| Yo, if y’all don’t mind, I’d like to share a little somethin I wrote |
| About the closest nigga to me, ya heard me? My muthafuckin brother, ya |
| Know. And it ain’t gotta be ya blood brother, it could be ya thug |
| Brother |
| We tend to say things that we don’t really mean |
| Like I hate you and I hope you die tomorrow of some deadly disease |
| I never meant a word nigga, I was speakin out of anger |
| At times, I treated you as if you was a stranger |
| We both shared poverty, eatin commodity, you never lied to me |
| Or knock me for nuthin I tried to be |
| You was in the house sharpenin your art skills |
| And I was in the backyard doin cartwheels |
| Runnin with the niggas mama told me leave alone, come home |
| Stealin bikes even though I knew my rights from wrong |
| I used to envy you cause you was intelligent |
| And I hate you was a strange way of tellin it |
| But that was irrelevant |
| You was in the good schools, I went to the gutter with the thugs |
| When a nigga shot dice and all the teachers did drugs |
| You my nigga, til I’m dead and gone |
| And I loved you like you was a part of me |
| And that’s why I’m singin this song |
| Chorus: It’s my nigga, my nerve, my one love |
| (you're my brother) |
| The one who wouldn’t change on a nigga |
| (you're my brother, you’re my brother) |
| Cause we shared the same blood |
| (there's no other) |
| That’s my nigga, my nerve, my one love |
| (you're the only one for me) |
| The one that wouldn’t change on a nigga |
| Don’t change on a nigga |
| It’s my nigga, my nerve, my one love |
| (you're my brother) |
| The one who wouldn’t change on a nigga |
| (you're my brother, you’re my brother) |
| Cause we shared the same blood |
| (there's no other) |
| That’s my nigga, my nerve, my one love |
| (you're the only one for me) |
| Even though I never told you, at times I tried |
| So I praise you while you alive |
| Now even though we look at life differently |
| You probably had the better view |
| And when it came to hoes I was way ahead of you |
| I went to school with em, used to fool with em in class |
| In the hallways tryin to get some ass with my hall pass |
| You did homework, and I did bitches |
| You was plottin on how to pass, I was plottin on some riches |
| It showed in the report card |
| You paid attention to the teacher |
| I was lookin at the sport cars |
| In the magazines with my headphones, knowin I was dead wrong |
| Cuttin class, goin everywhere but home |
| When you got a job, mama and them was proud, I was jealous |
| You worked late nights, I ran the streets with the fellows |
| In a rush to be grown, you was still more mature |
| Cause you hang with your own, plus my heart was pure |
| You my nigga, til I’m dead and gone |
| And I loved you like you was a part of me |
| And that’s why I’m singin this song |
| 2x: Let me hear ya say oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh |
| The only one for me |