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Mike's Brother

from The Painted Scroll by Hazey82

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"MIKE'S BROTHER"

(Verse 1)
When I was a kid I used to walk down the train tracks,
write my name and paint tags, throwing rocks to break glass,
it's where I met Mike and his brother, some strange cats,
they asked if I'm down to blaze grass and get my brain laxed,
for days that's all we did, burning like a candle,
me and Mike not his brother he had other shit to handle
he was older kinda colder had a burden on his shoulder,
pops left when he was young and his mother's bi-polar,
a soldier of peace never clutching the steel
kept his problems not a weapon tucked and concealed,
slanging herb was his only means of touching a meal
still he always seemed to find a way to cut me a deal,
the type to stand tall, knees don't wobble,
see he had to fill the shoes father figure roll model
to his little brother Mike, with his moms going crazy,
though I didn't know how far he'd go to guarantee their safety

(Verse 2)
years past I lost track of Mike and his brother, pity
we were cool still but I moved to another city,
now I work a ten to six, often though I reminisce,
without the emphasis some friendships tend to drift,
I lift thoughts of the past from my mind,
as I walk down the street someone talks from behind,
I hear a voice I recognize it calls out my name
it's the old homie John, see we all out the same
hood, we would roll Mike his brother me and John,
but he said Haze wait and he didn't look calm,
told me shit went wrong at Mike's with a burglar
tried to steal their stash, now they locked up for murder
heard a bum broke in the back door waving a gun
wanting drugs, and Mike's girl dialed nine one one
on the phone in her pocket, while he rummaged through boxes
obnoxious, when he demanded their wallets
Mike's brother came out the back with a bat swinging,
tie game bases loaded two outs the ninth inning,
knocked it out the stadium, bat to the cranium,
twenty five blows to the face and maybe some,
it's crazy son, the court was merciless,
it all was recorded by emergency services,
the evidence stacked against him was the reason
what he paid for protecting who he loved was his freedom

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from The Painted Scroll, released November 11, 2014

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