Brother Ali - TAKE ME HOME lyrics

[Chorus:] And I promise if I take you home, I'll sing you a song Never leave me alone Said c'mon baby throw me a bone, I'll sing you a song Never leave me alone, and I promise if you take me home, I'll sing you a song Never leave me alone Said c'mon baby throw me a bone, I'll sing you a song, never leave you alone I'm a tell you something about me That's my favourite subject, I don't know whether you picked up on that yet or not [Verse 1:] I never said I had a business mind I just don't believe that quitting time exists, ain't no finish line to this You got to give me mine, I really shine, my given time is this Live and die by the grind driven by the fist Where do you place my name if I never played your game We don't race the same, I don't run inside no painted lane Plus ya'll pace is strange, ya'll either stop or you sprint Run if it's sunny and hide if it change to rain I would be half the Ali that I am If I slowed myself up and tried competing with these people fam I'm every bit as unconcerned as they are unprepared Market flooded needles to say I wasn't scared Let's all drop they same day, I don't f**in care Put listening stations in the store and let the public hear Better yet, let's have an instore performance Make it oranges to oranges, me dwarfing your indurance After that we'll shoot the sh** with our supporters And see how many more discs of yours the Indy stores order sh** you already knew I out rap em' On the low we out work, out think, and out cla** em' [Chorus] Nobody's doing this thing exactly like we do They do it, they just ain't doing it like us, you know what I'm sayin' s**er a** mother f**ers [Verse 2:] My personal pedigree's so bonafide Cause a man of my stature ain't born overnight The undisputed king of where poor folks reside Because everytime I speak it be hope vocalised And you sit and b**h with your chickens about it isn't fair The sound system ain't sh** but I was crystal clear We first name basis, sound men - we give em' beer Plus I tipped em' 50 last semester when the click was here Listen here, I ain't gonna give you all my secrets Just these few examples help me illustrate my pretense Our strength is unrelated to your weakness Cause you'll never be a worthy pool of peers to be competed with I see my sh** with Son House and Syl Johnson And always loose, I done lost face too but I'm sporting their shoes So let me remind you, them little kicks you trying to fit, we out grew Them sh**s in high school man [Chorus] I don't think I'm arrogant man, I think I just You know, I do's what the f** I does man if that's just... Kiss my a** for all I care [Verse 3:] It's of foremost importance there is none like unto the brother Out this mother f**er regardless So stop all the nonsense, you seem me lounging - call the Rhymesayers office I've officially lost it They say my reputation precedes me I don't know the meaning of off season, I ain't taking it easy Ain't taking a day off, never had an off night Never been laid off, I live on the job site It all pays off though when I squint in the spotlight And see your lips are moving to the true sh** that I write And we gon' be alright every night of my life It's my night cause I view the future like it's hindsight I ain't waiting, I'm patiently persevering I see greatness in the person in the mirror very clearly And that's why I take this seriously Baby come near to me and truly, truly hear me [Chorus]