Stop The Press Lyrics - Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color - Brother Ali

Another one of them long ass breaks. Damn, Brother Ali where the hell you been? What, you disappear? 

Stop the presses give me couple seconds 

Let tell my friends what's up with big brethren 

New year new beard a new record 

Made a few adjustments I want to discuss it 

In a life of pain and sadness 

Never would've guessed that a taste of success 

Would've been the first time I ever got depressed 

I know I'm blessed I just couldn't adjust 

In life all I ever knew how to do is fight 

Scrapped on the playground fighting for the mic 

Trying to build a life with an insane wife 

Fighting for a little bit of time in the light 

Then I got a daughter a car and house 

No one left to fight with but myself 

Gained a lot of weight wasn't thinking about my health 

Maybe the music I'm making could help 

I can't drive 'cause this albino shit 

Told you I was legally blind that's legit 

Ant 

to have to come scoop the kid 

So I bought a crib a couple blocks from his 

That's the greatest friend I ever had 

Like a brother to me a borderline dad 

Maybe making a record will get me on track 

Help fix whatever's wrong with my head 

I jumped back in the basement at once 

Made the album Us in a couple of months 

But I can't lie to y'all I felt lost 

Energy I brought might've been a bit off 

Couple great moments though of course 

Babygirl Puppy Love and The Travelers 

I toured two years off that album 

Was on the road ten months out of one of them 

my brother BK 

My life coach slash DJ 

Literally been with me since day one 

Had a lot of hard times had a lot of fun 

Long story short he got hell of a wife 

Catastrophe damn near ended her life 

Brought our wifeys out to Hawaii 

These fuckers got pregnant on 

Waikiki 

He said "I need to talk to you Ali 

This is what you were born to do, but not me" 

So after Soundset two thousand and ten 

Say goodbye to my Deejay but not my friend 

My career ain't stop it just grew 

rock(ed) the bells 

Glastonbury 

Close enough to smell Beyonce's perfume 

But it just ain't the same without dude 

Couldn't slow me down no lord 

Stayed on the planes and the busses and cars 

Brought a young DJ into the squad 

Sucker quit on me cause I toured too hard "Wahhhh" 

Then me and Ant had trouble connecting 

If I was here then he was always there 

Touring or recording with Atmosphere 

What the hell's goin on with my career 

Within a year my team disappeared 

Got a phone call on the 4th of July 

My dad died, he committed suicide 

Shit should've been there for him 

Had to fly home from Europe to bury him 

Im sorry, I need a minute 

Bismillah...) 

Trying to hold this marriage together 

But me and my baby barely see each other 

I'm in France with the fans taking pictures 

She's with the kids making dinner doing dishes 

She ain't got to worry bout me screwing other _______ 

But that ain't enough to make a woman feel precious 

If we don't start to intersecting 

We got no choice but grow in different directions -Damn 

I got that phone call again 

You know the kind you never want to get 

Mikey's mom couldn't get a hold of him 

And found him dead in his apartment 

Just drowning in tears 

Probably won't get over that in all my years 

I'll remember forever 

A day later boarded a plane to 

Mecca 

And the next month changed my life 

Listening to God in the holy sites 

Inklings I had all my life 

Suddenly presented themselves in plain sight 

Any doubts I had about the mic 

And whether or not what I write is right 

Fell out of sight like the tears on the floor 

Now I'm going harder than I ever did before 

Got a couple of beat tapes from 

Jake 

Genuine dude and his music is great 

Zach 

to hold my tour dates 

Roll the tape I got something to say 

So, I'm gonna go make this album. Let me start it off right though 

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