VALSON - My Brother's Keeper

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 10 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
Uh
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

Written by:
Jermain Hardison

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