Brother Ali - Take Me Home Lyrics
And I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneI'ma tell you something... about me, hehehThat's my favorite subject, I don't know if you picked up on that yet or notI never said I had a business mindI just don't believe that quitting time exists, ain't no finish line to thisYou got to give me mine, I really shine, my given time is thisLive and die with the grind, driven by the fistWhere you do place my name if I never played your game?We don't race the same, I don't run inside no painted lanePlus y'all pace is strange, y'all either stop or you sprintRun when it's sunny and hide if it change to rainI wouldn't be half the Ali that I amif I slowed myself up and tried competing with these people, famI'm every bit as unconcerned as they are unpreparedMarket flooded, needless to say I wasn't scaredLet's all drop the same day, I don't *****ing carePut listening stations in the store and let the public hearBetter yet, let's have an in-store performanceMake it oranges to oranges, me dwarfin' your enduranceAfter that we'll shoot the shit with our supportersand see how many more discs of yours the indie stores orderSee you already know I out-rap 'emOn the low, we out-work, out-think, and out-class themAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneNobody's doing this thing exactly like we do.I mean they do it, they just ain't doing it exactly like us, you know what I'm saying?Sucker-ass mother*****erMy personal pedigree's so bona fide,'Cause a man of my stature ain't grown overnightThe undisputed king of where poor folks resideBecause every time I speak there'll be hope vocalized in youSit and ***** with them chickens about "it isn't fair"The sound system ain't shit, but I was crystal clearWe first-name basis with soundmen, we bring 'em beerPlus I tipped 'em fifty last semester when the clique was hereListen here, I ain't going give you all the secretsJust these few examples help me illustrate my pretenseOur strength is unrelated to your weakness'Cause you'll never be a worthy pool of peers to be competed withI sing my shit with Son House and Syl Johnsonand always lose, I done lost face toobut I'm sporting they shoes, so let me remind youthem little kicks you're trying to fit,we outgrew them shits in high schoolAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneI don't think I'm arrogant, man, I think just I'm, you knowI dos what the ***** I does, man, and it's just..you can kiss my ass, all I careIt's of foremost importance,There is none like unto the Brother AlThis mother*****er regardless, and stop all the nonsenseYou see me lounging, call Rhymesayer's office, I've officially lost itThey say my reputation precedes meI don't know the meaning of off-season, I ain't taking it easyAin't taking a day off, never had a off nightNever been laid off, I live on the job siteIt all pays off, though, when I squint through the spotlightand see your lips are moving to the true shit that I writeand we going be all right, every night of my life is my night'Cause I view the future like it's hindsightI ain't waiting on patiently perseveringI see greatness in the person in the mirror very clearlyand that's why I take this seriouslyBaby, come near to me and truly, truly hear meAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneAnd I promise if you take me home,I'll sing you a song, never leave me aloneSaid come on baby, throw me a bone,I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone
