Brotherhood

Lyrics

[Intro] (Oh, oh) [Verse 1] My brother still cries at most nights He still ain't got over my uncle's life I try to come over a couple of nights a week To have a little chat to make sure the nigga is sweet I have to remind myself the future's bright And bring a spliff to me lips at almost every night I use to flip a zip almost every fuckin' day I'm fucking lucky that I didn't catch an indictment You see the old days were full of excitement Nothing to fear with the lads by me side dem And I if a cunt was abrupt then we would fight dem But if they had a good heart then we'd invite them Into our brotherhood protect and revive them And tell 'em fuck any cunt that don't like them But still me brother still cries every night He can't get over my uncle's life Yeah, yeah [Chorus] And it kills me that I can't heal him Protect him like he used to do for me And when I was outside dodgy dealing He took the blame and he said it weren't me But now my brother still cries most evenings I wish, I wish he could get over his grief I wish I could take away the pain he's feeling And transport all that shit into me [Verse 2] Woah, woah, woah, when me eyes well up I force myself to get up and I take it on the chin My mate Charlie, Charlie's under pressure Three little children inside his little army But, but, the govna' he's got PTSD His cousin Tommy died and he can't let it be I tell him, talk, talk, talk to anybody Especially Geeza, Geeza, please talk to me 16 and we shared a fucking bed Me, Charlie, Tayla, Leon, Terry E And when I didn't have anywhere to sleep? My mate Shea Burke, yo, he let me stay at his Fuckin' brotherhood we have is fuckin' deep That's how it goes man when you come out of the east But still me brother still cries before he sleeps Me nanny had a stroke but she's still a fuckin' G [Chorus] And it kills me that I can't heal him Protect him like he would do for me And when I was outside dodgy dealing He took the blame and he said it wasn't me But still my brother still cries most evening Because he cannot get over this grief I wish I could take away the pain that he was feeling And transport all that shit into me [Outro] And I gotta, gotta keep these tears in 'Cause if I let 'em out, I got no hope, I can't swim I said, I said, I said, I gotta keep these tears in 'Cause if I let 'em out I got no hope, I fuckin' can't swim I said, I said, I said I gotta keep these tears in 'Cause if I let 'em out, I got no hope, I can't swim I said, said can't fuckin' keep these tears in 'Cause if I am let out I got no— (Oh, oh, oh, oh) (Just gotta open up mate Just gotta talk Just gotta talk)