[Intro -- voice samples]
It's like two thousand and something
You know what I mean?
[?]
I think like, if I rock it [?]

[Verse 1]
Yo, my enemies are gonna' always talk
But when the mics on they couldn't bust grape and welch's backyard with spikes on
I said "Buenos noches," but they ran like roaches with the lights on
Better dust yourself off 'fore you step off in my strike zone
Matter of fact, gimme' your keys
Ya'll MC's are gonna' have to hike home
Ali move like a python and strike like Mike Tyson
I run up in your cipher spinnin' hyper than a cyclone
With the right poem to leave your eardrums twice blown
Nice goin'
The way I push it way back
Ya'll might get struck by stray facts and come clean like Ajax
With the way that I say that ya may tap, your mans back
Besides ya'll should break camp before ya'll get ransacked
Now stand back
I blow the tops off MC's
To get my rocks off with ease
Let some shots off in the breeze
Figuratively speakin' you're on thin ice
With no motivation or appreciation for life
And like my man [?] said "these words are always rhyme, I just happen to be the one puttin' 'em together this time"
And I'm aware that ya'll expect to hear some
Power packs are why [?] tracks put our city on the map
[Chorus]
The eye of the storm is where I operate
I'm surrounded by chaos but I concentrate
As I- as I keep the focus things'll never be hopeless
Cuz' the eye of the storm is where I op

[Verse 2]
Yo, I push the god knowledge inside of them
Clean up the messes
Style impresses cuz' it's tighter than
Big lessons dresses [?]
Use my knowledge as my vitamins
I'm on [?] professes
Ali's known for makin' them educated guesses
The puzzle solver walkin' the streets with no revolver
To ya' [?]
From emotional waters 'fore they disolve ya'
You'll never be complete until your soul is at peace
And the environment'll make you a beast out on these streets
I hate the term playa hater
I'm an imitator hater
Cuz' this world can be a very cold place of innovators
So I slay the average rapper and the average rap producer
I tell you like them Puerto Rican girls say, "no me gusta"
So I use the peace keepin' skills
That's my thesis
When I die I'm tryin' to rest in peace
Not rest in pieces
I know I'm not Jesus but I teach with parables
And leave freaks hysterical
Even my life's a miracle
[Chorus]
In the eye of the storm is where I operate
I'm surrounded by chaos but I concentrate
As I- as I keep the focus things'll never be hopeless
Cuz' the eye of the storm is where I op

[Verse 3]
You wanna' live on this Earth young minds, stick with me
We'll change our sloppy graffiti into refined caligraphy
Evolve our beat boxin' into a fine symphony
And change our cloudy thinkin' to a new epiphany
Achieve [?]
Solvin' mysteries
Helpin' sisters be dignified the way Allah created them to be
So while the average rapper sits back and jacks his jaws
I try to manage my affairs and give you some advice for yours
Now boys
Think about my language and the things I do
I seek to express me, and not to impress you
And yes it's true my whole crew is always tryin' to increase
But when Ali's over the beats forget about it, capish?
I teach for the universal but first of all for the streets
Cuz' it's the young [?] header rude boy I'm tryin' to reach
I say peace cuz' I gotta finish up before dawn
It won't be long and we've already reached the eye of the storm
[Chorus]
The eye of the storm is where I operate
I'm surrounded by chaos but I concentrate
As I keep the focus things'll never be hopeless
Cuz' the eye of the storm is where I op

[Outro -- voice samples]
Just- just some thoughts for the mind
Just- just- just some thoughts- thoughts for the mind
Just- just some thoughts for the mind
Just- just- just some thoughts for the mind
Ain't too much more I can do with it