Brother Ali has always stood out – he’s albino, legally blind, and performing in a predominantly black genre. He addresses these issues on Forest Whitaker, from his magnum opus Shadows on the Sun[Intro]

And yo, whatever comes up comes out

We don't put our hands over our mouth

And whatever comes up comes out

We don't put our hands over our mouth

Whatever comes up comes out

(Please mister bass-man lay it on me)

[Verse]

Ayo, depending on the day, and depending on what I ate

I'm anywhere from twenty to thirty-five pounds overweight

I got red eyes, and one of 'em's lazy

And they both squint when the sun shines, so I look crazy

I'm albino man, I know I'm pink and pale

And I'm hairy as hell, everywhere but fingernails

I shave a cranium that ain't quite shaped right

Face type: shiny, I stay up and write late nights

My wardrobe is jeans and faded shirts

A mixture of what I like, and what I wear to work

I'm knock-kneed and got a neck full of razor bumps

I'm not the classic profile of what the ladies want

You might think I'm depressed as can be

But when I look in the mirror, I see sexy ass me

And if that's somethin' that you can't respect then that's peace

My life's better without you actually

To everyone out there, who's a little different

I say damn a magazine, these is God's fingerprints

You can call me ugly but can't take nothing from me

I am what I am doctor you ain't gotta love me

[Interlude]

If you would please turn in your bible

To beauty tips according to Forest Whitiker

In the third chapter of the third line

Brother Ali would you please read to the choir for me son

[Hook]

I'mma be all right, you ain't gotta be my friend tonight

(You ain't gotta love me)

An I'mma be okay, you would probably bore me anyway

(You ain't gotta love me)

I'mma be all right, you ain't gotta be my friend tonight

(You ain't gotta love me)

An I'mma be okay, you would probably bore me anyway

(You ain't gotta love me)

I'mma be all right, you ain't gotta be my friend tonight

(You ain't gotta love me)

An I'mma be okay, you would probably bore me anyway

(You ain't gotta love me)

[Outro]

It's Forest Whitiker y'all

Forest Witiker y'all

"Goddamn that boy can sing!"

"You must be crazy."

"He good!"

"You must be crazy."