Big Brother

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My big brother was B.I.G.'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

Now he won't even step to his idol to say hi

Standin' 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 could brag to your friends back at the gig"

But he got me out my momma crib

Then he helped me get my momma a crib

Big brother was B.I.G.'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

Story begin

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

Fresh off the plane, I'm off to Baseline

Nothin' 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 play my little songs in that old backroom

He'd bob his head and say, "Damn, oh, that's you?"

But by The Black Album, I was blackin' out

Partyin' S.O.B's and we had packed the crowd

Big brother got a show up in 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 B.I.G.'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, won't 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 a steeple

And we know New Jack City gotta keep my brother

But to be number one I'ma beat my brother

On that Diamond's 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 Grammy's I said, "I inspired me"

But my big brother who I always tried to be

When I keep the flow, it was like pick-and-roll

'Cause even if he gave me the rock, he'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 gon' 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 of 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 B.I.G.'s brother

So here's a few words from your kid brother

If you admire somebody, you should go ahead, tell 'em

People never get the flowers while they could 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 B.I.G.'s brother

Used to be Dame and Bigg's 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