Namesake Lyrics

Stepped off the plane back on that pavement
The people hell bent that they will never repent
Celebrate him but his kin still clinched in a
Problem one piece of medal couldn't fix

Legend is he pitched it in the Ohio River
What good is recognition if I know that I’m a -victim
Expelled in a held back curriculum
Class president slash second class citizen

Diligent to fight for people
Nineteen years old sacrificed his ego
So here we go salute my namesake
Many are successful very few are great

[Hook]
Right on y’all. I am somebody
And we am and she am and he am and I am
Somebody

I am he am she am and we am
Somebody

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The entire song is a tribute to the man Ali was named after, Muhammed Ali.

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September 18, 2012
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