Mustapha Ali

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