[Intro: Brother Ali]
I said can the drummer have some?
Can the drummer have some more?
The drummer ain't had none in a long time, y'all

[Verse 1: Brother Ali]
What would I die for? The life force
Resting at the essence of my core
I don't recall applying for no college or Job Corps, not at all
Got it all just by knocking at God's door
Took my hide outdoors in the yard and did my chores
Battling in dive bars, sharpening my sword
Started on the ground floor, snuck me in the kitchen and side door
Supposed to be the opener, thеy hollered for encorе
My song made my eyes moist just like yours
Tell you how I feel about it day and night like Al B. Sure!
It's not easy, no Sunday morning, no commodores
Earth, Wind & Fire my shining star
An ocean without a shore, oozing out of my pores
Catch me on the corner with the vinyl like Final Call
My squad violate all your rules and your bylaws
Especially the lie about your life in your rhyme clause
These are all my scars, low points and high score
Delivery five star, Jeff fortified like a Vice Lord
My life line cross with the mic cord, hardcore
Not just because, but for the right cause
[Pre-Chorus: Brother Ali]
It's the hand clap, finger snap, baby feet pitter-pat
Hummingbird wing flap, raindrop window tap
Heartrate and breathtaking and love making
The undertaking of the one language

[Chorus: Brother Ali]
Said the drum made the whole room move as one
Universal tongue excluding none
They crowd around the sound like the blooming sun
In unison, look at what the music done
Said the drum made the whole room move as one
Universal tongue excluding none
They crowd around the sound like the blooming sun
In unison

[Verse 2: Brother Ali]
It's always the truth that call us
Tryna describe what the human heart is
Too enormous for you to chart it, but do record it
Nothing is truly gorgeous
As the ahs and the oohs moving through the chorus
It's as true as the womb that bore us
Roots that brought us to the soil that produce the purest
The fruit is how you know us if we're losing focus
Bootsy taught us that the one reassures us of who the source is
It's the jam that came to fan the flame
The calendar can't contain, the master can't restrain
Professor can't explain to live out the reign
To map the vast terrain of romance and pain
We're always praying when the song playing
Soul awaken, exposing or exclaiming
All the way from the ancient sacred, the shakin' it naked
The body can't claim it or the brain name it
[Pre-Chorus: Brother Ali]
It's the hand clap, finger snap, baby feet pitter-pat
Hummingbird wing flap, raindrop window tap
Heartrate and breathtaking and love making
The undertaking of the one language

[Chorus: Brother Ali]
Said the drum made the whole room move as one
Universal tongue excluding none
They crowd around the sound like the blooming sun
In unison, look at what the music done
Said the drum made the whole room move as one
Universal tongue excluding none
They crowd around the sound like the blooming sun
In unison, look at what the music done
It's the drum

[Post-Chorus: Brother Ali]
Gather 'round the beat like a campfire

[Outro: Brother Ali]
I said can the drummer have some?
Can the drummer have some more?
The drummer ain't had none in a long time, y'all