[Intro]
[low vocal register]
Yeah
This for you, bro
For all of us
[Verse 1]
We was kids in the same small room
Two beds, one dream, same view
You would take the blame every time I slipped
Told mom, "That was me," even when I did it
Hand-me-down shoes, you’d give me the best pair
Said, "Little bro shine, I’ll be fine right here"
You were grind, you were grit, you were quiet pride
You were jokes at the table when we barely got by
[Chorus]
Big bro watching over us
Got your love still holding us
You in heaven, we on the bus
Paying dues, all this hurt for us
Through the pain and the late-night cries
You the reason that we still rise
Big bro watching over us
Big bro, you ain’t losing us
[Verse 2]
I still see you on the porch when the sky turn gold
Telling me, "Stay home," when the streets got cold
You would skip your plate so the kids ate first
Laugh it off, "I’m good," but I knew that hurt
You worked doubles, eyes red, came home, still played
Two-on-two in the yard till the light just faded
You protected every heartbeat in this house we had
Took every cut so we didn’t bleed that bad
[Chorus]
Big bro watching over us
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
You left, but you left every step we take
Every prayer, every tear, every choice we make
We still set you a seat when the fam come through
Tell your stories so the little ones know you
[sung ad-lib] "Know you, know you"
[Verse 3]
They don’t see all the nights that the family cried
Or the bills that we split just to keep on the lights
They don’t know how your name is the strength we say
When we drag ourselves up for another long day
I talk to the sky like I’m dialing your phone
Tell you, "Bro, I got them, you ain’t left us alone"
You the angel that be walking with our last good nerve
We keep living like you taught us, that’s the love we serve
[Chorus]
Big bro watching over us
[Outro]
Just a chair at the table and your name in our chest
You in heaven, but down here we still carrying the rest
Family cost blood, sweat, time we can’t replace
But every sacrifice we make still look like your face