Pen To Paper Lyrics - Brother Ali

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Put pen to paper the first time when I was barely eight or 

Maybe nine that was the late eighties, Reagan time 

Put in the freshest tape rewind, wait, let me take my time 

The entire landscape of that blank page was mine 

Created space to climb inside, escape the crazy times 

Reshape the climate, break it down, that was my frame of mind 

Thank the divine great designing this as my sacred shrine 

I made myself a place to shine, wait, let me spray this rhyme 

When I was thirteen I met KRS, he put me on the stage 

Suggested I read up on Malcolm X, y'all know the rest 

So much pushing down on my chest 

Both my folks got laid to rest 

Loved ones wishing me all the best 

I'm a ball of stress, yet I digress 

I've spent my every hopeless dream and my unspoken secret 

You hear it floating through your speakers in my old releases 

My fanbase began to grow beneath & crowd around me 

I never tiptoed 'round here shy I spit it loud and proudly 

The U.S. government profiled me and the sponsors dropped me 

Some of my listeners felt away so they no longer got me 

I knew that telling that truth is costly no one alive can stop me 

I rolled that flag out on the ground and prostrated my body 

This is more than music to me, this is ancestors 

Speaking through me at the tomb of Rumi 

My mic's a rifle I'm honor bound to fire my weapon truly 

Whether they jeer me, cheer me, boo, salute me or just shoot me 

Let it be known, my whole life I break that cycle set it in stone 

I'd still rather be known as a man that stand on my own 

Rather than beg at a throne cold 

You know I still honor my own code that go down to the bone 

We just want to get it on shooting at the devil 

With a megaphone till we dead and gone 

BOOM! 

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