Bigger

from How Bigger Was Born by Bryan Thomas

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1. THE BIGGERS

Bigger Number One
Was the neighborhood bully

Bigger Number Two
He aint pay no rent
He got away with it

Bigger Number Three
Sneaked into movies
They say: "One of these days
We gonna hafta kill him."
And they did.

Bigger Number Four
Big ups and big downs.
Always got his head in a book
He mimics The Man
He went insane.

Bigger Number Five
Way before Rosa
Sittin where he wanna
With clenched fists and anger
And no fear for his life
He pulls the knife
And alas:
He does not move

2. HOW BIGGER WAS BORN

And bigger was born.

He was born of
Hammer and sickle
And iron bars
Topsy turvy

Born of the things I do to save you from yourself
Keeps you in your heaven
As I make my way through your hell

3. BIGGER NUMBER 6

Bigger Number Six
Be rocking them dress shoes
Cuz I don't wanna sing the blues
Be rocking that suit and tie.
Cuz I don't wanna die tonight.
Will I be taken as less of a threat
When I be rockin' these nerd specs?
Battling your misconceptions
With micro-passive-aggressions (like I'm)
On the straight and narrow.

But I'mma leave the hair tho.

4. BOURGIE DOUBTING CRYING UNCLE

This is the new Bigger Thomas
Here to save you from yourself.
This is a bigger Bigger Thomas.
Here to save you from yourself.
This is a Doubting Thomas
This a Uncle Thomas
This is Bigger Bourgie Doubting Crying Uncle...

Bigger Number Six
They say:
"One day we gonna hafta get him, too."
And they did.

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from How Bigger Was Born, released May 11, 2017
All stuff by BT and the Buggy Jive. Beats courtesy Loop Loft.

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Bryan Thomas Albany

Nippertown’s Greg Haymes says Albany soul rocker BRYAN THOMAS's "writes smart, and he writes from the heart, balancing intellect, passion and politics.”

The Times Union named him“Best Male Singer-Songwriter” shortly after he released his acoustic hip-hop debut Radio Plastic Jennifer in 1999. The follow-up soul rock epic Ones and Zeros was Metroland Magazine’s “Album of the Year” in 2002. ... more

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