Key: B minor•
Intro 1
Gmaj9
F#m
Em7
Bm9
F#m
Bm9
D
Gmaj9
F#m
My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
Em7
A
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Bm9
D
No I.D. my mentor, now let the story begin
Verse 1
Gmaj9
It's the Hard Knock Life Tour, sellout
F#m
Em7
Picture us in the mall,
Bm9
F#m
Yeah, that's what we'll yell out, yell out
Gmaj9
F#m
J-A-Y, and 'Ye so shy
Em7
A
Now he won't even step to his idol to say hi
Bm9
D
Back of my mind, "He could change your life
A
Bm9
to your friends back at the gig"
F#m
Bm9
But he got me out my momma crib
Chorus 1
Gmaj9
F#m
Big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
Em7
A
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
D
Gmaj9
now let the story begin, begin
F#m
Em7
A
Let the story begin
F#m
Bm9
D
why don't you wave your hands?
Verse 2
Gmaj9
F#m
Fresh off the plane, plane, I'm off Baseline
Bm9
F#m
'Round the same time of that Blueprint 1
Gmaj9
F#m
I'd play my little songs in that old back room
Bm9
F#m
But by The Black Album, I was blacking out
Bm9
D
Partyin' S.O.B.'s and we had packed a crowd
Bm9
F#m
Not only did I not get a chance to spit it
Bm9
D
Carline told me I could buy two tickets
Em7
A
And kept little brother at bay, at a distance
Bm9
F#m
But everything that I felt was more bogus
Em7
A
I guess I'll understand when I get more older
Chorus 2
Gmaj9
F#m
My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
Em7
A
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
D
Gmaj9
now let the story begin, begin
F#m
Em7
A
Let the story begin
F#m
Bm9
D
why don't you wave your hands?
Verse 3
Em7
A
Bm9
Not only a client, the Presidito, hola, Hovito
F#m
Bm9
The game gettin' foul so here's a free throw
D
Gmaj9
I was always on the other
side of the peephole
F#m
Em7
Then I dropped "Jesus Walks"
now I'm on the steeple
Bm9
F#m
"New Jack City"—got to keep my brother
Bm9
D
But to be number one I'ma beat my brother
Gmaj9
F#m
On that "Diamonds" remix I swore I spazzed
Bm9
F#m
Sibling rivalry, only I could see
Bm9
D
It was the pride in me that was drivin' me
Gmaj9
F#m
At the Grammys I said, "I inspired me"
Em7
A
But my big brother who I always tried to be
Bm9
F#m
When I kicked a flow it was like pick-and-roll
Verse 4
Em7
A
And my shit was more like a finger roll
F#m
Bm9
And them hoes at the show gonna mingle,
Gmaj9
F#m
I told Jay I did a song with Coldplay
Em7
A
Next thing I know he got a song with Coldplay
Bm9
F#m
Back in my mind I'm like, "Damn, no way"
Bm9
D
Translate, español: "No way, José"
Gmaj9
F#m
Then I went and told Jay Brown
Gmaj9
F#m
My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
Em7
A
So here's a few words from your kid brother
Gmaj9
F#m
A idol in my eyes, god of the game
Em7
A
Heart of the City, Roc-a-Fella chain
Bm9
F#m
Never be the same, never be another
Bm9
D
Number one, Young Hov, also my big brother
Chorus 3
Gmaj9
F#m
My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
Em7
A
Used to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Outro 1
Gmaj9
F#m
Em7
A
Toomp killed this shit
Bm9
F#m
Bm9
D
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