The Preacher-Brother Ali

[00:08.64]If you know me you know I [00:10.39]Love my family love my God [00:12.14]Before I knew either I loved my art [00:14.13]So I'm married to the pen till death do us part [00:16.57]Rock hard with all my heart [00:18.50]College broads call me avant garde [00:20.56]Probably 'cause I'm all off the chart [00:22.75]Only thing poppy about me [00:24.43]Is what my Puerto Rican mami call me when she on me [00:27.43]And the raw me is all I let y'all see [00:29.73]I believe I rock it properly [00:31.63]Obviously a lot of y'all agree [00:33.92]Remind me what the **** can stop Ali [00:36.42]Only me as far as I can see [00:38.35]Line 3 of "My Philosophy" [00:40.27]By BDP it apply to me [00:42.39]I'm just the guy to lead a crew [00:44.70]That means the true people who believe in you [00:46.75]And hold you down and do what they need to do [00:48.97]Street Preacher [00:49.79]Say you don't believe what these people teach [00:51.91]Well me neither [00:52.91]He who follows his dream is deemed leader [00:55.03]The freedom fighter meets the peace keeper [00:57.09]See me creeping up in the pulpit [00:59.40]With a full clip fit to speak to the people [01:01.72]May I suggest you just believe dude [01:03.65]Everything he speak on really true [01:05.78]He's proved he would never mislead you [01:08.02]Or treat you as nothing less than equal [01:10.29]That's why they call me Brother Ali too [01:12.28]The feeling always seems to bleed through [01:14.47]No quitting I kill it until the beats through [01:16.65]No kidding I'm real in everything we do [01:18.65]Rap beef ******** so see through [01:20.64]They don't like the hoops they got to leap through [01:23.14]So they turn on each other like the weak do [01:25.33]Your little teeth chew meat fool me too [01:27.45]I came here to turn the party out [01:29.38]Y'all know just what I'm all about [01:31.24]My crew throw down without a doubt [01:33.69]We here let me hear you holler out [01:35.75]I came here to turn the party out [01:37.81]Y'all know just what I'm all about [01:39.81]My crew throw down without a doubt [01:42.05]We here let me hear you holler out [01:44.11]Rest assured I'm the best to do it in my neck of the woods [01:46.74]Hell yes I'm good [01:47.85]You can give me any test and I'll prove it no question [01:50.35]Let this be a lesson to you [01:52.16]When a superior send a message through the air waves [01:54.72]Your way fool just accept it [01:57.43]And consider it a blessing [01:58.99]I won't rest till the moment they press play [02:01.30]This jam come down and cave your chest in [02:03.48]There's a couple more things y'all have to know [02:05.60]Y'all been violating the rapper code [02:07.66]Can't just walk around here acting bold [02:09.60]Got to earn respect to brag and boast [02:12.10]Skills get you that not swag and clothes [02:14.03]Chin might get tapped I crack your nose [02:16.34]Fall back before y'all collapse [02:18.09]Me I'm an artist all a y'all are acts [02:20.34]That's why my heart bleed all on the track [02:22.52]Tell me what the ****'s wrong with that [02:24.57]Y'all foreplaying I'm raw dogging that [02:26.51]I lead the way 'cause y'all lost the path [02:28.76]This dialogue is all about the facts [02:30.69]That's why my stories are hard to match [02:32.94]Never been afraid at all follow that [02:36.00]I came here to turn the party out [02:37.99]Y'all know just what I'm all about [02:39.62]My crew throw down without a doubt [02:41.62]We here let me hear you holler out [02:43.80]I came here to turn the party out [02:45.86]Y'all know just what I'm all about [02:47.98]My crew throw down without a doubt [02:50.10]We here let me hear you holler out [02:52.16]Preacher in here this evening [02:54.03]Let me see your hands if you believe him [02:56.46]I don't know but I got this feeling [02:58.55]These people need some healing [03:00.37]And there just so few real ones [03:02.61]I got just what you're seeking [03:04.63]That giant can't keep sleeping [03:06.67]Wake up and touch that freedom