Jian'ou (simplified Chinese: 建瓯; traditional Chinese: 建甌; pinyin: Jiàn'ōu) is a county-level city of Nanping in the north of Fujian province, People's Republic of China.
Jian'ou is within a major rice-growing area. It is located on the Jianxi (建溪) River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south from Jianyang.It is famous as the producing area of bamboo.
Jian'ou was formerly called Jianning-fu (建宁府), that is, it was the governmental seat of Jianning prefecture. This prefecture and that of Fuzhou were the earliest-established component territories of the province that came to group them, and thus bears their conjoined names : Fu + Jian (福 + 建).
At one time it was the capital of Fujian. It was the capital of Yin Country in AD 943.
JianOu was visited by Marco Polo in 1291, CE, on his way from Hangzhou to Quanzhou. In his account Il Milione, dictated seven years later to a scribe writing in Old French, the name Jianning-fu is romanised Quenlinfu. The city is, he says,
"of considerable size, and contains three every handsome bridges, upwards of a hundred paces in length and eight paces in width. The men of the place are very handsome, and live in a state of luxurious ease. There is much raw silk produced here and it is manufactured into silk pieces of various sorts. Cottons are also woven of coloured threads, which are carried for sale to every part of the province of Mangi. The people employ themselves extensively, and export quantities of ginger and galangal. I have been told, but did not myself see the animal, that there are found at this place a species of domestic fowls which have no feathers, their skins being clothed with black hair, resembling the fur of cats. Such a sight must be extraordinary. They lay eggs like other fowls, and they are good to eat. The multitude of tigers renders traveling through the country dangerous, unless a number of persons go in company."
yeah this is for my brothers in the hood
and the high risers, on the mansions with the maids
we gotta come together, come on y'all
Case, Ginuwine, Tyrese and me R.L.
help me sing it falles, yeah
CASE
I'm sitting here alone
trying to face another day
gotta stay stong, hmm
to endure this pain
R.L.
I'm dealing with right now
it flipped my whole life upside down
i don't want your help
i d'n't need your sympathy, no
what can a brother do for me?
(see he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can't see)
what can a brother do for me
(he can help you be the best man i can be)
(oh i can be, i can be, oh i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(oh yeah, yeah.yeah)
TYRESE
(be the best man)
i made a big mistake
and i'm feeling so ashamed
and i don't want to lose my friendship over it
i've gotta keep the faith, yes i do
GINUWINE
cause i'm still your boy.i've got your back
that'll never, never, never.never gonna change
so i can just cite the truth
and keep smiling in your face
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can't see)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help me be the best man i can be)
(i can be.i can be, oh i can be, i can be)
TYRESE
i keep struggling but i'm trying my best
i got to face this with my own confidence
lord help me to forgive and forget
can you please help me to be a better man?!
R.L.
for the rest of the darkest nights
shines the brightest sun
i ain't the man i used to be
i'm better than before
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can know the wrong to make it right)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can see)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, i can be, i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, i can be, i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, whoa i can be, oh i can be, oh i can be)
help me be the best man i can
CASE
cause he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
yes he's is my brother, brother, brother, brother
R.L.
sees when i'm down on my luck and
Car ain't running, women done left me
i ain't got nothing and it's cold outside
he'll give me a ride
when it's late at night
cuz he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
see sometime i might go astray but he'll lead me back the right way
and tell me everything's okay
cuz he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
brother, brother, brother, brother
oh i know sometimes you'll need me and i got your back
oh cuz i know you got mine
cuz you're my brother
and i love you, love you, love you
you can count on me, sing it
Case, Tyese and G, and are my brother, brother, brother
TYRESE
R.L. oh my brother
late up at night
if you need a helping hand just call on me
talking about my brothers, brothers, brothers
all across the world, my brothers yeah