Doin’ The Do

By Brother Ali

On Off the Record

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[Verse 1]

That night we threw down hard like our lives depended on it

Smoke in the eyes, suspended by the moment

I pull my hat low so as not to see nothing but my spit clutching the mic, reflected in the light

Felt like we breathed in electric air from the evening

Exhaled a jewel and left it there

I'm in my own hometown where the drums live

Guitar picker from Phila on some other shit

I smelt Paris in the horn, taste London in the keys

When I'm a Rhymesayer, brothers with me

On a deep cosmos, natural high cool

With God in my ear tellin' me to ride through

I'm ain't trying to hear the playback, jack

I was there in the flesh and I'm blessed that I can say that

You feel it in your chest and play that

You got it in your mind, say that

You can't arrange that


[Hook]

One, two

Rockin' for you and you

Ursus Minor Crew officially doin' the do

We gon' throw down hard, like oh my God

And when it hit ya there ain't nothin' that you can do

So one, two

Rockin' for you and you

Ursus Minor Crew officially doin' the do

We gon' throw down hard, like oh my God

And when it hit ya there ain't nothin' that you can do


[Verse 2]

I said temper thy tongue my son

Ah, a good kid at drums is hard to come by

I found rhythm where the doves cry

So attentive I was, my young mind a dry sponge

Soaked it all in

Grow some balls then

Not try to quote what I wrote with a ball pen

Since the choice to rap or just voice the facts

I guess my point is that

I been

Standing on four four beats butt naked

Since around the time Busy Bee was famous, huh

Music 'po be somethin' sacred

So please rest assured that Ali don't fake shit

Regardless of the theme

And as hard as it may seem

Put my two cents on the table

Whether they tarnished or they clean

Keep my heart in the stream

Separate myself from the garbage on the scene

Come down now you


[Hook]

Rockin' for you and you

Ursus Minor Crew officially doin' the do

We gon' throw down hard, like oh my God

And when it hit ya there ain't nothin' that you can do

One, two

Rockin' for you and you

Ursus Minor Crew officially doin' the do

We gon' throw down hard, like oh my God

And when it hit ya there ain't nothin' that you can do hit me


[Outro]

We wanna thank Ursus Minor

Ladies and gentleman, Ursus Minor