🎵 BIG BROTHERS // by Hassan Khaffaf

13 ContributorsBIG BROTHERS Lyrics [Intro: Ye & Hass] What are some of the things you wanna hear me rap about on this shit? And also, Hassan, what else you thinking? Come close and tell me what your ideas are Yeah, was on eBay earlier Might just cop a, cop a Roc-A-Fella chain For the, for the nostalgia, you know? [Verse 1: Hass] Big Brother talk, it's the family tree Saint Laurent denim, guess it's in my genes DNA of rap gods is what it seems Woven in couture rock tees Roc-A-Fella chain, all the thanks to Dame (where you at?) Following The Blueprint of what they laid Lineage now from the same place I look up to Yе, I looked up to Jay And now I got this pressure building еveryday But ''pressure makes diamonds'' is what they say Diamonds are forever, I don't see how No friends in the end, just PayPals This album took my whole life, man, it wasn't easy Yeezys on when I played it for Yeezy His eyes lit up, "you could finally see me" If it wasn't on film, I wouldn't believe me But this wasn't a dream, this was God-sent Anointed prophet making profit Sunday Service made a way for me I talked to Ye, he said he'd pray for me And that's just how the good Lord works Then got cold as ice when I displayed my works Lost old-school friends, guess that's how that works But shout out GLC, you believed in me first No matter what the story is before me In the studio with Really Doe I did it for the glory I'm on another level, but that's another story "More money, More problems" poor me And I'm free-free, you can't hold me back Mac full of beats in this backpack Monopoly like John when I move past Collect more than two hundred, yeah, I'm free at last [Bridge: Hass] Yeah, yeah I'm free at last Yeah, I'm free at last, yeah Yeah [Verse 2: Hass] I'm a fan of the music, a fan of the movement You really made me feel like, damn, I could do this But early on, I ain't understand as a student All I wanna do is have success in the game Throwing up the diamond, the weight of Roc Chain Imagine getting caught with bricks when the cops came Why you moving work out the Ramada down in Cambridge? I just wanna learn to make beats and become famous But I was too young had no I.D Then later on in life I met No I.D It changed my attitude, I said, "why not me?" Now I'm in them Hollywood Hills the stars aligning I'm just chasing my dreams, fulfilling God's assignment In the beginning, so they had reasonable doubt So I studied blueprints, got myself up off the couch Cutting class, just to work on my craft Inspired by a college dropout, knew I would pass They used to joke and say UPS is hiring But I'm a boss, Joe Pesci in The Irishman I'm just watching the throne, where part two at? Yeah, I said it, Mr. West and Mr. Carter Diamonds are forever, push the legacy farther And I'm speaking as a fan, being honest This is my letter, two legends, paying homage: [Hook: Hass] My big brother, was B.I.G.'s brother Used to be Jay and Biggs' brother Still Ye's brother, who said "Hass play that again" Watch The Throne 2, let the story begin (Begin) [Interlude: Dame Dash & Hass] The last artist I could say that I signed, was like a Kanye (Yeah) I could understand how he likes to stand out like him and be different and shake shit up like him [Outro: Hass] 88 was actually with me, when Ye had texted me and was like "Yo, absolutely, let's do it", about me being a Yeezy artist And then Ye texted after that and was like "Yo come to Japan with us today" And they literally about to catch the flight in like an hour, and he's like "Yo come to Japan with us today" And, uh, I remember showing 88-Keys the text message, and, uh, he was like "Oh shit" Fast-forward, uh, Hassan coming out to Spain But there was one night, him and Bianca was getting ready to go out And uh, they had walked into the room and I was like "Yo Ye, can I uh, can I uh, can I play you my music video real quick?" He was like "Yeah" So I'm like "Okay, cool" So I got my laptop in my hand, I'm holding the hard drive, I'm like it's so crazy He's like "Come in here, let's go in the kitchen and watch it" So we walk into the kitchen By the way we in this like super fly ass like Spain fucking estate So I play it on my laptop, and about a minute in, he uh He goes "Man, stop this is amazing, let's go— let's go out there and play it on the big screen for everybody" Like I said it just was like this was like a superhero to me This was like actually somebody that was "This person continues my life"