Big Brother

When I’m with you
It’s more like
I’m Jay
and you’re Kanye
Always been
more Lil
And you more Phil
Deville
Pushed you to be you
Without a deal
My big bro
Who kept it real
Since way before
’94
When I knew what that love could be
Before I knew there was a spark in me
My big bro
He always knew
I ran with doubts
While he spewed truths
Put his pain in the booth
Cause
Trouble haunted our youth
We
Got money like we lost a tooth
Together
Hurt like that’s the only weather
We lived through
Paying up to ourselves because it’s been due
Was
Missing from life like a taboo
Faced some things that had to subdue
Thought to be tools but we had it all screwed
Like a book that’s due
we had to be renewed
Cause sometimes the pain is overdue
Checked out but still in
Beaten and bracing the damage
Empty bellies but fighting the famish
My big bro
He already lives the truth
Casket sharp when he up in suit
Living on edge hoping they don’t shoot
My big bro
I know, my pain
He already knows
the truth
(2018)