Yo Little Brother
by Brother Dash
Yo, Yo, little brother
What you out here tryin’ to discover?
Yo, Yo, little brother…
Yo little bro. Hold up Slow your roll
I’m no prophet or scholar but I’ve heard and I’ve told
Now grab onto this moment it’s a rare precious jewel
Created by pain, love, truth, wisemen and fools
I’ve gotten postcards from hell, telegrams from Jibril
Lived a comedy of errors, dreamed tragedy surreal
And I see where you’re headed and I’ve been down that road
Where the essence of self is bought, traded and sold
It may look shiny and smooth but around that there bend
Is a broken heart, a poisoned soul, and a buck-toothed Jinn
And that road ain’t no joke it twists Serpentine
And as you walk through the weeds it’s your heart that’s entwined
Yo, Yo little brother
What you out here tryin’ to discover?
Yo, Yo little brother…
Little brother I love you, you’re like the blood in my veins
But your cuttin’ and slicin’s causin’ Me and you pain
I got interest in your soul I want these words to be gold
And when I’m gone please say you heard every word that I told
Live in this world like a stranger, Sleep on the couch
Walk towards the light, So that your limbs will vouch
That at 2 in the mornin’ you wasn’t sleepin’ or creepin’
You was standin’ in qiyam prayin’ tahajud with your fam
Or maybe even listenin’ to poetry by Brother Dasham!
Yo, Yo little brother
What you out here tryin’ to discover?
Yo, Yo little brother…
Look I ain’t preachin’ or teachin’ I’m reachin’ I’m sharin’
My chest to your chest so you can FEEL that I’m carin’
If believers are mirrors of each other’s state
Then take my biography build and create
I want for your soul what I want for myself
A place of sakeenah, some spiritual health
And it ain’t in a bottle, a spliff or a song
And it aint in this world where right becomes wrong
And it ain’t even simple like “read this hadith”
“It slices and dices, gives you shiny white teeth!”
And just like some poems your path may not rhyme
And the length is uncertain but it lasts a lifetime
And when you remember I hope there’s one thing you kept
That commitment is small it starts with one little step
Yo, Yo little brother
What you out here tryin’ to discover?
Yo, Yo little brother
Let’s go home and pray with one another!
©2006 Dasham K. Brookins