

I have this dream where I go nuts

Dial 911 from the roof and post up

Decorate your hard head when you came in the cruiser

And paint your rod red in the name of Abruka

What kind of sucker would I have to be after these years

of you harassing and attacking me to run and join your cavalry

Imagine me all GI Joe'd up in Afghanistan somewhere prepared to go nuts

You clinically crazy if you think you could pay me

a figure that could make me slay these innocent babies

I identify with a slave wishing to break free

He was victimised by the same system that raped me

Look at us poor just trying to get our foot in the door

and unfortunatley hooked in this war

We were both coerced to get enlisted

but his was with a trigger mine was living conditions

We're one in the same but in the name of some freedom

I'm supposed to put one in his brain like something will change

What freedom? I ain't writing for no president

Send the kids to die when we didn't even elect the bitch

Listen I'm in no position to judge a young stud

Tryn'a use the military to come the fuck up

Cos self preservation is the first law of nature

Play your cards smart remember what the fucks up

Its really no different from crack pedaling when it

comes to dying and killing for a dream you were given

Last thing in your mind is how you seen by the system

n' be willing to go to those extremes for your vision

Shit I'm no smarter I'm fucking retarded

I just know enough to not eat directly where the dog shits

If Uncle Sam wants to threaten my health

Tell him he have to come and get me himself

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