Family Lyrics - Chemically Imbalanced - Ying Yang Twins

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