Daylight

My friend, give me a minute here. You have no idea how
To frame me. Brother Ali is this, Brother Ali is that
You ain't been right yet. So OK I'll do it myself

Big Brother the beast, I'm showin' my teeth
Feel it all in the air, it's too potent to breathe
Explosive with the free, got a heavy one I rolled up my sleeve
I could post up or go for the three
Versatile with it, I'm grindin' until I get it
Mindless of the defined limits of consequences
I defy critics, I ain't scientific
I find my intrinsic vibe and I ride with it
Vocals know nothin' other than soul touchin'
So if they land in yours it's just a homecomin'
If they don't go there they might perish
Land on deaf ears but die unembarrassed
You don't need to hear my race in a song
You hear the plane that I'm on
Your whole face change when I'm on
Your ears might help you see
Fuck hearin' me I need you to feel like me

Daylight, let the dark side slide right on out you
Don't deny it, announce it to the
Daylight, let it get inside of you
'Cause you're not alive 'til you open up your eyes to the
Daylight, let the dark side slide right on out you
Don't deny it, announce it to the
Daylight, let it get inside of you
'Cause you're not alive 'til you open up your eyes

I never asked my brothers to put that crown on me
Now they wanna frown on me, look down on me
Pardon me, I don't think I'm hurtin' anybody
Just because I took jihadah but I'm cursin' at the party
Ain't sayin' I'm holy, just showin' the whole me
Y'all just pretend to be whatever your role be
Don't get me wrong, priest, rabbi, imam
But maybe that's why the masses don't respond
Can't sit and nitpick but miss the big shit
Expect us not to see the contradictions
Want us to listen and join your religion
I ain't got a pot to piss in, who are y'all kiddin'?
I believe in the Qur'an and all that's within it
The concepts and all of the prophets that are mentioned
But I talk directly to God so if I'm sinnin'
Y'all ain't got nothin' to do with me repentin'

Daylight, let the dark side slide right on out you
Don't deny it, announce it to the
Daylight, let it get inside of you
'Cause you're not alive 'til you open up your eyes to the
Daylight, let the dark side slide right on out you
Don't deny it, announce it to the
Daylight, let it get inside of you
'Cause you're not alive 'til you open up your eyes

If I'm an open book this is how I'm supposed to look
I gotta show it all and don't be shook
They ask me if I'm black or white, I'm neither
Race is a made up thing, I don't believe in it
My genes tie me to those that despise me
Made a livin' killin' the ones that inspired me
I ain't just talkin' 'bout singin' and dancin'
I was taught life and manhood by black men
So I'm a product of that understandin'
And a small part of me feels like I am them
Does that make me a liar? Maybe
But I don't want the white folks who
Praise me to think they can claim me
'Cause you didn't make me
You don't appreciate what I know to be great
Yet you relate to me
And that frustrates me and what can I say?
'Cause I know that I benefit from somethin' I hate
But make no mistake our connection ain't fake
It's never too late to clear off the slate
You follow my tape then you know what I'm about
If somethin' comes up then it must come out

Daylight, let the dark side slide right on out you
Don't deny it, announce it to the
Daylight, let it get inside of you
'Cause you're not alive 'til you open up your eyes to the
Daylight, let the dark side slide right on out you
Don't deny it, announce it to the
Daylight, let it get inside of you
'Cause you're not alive 'til you open up your eyes

It seem like no one wanna hear the truth
It seem like no one wanna hear the truth
It seem like no one wanna hear the truth
It seem like no one wanna hear the truth
It seem like no one wanna hear the truth
It seem like no one wanna hear the truth