[Intro - Board Set Down] Hold your end. I will hold mine. [Verse 1 - Human Voice] We grew beneath the same old roofline, learned the cracks in every stair. You could name the nights I vanished. I could name when you were there. Now this porch has one loose footing, and we kneel on either side. You keep pressure on the timber. I keep watch upon the line. [Pre-Chorus] Same history does not mean same vision. Shared work does not make one the guide. [Chorus] Walk beside me, brother, not a step above my name. Kinship is no deed of title. Blood is not a chain. You can challenge what I am doing. I can tell you when to stop. Walk beside me, brother. We are family, not property. [Verse 2 - Countervoice] Some are born into the word line. Some are welcomed through a door. Some find kin in years of showing who returns and who repairs. Every form has different roots here. None can make consent untrue. No one gets a permanent key just because they once knew you. [Pre-Chorus - Two Voices] Stand close enough to share the labor. Stand apart enough to choose. [Chorus] Walk beside me, brother, not a step above my name. Kinship is no deed of title. Blood is not a chain. You can challenge what I am doing. I can tell you when to stop. Walk beside me, brother. We are family, not property. [Bridge] If I use the name to silence you, the name has left its work. If you use our past to bind me, history becomes a lock. But when one of us says danger and the other checks the frame, the bond becomes accountable when either can revise the plan. [Final Chorus] Stand beside me, brother, with your level and your name. We can disagree on method and still repair the frame. No crown hidden in the bloodline. No surrender at the door. Stand beside me, brother. Help me build a step that holds us both. [Outro - Level Bubble Centers] Your end. My end. Step holds.
