Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Pen To Paper , by - Brother Ali. Release date: 04.05.2017
Song language: English
Pen To Paper |
| Put pen to paper the first time when I was barely eight or |
| Maybe nine that was the late eighties, Reagan time |
| Put in the freshest tape rewind, wait, let me take my time |
| The entire landscape of that blank page was mine |
| Created space to climb inside, escape the crazy times |
| Reshape the climate, break it down, that was my frame of mind |
| Thank the divine great designing this as my sacred shrine |
| I made myself a place to shine, wait, let me spray this rhyme |
| When I was thirteen I met KRS, he put me on the stage |
| Suggested I read up on Malcolm X, y’all know the rest |
| So much pushing down on my chest |
| Both my folks got laid to rest |
| Loved ones wishing me all the best |
| I’m a ball of stress, yet I digress |
| I’ve spent my every hopeless dream and my unspoken secret |
| You hear it floating through your speakers in my old releases |
| My fanbase began to grow beneath &crowd around me |
| I never tiptoed 'round here shy I spit it loud and proudly |
| The U.S. government profiled me and the sponsors dropped me |
| Some of my listeners felt away so they no longer got me |
| I knew that telling that truth is costly no one alive can stop me |
| I rolled that flag out on the ground and prostrated my body |
| This is more than music to me, this is ancestors |
| Speaking through me at the tomb of Rumi |
| My mic’s a rifle I’m honor bound to fire my weapon truly |
| Whether they jeer me, cheer me, boo, salute me or just shoot me |
| Let it be known, my whole life I break that cycle set it in stone |
| I’d still rather be known as a man that stand on my own |
| Rather than beg at a throne cold |
| You know I still honor my own code that go down to the bone |
| We just want to get it on shooting at the devil |
| With a megaphone till we dead and gone |
| Boom! |