Brother

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[Verse]
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Will you patronize me – brother
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Do you recognize me – brother
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Do you believe what your teacher said
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Or is it the food that your preacher fed
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Why you minimize me – brother
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Oh brother
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Joseph and his brothers – left Canaan
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They saw the little brother – in Egypt
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They both had the same cause and the same purpose
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They come about the same hurt that they got back the most
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Do you understand me – my brother
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Oh brother
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Brother (X4)
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Let us help the fallen – sister
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She will love to call you – mister
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Do you see the need for unity
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To bring about respect and dignity
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Don’t you understand me – my brother
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Brother
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Will you patronize me – brother
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Do you recognize me – brother
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Is it the things that your teacher said
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Or is it the food that your preacher fed
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Why you minimize me – my brother
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Oh brother
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Are you my brother now hey hey yeah oh yeah hey hey
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Are you my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother
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Are you my brother now hey hey hey hey
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Are you my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother
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You don’t wanna understand me now oh brother
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Oh brother
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Oh brother
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Are you my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother, my brother