Mustapha Ali Lyrics

Losing house money gambling in the D

Is where we find our hero Mustapha Ali

Escaped from penitentiary about five years ago

Hitched a ride to Memphis then headed towards the snow

I'll let you know the subtle subtleties that lead him up to here

This born again criminal conquering his fear

The night before he was hustling a man

Named Renegade Simpson who had a golden fan

Like old ladies use in church as they extrapolate the truth

From preachers born of greed and sin

From dust to dust

And back again

The cycle painted in the skies

By Gods beyond our human eyes

The effervescent beginning

Of a complicated being

Made of planetary dust and cosmic stuff

But I digress

He confessed long ago to a crime he didn't do

To protect the only lady his love has ever knew

Out of the blue came the law to confine him to a cage

The place they waste wild animals full of holy rage

Now turn the page twenty years seeing time go past the bars

For an innocent criminal with twenty years of scars

So far he's decided to remain to be silent

Just in case the maniac inside comes out his hole and tries to find

The epic happiness within his soul

As the story unfolds with the rhyme

Using imaginary time

We come to find this simple hero with so much on his mind

The thought sublime, can you see

Witness the tragic history

Of trying to be a better human for all the world to see

He can't believe his luck walking around the prison block

Thinking nobody really cares for him, nobody gives a

Hey

So he decided to release his hate

Before it becomes a little too late

Emancipate, appreciate the little things

That's been bestowed upon him

By a power that's too great to contemplate

Realizing that in him

There lies a prison within

Erected over time by his own mind

Built out of guilt and sin

That needs to be forgiven

By himself and no one else he's come to find

And then he fell upon his knees

And asked the Lord above to please

Release the pain that's in his heart

So he may once again take part

In fulfilling his destiny to be the best that he could be

A constant soldier marching on to the beat of his own song

Hiding Phoenix fire burning in his chest and all the rest

Finally taking all the blessings and the curses at their best

Wielding the power borne incarnate

Hidden deep and put to rest

Awakening his very spirit, screaming loud for all to hear it

Crossing chasms over seas

Teleporting mere degrees

Across the greatness of creation

Witnessing every sensation

Placed under this open sky

The final frontier in his eye

Predestined for the ones who want it

Crossing galaxies like comets

Skipping light years cross the heavens

Seeing stars and planets glisten to the rhythm of a system

Built by one who truly listens

With intent

The covenant

Sent by the Sun that's daily sent down to illuminate

The current state of humans as we circumnavigate

Through the dynamics of space and sudden grace

Can you believe in magic

Coursing through the veins of the Earth

It's blue essence giving birth to the same thing flowing

In everything that's growing

Towards a new day exploring this spinning garden given to us as a gift

Let's not destroy it with petty differences

Let's make a point of scanning back the tragic

So that we can see the chromatic spectrum

Dancing in our vision at any given moment

That's how you see

It's about the release

That's how you see

It's about the release

That's how you see

It's about the release

The release

The release

The release

It's how you be free

Be free