My Brother's Keeper (Explicit)
from You. Me. Us. by And Then There Was One
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lyrics
Sitting in my brother’s car
Coughing on the clouds he blows from his mouth
Watching family drink and laugh through the windows
Of our mother’s house
His first Christmas with us in years
He was spreading gifts like a modern Nino Brown
But I could see that the life that took him away
Was still a part of him even now
And I said “Why don't you change your life?
Mom raised us all to do what’s right."
He said “It’s not enough for a boy around here"
He said “One thing to understand, my nigga
The streets taught me how to be a man, my nigga.
I don’t need nobody judging me
I hold it down, and I’m gonna be
Alright"
He sounded so excited and full of hope as we spoke
Of his unborn child
He said “I’m gonna be the daddy to her that I never had in mine"
I said what happens to her if you wind up in jail again
Or God forbid, worse?
He said whatever happened, he’d make sure he made plans to take care of her
I said “That’s fucked up! It’s not right!
You won’t wanna miss a moment of her life
I don’t understand why it has to be like this!
He said “One thing to understand, my nigga
The streets taught me how to be a man, my nigga.
I don’t need nobody judging me
I hold it down, and I’m gonna be
Alright"
It's gonna be alright
Coughing on the clouds he blows from his mouth
Watching family drink and laugh through the windows
Of our mother’s house
His first Christmas with us in years
He was spreading gifts like a modern Nino Brown
But I could see that the life that took him away
Was still a part of him even now
And I said “Why don't you change your life?
Mom raised us all to do what’s right."
He said “It’s not enough for a boy around here"
He said “One thing to understand, my nigga
The streets taught me how to be a man, my nigga.
I don’t need nobody judging me
I hold it down, and I’m gonna be
Alright"
He sounded so excited and full of hope as we spoke
Of his unborn child
He said “I’m gonna be the daddy to her that I never had in mine"
I said what happens to her if you wind up in jail again
Or God forbid, worse?
He said whatever happened, he’d make sure he made plans to take care of her
I said “That’s fucked up! It’s not right!
You won’t wanna miss a moment of her life
I don’t understand why it has to be like this!
He said “One thing to understand, my nigga
The streets taught me how to be a man, my nigga.
I don’t need nobody judging me
I hold it down, and I’m gonna be
Alright"
It's gonna be alright
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from You. Me. Us.,
released March 2, 2018
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And Then There Was One Boston, Massachusetts
And Then There Was One is Stevie Caldwell’s solo project, an outlet for a very personal, atmospheric and powerful sound which finds its niche somewhere between genres: it’s rock at its core, flowing from mid-tempo melodic grooves into crunchy angst-ridden alt rock, which she describes as much like her personality. ... more
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