Brother Ali - Rain Water Lyrics
"A question was raised to me the other dayWhy I seem to always have joyWell Id like to take time to set the record straight""all the joy ive ever known has disappeared"in the mother*****in thin airlike its never even been theremy joy done left me ya'llshit, ill never hang my head thoughGods rain water flows threw the same gutter that we walk todayGotta stay brave brother, keep your lip stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way threw this *****And I cant stop feeling guilty smilingA wise man once told me that every cloud has a silver liningI wanted to believe him, but its a trick to find emWhen the people around me continue dyingGranddad was in the twilight of his lifeWhen he closed his eyes tight and opened his wrists wideWhat make a 10th round fighter with a winning scoreDecide he need to throw a towel fore the whistle blowMaybe ill never knowBut I inherited his poetic soul so symbolisms yet to showWas life so obscene that deaths most sereneOr was an old author trying to write his own closing sceneNothing stings like, knowing that the woman that gave me this lifeIs being eaten from the inside, I thought wed never make shit rightI wish Id viewed it once clear fore you were done herethats two in one year that I let leave hereLoving me without shedding one single tearEither Im one of the strongest people leftOr yall should stone me for even trying to steal breathAnd Gods rain water flows threw the same gutter that we walk todayGotta stay brave brother, keep your lip stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way threw this *****[x2]They say shits bad for you, all by yourself aintcha?Damn straight, I got a jail cell natureBeen boxed up but I never been settled inHim got tough started developing leather skinI learned to make that face that tells predatorsIts better to reassessjust who youre bout to wrestle withIm on one like the first kick drum of the beatClear my lungs, spit blood on the streetThey telling me we got nothing to fear but fear itselfBut I fear I have no human fear leftSome day Im gonna want to peel back these callusesAnd really feel life again, and thats where my challenge isI been kicking and biting for so longAnd when they throw me a rescue rope ill be too weary to hold on and see the lightSo I sing through the tears and the key of life the way a wounded ego mightAnd Gods rain water flows threw the same gutter that we walk todayGotta stay brave brother, keep your lip stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way threw this *****[x2]My joy done left me yallShe dont show her face around these partsevery time she comes she gets chased offSo she stays distantIf it werent for me squinting, he wouldnt know the sun was outI hate every word that come out of his *****ing mouthLadies treat him special, dont know nothing bout himThey saw what his wife see, they wouldnt fuss about himHe cant do shit right but rap and make babiesAnd babies need daddy at home consistentBut rap keep daddy on the road religiousSo even in my true loves, my souls so conflictedMy son came into this world innocentHe deserves everything that he needs to live in itAnd this home I made for him is brokenIm hoping his love for me will never grow thinIt hurts daddy to no end and no whenYoure crying at the hospital Im out trying to rock a showI made a vow that wed never be broke againAnd Id never be a burden on another friendSo when I sweat it on my farewell stageAnd wrote my last hook in my last rhyme bookWhen I get the last nod of approval from my familyThis is the man that I have to beAnd Gods rain water flows threw the same gutter that we walk todayGotta stay brave brother, keep your lip stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way threw this *****[x4]"SometimesI feel like I'm almost goneSometimesI feel like I'm almost goneYou ever felt that way"
