Текст песни Brother Ali - Rain Water
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A question was raised to me the other day"Why it seem you always have joy?"Well, I`d like to take time to set the record straight..All the joy I`ve ever knownHas disappeared- in the motherfuckin thin airLike it`s never even been thereMy joy left me y`all[Chorus]God`s rain water flow through the same gutterThat we, walk today gotta stay brave brotherKeep your lips stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way through this bitch[Verse 1]And I can`t stop feelin empty smilingA wise man once told me that every cloud has a silver liningI wanted to believe him but it`s a trick to find `emWhen the people around me continue dyingGranddad was in the twilight of his lifeWhen he closed his eyes tight and opened his wrists wideWhat make a tenth round finer with the winning scoreDecide to eat or throw it`s hollow for the whistle blowMaybe I`ll never knowBut I inherited this poetic soul so the symbolism`s yet to showWas life so obscene that death`s more serene?Or was an old author tryin to write his own closing scene?Nothing stings like knowing that the woman that gave me this lifeIs being eaten from the insideI thought we never make shit rightI wish I had of viewed it once clear before you were done hereThat`s two in one year that I let leave hereLoving me without sheding one single tearEither I`m one of the strongest people leftOr y`all just tow me for even tryin to steal breath[Chorus x2]And God`s rain water flow through the same gutterThat we, walk today gotta stay brave brotherKeep your lips stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way through this bitch[Verse 2]They say shit`s strapped but you are by yourself, ain`t ya?Damn straight, I got a jail cell mantraBeen boxed up but I never been settled inHim got tough started developin leather skinI learned to make that face that tells predatorsIt`s better to re-assess just who you bout to wrestle withI`m on a run like the first kick drum of the beatClear my lungs, spit blood on the streetThey tellin me we got nuttin to fear but fear itselfBut I fear I have no human fear leftSome day a runner wanna peel back this catharsisAnd really feel life again and ask what my challenge isI been kickin and bitin for so long andWhen they throw me a rescue rope I`ll be too weary to hold onAnd see the light, so I sing through the tearsAnd the key of life, the way a wounded ego might[Chorus x2]And God`s rain water flow through the same gutterThat we, walk today gotta stay brave brotherKeep your lips stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way through this bitchMy joy left me y`allShe don`t show her face around his pastEvery time she come she get chased offSo she stay distant[Verse 3]If it run from the square he wouldn`t know the sun was outI hate every word that come outta his fuckin mouthLadies treat him special, don`t know nuttin bout himIf saw what his wife see they wouldn`t fluster bout himHe can`t do shit right but rap and make babiesAnd babies need daddy at home consistentBut rap keep daddy on the road religiousSo even in my two loves my soul`s so conflictedMy son came into this world innocentHe deserves everything that he needs to live in itAnd this home I made for him is brokenI`m hopin his love for me will never grow thinIt hurts daddy to no end to know whenYou`re cryin at the hospital I`m out tryin to rock a showI made a vow that we`d never be broke againAnd I`d never be a burden on another friendSo when I`m sweatin on my farewell stageAnd wrote my last hook in my last rhyme bookWhen I get my last line of approval from my familyThis is the man that I have to be[Chorus x4]And God`s rain water flow through the same gutterThat we, walk today gotta stay brave brotherKeep your lips stiff, keep your fist clenchedAt times you gotta kick your way through this bitchSometimesI feelLike I`m Al-most gone