Brother Ali - Slippin' Away Lyrics






[Verse 1: Brother Ali]
I arrived in Minnesota with handcuff bruises
Summer ninety deuce, prepared to cut loose shit
Mom wasn't havin that, fuck bein cool
With no discussion, stuck me in a suburb school
Now day and night I'm on a bus full of fools
Who parents didn't want us ended up in the news
You must be crazy, you think any of us appreciate it
How our parents wanna upgrade us
All day long we're in a fantasy land
Moms and dads, college plans and minivans
But when the sun set, you fled the success
To the slum where you rest, nothin more, nothin less
School they fantasize about gangsta rap records
But these are our lives, our families are connected
The Ice Cube summer vacation is takin place
Right around the way from where I stay
The mold from the gold and the 'rips from L.A.
Brought, snow to the cold for a new place to play
There's a war goin on outside, you ain't safe from
See if this education might save 'em

[Chorus x2: Brother Ali]
I've known you your whole life
You drawn to that street life
Slippin away, slippin away
Slippin away, slippin away

[Verse 2: Brother Ali]
And so our little city bus crew used to run together
Eat lunch together, girls Double Dutch together
Fellas humbuggin, next day be friends
The only thing we never did was date from within
Fellas dated white girls, sisters stayed lonely
Used to kiss me on my cheek and say we were homies
Alphonso basement, we ran the party
One day on the bus, Pumpkin stabs Akey
Shit, my main man was Ethan
Used to sell sneakers at a store called Friedman's
He had two older cousins that were hustlers
Filas wasn't all he pumpin to the customers
He got a check but he got connects
So he got some chicks and he got respect
His boy Ali got hooked up with clothes
One day slap boxin, he broke my nose
He almost cried man, he had a good heart
The brother's only problem was he wasn't book smart
He dropped out of school but he kept slangin shoes
To keep the kids fed, he had to sell base too

[Chorus]

[Verse 3: Brother Ali]
Time to time I used to stop in and check on my dude
Even when we lost touch with the rest of our crew
We both had babies, drama with our old ladies
But as time went on, our connection only grew
He said "I just can't seem to leave these streets alone man
Feels like I fell asleep one evening
And woke up the next day suddenly a grown man
In a rut with no idea how to leave it
My parents got too many kids to help me through
I really don't know what the hell else to do
I know you gonna really get it crackin with that rap thing
And when you blow up, I'm a come and work for you"
Ha, that's my man, I see you when I see you brother
Keep your head up 'til the next time we see each other
Rolled out on my first national tour
Back on the block, went back to the store
Put my hand on the door, Ethan wasn't in though
They said somebody shot 'em through his front window
Hit 'em in the head and that he hadn't survived
Matter fact he died 'fore the ambulance arrived
A man in that life, it wasn't no mistake
The cops called it a stray bullet, closed the case
So there's no justice and there's no closure
You can't touch this, not you, no sir
They buried my brother, I was on the road
By the time I got home, the ground was cold
Got nothin left but a hole in my soul
Shit, dude was 23 years old

[Chorus]

Slippin away, slippin away [x3]





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  1. J.... K....

    Ice motherfuckin cold.. before it was even cool..

  2. a.... ....

    Damn that last verse is sad as fuck, slept on that until now

  3. C.... M....

    Dude always makes classics...

    C.... M....

    Comatose Music ant from Atmosphere creates that vibe for u (mixed with the brother of course too)

  4. C.... B....

    still pumping this album after so many years

  5. N.... ....

    its the under rated songs like these with the least views that are the dopest.

  6. J.... S....

    big brother ALI like it all keep it up gods speed

  7. S.... A....

    This beat hits... as does the flow

  8. H.... W....

    _slipping away_

  9. S.... S....

    Love to you Brother Ali

  10. D.... L....

    I was at the homecoming show in Minneapolis for this Album and Ethan's sister was in the crowd and Ali pointed her out for all of us. I've been to Friedman's to get kicks as well..all of the shit in this song is legit because that store was in the ghetto. Straight up had an old ass cash register and just a ghetto store but I loved it becauseit was the only store that had size 15 kicks for a kid hitting puberty. Lol

  11. E.... P....

    Sick....been 20 years since I hit repeat on anything....this is nasty..I cant believe I just found this.. Raleigh.nc.

    E.... P....

    Ali has the stories that go for generations ..he's so dope my friend.

    E.... P....

    Eric Perry if i could find your doorstep i would poo on it..

    E.... P....

    Wow. Been sleeping

  12. J.... S....

    This shit speaks to me

    J.... S....

    @Joe Shmoe Next time someone bitches about how much hip hop sucks show them this.

  13. S.... H....

    "So do we try to make this work or do we part ways

    Cuz as much as it hurts, what we have’s worth all the pain flowing through the blood in my veins

    And it’s not enough, feel the melody of love through the beat of my heart

    We can never be apart, from the lands to the seas, to the stars, wherever you are"

  14. L.... R....

    I don't have too much hip-hop in my music collection but, damn I'm totally on this! 

  15. b.... h....

    ali got the beats on lock o dam 

    b.... h....

    Give that credit to Ant.

  16. m.... a....

    Madison, Wisconsin has3 for Brother Ali

    m.... a....

    marissa adams ผักคุย

  17. G.... w....

    good track!!!

  18. P.... A....

    Brother Ali is blind yet he sees more than us not blind people

  19. m.... d....

    it's impossible to dislike this.

  20. J.... S....

    Those 17,723 people that have listened to this song are gifted, now make others gifted.. honestly. I live in MN and I ask people around if they know Brother Ali, and EVERYONE knows him. Unfortunately, people out of state barely know of him. Spread the B. ALI

  21. H.... W....

    @concretegangsta I know, this one is dirty.

  22. C.... O....

    WHY IS HIS FLOW SO SMOOOOOOOOOOOOTH?!?!!

  23. d.... ....

    @cschnell11 are you trolling or do you have an actual reason for such foul slander????

  24. D.... O....

    @cschnell11 sounds like ur describeing the 12 blood lines that control said planet we live on

  25. D.... O....

    this songs too deep man in gets to ya

  26. M.... R....

    Brother ALi is the real g. more white folks and mainstream audience should tune into this dope ass artist.....

  27. D.... O....

    damn this beat...... OOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEE

  28. L.... T....

    :D Speechless

  29. k.... ....

    Ali has been killin it for years i first saw him on Conan Obrien like 3 years ago his old shit is fire and his live shows are hype as shit. get the word out

  30. c.... ....

    Dope , this guy has been around a while and I just found him , been bumping this
    for two weeks , yes compulsive lol

  31. D.... B....

    This album is brilliant

  32. M.... A....

    This is one of the best songs on this record.

  33. D.... ....

    damn right lol

  34. s.... ....

    SHIT IS FIREEEEEEE