Call Him by His Name - Nahko

City sleeps, but not my youngest brother

He’s the first of us, an unexpected father

Laying silent, lonely apartment

He swears he’ll be a better parent

Than his mother’s loose foundation

He won’t crumble or sink into the ocean

He’s fitting in to a grown man’s shoes, whether

Or not 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’ve 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