Kanye West - Big Brother lyrics

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My big brother was BIG's brother
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No ID friend
No ID my mentor, now let the story begin

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
That 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 my momma crib
Then he help me get my momma a crib

Big brother was BIG's brother
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No ID friend
No ID my mentor, now let the story begin
Begin let the story begin
If you feel the way I feel
Why don't you wave your hands?

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' SOB'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

My big brother was BIG's brother
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No ID friend
No ID my mentor, now let the story begin
Begin let the story begin
If you feel the way I feel
Why don't you wave your hands?

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 I'ma 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 was 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
And 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, español: "No way, José"
Then I went and told Jay Brown
Shoulda known that was gon' 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

My big brother was BIG'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

My big brother was BIG's brother
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No ID friend
No ID, my mentor
And that's where the story ends

Toomp killed this shit