Minutes

(album: Brother Minutester, Vol. 1 - 2021)

"Why is Brother Ali so criminally slept on?" reads every tweet ever

As of this day
I've dropped five albums, three EP's and three mixtapes, without a single mistake
Which outwardly sounds just great, but...(for just a minute)
Let me get you to think about it this way
Sometimes over-analysis give me paralysis
I write 'till my hands got calluses and...(for just a minute)
That's what this long radio silence in-between albums is
I need to learn to balance this: master this thesis
You don't know me have to drop masterpieces, you can master little pieces
Speak to the people on your handcrafted beats for just...(for just a minute)
Get off your hands and knees and just release 'em
Don't rewind 'em, don't even write 'em
Don't be minding if there's mistakes in 'em, just spit the straight venom...(for just a minute)
Even if they're not that venomous, just think how quick a minutes is and pretend nobody's listening
Then sneak it in your timeline like a secret
So that even just the realist people peep it
And see if you don't weed out your one and only weakness...(for just a minute)