Plies - Family Straight lyrics

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

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

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 it's nothin
In the hood it's happenin ten out a dozen
The nigga her daddy age that's
Fuckin my lil' cousin

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

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