I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Dun Deal on the track
Is you with me or against me? (with me or against me?)
I'm a OG now so you need me (OG, I'm a OG)
Think you poppin' Xanax bars, but it's Fentanyl
(No-no bars, it's Fentanyl)
Think you're living life like rockstars but you're dead now (yeah)
Let me put you under my wing
I can teach you one thing (let me put you under my wing)
Let me put you under my wing
I can show you it ain't all about a chain (ayy, ayy)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
Say we all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
We all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (yeah)
Show you how to get a ring on that championship team
When you get a ring, it's a championship
Teach 'em how to get them P's on the back of RV's
When you get 'cross seas, it's a championship
Clappin' on things like I'm in New Orleans
When I hit 'em hard I be striking them
Calling all gangs 'cause I'm right with them
You too young to be hanging out all night with them
Brrrrrrr (ahh)
Tsh, it's a young nigga calling my phone (ahh)
What's happening?
Hey big bro, them niggas just got me for my chain (ahh)
What?
Them niggas just set me up big brother
They just got me for my chain (ahh)
Aw man (ahh)
Damn (ahh)
Ay, ay, calm down, calm down, we gon' get it back (ahh)
Just pull up on me, tell me what happened (ahh)
Big bro ridin' with the tool tight (big bro)
Big bro straight, he live the coot life (big bro)
Been through the struggle, played the rules right (big bro)
Ain't got nothing to prove, big bro got nine stripes (big bro)
You out here tryna live your broke life (you, you, ayy)
You out here tryna live that GOAT life (you, you, ayy)
You gonna fuck around, take your life (you, you)
Instagram and guns just don't go right (no, no, ayy)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
Say we all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
We all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (yeah)
Is you with me or against me? (with me or against me?)
I'm a OG now so you need me (OG, I'm a OG)
Think you poppin' Xanax bars, but it's Fentanyl
(No-no bars, it's Fentanyl)
Think you're living life like rockstars but you're dead now (yeah)
Let me put you under my wing
I can teach you one thing (let me put you under my wing)
Let me put you under my wing
I can show you it ain't all about a chain (ayy, ayy)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
Say we all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
We all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (yeah)
Show you how to get a ring on that championship team
When you get a ring, it's a championship
Teach 'em how to get them P's on the back of RV's
When you get 'cross seas, it's a championship
Clappin' on things like I'm in New Orleans
When I hit 'em hard I be striking them
Calling all gangs 'cause I'm right with them
You too young to be hanging out all night with them
Brrrrrrr (ahh)
Tsh, it's a young nigga calling my phone (ahh)
What's happening?
Hey big bro, them niggas just got me for my chain (ahh)
What?
Them niggas just set me up big brother
They just got me for my chain (ahh)
Aw man (ahh)
Damn (ahh)
Ay, ay, calm down, calm down, we gon' get it back (ahh)
Just pull up on me, tell me what happened (ahh)
Big bro ridin' with the tool tight (big bro)
Big bro straight, he live the coot life (big bro)
Been through the struggle, played the rules right (big bro)
Ain't got nothing to prove, big bro got nine stripes (big bro)
You out here tryna live your broke life (you, you, ayy)
You out here tryna live that GOAT life (you, you, ayy)
You gonna fuck around, take your life (you, you)
Instagram and guns just don't go right (no, no, ayy)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (big bro)
Say we all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
We all need a big bro (all need a big bro)
I'ma be your big bro (yeah)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
BIG BRO Lyrics as written by Quavious Keyate Marshall David Maximillian Cunningham
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CHRIZ BEATZ MUZIC, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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