My Brother's Keeper Lyrics

I was 14 when my world fell apart

Wounds cut so deep they left permanent scars

I was fighting for my life, I was fighting for my sanity

You were supposed to hold me down

You only held your hand out to me

Quiet as kept; I ain't wanna speak on it

But you're posting pictures like this shit is sweet all of sudden

I don't hate you, I don't love you, I don't even think about you

And the last ten years proved that I could live without you

I am not my mother's sons keeper

I could never stand by a motherfuckin woman beater

Cheater, keep them "I love you's" to yourself

I been wrote you out my story and I ain't accepting guests

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I learned the hard way living a hard life

That family doesn't always mean your bloodline

They'll do you dirty like the rules don't apply to them

They take that title to their head thinking they're exempt

Jessie turned to drugs in his teenage years

And I saw my mother cry over her biggest fear

She warned him son, you can't trust everybody

You don't know what's in them drugs

That you're putting in your body

One summer night sitting on the front step

Jessie came riding up but he wasn't himself

I watched all life drain out of my mother's face

She tried with all she had but Jessie still got laced

Now he's beating couches with belts and talking to himself

I tried to get him help but he said nothing's wrong

And now our mother's gone and he depends on me

But I'm the baby brother, you should've been there for me!

I learned the hard way living a hard life

That family doesn't always mean your bloodline

They'll do you dirty like the rules don't apply to them

They take that title to their head thinking they're exempt

I learned the hard way living a hard life

That family doesn't always mean your bloodline

They'll do you dirty like the rules don't apply to them

And it keeps happening the longer you keep letting them

And I know "D" you did all that you could

Sacrifices that you made are simply understood

We good but I wish we had more memories

But I know if it ever came to it

You would paint the city red for me

Now that's what you call pressure

Yeah that's that brotherhood

For all the ones that say I'm heartless

You misunderstood

Cause when you been through what I been through

You'll go ghost on anyone

Nobody safe from getting cut just go ask my mother's son

I am not my mother's sons keeper

I am not my mother's sons keeper

When you been through what you been through

You'll go ghost on anyone?

Hell yeah, don't believe me; just go ask my mother's son

I learned the hard way living a hard life

That family - it don't always mean your bloodline

They'll do you dirty like the rules don't apply to them

They take that title to their head thinking they're exempt

You'll learn your own way living your own life

That real family is up to you so you decide

But loyalty shouldn't compromise your self respect

And if it interrupts your peace it ain't worth the stress