Artist: Joell Ortiz f/ Crooked I, Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9"
Album:  House Slippers
Song:   Brothers Keeper
Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com 

[Intro: Joell Ortiz]
They say blood thicker than water
But love thicker than blood
That's all I'm sayin
Ay you ain't even gotta look, look too far man
If y'all niggaz need the YAOWA the YAOWA's there
I'm on call, speed dial me
Quick question

[Chorus: Joell Ortiz]
Are you my brothers keeper? {*4X*}
Am I your brothers keeper? {*4X*}
Are you my brothers keeper? {*4X*}
Am I your brothers keeper? {*3X*}
(My brothers I keep 'em close and I'ma keep on keepin)

[Joell Ortiz]
Uhh, this shit done left music, we just fam now
Man I done brought niggaz around who give a fuck about rhyming
Gave 'em that look so y'all don't know but that's yo' man now
My shooters is yours, extra hands out, but not a hand-out
Nickel, you had me feelin fly up in the No Fly
Walkin through that Motor City Inn like I was multi
Goons on both sides, somebody sneeze that nigga daddy wear a bowtie
And Crook, I'm always comfortable on yo' side
Sauce you a Boss, Horseshoe what it do?
C-Style hold ya head, Tray Deee can't wait to meet you
And Jumpoff, when that whole shit jumped off
but I ain't gon' name no names, but yeah I hoped that I ain't come off
grimy but dawgs I fuck with them niggaz, that's why I never threw my gloves on
Needed to clear that up cause that shit been really botherin me for dumb long
A nigga say somethin I'll run in that nigga mouth
To e'rybody you Budden, to me you my nigga Mouse

[Chorus]

[Crooked I]
Ring the alarm, we set the world on fire
Whoa-ohh (Slaughterhouse!)
Chemistry you never seen before, we the four
well-known plus worth knowin, you niggaz either or
Even if we was poor, never seen a tour
and Eminem didn't put our CD's in a convenience store, anymore
We can still hit the streets and score, I help us finance our dreams on a triple beam
Never bicker for simple things (talk to 'em!)
Loyalty is royalty, with these Shady royalties
I will loyally help you pay all your lawyer fees
It's much deeper than the art of rap, it's realer than me signin a few autographs
Rockin my new Slaughter tats (SLAUGHTERHOUSE!)
I was raised to keep it G since snap Starter hats
And bury our enemies like artifacts, these are the FACTS!
Like Chinese food in the fridge we a cold combination
Slaughter slaughter my whole conversation

[Chorus]

[Royce Da 5'9"]
I'm, I'ma be mad cold and I'm cut this way, no matter where I'm at
It'll be black roses on Mother's Day on they momma front doormat
You know I'm, I'm quick to jump in front the fire in the line of fire
You ain't got to ask what side I'm on, I'm goin homicide
May I simply cease to exist if I should be a bitch
If you should die and I should stay behind we actually'll switch
As far as passin you a chick, you get the alley-oop, you ask for the assist
This is a fact, it's more than rap to me, it's
more serious than holdin a loaded gat to me
I sold my soul to a bottle of Patrón
And my favorite uncle died of an illness alchy-related then he stole it back from me
And now he up in heaven like "Neph, you owe it back to me"
I was taught that too much talkin'll make you fall faster
My actions show that I'm real, I ain't got to broadcast it
I called you and said that I had to fall back, I had to recover
And here we are, that's for my brothers

[Chorus]

[Joe Budden]
Yeah...
Look, the love I got for y'all goes unsaid
Was there when me and shorty unwed, for that I'm always down to pump lead
We formed a bond against the cowards
Only grew over time in the studio for hours, and tours with no showers
In towns I never heard of, was no small fort
But we was all sports, Slaughterhouse t-shirts and our ball shorts
Quick all that other shit, that's just other shit
Love is love, we ain't even gotta discuss this shit
The part that's sick G
My brothers love me so much, I think their punch hit y'all harder than it hit me
Four of the best in the world, I'll put a M on it
And if that ain't enough I'm puttin Em on it
We back to hog-tyin beats up and steppin on it
Back on our old shit just like Nino Bless is on it
Crowds screamin, the fans can get excited
And oh, as far as that question, I won't even dignify it

[Chorus]