| I had a partner named Courtney
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| Dead, pulled by a van, blood gone from his head
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| I had another partner named Terry
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| Dead, he tried to flee the scene before they hit 'em wit the left
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| My grandma always said
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| When it rains it pours
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| So they’re dying like flies
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| Got me kinda scared to go outdoors
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| I had a cousin named Ant
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| Dead, they say the young man only died by the head
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| The streets all we got it Boys gon' be boys, me in ya hype
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| Teach your son to like guns with toys
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| Now what we supposed to do When you know you gotta get ya kid enrolled in school?
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| So you start hanging 'round with the local crew
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| Have a smoke or two
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| Start kicking 'em a joke or two
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| Tell me what the parent’s supposed to do?
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| Go tell momma
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| (Go tell momma)
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| To go ask daddy
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| (To go ask daddy)
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| That since when was the last time
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| We were a family
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| Like we supposed to be Brothas and sistas
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| (Brothas and sistas)
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| Achi cousins I love you
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| (Achi cousins I love you)
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| And sometimes we as family
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| We don’t do what we supposed to So I say
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| Family, yeah, family
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| Family, yeah
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| 1979 that’s when my momma had me 2006, her oldest son is a daddy
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| Check it, I got two daughters of my own
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| They say I degrade women
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| But they degrade they self
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| They didn’t have help, growing up She had a dead beat momma
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| And a dead beat dad
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| She go and shake, shakes quick in the club
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| Drop it like it’s hot
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| I tell my kids what to do And what to do not
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| I’m a grown and
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| I gotta feed my kids
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| So I teach them the right
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| And wrong way to live
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| If you feel bad
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| You need to stop shaking, shaking
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| And your parents won’t be so mad
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| Might smile at you
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| If you keep shaking your *** in the club
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| Ying Yang gon' show you love
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| Listen, I keep stressing to my daughters stay in school
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| Learn all you can, yes, I’m a real family man
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| Go tell momma
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| (Go tell momma)
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| To go ask daddy
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| (To go ask daddy)
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| That since when was the last time
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| We were a family
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| Like we supposed to be, family
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| Brothas and sistas
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| (Brothas and sistas)
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| Achi cousins I love you
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| (Achi cousins I love you)
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| And sometimes we as family
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| We don’t do what we supposed to So I say
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| Family, yeah, family
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| Family, yeah
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| Check this out
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| I wanna break the music down for a minute
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| I wanna say something to us You know I say us 'cause we are a people
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| We all are equal
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| If you love your sister, your brother
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| Your father, your mother
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| Clap yo' hands
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| Clap yo' hands
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| Clap yo' hands
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| Clap yo' hands
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| Family, family
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| Family, family, family
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| Go tell momma
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| (Go tell momma)
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| To go ask daddy
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| (To go ask daddy)
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| That since when was the last time
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| We were a family
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| Like we supposed to be Brothas and sistas
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| (Brothas and sistas)
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| Achi cousins I love you
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| (Achi cousins I love you)
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| And sometimes we as family
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| We don’t do what we supposed to So I say
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| Family, family
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| Family, yeah |