Brother's Keeper - Ebenezer

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

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

Pa pa da pa pa pa

Pa pa da pa pa pa

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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