All You Need Lyrics - Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color - Brother Ali

So I never told the world that the first time I toured 

I came home to find that little man had been ignored 

Two years old got a hold of water you had boiled 

And burned his little head and his face while you snored 

You were afraid of bringing him to the hospital 

'Cause two weeks ago your mom called the cops on you 

Child protection paid a visit 

Ruled that the crib was unfit to raise kids in 

I'm working ten hour days at the gig then 

You were unemployed all null and void 

Now I ain't trying to be no Sigmund Freud 

But ain't you supposed to have instincts when it comes to the boy 

I called a cab a brought him to county hospital 

They shaved the hair and burnt flesh off his skull 

Held him overnight to fight infection 

I slept sitting up in a chair directly next to him 

I just knew you would join us but instead 

Hopped your ass on the bus went home and went to bed 

That's the very moment I divorced you in my head 

God might forgive you for that I never did 

All you need right now 

Faheem we can see the throne from here 

I may never sit there but brother you're the heir 

Pull up a chair let pop bend your ear 

Here baby dry those tears 

I know you wonder why your mother does the things that she do 

Well it's not because she doesn't love you 

It's because she grew up in something they call foster care 

That's when strangers raise you your mom's not there 

Imagine how she felt when she was your age 

Going from place to place never feeling safe 

Never having love never having faith 

She probably thought the world was a big scary place 

Where was her mommy at well that's kind of sad 

She used drugs to forget the problems she had 

There was a new one back then they called crack 

Once you try it there was almost no coming back 

She couldn't be the mommy she wanted to be 

She was chasing a high all in the street 

Won't tell you no lie real is all I can be 

I believe only truth can set you free 

There's a whole lot of pain in your bloodline 

But there's a whole lot of strength in the sunshine 

Lean back let the new day greet you 

'Cause you're standing on the shoulders of a people 

Who been beat down and treated unequal 

But the prayer that they made now has reached you 

It's plain to see it's true 

Beautiful prince I wish they could see you 

All you need right now 

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