Brother Ali - Self Taught lyrics

I'm home uh, yeah
They always ask me, '
Ali, what you so angry for man?
Why you always so upset? '
I tell 'em ' Shit
Theres a thin line between anger
And hunger my man
And I ride a unicycle down the middle
You might catch me touchin' feet
Down on both sides '

Ever since day number one
It's just me and where I'm coming from
Rites of Passage and Shadows on the Sun
My people, I stand before you
As a man with more true shit
Than he knows what to do with
I give it all to you
Long as you can promise me this
When it's time, you will ball up a fist
(like this)
Me and Anthony, we fill all the gaps in
And are proud of what we make
Regardless what happens
Fuck rappin', I sing off key
One thing you should never do is dis Ali
Cause, motherfucker
There ain't nothin' rougher
Then tryin' to climb from the
Rug you get swept under
I can run through every one of your blunders
Mistake number one is that your
Crew don't love ya
I'll take a bullet for the core of the Sayers
When me and my dogs out tourin' the nation
I spit with an intensity you have to witness
Look close
My blood on the back of the tickets
It's that religious, it's what I teach my son
How to read the Qur'an and how a party is won

We like ' Doctor, don't get it mistaken
We carve life out when we sit in the basement
We self taught, it's as real as you make it
Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing
Doctor, don't get it mistaken
We carve life out when we sit in the basement
We self taught, it's as real as you make it
Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing'

When line meets mine, we bend ya girl's spine
Figure-eight status, she got back for days
The same old magic will not crack the maze
The lights changed since we anted up
Pot has been raised
And I'm fucking with the hand I was dealt
Live twenty-five years to experience
What Lazarus felt
If you drop three crumbs, I'll eat one
Feed one to the family
Rest'll get invested in my freedom
I battle through carton of shit
With a wrist, full of broken tooth picks
Tryin' to carve out a niche
You can either choose the heart or the fist
But you will connect with me
If your path ever intersect with me
The fire in the eye could never be held back
(it's the same)
Pressure that made the liberty bell crack
(it's the same)
Pressure that made my brother E sell crack
(in the name) qur'an, holy, Rest in Peace
My back is bein' watched by
The only one on high
We stride in the party, hoods up
Crossed eyes
Broke as what, but don't give a fuck
Cause, I feel I got the world by the nuts
Uhh!

We like, "Doctor, don't get it mistaken
We carve life out when we sit in the basement
We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it
Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing
Doctor, don't get it mistaken
We carve life out when we sit in the basement
We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it
Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing"

Homeboy understand, I ain't mad at you
There's just very few things in life
I know how to do
And this is one of them right here

And whatever comes up comes out
We don't put our hands on our mouths
I stand for what I'm about
Unknown but I'm still a soldier
Can't let em go home till I win 'em over
My youth was training, it's very clear
Every year, new city, new rules to play with
(true shit)
New kid in school, didn't rule nothin'
To this day I rap like
I'm trying to prove something
Little bit aggressive, when I spit a sentence
Till you get the message
You couldn't pay me to quit professin'
Rock sixty-one sold out shows, came home
And caught a bus to the sixty-second
Shirt sweated full of work ethic
Been in love with the shit
Since I first met it
Rhymesayers is the first to come
Last to leave ain't no tricks up our sleeve
This is what we believe

We like ' Doctor, don't get it mistaken
We carve life out when we sit in the basement
We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it
Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing
Doctor, don't get it mistaken
We carve life out when we sit in the basement
We Self Taught, it's as real as you make it
Anyway you look at it this shit is amazing'