Brother By Ms Dynamite Listen to this confesional type of song by a great R&B and hip hop artist from Uk.The phonetic symbols will help you fill in the blanks of the lyrics.
When we were 1. _____________ , /ʌ/ Life was so 2.________________, /ʌ/ At times I felt it was just 3. _________________, /ʌ/ Mama working hard to put food on the table. All on her own she sacrificed, Even when my sisters and brothers 4. ________________, /aiə/ Some how she stayed strong , I never saw her cry. I was the oldest and responsibility was so immense, The tension, We'd disagree, So I left, at the time I felt she hated me. Told me to be strong, Told me to hang on, Hugged Me 5. __________________, /aɪ/ And said "Big Sister It'll be 6. _______________"... /aɪ/
[Chorus:]
Brother, I love ya, Little brother, I thank God for ya every day, Little Brother, I Love Ya, little brother And I pray he'll never take you away.
[Verse 2:]
When my soul withered and I lived in the 7. ______________, /ɑ:/ An emptiness it filled my 8. _________________. /ɑ:/ U Never stopped holdin' me up, Never stopped tryin' to open me up. The days and nights I spent stressin', The years I spent In 9. _______________, /ʃən/ This is my 10. ________________. /ʃən/ Thought about ending it sometimes, But the second you crossed my mind, I knew, I could never leave you. Made me 11. _________________, /i:/ You set me 12. _______________, /i:/ To this day, all I say and do, I owe it all to you.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Ooh, I would lie for you, Cry for you, Ride or die for you, Touch the sky for you, If you asked me to There’s nothing I won’t do I took this life for joke I would drink or smoke To ease away the 13. ________________ /eɪ/ And forget the memories up in my 14. ______________ /eɪ/ But you helped me to stop the 15. ____________ /eɪ/ Oh brother, brother ...
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Brother
By Ms. Dynamite
When we were 1. _____________ , /ʌ/
Life was so 2.________________, /ʌ/
At times I felt it was just 3. _________________, /ʌ/
Mama working hard to put food on the table.
All on her own she sacrificed,
Even when my sisters and brothers 4. ________________, /aiə/
Some how she stayed strong ,
I never saw her cry.
I was the oldest and responsibility was so immense,
The tension,
We'd disagree,
So I left, at the time I felt she hated me.
Told me to be strong,
Told me to hang on,
Hugged Me 5. __________________, /aɪ/
And said "Big Sister It'll be 6. _______________"... /aɪ/
[Chorus:]
Brother, I love ya,
Little brother,
I thank God for ya every day,
Little Brother,
I Love Ya,
little brother
And I pray he'll never take you away.
[Verse 2:]
When my soul withered and I lived in the 7. ______________, /ɑ:/
An emptiness it filled my 8. _________________. /ɑ:/
U Never stopped holdin' me up,
Never stopped tryin' to open me up.
The days and nights I spent stressin',
The years I spent In 9. _______________, /ʃən/
This is my 10. ________________. /ʃən/
Thought about ending it sometimes,
But the second you crossed my mind,
I knew, I could never leave you.
Made me 11. _________________, /i:/
You set me 12. _______________, /i:/
To this day, all I say and do, I owe it all to you.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Ooh,
I would lie for you,
Cry for you,
Ride or die for you,
Touch the sky for you,
If you asked me to
There’s nothing I won’t do
I took this life for joke
I would drink or smoke
To ease away the 13. ________________ /eɪ/
And forget the memories up in my 14. ______________ /eɪ/
But you helped me to stop the 15. ____________ /eɪ/
Oh brother, brother ...
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