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Lyrics
I had to pay, cousin Joe stole the money.
I got switched on the backside by aunty Mae, and it wasn’t funny.
She used to mix us up cause they said that he looked like me,
but cousin Joe was the black sheep of the family.
One is up and coming the others in the penitentiary,
our common bond is the strength of the family.
And so we laugh about the times when we were 10 and 12,
the only time I hear from joe is when he can’t make bail.
He’s doing 20 up in Rikers so we say oh well, oh well that’s how the family goes.
Pops, foot the bill for the family reunion.
Mild laughing partaking libation turned into a ruin.
Cause every year a fight breaks out, when uncle Ray shoots off his mouth,
complaining that he never got a dime of what grandma left behind.
The truth is that he spent all his dough, at the corner liquor store…
he always get mad when he loses at dominos.
He steady drinking on the porch, telling lies, all the kids would
gather around and listen wide-eyed,
he maybe a derelict, but we’ve still got family ties oh why, that’s how the family goes.
And people will say that blood is thicker than water and family’s got their pitfalls.
And even though sometimes we don’t always get along, the family must stay strong .
Cause ever since the dawn of time the family has been the only lasting structure
and just because we’re living in the age of progress who are we to break the rules...
Ever since the dawn of time the family has been there...
Mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles all a part of you, cousins,
nieces, nephews, and your grandparents too, good friends are
family that help you through your lows. Thats how the family goes!
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