Don’t Call Me Brother

[Chorus: Eddie Levert]
Don't you call me brother
Unless you really, really mean it
Don't you call me brother
Until you get yourself together

[Verse 1: Walter Williams & Eddie Levert]
How can you call me brother
When you don't, when you don't respect my woman
How can you call me brother
When I can't even, can't even trust you behind my back?
How can you call me brother, how can you do it?
When you keep tryin' to rip me off?
How in the world can you call me brother
When we can't even have a man-to-man talk? And I'm tellin' you

[Chorus: Eddie Levert]
Don't you call me brother (Hey, don't don't do it)
Unless you really, really, really mean it (You don't really mean it)
Don't you call me brother (Don't do it, don't do it)
Until you get yourself, get yourself together, brother

[Verse 2: Walter Williams & Eddie Levert]
How can you call me brother
When you ain't even, you ain't even searchin' for the truth?
How in the world can you call me brother
When I can't even, I can't never depend on you? Oh
How can you call me brother
When you steal, you steal, cheat and you lie? You cheat and you lie, yeah, oh
How can you call me brother
When you can't even look me in my eye? And I'm tellin' you

[Chorus: Eddie Levert]
Don't you call me brother (Hey, hey)
Unless you really, really, really mean it (You don't really mean it, no, no)
Don't you call me brother
Until you get yourself together, 'gether (Brother)

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus: Eddie Levert]
So I'm tellin' you

[Chorus: Eddie Levert]
Don't you call me brother (Don't you, don't you)
Unless you really, really, really, really mean it
Don't you call me brother (Don't come around here with all this money and shaking)
Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it
Don't you call me brother (You don't really mean it, you're just trying to rip me off, I don't)
Go away, go away, don't do it
Don't you call me brother (Hanging around people's houses)
Corruptin' the neighborhood, you are, you are
Don't you call me brother (Nah, nah, nah, no, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Unless you really, really, really, really mean it

[Verse 3: Walter Williams & Eddie Levert]
You don't even have any self respect, nah, nah
How can you respect somebody else?
I know all about you, I've watched you running around the neighborhood
Tryin' to rip me off (I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Just the other day
When I was hanging out down on the main drag, yeah
I went in to get me a small teeny, weeny tottie for the evening, yeah
And when I come out, yeah, I came out, yeah, I came out, yeah
And I got a bad case of the blues when I saw my tires gone
I opened up the door, yeah, and there was my glove compartment all torn out from my dashboard
And, here you come, here you come, here you come
Skinnin' and grinnin', yeah, skinnin' and grinnin', yeah
Here you come, here you come (I know you did it)
With a power sign and talkin' about, talkin' about
"My man, solid on down, my brother"
I said I don't like, how can you really, really, really, really, mean it?
I know about you, I know what you're good for
I know what you're doing around here
I know all about you, I know all about you
I know, I know, I know you're a backbiter
Backstabber, low-down, cheatin', rotten, no good, no good
Son of a c-cup (Yeah, yeah, you don't really mean it)

[Outro: Walter Williams & Eddie Levert]
I know you're dirty (Don't call me)
I know you're dirty (Don't call me)
I know you're dirty, brother (How can you call me brother?)
When you don't really mean it, I can't use it
Can't even trust you behind my back, no, no
I can't use it, that kind of carrying on, I don't like it
Giving me the old glad-hand shake, don't do it (I can't use it)
Tellin' me right on, right on, right on, right on (It ain't no good)
Woo (Hey, hey, I hate you)
Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you call me
Brother, brother, brother (Woo)
Don't you call me, I don't need it, no, no
Just stay away from me