In “Ali”, Mustafa pays tribute to his late friend Ali Rizeig, who was shot and killed in 2017.
Over a soft guitar melody, Regent Park, Toronto-native Mustafa addresses the passing of his friend and shares his feelings and thoughts thereof.
It is the third single release from his debut album When Sm...
[Chorus]
Ali, you know our hearts were at their fullest
Ali, there were no words to stop the bullets
[Verse 1]
Concrete dreams, I could never leave
And I go back to when we were thirteen and fifteen and seventeen
The full night to the coldest breeze
All that we hoped to be
When we smiled with all our teeth
[Chorus]
Ali, you know our hearts were at their fullest
Ali, there werе no words to stop the bullets
[Verse 2]
You should've lеft your home
I told you to go
I told you it wouldn't be safe
I told you it wasn't the way
You should've left your home
I told you to go
I told you it wouldn't be safe
Oh how I prayed and I prayed
[Verse 3]
And since the angel was at your door
I can't walk by anymore
You slipped through my arms
I see you on your sister's shirt
And it's hard to mask the hurt
And it's hard to mask your world
[Chorus]
Ali, you know our hearts were at their fullest
Ali, there were no words to stop the bullets
[Outro]
Now it's only me that needs to save himself
Feel like I can't be here while you're in that realm
Oh I need time
Oh I need time
Oh I need time, to mourn you
Time to mourn you
[Outro: Ali]
Started off as nothing and became something (became something)
No, I don't wanna get pushed around (pushed around)
Ali was written by Mustafa & Simon On The Moon & Ging & Rodaidh McDonald & Matthew Tavares.
Ali was produced by Simon On The Moon & Ging & Rodaidh McDonald.