My Big Brother

Yes, that little beige ball of laughter is me as a baby! Forget about the huge forehead and the two little teeth playing peak a boo. Never mind the pj's with the feet in them (baby penitentiary). This story is about the boy next to me. The little brown skinned baby with the almost perfect Jackson 5 afro (Just a side note he loved his pj's with the feet in them.) is my older brother. I absolutely don't know what I would do or where I'd be if I never had him as a brother. Through all of the ups and downs that most siblings go through I wouldn't ever trade in my brotherhood experiences. I remember as kids he would do something to me or I'd snitch on him and we wouldn't be friends for a while. Maybe an hour would pass and then one of us would ask the other "are you still my friend?" then we would move on to being best bud's again. I remember a fight we had as teenagers and it lasted for a long time. It reminded me of a movie fight, soon as you broke it up and you thought things settled.... BAM there goes a chair, there goes the peace! Through all of that we still loved each other.

Now, we are adults but I think about our childhood days. I think about where they went and how it feels like time just flew by. He has children and I live in another city. I'm a stand up comedian and he's a musician. We have some of the same ideals about life in some aspects and in others we're night and day.

My brother is part of the reason I am who I am today. He was the one who snuck a Richard Pryor cassette, and a Eddie Murphy RAW VHS into the house. He was the funniest person to me growing up. He was my super hero growing up. He had jewelery, curly hair, women, and he was a DJ. I remember getting into a nightclub at like 16yrs old and sitting at the bar looking stupid. The bartender asked me what I wanted and I said "An Orange Juice", in my best smooth adult rendition. I drove him and another friend to the club so he could spin. My brother was the best DJ in the world in my eyes. I would wait until he left the house and try to mix the same songs he mixed. Of course it never worked out right but I tried. My brother was and still is very innovative. He is the only person I know to record a radio station on a 8 track tape! It was Yo Eight One O am radio station that he recorded on these huge 8 track tapes.

My brother is a music producer, song writer, as well as a artist. His latest project is called The Way. You can find two singles on iTunes. My brother is like McGyver. All he needs is a socket wrench a pack of gum and his reading glasses. He'll build a house in no time with little to nothing. All of his music is awesome, heartfelt music. I thank my big brother for everything he's done for me and been to me in this life. I wish I could rewind the time to being kids again and never grow up just so I could snitch on you some more lol, just kidding.

Some of you may know my big brother as Mudjones and others may know him as Tyrone Harley. I can say I know both and a lot more. I love you bruh! CHEERS!!

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