Self Taught
Brother Ali
4:05We move, on the merch, CDs and shirts For you, this is a game, but for me this is work I punch in, ha, when I step on the stage And get paid when my record is played Word to Printmatic I'm a poetry chick magnet With Goldy the pimp habits I roll with the Lin that is Droven Omaha be flowin for hick-ass kids Know that I was zonin at the moment I hit that shit (Kris references) and no one'll get that shit I even make the best of it or go home and slit my wrists Imagine what a trip it is rappin for little shits Who think that deejaying was created by Mr. Dibbs Thing of it is, those are the main ones That show us support so I owe 'em my existence and shit So, I gotta thank 'em, my home is broken, ain't it I downloaded parents cause I heard they're overrated I was the demo tape when the group was first created Younger Brother was the debut album when they made it E behind the music, believe that I've been through it I either write the true shit or feel my life is useless You should, do this, math with me right quick, dawg I cry myself to sleep when the lights get soft Tour twice, in the spring and the fall Ten weeks each, my son doesn't see me at all Now out of twelve months, daddy's gone for five Spot dates in the mix, I'm absent for six So I'm a half-ass daddy, part-time singer Half-ass crazy, got my wife feelin half single In New Jersey, bitchin with the wordplay About how my parents raised me in the worst way Possible, doin what I gotta do and tryin to get a pop or two Missin my only son's third birthday I'm a self-centered piece of shit, stomped down hypocrite Tryin to get a grip on it but now I gotta live with it This is me, motherfucker, I'm a mean mugger Not intentionally, brother, I was tryin to see somethin I never cried cause I'm legally blind All I can do is describe what I see in my mind People are fine until they peep a weakness of mine Then they fuck me over so I need to leave 'em behind Shit's real, my wrist still stiff from my last hook Cat learned how to scrap just by gettin his ass whooped I catch an elbow and that shit'll just hurt So I swing mine the next time I get in some dirt And that works, and that's why Murs is the homie Cause the brothers ain't scared to dig our spurs in the moment My recipe for greatness, there's no depletin this Cause the active ingredient in it is my weaknesses I speak with this little drawl that the Midwest created When they treat someone like shit for a decade Anthony can't chirp, flair, or backspin But he'll listen to my fucked up life without laughin I'm challenged and offended by sheets of blank paper Who act like they are too good to carry my strange flavor Painstaking to me, suffice it to say I ain't scared to put my motherfuckin life on display