Take Me Home

And I promise if you take me home,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Said come on 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 come on baby, throw me a bone,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

I'ma tell you something. about me, heheh

That's my favorite subject, I don't know if you picked up on that yet or not

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 with the grind, driven by the fist

Where you do 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 need to stop and you sprint

Run when it's sunny and hide if it change to rain

I wouldn't be half the Ali that I am

If I slowed myself up and tried competing with these people, fam

I've every bit as unconcerned as they are unprepared

Market flooded, needless to say I wasn't scared

Let's all drop the same day, I don't fucking care

Put listening stations in the store and let the public hear

Better yet, let's have an in-store performance

Make it oranges to oranges, me dwarfin' your endurance

After that we'll shoot the shit with our supporters

And see how many more discs of yours the indie stores order

See you already know I out-rap 'em

On the low, we out-work, out-think, and out-class them

And I promise if you take me home,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Said come on 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 come on baby, throw me a bone,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Nobody's doing this thing exactly like we do

I mean they do it, they just ain't doing it exactly like us, you know what I'm saying?

Sucker-ass motherfucker

My personal pedigree's so bona fide,

'Cause a man of my stature ain't grown overnight

The undisputed king of where poor folks reside

Because every time I speak there'll be hope vocalized in you

Sit and bitch with them chickens about "it isn't fair"

The sound system ain't shit, but I was crystal clear

We first-name based with soundmen, we bring 'em beer

Plus I tipped 'em fifty last semester when the clique was here

Listen here, I ain't going give you all the 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 sing my shit with Son House and Syl Johnson

And always lose, I done lost face too

But I'm sporting they shoes, so let me remind you

And them little kicks you're trying to fit,

We outgrew them shits in high school

And I promise if you take me home,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Said come on 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 come on baby, throw me a bone,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

I don't think I'm arrogant, man, I think just I'm, you know

I dos what the fuck I does, man, and it's just.

You can kiss my ass, all I care

It's of foremost importance,

There is none like unto the Brother Al

This motherfucker regardless, and stop all the nonsense

You see me lounging, call Rhymesayer's 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 a off night

Never been laid off, I live on the job site

It all pays off, though, when I squint through the spotlight

And see your lips a'moving to the true shit that I write

And we going be all right, every night of my life is my night

'Cause I view the future like it's hindsight

I ain't waiting or 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

And I promise if you take me home,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Said come on 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 come on baby, throw me a bone,

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone