Picket Fence Lyrics - Singles - Brother Ali

I was up and out my mothers house at 17 

Been a grown ass married man ever since 

Family reunions, I'm talked about but never seen 

Cause I learned that some of them can be your nemesis 

Got a lot of scars on me, I'll now tell you the stories 

If, you promise not to take offense 

Homie, sit back then, hand bring the beat in 

I'll try to find a place that starts to make sense now 

The first time I was pushed out blind 

Cold and naked, spanked on the ass to breathe 

An immigrant from heaven on earth with a WORK VISA 

I announce my self with gasps and screams 

Before black and white supremacy, heighted my innocence 

I was living out life behind the picket fence 

Happy go lucky scared of no one 

With the only exception, I'm allergic to the sun 

Didn't know I had a image that a camera couldn't capture 

100% Allah's manufacture 

But then came the laughter, and outside I'm battered 

Picket fence shattered 

I saw my self as bastard tagalong, harassed and spat upon 

By the children of slave masters who passed it on 

The saddest songs been sung at the hands of who I call the race from hell 

Its a disgrace from hell 

Fell face first in the self hate 

Burst into tears when I hear my own hellish name cursed 

If I seem timid, its only because every mirror that I saw back then had the 

earths ugliest human being in it 

And with that said, they would kick me till they got tired or I act dead 

And I, have to tell ya'll that the obvious part 

That I always feel free when I'm talking to god 

Alone on the playground, Friday afternoon 

And the, old sister who hums gospel toons 

I saw her notice getting closer 

She approached me and put a knowing hand on my shoulder 

And booked my feelings 

Cause she looked at me in a way that adults very seldom look at children 

And with the wisdom only earned by years 

She read my thoughts and she welled up with tears and said 

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"You look the way you do because you're special 

Not the short bus way, I mean that God's gonna test you 

And all of this pain is training for the day when you 

will have to lead with the gift God gave to you 

Grown folks don't see it but the babies do 

And there's a chance that you can save a few" 

And time will prove that, she started my movement 

She didn't tell me to take it - she told me to use it 

The second time poppa ripped the womb open early 

And exposed me to the coldness life prematurely 

Where mom's love used to live, now housed denial 

And when that decayed, it made it bitter and spiteful 

But me and my runaway, we share something special 

Rode into the sunset, can barely can tough the pedals 

No strings attached, screaming, "fuck Geppetto" 

We may live in the gutter, but we cling to each other 

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A week before my son came, I caught a bad bounce 

And had to step to mom with my hands out 

And momma proved the two of us could not live in that house 

She lied to the police so they would throw us in the streets 

And separating from you, is something that I feel I must do 

Its not that I don't love you, its more that I don't trust you 

Its been a year since I've seen a living relative 

And it's just now that I'm starting to live 

But while I'm sitting here, choking on tears wishing that I didn't care 

Feeling all alone in this hemisphere, I swear upon everything I hold dear 

And then my wife comes near, and I hear a voice whisper in my ear 

"You're going through all of this because you're special 

Not no superstar shit, I mean that God had to test you 

And all of this pain has been training for the day when you 

would lead us with the gift God gave to you 

Your parents might not see it but your babies do 

And there's a chance that you can save a few" 

And time will prove that, she started my movement 

She didn't tell me to take it, she told me to use it 

So I use it