I HELD HIS HAND TIGHT AS TEARS FILLED HIS EYES
HE NEVER IMAGINED HIS ACTIONS WOULD UNTANGLE THE BONDS WE’VE TIED
HE HELD ME CLOSE, WHISPERING “I’M SO SORRY SIS”
AS I STOOD THERE IN DISBELIEF, I COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THIS

AS HE WALKED AWAY ESCORTED BY HANDCUFFS AND SHAME
I FELL TO MY KNEES HYSTERICAL, KNEW THINGS WOULDN’T BE THE SAME
LOOKED OVER TO MY MOM WHO CRIED QUIETLY FOR HER SON
STILL UPSET AND ANGRY OF ALL THE SHIT HE’S DONE

SO NOW THE CARE GIVER, I KNEW I HAD TO STEP UP MY GAME
DETERMINED TO HELP MY BROTHER OUT, RE-FOCUSED I BECAME
MADE SURE HE HAD MONEY, STAYED FLY WAS ALL I KNEW
NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD JAIL WAS, I REALLY HAD NO CLUE

GOT A SECOND JOB CUZ I COULDN’T MAKE ENDS MEET
BUT MY BROTHER STAYED FED JUST LIKE HE WAS IN THE STREETS
LETTERS AND GIFTS ON A REGULAR, VISITS WITHOUT A DOUBT
AFTER ALL, ISN’T THIS WHAT FAMILY IS ABOUT?

TOOK CARE OF HIS SON, MADE SURE HE HAD ALL HE NEEDED
BUT WE DIDN’T TELL HIM HIS DAD WAS LOCKED UP, HE WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED IT
SO MY BROTHER WROTE HIM LETTERS AND SENT THEM TO MY HOME
I RE-ROUTED THOSE LETTERS TO HIS SON AND DID THREE WAYS ON THE PHONE

FELT MYSELF WEARING OUT, HAD TOO MUCH ON MY BACK
BUT MY BROTHER HAD NO ONE ELSE SO I HAD TO GET ON TRACK
BUT THEN THINGS GOT UGLY, IT SEEMS MY BROTHER THEY TRIED TO STING
FROM MOTHER-FUCKERS IN THERE WHO CLAIMED THEY WERE LATIN KINGS

THIS WENT ON FOR SOME TIME AND THEN SUDDENLY IT ALL STOPPED
IT SEEMS MY BROTHER AND HIS FRIEND ANGEL HAD ALL THAT SHIT ON LOCK
I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO ANGEL, HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP HIS LIFE
AND BEST FRIENDS THEY BECAME, ONE THERE FOR THE OTHER, THEY WERE TIGHT

MY BROTHER WAS ABOUT TO COME HOME AND ANGEL HAD TO STAY
SO WE DID WHAT WE COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT HE TOO WOULD BE OKAY
AFTER MY BROTHER CAME HOME I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ANGEL
IT READ “HOLLA, YOUR BROTHER IS HOME SAFE, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HIM, HE NEEDS YOU”

I ALWAYS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE CUZ WE TIGHTER THAN TIGHT
AND WHEN SHIT HITS THE FAN YOU HAVE TO STEP UP AND FIGHT
YOU COULD NEVER GIVE UP, I NEVER GAVE UP ON J@Y
AND THANKS TO THAT EXPERIENCE, I’M PROUD OF THE PERSON HE IS TODAY!!!