I've got nothing better to do out here, so I'm just gonna freestyle for you dick sucking motherfuckers, alright? Tyler, The Creator – Sorry Freestyle
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Bored in Sacramento and decided to freestyle to waste some time.
So I'm supposed to get it and be a rap star like you
How many of us can do that for real? Very few Brother Ali – Think it Through
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Here, Brother Ali gives us a view of how a girl is thinking. She wants Versace dresses ( an expensive brand of Italian clothing which everyone wants something of, but everyone wanting them cant afford them ) but Brother Ali never mentions college or graduating in his rap.
She thinks he’s suggesting all the youth to become rappers and get what they want. Then Brother Ali responds with :
Not everyone who decides to grab a mic succeeds.
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Never judge anyone from the first glance. Maybe that person is far from what you’re thinking he/she is.
You might escape with your life
And get a release date but don't celebrate yet!
Cause they're sending you back
To where you fell threw the cracks Brother Ali – The Trap
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If you get released from jail, don’t celebrate like you’ve won a million dollars. They’re still watching you because they don’t want freedom for you. They want you in jail to eat crack and get raped because they believe success is only for white people.
Throw some shells up in the gat and go and sell you some crack
Then you'll have shiny things and money in stacks
And Destiny's Child will want to fuck you for that Brother Ali – The Trap
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If you’re a negro and broke, just follow Brother Ali’s steps. Get on the streets, sell some drugs and your pockets are going to be filled with money. That money will work out good for you after Destiny’s Child( Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Brandy) will want to sleep with you for that $$.
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When God gives you a problem or disease nobody else have, you may think that God preferred to give you that disease or he just wanted to mess with you. There’s 7 billion people on this planet and God doesn’t need you. God is just testing your patience.
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A dynamic microphone is a mic used to perform live. Brother Ali uses that mic a lot because he’s always touring and performing.
Because I respect them Brother Ali – Think it Through
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Peers is the people on your age. His peers respect him because he is good to them and respects them and for that, he respects them too.
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This line is about himself because he is old in the rap business. Brother Ali has been rapping for a long time. He starting kicking rhymes during late 90s and his debut album, “Rites Of Passage” dropped April 1, 2000.
