Slippin' Away - Brother Ali
I arrived in Minnesota with handcuff bruises Summer ninety deuce prepared to cut loose sh*tMom wasn'thaving that f**kbeing cool With no discussion stuck me in a suburb school Now day and night I'mon a bus full of fools Who parents didn'twant 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'rein 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 nothing more nothing less School they fantasize about gangsta rap records But these are our lives our families are connected The Ice Cube summer vacation is taking place Right around the way from where I stay The mold from the gold and the 'ripsfrom L A Brought snow to the cold for a new place to play There'sa war going on outside you ain'tsafe from See if this education might save 'emI'veknown you your whole life You drawn to that street life Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away I'veknown you your whole life You drawn to that street life Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away And so our little city bus crew used to run together Eat lunch together girls Double Dutch together Fellas humbugging next day be friends The only thing we never did was date from withing 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 Pumpking stabs Akey Sh*tmy main man was Ethan Used to sell sneakers at a store called Friedman'sHe had two older cousins that were hustlers Filas wasn'tall he pumping 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 boxing he broke my nose He almost cried man he had a good heart The brother'sonly problem was he wasn'tbook smart He dropped out of school but he kept slanging shoes To keep the kids fed he had to sell base too I'veknown you your whole life You drawn to that street life Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away I'veknown you your whole life You drawn to that street life Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away 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 "Ijust can'tseem 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'tknow what the hell else to do I know you gonna really get it cracking with that rap thing And when you blow up I'ma come and work for you"Ha that'smy man I see you when I see you brother Keep your head up 'tilthe 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'tin though They said somebody shot 'emthrough his front window Hit 'emin the head and that he hadn'tsurvived Matter fact he died 'forethe ambulance arrived A man in that life it wasn'tno mistake The cops called it a stray bullet closed the case So there'sno justice and there'sno closure You can'ttouch 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 nothing left but a hole in my soul Sh*tdude was 23years old I'veknown you your whole life You drawn to that street life Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away I'veknown you your whole life You drawn to that street life Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away Slipping away slipping away Guitar score
Slippin' Away Artist: Brother Ali
Capo: 0
Key: FSharp
Difficulty：
Tempo: 92
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 100
Creation time: 2023-05-05 Slippin' Away Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by Brother Ali. This guitar tab is in the key of FSharp and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by Brother Ali at that time～
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