Brother (Pre-Ten Sessions)
be happy with what you got
you should be hard to be a brother
you should be happy with what we can do...
oooh...hand over my face
oooh...my house on fire
and my big brother come put the blame on me, yeah...
oh, he's a pushin'
i'm being pushed from above
oh, and a brother
back to back back, better back off of him
you should not question at all his authority...
oooh...use a flag as a bandaid
a-stick 'em up, show us your pocket hypocrasy, yeah...
oooh, in the closet, my pleasures
'cause my big brother don't want to just let me be
oh...oh, and i'm pushin'
or if i could get above
oh, and a brother
back to back back, a-keep your back off...
oh, and i'm pushin'
i'm being pushed from above
oh, and a brother
back to back a-back, a-better back off of him...
yeah yeah yeah...oh...
face down...brother...
face down...yeah yeah yeah yeah...
face down...yeah...
face down...yeah...
oh...ooh...ah...
in my mind there's a clearing
black clouds flow through grey still skies
and the birds don't even whisper...yeah...
i'm flying out...mmm...i'm flying...
whoa...
oh, back to back back, a-better back off
back to back a-back, a better, better, better...
back to back a-back, back a-back back...brother...
face down...brother...
face down...yeah yeah yeah a-yeah...
face down...brother...oh...
face down...almost...fired...
face down...whoa...i got a gun...
face down...
i got a gun...
i got a gun...
face down...i got a gun...
whoa...face down...
aah, fuck it, i'm just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin' tv...
...and watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
...like i could even change the world, yeah right...