[Verse 1:]

I had a partner named Courtney, DEAD!

Pulled by a van, blood gone from his head

I had another partner named Terry, DEAD!

Tried to flee the scene

Before they hit'em wit the left

My grandma always said

When it rains it pours

Niggas dying like flies

Got me kinda scared to go out doors

I had a cousin named Ant, DEAD!

They say the young man only died by the head

The streets all we got it

Boys gon' be boys

And in ya hype, 

Teach your son to like guns with toys

Now what we supposed to do

When you know you gotta get ya kid enrolled in school

So you start hanging round with the local crew

Have a smoke or two

Start kicking him a joke or two

Tell me what the parent's supposed to do?



[Chorus:]



Go tell momma (Go tell momma)

To go ask daddy (To go ask daddy)

Since when was the last time

We were a family

Like we supposed to be



Brothas and sistas (Brothas and sistas)

Achi cousins I love you (Achi cousins I love you)

Sometimes we as family

We don't do what we supposed to

So I say



Familay-iiieee!!!

Yeah, Family

Familay-iiieee!!!

(Yeah)



[Verse 2:]

1979, that's when my momma had me

2006, her oldest son is a daddy

Check it

I got two daughters of my own

They say I degrade women

But they degrade they self

They didn't have help growing up

She had a dead beat momma

And a dead beat daddy

She go and shake her ass quick, in the club

Drop it like it's hot

I tell my kids what to do

And what to do not

I'm a grown ass man

I gotta feed my kids

So I teach them the right and wrong way to live

If you feel bad

You need to stop shaking ya ass

And your parents won't be so mad

Might smile at'cha

If you keep shaking your ass in the club

Ying Yang gon' show you love

Listen

I keep stressing to my daughters stay in school

Learn all you can

Yes, I'm a real family man

HAAAAH!!!



[Chorus:]

Go tell momma (Go tell momma)

To go ask daddy (To go ask daddy)

Since when was the last time

We were a family

Like we supposed to be (Familay-iiieee!!!)



Brothas and sistas (Brothas and sistas)

Achi cousins I love you (Achi cousins I love you)

Sometimes we as family

We don't do what we supposed to

So I say



Familay-iiieee!!!

Yeah, Family

Familay-iiieee!!!

(Yeah)



[Verse 3:]

Check this out

I wanna break the music down for a minute

I wanna say something to US

You know I say us

Cause we are a people

We all are

If you love your sister, your brother

Your father, your mother



Clap yo hands

Clap yo hands

Clap yo hands

Clap yo hands



(Familay-iiieee)

(Yeah)

(Family)

(Familay-iiieee)

(Yeah)

(Family)

(Familay-iiieee)



[Chorus:]

Go tell momma (Go tell momma)

To go ask daddy (To go ask daddy)

Since when was the last time

We were a family

Like we supposed to be



Brothas and sistas (Brothas and sistas)

Achi cousins I love you (Achi cousins I love you)

Sometimes we as family

We don't do what we supposed to

So I say



Familay-iiieee!!!

Family

Familay-iiieee!!!

(Yeah)