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May 20, 2010

Brother, Ms Dynamite

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.

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  1. 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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