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

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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 I.D. friend
No I.D. my mentor, now let the story begin

It's the Hard Knock Life Tour, sellout
Picture us in the mall copping iceberg and yell out, "Jigga"
Yeah, that's what we would 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 could brag to your friends back at the gig"
But he got me out my mama crib
Then he helped me get my mama 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 I.D. friend
No I.D. my mentor, now let the story begin
Begin, let the story begin (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 I
And these beats in my pocket was that blueprint for him
I'd play my little song 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
Party at S.O.Bs and we had packed the 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 thinking 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 at 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 I.D. friend
No I.D. 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 getting 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 "Diamonds" remix I swore I spazzed
Then my big brother came through and kicked my a-
Sibling rivalry, only I could see
It was the pride in me that was driving 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 sh- was more like a finger roll
But I had them singles though
And them h- 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, "No way"
Translate, Español, "No way, José"
Then I went and told Jay Brown
Should've known that was gon' come back around
Should've talked to you like a man, should've told you first
But I told somebody else and that's what made sh- 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 and tell 'em
People never get the flowers while they could 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 Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No I.D. friend
No I.D. my mentor, and that's where the story ends

Toomp killed this sh-