Chain Link-Brother Ali

[ti:Chain Link] [ar:Brother Ali] [al:Champion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Chain Link - Brother Ali [00:06.18]Artistbrother ali [00:06.97] [00:08.03]Songs Titlechain link [00:10.03]Ohhh [00:10.97] [00:13.75]Yeah [00:14.07] [00:21.12]Ohhh [00:21.80]I try to always buy final call from the FOI [00:24.61]Even though that's not what Islam always signify [00:27.09]Y'all gotta love the struggle in 'em [00:29.06]They would get on their knees [00:30.35]And shine shoes [00:31.15]'Fore they ever let the drugs afflict 'em [00:33.13]Makin taco's and f**kin' with McDonald's [00:35.92]Nickel and dime broke [00:36.96]But dignified with high hopes [00:38.61]Some people shoulder [00:39.64]The weight of the median [00:40.82]Make it look easy [00:41.84]Even though they [00:42.79]Walkin the tight roads [00:44.28]Immigrants twelve [00:45.44]Deep in one bedroom [00:46.71]I'm too cool [00:47.67]I look at 'em like fools [00:49.02]Those fools combine forces [00:50.50]And put the resources [00:51.90]And guess who the new [00:53.06]Owner of the corner store is [00:54.60] [00:55.11]Sh*t what's stoppin' [00:56.03]Me from doin that [00:57.17]I probably could with drug [00:58.47]Smugglers approve of that [00:59.77]Because if one dime sack [01:01.25]In the time can climax [01:02.54]Into a billion dollar industry [01:04.12]Then look at my abilities [01:05.79]But I'm a dreamer in alotta ways [01:07.97]I feel if you believe in God [01:09.44]That you believe in brighter days [01:10.77]Keep my son's heartbeat in my sleep [01:12.79]I'ma walk the planet earth [01:14.20]With his name carved [01:15.24]Deep in my feet like [01:16.51]Children growin' women producin' [01:19.32]Men go workin' [01:20.60]But what's the use [01:21.66]When the real strive hard [01:23.09]And stress about the rent [01:24.37]And can still die poor [01:25.69]And in debt without a cent [01:27.39]Children growin' women producin' [01:30.18]Men go workin' [01:31.47]But what's the use [01:32.57]When the real strive hard [01:33.96]And stress about the rent [01:35.26]And can still die poor [01:36.71]And in debt without a cent [01:38.57] [01:39.88]Ohh god people [01:40.55] [01:41.41]Jesses love you [01:42.38] [01:48.53]Ohh [01:49.11] [01:49.87]Born again christian [01:51.01]Creatures from the suburbs [01:52.12]Tryin to save souls on [01:53.21]Broadway they got some nerve [01:54.80]Comin' here [01:55.47]Unaware [01:56.00]That the one's with no material gifts [01:58.17]Sometimes most spirits leave rifts [01:59.81]Lazyness [02:00.83]Got me spare the stand back [02:02.24]And what was that [02:03.10]That can't hold me back [02:04.26]My man vast told me that [02:05.65]Harlem got all that [02:06.88]On a bigger scale [02:08.10]When there's bullets in the sandboxes [02:09.70]Every bid is real [02:10.75]I see children growin' up [02:12.03]Within a wicked system [02:13.42]Smilin I wanna kiss 'em [02:15.06]I see prophet Muhammad in 'em [02:16.81]Poverty's trickin [02:18.24]People from my generation [02:19.91]And hands down [02:20.75]To world's most creative [02:22.32]I've seen both sides of the fence [02:24.19]Picket a chain link and [02:25.63]We ain't all thinkin' the same thing but [02:27.67]They teens got so impressed by me [02:30.05]They try to walk talk interact [02:31.84]And dress like me [02:33.23]We captivated the world's imagination [02:35.54]I used to idolize athletes and entertainers [02:38.08]'Cause they never let the situation capture 'em [02:40.41]System gave 'em lemons made [02:41.95]Lemonade and sold it back to 'em [02:43.82]Children growin' women producin [02:46.76]Men go workin' [02:47.89]But what's the use [02:49.14]When the real strive hard [02:50.47]And stress about the rent [02:51.70]And can still die poor [02:52.99]And in debt without a cent [02:54.79]Children growin' women producin' [02:57.54]Men go workin' [02:58.75]But what's the use [02:59.80]When the real strive hard [03:01.19]And stress about the rent [03:02.49]And can still die poor [03:03.88]And in debt without a cent [03:05.64]Marvin [03:06.28]Gaye said it best [03:07.41]This ain't livin' [03:08.36]No matter your religion [03:09.70]The earth keep spinnin' [03:10.86]And the sun keep shinin' [03:12.49]Babies keep cryin' [03:13.53]Old folks dyin' [03:14.66]In beatswithin' you put ya chiming [03:16.79]And here I am still lower class [03:18.54]America [03:19.21]Same room [03:20.02]Same view [03:20.71]Different cast of characters [03:22.27]Regina got arrested [03:23.40]As a late prowler [03:24.73]Couldn't trick [03:25.41]Got evicted [03:26.03]Lost her section aid voucher [03:27.84]Onward goes my neighbourhood's [03:29.44]Revolving door [03:30.41]A gang of rental properties [03:31.87]Nobody owns at all [03:33.30]I guess that's why [03:34.25]We call it a hood [03:35.33]Nobody stays as long as [03:36.87]It takes to become neighbour [03:38.39]Children growin' women producin' [03:41.22]Men go workin' [03:42.42]But what's the use [03:43.45]When the real strive hard [03:44.93]And stress about the rent [03:46.13]And can still die poor [03:47.57]And in debt without a cent [03:48.81]Ohh [03:49.11]Children growin' women producin' [03:52.17]Men go workin' [03:53.31]But what's the use [03:54.43]When the real strive hard [03:55.75]And stress about the rent [03:57.08]And can still die poor [03:58.42]And in debt without a cent [04:00.71] [04:21.23]Ohhh