Brother’s Keeper

[Verse]
My Adidas was about two sizes bigger than me
Hand me downs, I wore hand me downs
Brother never had a childhood
He was too busy babysittin' 'stead of hanging out
I could've had another older brother
Miscarriage is the such a motherfucker
I wouldn't wish that on another
Oh yeah

[Chorus]
I am my brother's keeper
So everything I own, you own too
'Cause I'm my brother's keeper
No matter what we go through
I am my brother's keeper
No matter what we go through
I promise I'mma keep ya
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Post-Chorus]
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[Spoken Word]
Alright, so let me set the scene
My brother's, what, six years older than me
And, growing up, my brother never had a childhood
He never got to go out and hang with friends
And, you know, do what, you know, kids are supposed to do
He was busy babysittin' me and my sister
As we're on the run again from immigration
And just like, mad trials and tribulations and adversities
Either way, my brother had it done
He would take me to football practice when we was finally allowed to leave the house
Umm, He was just- He's- He's out there doing music right now
He's the one that put in my first, like, Nas album, my first Kanye West album
He, you know, he's the one that set pace
And I always just looked up to my brother, I wanted to be my brother
And he sacrificed so much for me to be able to give you a piece of my mind, my- my soul, my heart
If not for him, I wouldn't be here 'cause when my parents told me no, I'm not allowed to do music
I have to go and do education, he fought for me and said, "No, he's gonna chase his dreams"
This is my dream