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You Call Me Brother

You call me brother Yet you put asunder Told her you saw me with Ann And told me she's with 'nother man For the love of the thing beneath the skirt You set me up to kick unripe bucket If that my breath was within your hand I'd be long gone to Foreverland In my heart of hearts I wanna pay you back Forgiveness is one of the virtues I lack But The Lord's Prayer says that I should forgive you So that Father may forgive my vices too You call me brother But my progress you tryna hinder I taught you how to catch fish Seeing me broke and starving is your wish While I was busy watching your back You were scheming to stab me in the back All along you were feeding me vinegar Even though I have been offering you sugar Thanks Heaven my fate lies not in your hand By now I'd be long gone to Foreverland You sent me to the salt market brother And you sent the rains after me brother Brother I wish you had nine thousand lives Infact if the hairs on your head were lives My revenge has stomach to swallow them all But I wanna be in whites when the trumpets call He said forgive them they know not what they do I forgive you So Father'll forgive my sins too

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