All You Need-Brother Ali

[ti:All You Need] [ar:Brother Ali] [al:Mourning In America And Dreami] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]All You Need - Brother Ali [00:21.77]So I never told the world that the first time I toured [00:24.53]I came home to find that little man had been ignored [00:27.17]Two years old got a hold of water you had boiled [00:29.87]And burned his little head and his face while you snored [00:32.68]You were afraid of bringing him to the hospital [00:35.45]'Cause two weeks ago your mom called the cops on you [00:38.40]Child protection paid a visit [00:40.15] [00:40.77]Ruled that the crib was unfit to raise kids in [00:43.10] [00:43.66]I'm working ten hour days at the gig then [00:46.17]You were unemployed all null and void [00:48.93]Now I ain't trying to be no Sigmund Freud [00:51.50]But ain't you supposed to have instincts when it comes to the boy [00:54.39]I called a cab and took him to county hospital [00:57.08]They shaved hair and burnt flesh off his skull [00:59.32] [00:59.85]Held him overnight to fight infection [01:02.22]I slept sitting up in a chair directly next to him [01:05.30]I just knew you would join us but instead [01:07.62]Hopped your a** on the bus went home and went to bed [01:10.44]That's the very moment I divorced you in my head [01:13.27]God might forgive you for that I never did [01:15.96] [01:18.77]All you need right now [01:21.85] [01:26.87]Faheem we can see the throne from here [01:29.05]I may never sit there but brother you're the heir [01:31.95]Pull up a chair let pop bend your ear [01:34.45]Here baby dry those tears [01:37.02]I know you wonder why your mother does the things that she do [01:39.97]Well it's not because she doesn't love you [01:42.30]It's because she grew up in something they call foster care [01:45.19]That's when strangers raise you your mom's not there [01:48.26]Imagine how she felt when she was your age [01:50.71]Going from place to place never feeling safe [01:53.39]Never having love never having faith [01:55.96]She probably thought the world was a big scary place [01:58.91]Where was her mommy at well that's kind of sad [02:01.86]She used drugs to forget the problems she had [02:04.06] [02:04.62]There was a new one back then they called crack [02:06.72]Once you try it there was almost no coming back [02:09.53] [02:10.16]She couldn't be the mommy she wanted to be [02:12.65]She was chasing a high all in the street [02:14.98] [02:15.54]Won't tell you no lie real is all I can be [02:18.36]I believe only truth can set you free [02:20.23] [02:20.81]There's a whole lot of pain in your bloodline [02:23.44]But there's a whole lot of strength in the sunshine [02:26.20]Lean back let the new day greet you [02:28.70]'Cause you're standing on the shoulders of a people [02:31.47]Who been beat down and treated unequal [02:34.11]But the prayer that they made now has reached you [02:36.84] [02:38.09]It's plain to see it's true [02:40.28]Beautiful prince I wish they could see you [02:42.54] [02:45.03]All you need right now [02:48.15] [03:06.52]All you need right now [03:09.90] [03:10.90]Lyrics by 卟 断 努 力