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Heed the battle call, check the catalog

Flow so crazy it's adderall with the padded walls

I borrowed those rhymes to help me start strong

Exploring my lyrical skills- it could all go wrong

 

We gather here today on this splendid stage

My brother is forty- he's now an official sage

To celebrate the magnanimous duke, in graying glory

My brother is forty- have we told his whole story?

 

First allow me to introduce myself

Mark's Lil sister, that's the card I was dealt

Residing in Boston, you know I root for the Sox

My first time on the rap stage, I'm still in the sandbox

 

My momma's where I learned my loquacious rap game

She's wicked proud of me as long as I ain't profane

Published at age seven, she even speaks Chinese

When you look now, are the birds still on the trees?

 

The lil sister of the legendary birthday boy

Born a whole four decades ago in Illinois

From livin it up cheap on Clinton Street

To jazzing it down solid on Jefferson neat

 

Earned gold status traveling to many entities

Skilled in maps, books, contract complexities

What started off with the flip game 'Donkey Kong'

Ended up dressed in red at San Bruno strong

 

Where he learned these skills, I know the dills

It's Big Man who taught, dropping knowledge we all sought

He raised the bar up high, coaching us up as samurai

Thirty three years at Big Blue, he deserves his own statue

 

Back to the birthday boy

 

Master of short ribs, drums, gardener extraordinaire

Now he's raising his peppita to be debonair

 

Alessandra teaching her the ways of the world

Soon she'll be running her own, unperturbed

 

Music flows lyrically throughout the house

Big Daddy on tap, provided by his spouse

That counter wasn't meant for your cold beers

Don't use a coaster and you'll be in the doghouse for years

 

Speaking of his better half, the source of Linkedin's prowess

Keeping M P N in line, the tasks are countless

She's the champion mate, like Jordan, LeBron and Kobe

The Obi Wan Kenobi, she made that guac-a-mole

 

Big Sis and Tommy moved out west not long ago

They knew it was coming, they didn't wait for Godot

They rock wood panels in Marin, they ain't deprived

Just over the Big Red bridge, it's a real quick drive

 

Me I take the red eye to live it up Cali style

Just for the weekend, guzzling IPA all the while

Coast to coast travel, that's how the Nelsons roll

Gotta get together, a family fundamental

Gotta get together, we won't be dismantled

 

[Mom and dad, travel to see their grandkids

A couple more trips and they'll have their own starship]

"This could be our last family vacation"

We've always said but it never is

If there's no answer, let me provide a translation

Nelson's stick together, without exception

This one weekend in May is the reflection

Brother's turning forty

It only happens once

Thanks for the killer party

That's all for me folks

 

East coast represent

 

Happy birthday brother