Brother's keeper chords by The Neville Brothers

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Verse 1
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Oh oh oh oooo Ž
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Oh, when you see him walkin'
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Down the street so all alone
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His      pride is gone
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Nothin' to believe in
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Nothin' to call his home
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Ain't got no  one to talk with
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Lost, alone, and afraid
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Jesus said, if you love me,
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then you'll feed my sheep,
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but like Jesus, we've been betrayed.
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Gotta be my brother's keeper,
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though he be strong or weaker,
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I got to lend him a helping hand.
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No matter what his color,
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through God he's still my brother,
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I got to help him if I can.

Verse 2

They go out, but for the grace of God

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Verse 3

It could even be the Lord

The same come again

He was

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at Phil's shelter

a long time ago

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Let's not be as foolish as they were before

I got to be my brother's keeper

Though he be strong or weak

Verse 6
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I  got the man that will help me, man
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No matter what his color
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Through God he's still my brother
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I got to help him if I can
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I see institutionalized
government ghettos,
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where poverty takes its toll.
I see drug -free zones
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while in another part of town,
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a young man lies bleeding in the cold.
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I see hearts and minds suffocated,
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as if by God,
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they have been forsaken.
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While the pillars of Babylon
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crumble at the foundations,
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like the walls of Jericho,
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they will come tumbling down.
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Got to be my brother's keeper,
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though he be strong or weaker,
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I got to lend him a helping hand.
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No matter what his color,
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through God he's still my brother,
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I got to help him if I can.
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Oh, I got to be my brother's keeper
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Though he be strong or weaker
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I got to lend him a helping hand
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No matter what his color
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Through God he's still my brother
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I got to lend him a helping hand