I am a brother
I am a brother

I am a brother born of a father
I am a brother born of a father

I am a brother who's mother earned a beating by a drunken husband
I am a brother who's mother worked like a helot, repugnant

I am a brother who had to hide in a closet from a violent thrashing
I am a brother who couldn't sit because of a lashing

I am a brother who had to clean up the vomit
I am a brother who stood by watching him pass out, I made a promise

I am a brother going to sleep hungry
I am a brother replete, swimming in milk and honey

I am a brother that faces the cold as the breath of death
I am a brother that enjoys warm wealth

I am a brother that is the renegade
I am a brother that chose to escape

I am a brother that learnt from my father
I am a brother that learnt from my father

I am a brother that's my father
I am a brother that's not my father