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If you keep the house in the family
You could keep the family in the house
If ya on the run, you got family in the South
We used to watch "Annie Are You Okay" on the couch
My cousin used to slam me till I punched him in the mouth
My aunty used to cook for twenty people every week
My uncle in the basement even if they never speak
He come up, grab a beer, sometime he kiss her on the cheek
Know how to fix a plate or fix a bike or fix a leak
Fried catfish
Bootleg Madea plays
Nosey aunty like, "Let me see your grades"
Smart aunty like, "I could tutor him"
Crazy aunty like, "If they fail him I'ma shoot at them"
Small donations under false names and pseudonyms
Family pots for school clothes
Get the uniform, not the cool clothes
Havin' no drip, like the pool closed
Least I had a jacket, some of the kids at the school froze
'Cause if you not in the building, it's gettin' bulldozed
Gotta keep the crib, man
Gotta keep a spot for all the lil' cousins to live in
Gotta keep a spot in case somebody get sick
'Cause if one of us get on then everybody get rich
We gotta stick together
And lookin' at the puzzle
We gotta fit together
And lookin' at the struggle
We gotta live together
And not just on the holidays
We gotta get together
It's either now or never
Gotta get this shit together
It's not the Yacht Club
But you should see the waves when we float through the Block Club
Neighbors on the yard like they locked up
Kids in the street like Bud Billiken
Old man used to be a Panther thug militant
Community policin'
Barbecue, 2 trays, a Harold's fifty piece and lemon pepper
Onion powder, garlic powder, seasonin'
Four square killa man
Slap boxin', teasin', cacklin', kekein', crackin' up, wheezin'
This the homebase
You gotta watch 'em, they'll right time ya at the wrong place
If ya on ya cella phone more than a phone case
They'll take your crib to go, slide on ya home plate
We need CBA, CBA, CBA, Barry
Before they build another golf course, library
Or send a eminent domain to Miss Mary
It's gonna get scary, young Jeffery, young Larry
We got to stick together
And lookin' at the puzzle
We gotta fit together
And lookin' at the struggle
We gotta live together
And not just on the holidays
We gotta get together
It's either now or never
Gotta get this shit together
Real hip-hop music from the soul, y'all
Real hip-hop music from the soul, y'all
Real hip-hop music from the soul, y'all
Real hip-hop music from the soul, y'all
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