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Kanye West - Big Brother (Album Version (Edited))

Big Brother
Kanye West
04:48
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[Intro:]
Stadium status!

[Hook:]
My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother,
Used to be Dame and Biggs brother,
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No I.D. friend,
No I.D. my mentor, now let the story begin.

[Verse 1:]
It's the Hard Knock Life Tour, sellout, picture,
Us in the mall, coppin' Iceberg and yell out, "Jigga!"
Yeah, that's what we'll yell out, yell out,
You know the name, do I gotta spell out or tell 'bout?
J-A-Y, and 'Ye so shy,
Now he won't even step to his idol to say "hi",
Standing there like a mime and let the chance pass by,
Back of my mind, "He could change your life
With all these beats I did, at least let him hear it,
At least you can brag to ya friends back at the gig".
But he got me out me out my momma crib
Then he help me get my momma a crib.

[Hook]

If you feel the way I feel why don't you wave your hands?

[Verse 2:]
Fresh off the plane, I'm off to Baseline,
Nothing handed out, I'm 'bout to take mine,
'Round the same time of that Blueprint 1
And these beats in my pocket was that blueprint for him,
I'd play my little songs in that old back room,
He'd bob his head and say, "Damn! Oh, that's you?"
But by The Black Album, I was blacking out,
Partyin' S.O.B.'s and we had packed a crowd.
Big brother got his show up at Madison Square,
And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, we gon' be there",
But not only did I not get a chance to spit it,
Carline told me I could buy two tickets.
I guess big brother was thinkin' a little different
And kept little brother at bay, at a distance,
But everything that I felt was more bogus
Only made me more focused,
Only wrote more potent,
Only thing I wanna know is why I get looked over?
I guess I'll understand when I get more older.
Big brother saw me at the bottom of the totem,
Now I'm on the top and everybody on the scrotum.

[Hook]

[Verse 3:]
Have you ever walked in the shadow of a giant?
Not only a client, the Presidito, hola, Hovito!
The game gettin' foul so here's a free throw.
I was always on the other side of the peephole,
Then I dropped "Jesus Walks" now I'm on the steeple,
And we know, "New Jack City" got to keep my brother,
But to be number one Imma beat my brother.
On that "Diamonds" remix I swore I spazzed,
Then my big brother came through and kicked my ass.
Sibling rivalry, only I could see,
It was the pride in me that was drivin' me,
At the Grammys I said, "I inspired me",
But my big brother who I always tried to be.
When I kicked a flow it like pick-and-roll,
'Cause even if he gave me the rock,
It's give-and-go,
I guess Beanie's style was more of a slam dunk,
But my shit was more like a finger roll.
But I had them singles though,
And them hoes at the show gonna mingle, yo, heh, y'all know.
I told Jay I did a song with Coldplay,
Next thing I know he got a song with Coldplay,
Back in my mind I'm like "Damn, no way!"
Translate, espanol "No way, Jose!"
Then I went and told Jay Brown,
Shoulda known that was gonna come back around,
Shoulda talked to you like a man, shoulda told you first
But I told somebody else and that's what made shit worse.

[Bridge:]
My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother,
So here's a few words from ya kid brother,
If you admire somebody, you should go on 'head tell 'em,
People never get the flowers while they can still smell 'em.
A idol in my eyes, God of the game,
Heart of the city, Roc-a-Fella chain,
Never be the same, never be another,
Number one, Young Hov, also my big brother.

[Hook]

No I.D., my mentor, and that's where the story ends.

[Outro:]
Toomp killed this shit!

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