Family Straight – Plies  Lyrics

You know some people used say money change things
I’m here to tell you money don’t change
Every motherf***ing thing

Last ten years momma been working twice a day
Grandma on a kidney machine
She done lost all the weight
My auntie go AIDS
She starting to lose her faith
My brother back in prison
Second time he gone away
My daddy still smoking that shit
I can see it in his face
My lil’ cousin 16 pregnant from a nigga 38
Tryna stay on my son
Make sure he’s doing what his mama say
Before you take me god
Help me get my family straight

I asked god why he didn’t bless me with a silver spoon
Cause if he did, I would never have had to be a goon
If he gone change my family, I hope he change em soon
I’m tired of answering my phone, hearing 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 hurting too
4 times a week gotta get her blood drew
She say the bible and
A prayer is the only thing that get her through
Why my grandma deserve this, god what did she do?
Though just cause I had a lil’ money
I could buy her a new one
She hold the family together she’s one I can’t lose

Last ten years momma been working twice a day
Grandma on a kidney machine
she done lost all the weight
My auntie go AIDS
she starting to lose her faith
My brother back in prison
Second time he gone away
My daddy still smoking that shit
I can see it in his face
My lil’ cousin 16 pregnant from a nigga 38
Tryna stay on my son
Make sure he’s doing what his mama say
Before you take me god
Help me get my family straight

My auntie got AIDS and I’m watching her suffer
Why she gotta die cause she was in love with a hustla
Even though she’s dying, she say’s she still loves him
I know if I see him again, I’ll kill that motha f***a
Only get 15 minutes to talk to my brother, cause he in Prison gotta go see him if I wanna hug him.
Some niggas willing to lose their freedom just for thuggin.
Cause he made a mistake I gotta be here because I love him.
My uncle just called me, found out his daughter f***ing, f***ing when they 14 like it’s nothing.
In the hood it’s happening 10 out of a dozen, that nigga Her daddy age that’s f***ing my lil’ cousin

Last ten years momma been working twice a day
Grandma on a kidney machine
She done lost all the weight
My auntie go AIDS
She starting to lose her faith
My brother back in prison
Second time he gone away
My daddy still smoking that shit
I can see it in his face
My lil’ cousin 16 pregnant from a nigga 38
Tryna stay on my son
Make sure he’s doing what his mama say
Before you take me god
Help me get my family straight

My daddy damn near 50, still living 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 wounder
We ain’t close like we should and it’s taking us under
The only time we come together, is to have a funeral
Sit around and talk about each other, spread rumors
I know it’s some of my fault, cause I don’t talk to em
For my family to be happy is all I wanted
Help my grandma fight, god I know she don’t
To see my mama retire that’s all I want
Hope my brother get out to see his kids for once.