Lyrics to
Big Brother

This version of Big Brother was released by Stevie Wonder in 1972.

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Your name is big brother
You say that you’re watching me on the tele,
Seeing me go nowhere,
Your name is big brother,
You say that you’re tired of me protesting,
Children dying everyday,
My name is nobody
But I can’t wait to see your face inside my door

Your name is big brother
You say that you got me all in your notebook,
Writing it down everyday,
Your name is I’ll see ya,
I’ll change if you vote me in as the pres,
The President of your soul
I live in the ghetto,
You just come to visit me ’round election time

I live in the ghetto,
Someday I will move on my feet to the other side,
My name is secluded,
we live in a house the size of a matchbox,
Roaches live with us wall to wall,

You’ve killed all our leaders,
I don’t even have to do nothin’ to you
You’ll cause your own country to fall

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About Lyrics and Big Brother by Stevie Wonder

The lyrics for Big Brother are defined as the words making up the song released by Stevie Wonder in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Big Brother have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Stevie Wonder and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Big Brother by Stevie Wonder if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Big Brother" means the words set to the music of Big Brother, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Big Brother and the lyrics to Big Brother are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to Big Brother, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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