Family Straight - Plies

I know some people used to say money change thangs

(They say money change thangs) Pssh

I’m hear to tell you money don’t change every motherfuckin thang

(Change every motherfuckin thang)

Last ten years momma been workin twice a day

Grandma on a kidney machine, she done lost all the weight

My auntie got AIDS, she startin to lose her faith

My brother back in prison, second time he gone away

My daddy still smokin thatat shit I can see it in his face

My cousin sixteen, pregnant from a nigga thirty-eight

Tryin stay on my son, make sure he doin what his momma say

Before you take me God, help me get my family straight

I asked God why he ain’t bless me with a silver spoon

Cause if he did then I’da never had to be a goon

If he gon' change my family, I hope he change it soon

I’m tired of answerin my phone and hearin bad news

My grandma on a walker, she can barely move

Just to tell me she love me take all her breath to do

She on a kidney machine, I know it’s hurtin her too

Fo' times a week gotta get her blood drew

She say the bible and prayer only thang that get her through

Why my grandma deserve this, God what did she do?

Thought cause I had a lil money kidney I could buy her new

She hold the family together, she the one I can’t loose

My auntie got AIDS and I’m watchin her suffer

Why she gotta die cause she was in love with a hustler?

Even though she dyin she say she still love him

Know if I see him again I’d kill that motherfucker

Only get fifteen minutes to talk to my brother

Cause he in prison gotta go see him if I wanna hug him

Some niggas willin to lose they freedom just for thuggin

Cause he made a mistake gotta be here cause I love him

Uncle just called me, found out his daughter fuckin

Fuckin when they get fourteen now like its nothin

In the hood it’s happenin ten out a dozen

The nigga her daddy age that’s fuckin my lil' cousin

My daddy damn near fifty still livin with his momma

Can’t even have a family reunion cause it’s always drama

Last three months I done lost both of my uncles

Why my family luck so bad?

I sit and wonder

We ain’t close like we should and it’s taken us under

The only time we come together is to have a funeral

Sit around and talk about each other and spread rumors

Know it’s some of my fault cause I don’t talk to 'em

For my family to be happy, that’s all I want

Help my grandma fight, God I know she don’t

To see my momma retire, that’s all I want

Hope my brother get out to see his kids for once