Born Ruffians

Sole Brother

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Get your act together, please.
Help your papa to gather leaves.
Go and help your grandfather
He’s seventy-seven and you are eleven
So rake the yard or clean the eaves troughs
It’s one or the other, so go help your papa please.
Oh ooooh

solo

Get your act together, please
Help your papa to gather leaves or …
Go and help your grandfather, he’s 77 & you are 11.
So rake the yard or clean the eaves troughs.
It’s one or the other, so go help your papa please ..

You never ask sister to help with the chores that are physically straining
Sometimes I wish that I was a sole brother.
You never (you never) ask sister (ask sister)
To help with the chores that are physically straining
Sometimes (sometimes) I wish (I wish) that I was (i was)
a sole brother an only child

I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother (?)
(repeat)

Raekwon, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother.
Ghost Face, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother.
Lil Wayne, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother.
Big L, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother.

I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother

Jessica, I love you but I wish I was a sole brother.

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tlow87 On Mar 24, 2010

This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life

solo

I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother (?)
(repeat)

I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother

Jessica, I love you but I wish I was a sole brother.

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2010-03-24 15:11:40

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by inafutureage

16y ago

ahhh i love that guitar hook, sounds like chet atkins or something.

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by gemielicious

16y ago

Luke says,

"Again a new song though this title will definitely stick. We were working on it in rehearsal and Steve had this melody in his head so I told him he should sing it. His words were all about wanting to be a soul brother, and many of his idols being rappers etc... My half of the song was about my mom nagging me to help my grandfather rake his leaves so I decided to have a transition from one into the other about how I'd like to be an only child and how I was bitter towards my sister because she never had to help do the hard chores. It only seemed logical to me to change soul to sole as a joke. Sole brother/only child."

from here: http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/born-ruffians-concert/20030346-3737679.html

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