Only Life I Know-Brother Ali

[ti:Only Life I Know] [ar:Brother Ali] [al:Mourning In America And Dreami] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Only Life I Know - Brother Ali [00:14.09](It's my life) [00:15.77]Yeah the only one that I'll ever know [00:18.08]Feeling extra low [00:19.70]Please let me go [00:21.20]Hold on no [00:23.02] [00:25.58](It's my life) [00:26.94]Yeah the only that I'll ever know [00:29.80]And it stressed me so [00:31.18]Oh God bless me soul [00:32.61]Hold on [00:34.17]Wether it's the projects or a trailer park mess [00:37.83]Raggedy the apartment complex [00:40.08]With a stressed out single mom sitting on the steps [00:43.32]Waiting on the mailman looking for a check [00:46.01]Boys on the corner pushing out the chest [00:48.90]Questing for anything that resembles respect [00:51.20] [00:51.82]Young girls swinging their hair with every step [00:54.59]Looking for affection settling for sex [00:57.52]Bodies decorated with tattoos and chains [01:00.26]Trying to put armor between you and pain [01:03.01] [01:03.63]Wood grain steering wheel the bass bang [01:06.13]But not enough to drown out the hatred in your brain [01:09.20]The only out is smoking out [01:11.57]Get lean get wet get meth get tore down [01:14.76]Cause who the hell would want to stick around [01:17.44]Put me in a haze I ain't never coming out [01:19.99] [01:22.73](It's my life) [01:24.48]Yeah the only one that I'll ever know [01:26.85]Feeling extra low [01:28.23]Please let me go [01:29.66]Hold on no [01:31.53] [01:34.10](It's my life) [01:35.60]Yeah the only that I'll ever know [01:38.22]And it stressed me so [01:39.72]Oh God bless me soul [01:41.09]Hold on [01:42.20] [01:54.06]They just wanna get you in the system stick you into prison [01:57.55]List you in the military ship you to the desert [02:00.29]Pigs don't exist for you to make a decent living [02:03.17]But we got three illegal wars to shoot the pigs from [02:06.16]Keep stressing marvels and personal decisions [02:08.90]Tell me what's marvel about these conditions [02:11.83]Who decided you don't got enough to teach children [02:14.51]Stay spending billions on stadiums and prisons [02:17.57]How many roles can folks really choose [02:20.38]When you're oppressed only three lead to you [02:23.12]First one is follow the rules and stay in school [02:25.93]Be the square dude that's a society approves [02:28.37] [02:28.94]Get a little job or a shitty apartment [02:31.55]Or a sub-par mortgage in a failing house margin [02:34.67]The after your life dedication and hardship [02:37.29]You died just as poor as you was when you started [02:40.47]F**k that what's up with the second option [02:43.04]You could always hit the corner and try to get it popping [02:46.22]Get fast guap when you're out dropping and clocking [02:48.84]But chances are that you'll probably die violent [02:51.02] [02:51.83]The best hope that you got is getting nada [02:54.55]And end up with a job in a prison metal shop [02:57.42]They ain't paying nothing but three hots and a cot [02:59.79] [03:00.35]Don't you know that's the biggest hustle they got [03:03.22]Or door three you can get on that welfare [03:05.84]But they ain't trying to help they'll put you in hell there [03:08.96]Give you just enough so you're not gonna starve [03:11.46]And constantly harass you while you're looking for a job [03:14.51]Do lock up and someone that got you to punch a clock [03:17.45]And they found about it and your check is getting dot [03:20.19]Can't win for losing dehumanizing [03:23.06]You'll never get caught up you caught up in a cycle [03:25.85] [03:28.44](It's my life) [03:30.12]Yeah the only one that I'll ever know [03:32.68]Feeling extra low [03:33.99]Please let me go [03:35.49]Hold on no [03:36.60] [03:39.79](It's my life) [03:41.41]Yeah the only that I'll ever know [03:43.97]And it stressed me so [03:45.46]Oh God bless me soul [03:46.44]Hold on no [03:49.05] [03:51.99]Lyrics by 卟 断 努 力