Divine Light - Brother Ali

Mmm\nFor all of my Me, I’ve been a little different\nThe categories, I never fit within them\nWhat’s my placement then with\nIs it race or religion?\nSacred system and spaces in which we live in\nInsights from an outsider who swims right through barbed wire\nGut laugher. Ugly crier. Pajama pants dancer. Cook with fire\nWonder what the scene is for forty year MCs which rap to white people about\nIslam and Black Genius\nOr is he the only one living?\nWe should award him but which one would we give him?\nHere’s the bad news\nI promise if they gave awards for tears and tattoos, you’d be that dude\nBut Starbucks outsells mochtar\nThe real treasure always gotta be looked for\nBut why do I gotta decide between compromising what I despise or just dropping\nall the product that I design. Nothing no dollar signs, just to be recognized,\nno\nGet your gratitude up and your mind right\nYou’re doing this for the divine light