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Lyrics of brothers by Gang of Youths
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Our father had a lot of painful memories
A bunch of shit he never shared
But when he died I went out looking for them
For all the things he never said
verse
Thought he was born in 1948
But was born a whole decade before
Thought he was brought up in New Zealand
But he was born and brought up in Samoa
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We thought that he was only half Samoan
That his mother was a German Jew
But I went and found his birth certificate
And he lied about that too
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Our father's love was unmistakable and
He gave us everything he had
I guess the man pretending he was half white
To give his kids a better chance
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My sister, she lives out in New York City
Been there since I was 17
I think she hates it but like most New Yorkers
She just can't bring herself to leave
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She used to love to watch our father cooking
And imitate the things she'd seen
And now she makes the most amazing things
And she also sings better than me
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And when he died she had her husband stayed
To keep my mother company
And even though it fucked them up a lot
They did a better job than me
verse
And I wish that we could see them every weekend
And she could cook her famous meals
And I wish that I could hang out with her husband
More than a couple times a year
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Our brother Wesley is a quiet man and
He is the second of us four
And he inherited our father's hands but
He looks like me a little more
verse
He has a love that's unmistakable and
He's seen police brutality
He lives in Auckland with his wife and dog
And he stands a shade above 6'3"
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Our father left him with a cousin and
He got into trouble frequently
Me and my sister only heard of him
In 2018
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Our brother Matthew is a baker and he
Stands a mighty 7 feet
He was brought up in a Māori family
And speaks Te Reo fluently
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He didn't know about our father 'till
I, I guess he was about 18
And he did some time for something awesome
And he's the sweetest guy you'll ever meet
verse
He came to meet me at a festival
And he told me everything he knew
That our father left him at the hospital
But if he forgives him, then I should too
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La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
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I know our father had his reasons
But that can't never make it right or fair
I hate myself for stealing all his love when
My brothers thought that he was dead
verse
So as I dig through the collateral
The secrets hid throughout the years
I know I'll hardly ever answer them
But it's a way to keep him near
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La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
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La-la-la-la-la-la
Writer(s): David Immanuel Menachem Sasagi Leaupepe, Thomas Alexander John Hobden, Jung Kim, Max Dunn, Dominik Borzestowski
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