call him by his name

Singer:nahko and medicine for the people

city sleeps

but not my youngest brother

he's the first of us

an unexpected father

laying silent on the apartment

he swears he'll be a better parent

in a mother's loose foundation

he won't crumble or sink into the ocean

he's filling in to a grown man shoe whether

that he was ready or ever wanted to

so i call him by his name

i say you're not to blame

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

yellow light befalls my window

casting lines upon your shadow

what a selfless

firm foundation

i surpassed past liberation

bind us by similar karma

hold me to personal dharma

i will not be taking chances

holding fast to brittle branches

so i call him by his name

i say you're not to blame

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

oh

for man to see

how to treat his queen

to keeping your hands free

to carry all she needs

to be what she perceives

you've made yourself out to be

and to call her by her name

to say you're not to blame

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

i love you

love you

love you just the same

i love you

love you

love you just the same

i love you

love you

love you just the same

i love you just the same

i love you just the same

i love you just the same