Family and Friends

[Verse 1] This is for my family, from the bay to miami To the carolina's, you know pep love's finest Friends and foes. my cousins would drink and smoke In the back, I was too young to even know The drama that my grandmama was going through Dealing with my arty sons, god please come I used to hear her say, after giving it last And calm dissapear in a flash, then reappear in a day My granddaddy would stay in his room and read Puffing that apple flavoured tobacco ,true indeed I used to try to sleep in his bed, and read what he read Seeking and hoping to open the secrets he 'd keep in his head My brother would kick it with Marco and watch dirt He used to be a footballstar, before he got hurt And then he 's in his wheelchair ,drinking and laughing Going out of his mind, I used to wonder what happened It was an accident, my mommy told me, then she said Don't go back in there, she boldly would scold me in front of him And whatever you got don't get fond of him, he was getting drunk And only cuz his soul was sucking in, but I ain't grudging him This whole family is disfunction and this is the reconstruction Of my connection with my relatives that live, and those that passed away This is a dedication to you [Chorus: Goapele] All of the things that we've been true I wouldn't change the Half, I choose; never forsaken Even though you make me blue Always know that I got love for you [Verse 2] Now that we've overcome Jim Crow laws We need to make it better with our kinfolks y'all Cuz it's been so long, since I've seen little Teddy and Tiff I remember Tiffany was real allergic to fish, Uncle Ted I wish I knew you just a bit more, but life tore us apart Cuz this shit's war, it's all fair if the love's there Does it matter where he lain, sunset, or even Where he came from yet, my father was the ?wasere? Of the family in need, he flee, god's ear with he Cuz we never went without, even in the drought he Had it all figured out, that's my that's my no doubt My uncle Johnny was a G with a good heart And not a ounce of puck inside of him, country boy With hood smarts, when Billy tried to hit my pops With the tyre urn, he's lucky that he missed, missed cuz I'm glad that it didn't go down like that, but still I'm mad We get together and clown like that, this is the life that I live Not the life that I lied, Teddy you remember the night that I cried That was for you [Chorus: Goapele] All of the things that we've been true I wouldn't change the Half, I choose; never forsaken Even though you make me blue Always know that I got love for you [Verse 3] Now Hieroglyphics crew ,that's my family too We done come up from having a vision To seeing it through, I love y'all dudes with the Deepest emotions, even when oceans storm And the sea is tumultuous, our boats will float We keeps it coastin', and that's to never spilling a bill The secret potion, we prevail through our prevails And any avail there was plenty enemy that trail But our enemies failed, we battled on the radio And that was nothing, we battled in between ourselves For that we suffered, and had to cut off some loose weight We could've made a crucial mistake, but dues paid We the new greats, and jay-biz you're my brother to the end of this Just stay strong cuz this shit gets strenuous, my niggas Jalil,Mack Anfernee, Marty ; life is real ,much more than a party Our friendship is godly, but it seems as up late I don't hear from you hardly I 've been following my calling, planning an end to all things keeping Me from my family and friends, for real [Chorus: Goapele] All of the things that we've been true I wouldn't change the Half, I choose; never forsaken Even though you make me blue Always know that I got love for you