I had a partner named Courtney

Dead, pulled by a van, blood gone from his head

I had another partner named Terry

Dead, he tried to flee the scene before they hit 'em wit the left

My grandma always said

When it rains it pours

So they're dying like flies

Got me kinda scared to go outdoors

I had a cousin named Ant

Dead, they say the young man only died by the head

The streets all we got it

Boys gon' be boys, me in ya hype

Teach your son to like guns with toys

Now what we supposed to do

When you know you gotta get ya kid enrolled in school?

So you start hanging 'round with the local crew

Have a smoke or two

Start kicking 'em a joke or two

Tell me what the parent's supposed to do?

Go tell momma

(Go tell momma)

To go ask daddy

(To go ask daddy)

That since when was the last time

We were a family

Like we supposed to be

Brothas and sistas

(Brothas and sistas)

Achi cousins I love you

(Achi cousins I love you)

And sometimes we as family

We don't do what we supposed to

So I say

Family, yeah, family

Family, yeah

1979 that's when my momma had me

2006, her oldest son is a daddy

Check it, I got two daughters of my own

They say I degrade women

But they degrade they self

They didn't have help, growing up

She had a dead beat momma

And a dead beat dad

She go and shake, shakes quick in the club

Drop it like it's hot

I tell my kids what to do

And what to do not

I'm a grown and

I gotta feed my kids

So I teach them the right

And wrong way to live

If you feel bad

You need to stop shaking, shaking

And your parents won't be so mad

Might smile at you

If you keep shaking your *** in the club

Ying Yang gon' show you love

Listen, I keep stressing to my daughters stay in school

Learn all you can, yes, I'm a real family man

Go tell momma

(Go tell momma)

To go ask daddy

(To go ask daddy)

That since when was the last time

We were a family

Like we supposed to be, family

Brothas and sistas

(Brothas and sistas)

Achi cousins I love you

(Achi cousins I love you)

And sometimes we as family

We don't do what we supposed to

So I say

Family, yeah, family

Family, yeah

Check this out

I wanna break the music down for a minute

I wanna say something to us

You know I say us 'cause we are a people

We all are equal

If you love your sister, your brother

Your father, your mother

Clap yo' hands

Clap yo' hands

Clap yo' hands

Clap yo' hands

Family, family

Family, family, family

Go tell momma

(Go tell momma)

To go ask daddy

(To go ask daddy)

That since when was the last time

We were a family

Like we supposed to be

Brothas and sistas

(Brothas and sistas)

Achi cousins I love you

(Achi cousins I love you)

And sometimes we as family

We don't do what we supposed to

So I say

Family, family

Family, yeah