Woman, you don?t know me, but you can bet that I know you
Everybody in this whole darn town knows you too
I brought along our little babies ?cause I wanted them to see
The woman that?s burnin? down our family tree
No, I didn?t come to fight, he was a better man I might
But I wouldn?t dirty my hands on trash like you, no
Bring out the babies? daddy, that?s who they?ve come to see
Not the woman that?s burnin? down our family tree
Their daddy once was a good man, until he ran into trash like you
Take a look, baby?s face and tell me who loves who
I brought along his old dog Charlie and the bills that?s overdue
The job you?re workin?, Lord, we need money, too
No, I didn?t come to fight, he was a better man I might
But I wouldn?t dirty my hands on trash like you, no
Bring out the babies? daddy, that?s who they?ve come to see
Not the woman that?s burnin? down our family tree
F/ Lamar Antwon Robinson, The IMPACT Theatre Group
Because we all spring from different trees
does not mean we are not created equally
Is the true beauty in the tree
or in the vast forest in which it breathes?
I find greatness in the tree, that grows against all odds
It blossoms in darkness, and gives birth to promising pods
I was that tree that grew from the weeds and wasn't meant to be
Ashamed I'm not, in fact I am proud, of my thriving - family - tree
[singing]
The rose that grew from concrete, yeah
The tree that wasn't meant to be
Though I.. struggle in my life, I never give up
And you.. know that I, will always be by your side
My family tree.. yeah a family tree
Yeah, my family tree.. my fam-i-ly tree
I find, greatness in the tree that grows against all odds
It blossoms in.. darkness, and gives birth to a promising pod
You'll never see me give up
I will press on.. never hold my head alone
Never no.. my family tree.. my family tree yeahhh
My family treeeee.. family treeeee..
[speaking]
Because we all spring from different trees
does not mean we are not created equally
Is the true beauty in the tree
or in the vast forest in which it breathes?
The tree must fight to breathe
among the evils of the weeds
I find greatness in the tree, that grows against all odds
Ashamed I'm not, in fact I am proud, of my thriving - family - tree
Yeah come on come on come on, this is my family this is my family
my family, this is my family this is my family my family
Lord help me make up my mind
which way do I turn when there's so much stress
surroundin' me daily? This world's so cruel and shady
and I really do miss my baby baby boy, oh boy
me and yo' bigger brother we keeps it realer
You'll always be our lil' nigga, and I know yo' mama miss ya
Picture the day when I get my callin' but until then
I guess I'm stuck (Oh Fuck)
Little T know I miss so much when he get to heaven baby
Boy what's up? We can ride and roll, I know
without this Po-Po trailin', bailin'
All the way to heaven betcha that's a promise
Comin' with tha bombers, niggaz can't test this
creep defeat is all ya meet
Rollin with tha niggaz that pack the heat
and the sack of weed straight out of control
Test tha souls, hoes, nigga rolls, playa haters
and tha po-po as well
Figure (?) everybody need (?) and we livin' in hell
nigga really can't tell, so why?
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best
and the rest as written, some wanna treat my
like I'm forbidden, but I'm just lookin' for the shit that's hittin
Could I be? Come a little bit closer
why you cautious when you approaches?
Is ya scared of tha fact we soldiers Mo' Thug
breakaz fittin' ta take shit over
Under my halo pray mo' say Mo' Thug wit love
to tha depth that tha game goes
Die all you hoes, foes, and you propose.
Nigga better roll than get rolled over
we shuttin' shit down, and you
know a nigga love to get buck wild
pow come fuck wit me now (now, now)
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family..
Thug (?) my hood is drug prison and (?)
is my mission, we heatin' shit why vision?
Be crooked (?) beginnin' of my endin' (?)
Why is my mind spinnin? (?) I'll say hey, fuck it
my family ain't livin' for nothin' but strugglin
was one of the reasons I'm thuggin
instead of (straight) hustlin' (?) Somebody tell me somethin
what is there? Nothin? If I give you, what'll you (?) me
you'll fuck it all up for the love of (lust)
Cause I love you so, but unlike my friend you're just my foe
Peace till the end of the road cause we're all gone
But no, nigga don't lose your (soul)
But it(?) Trust in mine, alright then we can roll. (roll, roll)
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family..
Cause you're, too young,mama, and daddy, when ya
lay down and (have some eggs?) and I remember y'all breakin' up
Doin'it layin' down. What went wrong?
Was it me? But I ain't mad at'cha
cause outta all that shit I got two sista's and a brother
and I learned to harmony
On the streets, on tha Clair, that's where
I'm from y'all, on the streets of tha Clair
that's where I met Bone Thugs y'all it's gettin' time to be a man
gotta get out tha house cause I can't stand mommy's man
he talks with his hand
Come come creep on tha streets with me
that's where I learned how to sell drugs
it's where I learned how to (pull/pump) slugs
it's necessary, necessary for me to get down for mine
so I creep and I (grind) (?) give it up but get down
And I know that shit was wrong but
don't blame me, blame tha thugsta in me
Cause that's where that shit comes from (comes from)
Bloody red rum, nigga, we nuttin' but survivors, (?)
we survivors,that's why we be..
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family
This is my family, this is my family, my family..
Get ready to duck bitch or get fucked up boy
Don't fuck around and get zipped in a body bag
Off in the grave and yo brains'll be hangin' damaged by (?)
Everyday we see mo' niggaz hatin', fakin'
Playa (hatin') it's getting contagious
Why do these niggaz think they can break us?
Wanna grab my pump y'all niggaz better try to grab
what's left of yo' chest niggaz be talkin' and then
they get caught up in shit, now meet them faces of death
We let'em keep talkin' man they dog us man it's all the same
But what did we gain by givin' you niggaz fame?
((Flesh) So we let them wreck us (?))
Tha 44 magnum tag'em (stacked) like them
niggaz or (?) like the people that (?) 'em (?)
callin' me follow me down to tha corner slip
up and you're gonna get blasted
What do you wanna dis me for? Jealous then nigga drop
Nigga we (?)drinkaz be (?) everytime
To tha 99 times out of 100 we gon' dis somebody, somebody
(Yeah) y'all niggaz get carried off wit them bodies (?) y'all
find that smokin' that grass
Nigga pass tha (pump) (we takin) a loss and wakin up in
their coffin. Oh nigga (?) but when we come they run
but we're gonna catch'em and one day God forgive me
I don't know what got to me, but then me nigga they'll all fall down
way down face down, ain't got nothin but love them niggaz
wanna test my (?) sayin' nigga you know that (that, that, that)
You know we gettin them (say nigga you know that, that, that, that)
bad, bad. Them thugs them niggaz
(I figures you knowthat, that, that,that) (?). (?)
(You niggaz should know that,that, that, that)
Yeah,yeah, (my niggaz you know that, you know that, that, that, that)
yeah yeah. It's 19 90 90 90 90 90...it's almost
Forgotten things remembered
The tigers eat their young
The body stayed but inside the head
The mind was on the run
Conspiracy of silence
The only way out of pain
Is turn around, run through it man
Too wet to come in from the rain
Tell them
I know they were doing it to you
But don't try doing it to me
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
Let me show you, how I love you
But keep it in the family
When you hear them saying, "Trust Me"
Don't wait to see what's next
Thrown to the wolves forever trusting
Raised in a form of living hell
Sing a one note song of rage
Live and die within your heart
So beware in the shadows
Your family tree waits in the dark
I say
I know they were doing it to you
But don't try doing it to me, no, no
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
Let me show you, how I love you
But keep it in the family tree
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
Let me show you, how I love you
The secret of the family tree
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
Let me show you, how I love you
But keep it in the family tree
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
Let me show you, how I love you
The secret of the family tree
Let me show you, how I love you
It's our secret, you and me
[Intro:]
You missed us?
I know you did
Ain't nobody that good that movies a do
I got radio shoes, shit like that, you know we did it
We never neglect ya'll though
Yo, stuntin
It's Guwap
[Verse 1:]
I got lots of bricks, cops can't stop this shit
Fall off in the club just to stand on top this shit
Partner in the pit and he still got bills of it
I got bill of it cause I like the smell of it
Man I just reek of it, and I can see the shit
Say you can't see the bitch, bitch man I need a bitch
When the real was late, I had to get this shit
I might have missed this shit
I might just hit your tree
Hit in the head you bitch, throw as you said you bitch
Go get your dad you trich, go suck your daddy dick
Way above average bitch so can't fuck an average bitch
I break up marriages, no horse and carriages
Fresh as a sparrow ho, I watch 9 ladero ho
Say that you all wished you smoked
That make you regular ho
My pack is so bujy and got me thinkin I'm better than
My friends said I made it simple
That's what they makin it fo
[Hook:]
I got drinkers in my family (drinkin)
Couple smokers in my family (smoking)
Gangbangers in my family (bang)
And I'm smoking on that family tree
I got smokers in my family (wasted)
A lot of drinkers in my family (faded)
A couple gamblers in my family (gambling)
And we smoking on that family tree
[Verse 2:]
With my famo rockin camo, missin with that Feragamo
Well my uncle like the chambles cause the nigga like to
gamble
Say you caught you a ho, and too hot to handle
You done fall and low your life's cut off and you
lightin candles
With a million I'll go broke, you can't hide or deny
Girl you know you smoke that dope
Don't tempt me, that damn lies
I know your uncle front a fire, boy you know that boy
get high
I'm Mr. Sayin Anything, I can't work no 9 to 5
But when I hold this pistol on your boy
Don't act like survive
It be a cold day in hell if the nigga stay alive
Get in line, I'll be with 20 bands
I'm a shoot your ass like 20 times
Glock 4-5 stay by my side
I'll carve your ass like a porcupine
[Hook:]
I got drinkers in my family (drinkin)
Couple smokers in my family (smoking)
Gangbangers in my family (bang)
And I'm smoking on that family tree
I got smokers in my family (wasted)
A lot of drinkers in my family (faded)
A couple gamblers in my family (gambling)
I've been feeling down
I've been looking round the town
For somebody just like me
But the only ones I see
Are the dummies in the window
They spend their money on clothes
It saddens me to think
That the only ones I see are mannequins
Looking stupid, being used and being thin
And I don't know why I hang around with them
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
Than be me in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia
I've been feeling blue
And I don't know what to do
And I never get a thrill
And they threw me out of school
'Cause I swore at all the teachers
Because they never teach us
A thing I want to know
We do Chemistry, Biology and Maths
I want Poetry and Music and some laughs
And I don't think it's an awful lot to ask
So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
Cause I'm here in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia
If my family tree goes back to the Romans
Then I will change my name to Jones
If my family tree goes back to Napolean
Then I will change my name to Smith
If my family tree goes back to the Romans
Then I will change my name to Jones
If you're looking at me to be an accountant
Then you will look but you will never see
If you're looking at me to start having babies
Then you can wish because I'm not here to fool around
You can wish because I'm not here to fool around
When we were young we used to sing
And we could feel the harmony
You'd sit there waiting in the wings
How long have you been waitin' to let your light shine?
Many years have gone since then
Seen us go our different ways
But now we sit here once again
Tonight we're gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.
This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It's written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
In all the years we had
As part of a family tree
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
I know it's left its mark on you
I see the same things in myself
You know there's nothin' we can't do
We've been a long time waitin', but some things never die.
It's time to leave all that behind
It's time to lay that ghost to rest
We can't deny the ties that bind
Tonight we're gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.
This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It's written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
In all the years we had (when we were young we used to sing)
As part of a family tree (we could feel the harmony)
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
When we were young we used to sing...
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitars: Richard Thompson
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Solo Guitar: Richard Brunton
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Recorders: Richard Harvey
Pipe Organ: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
I'm gonna be the owner of the world for a little while
and it feels like I am flying
Everybody's waving in the crowd to get a smile
but they never saw me crying
Even when we dance across the floor
and everyone is calling out for more
Somewhere in your heart you feel alone
Chorus
Hold my hand tonight
and show me what is right
Make my life complete
below the family tree
Take away my fear
and tell me you'll be there
We will always stay together
I will always know you care
Everybody's talking right behind my back
and I don't care what people are thinking - no
But in a little corner of my mind it's getting tough
when the moving lights are twinkling
Chorus
Hold my hand tonight
and show me what is right
Make my life complete
below the family tree
When the heavy curtain falls
I know where I belong
I could never walk away from you
When the everyday life calls
I'm gonna sing our song
Here's a little spoken word for you
It's coffee and the tree
He was a beautiful shade of chocolate
She was a beautiful shade of red
And under the watchful eyes of Heaven
Afro Indian girl, boy were wed
Little did they know so long ago
Flowers would come
From the seed they'd sown? Yeah
Little did they know
What would come to be?
A forest would grow
From the soil and the seed, now
These are the branches
In my family tree
Napoleon, Betsy, Isaac, Eloise
And under their branches
I can feel a breeze
Where the leaves from the trees
Make a canopy for me to
Live in the shade, yeah
The leaves from their trees
Made a canopy for me
To live in the shade
Live in the shade
Live in the shade
I wanna I, I wanna
I wanna thank you
'Cause you took the heat for me
You, you took the heat for me
You took the heat for me
You, you took the heat for me
Papa, you took the heat for me
Man, you, you, you, you took the heat for me
Grandpa, you took the heat for me
You took the heat for me
You, you took the heat for me
You took the heat for me
You, you took the heat for me
You took the heat for me
Roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
I was thinking about the good old times
And all the people who helped me survive
Now who the hell knows where I'd be
Without the branches of my family tree
I was thinking about the friends who cared
And all the times that we shared
And if I had the strength to be what I could be
Love and respect to the branches of my tree
Family Tree!!
Roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
I was thinking about the good old times
And all the people who helped me survive
Now who the hell knows where I'd be
Without the branches of my family tree
I was thinking about the times we shared
And all the times I was scared
Living and learning in the NYC
Shout out's go out to my New York Family
Family Tree!
Roots
Don't forget your roots
Don't forget your roots
Sit down young grandson come close so I don't yell
Now that I'm on my deathbed there's a story I gotta tell
About a beautiful young girl 19 years old
For 51 winters her body's been cold
I met her in September and I married her in May
A perfect christian couple is what grandma used to say
You know we loved Jesus and we thanked him everyday
I thanked him for my lady and our little boy Clay
Now Colton was a bitter man he loved my lady too
I told him he should move along there's nothing to pursue
He smiled and he said you're right there's nothing left to say
Then my little boy and his ma disappeared the next day
Colton wrote me a letter he said you should forget her
Your kind of man don't deserve her love
Should have seen your boy cry as he watched his mama die
At least your boy didn't cry long
So I yelled up to Jesus what the hell do I do
For you to let this happen I'm not through with you
So I searched through the mountains I went to every home
One night in some cabin I found Colton alone
The dim moonlight was on my side
For I didn't get noticed as I broke inside
As I pulled out my knife I thought of my boy and my wife
And whispered their names as I took his life
So there you go grandson that's your family tree
A grandma and an uncle you will never get to see
Realize that them dying allowed you to live
And the moral of this story is don't forget and forgive
You didn't ask for this
Nobody ever would
Caught in the middle of this dysfunction
It's yoursad reality
It's your messed up family tree
And all your left with all these questions
Are you gonna be like your father was and his father was?
Do you have to carry what they've handed down?
No, this is not your legacy
This is not your destiny
Yesterday does not define you
No, this is not your legacy
This is not your meant to be
I can break the chains that bind you
I have a dream for you
It's better than where you've been
It's bigger than your imagination
You're gonna find real love
And you're gonna hold your kids
You'll change the course of generations
No, this is not your legacy
This is not your destiny
Yesterday does not define you
No, this is not your legacy
This is not your meant to be
I can break the chains that bind you
Cause you're my child
You're my chosen
You are loved
You are loved
And I will restore
All that was broken
You are loved
You are loved
And just like the seasons change
Winter into spring
You're brining new life to your family tree now
Yes you are
You are
No, this will be your legacy
This will be your destiny
Yesterday did not define you
No, this will be your legacy
This will be your meant to be
I can break the chains that bind you
And just like the seasons change
Winter into spring
Well all the dreams have gone from my worried mind
Ain't no pretty pictures left by luck's design
And baby, i'm just a leaf hanging on my family tree
I'm just a leaf hanging on my family tree
And it's a weak branch that's been hanging me
April if you may comes to june and july
All these months to the flame and still no butterfly boy
I'm just a leaf blowing on my family tree
I'm just a leaf blowing on my family tree
And it's strong wind that's been blowing me
Baby don't you cry
It won't matter to you
'cause every bad life goes by and your mama loves you
Yes she does
Now there's alotta good things that my daddy did but
There ain't no burden like an unplanned kid
And baby, i'm falling now don't know where i'm gonna land
I'm falling now don't know where i'm gonna land
Half in the shadows, honey, and half in the light, that's right
Baby don't you cry
It won't matter to you
It won't matter to you
Sometimes because of jealousy and the intent to demise
Certain factions have to be forbidden or destroyed
Fire has to be sent to the poisoned forest
With the root of fresh trees planted elsewhere
Only then will you obtain a wilderness
That cannot be penetrated, petrified family tree
See what started as a family forest
Got cut to a family tree with the limbs
And the leaves looking' at the world for answers
The world points to the sun and the sun says
The answers in me, so I search through the darkness
Can't find the key so we locked in the land of the lost
Lord, please tomorrow ain't promised to you nor me
So now we choose the roots, so we can plant new trees
Many minds always meet with pens and sheets
Close my eyes, think what next on my rhymes
See this face in ink, I'm havin' visions of wisdom
Dreamin' 'bout my own ending
Am I seein' death as freedom and livin' as prison
My son didn't have a daddy to shape him so
God bless him with a daddy to save him
Yeah I raise him and pay some attention
He talked and he listened to reach him and teach him
Before I'm gone from existence
Teach him 'bout the foes, the hos and all opponents
Those that always talk 'bout love but never showed it
Those who had the chances to stand and always blowed it
Those that set you up by the hour to steal your moment
Pac the word is you ain't there so fuck the rumor
I'll get a pound of that shit from Bermuda
And meet you in Cuba
Fucked up on Larusa no doubt, I know the locale
If they gotta born you, I'm gonna mourne you 'til I join you
See what started as a family forest
Got cut to a family tree with the limbs
And the leaves looking' at the world for answers
The world points to the sun and the sun says
The answers in me, so I search through the darkness
Can't find the key so we locked in the land of the lost
Lord, please tomorrow ain't promised to you nor me
So now we choose the roots, so we can plant new trees
Uhh and now I know I got some family
Who missed me from the heart, forever we're apart
Just because I'm nothin' and you abuse me and use me
Now you wanna try to come bruise me
And even though maybe were in there
Farther than it once was I know family don't always
Mean that they blood 'cause some people just
Don't give a nigga what some people tried to use my name
So all the fat we had to cut and I'm still
Walking with my six amp strut
Urban eyes see through camouflage
And now I know who's butt
So when I sent you tried to play me
All of a sudden now I'm shady
Maybe deep down in my heart
Never trust you from the start
Never hoped you'd be my homie, don't come 'round my way
And if we never speak again, it's got to be that way
This millennium, we'll be spankin' your heiny
Remind thee naughty invented family of the 90's
See what started as a family forest
Got cut to a family tree with the limbs
And the leaves looking' at the world for answers
The world points to the sun and the sun says
The answers in me, so I search through the darkness
Can't find the key so we locked in the land of the lost
Lord, please tomorrow ain't promised to you nor me
So now we choose the roots, so we can plant new trees
Life doesn't end when the sweat dries
A time when a nickle cost a dollar
When you rise your chest dies
My dynasty many fear it cos' I'm near it
Ancient Egyptian scriptures fitted in through hyroglyphics
Motherfuckers try to touch my mental state
Niggas smile up in your face and then they infiltrate
So it seems nowadays that the only plan
To get my people help my people get a load of land
And Im'ma see it if I have to kill some shit
To make my family tree a motherfucking wilderness
See a black man standin' on the promised land
Since they broke every promise I devised a plan this
Black this and black that crap is gettin' touchy
Any black hat that cross my path, I call him lucky
Those who turn. they back with they fears
And try to before they can see us
They gonna need us sweet Jesus
See what started as a family forest
Got cut to a family tree with the limbs
And the leaves looking' at the world for answers
The world points to the sun and the sun says
The answers in me, so I search through the darkness
Can't find the key so we locked in the land of the lost
Lord, please tomorrow ain't promised to you nor me
So now we choose the roots, so we can plant new trees
See what started as a family forest
Got cut to a family tree with the limbs
And the leaves looking' at the world for answers
The world points to the sun and the sun says
The answers in me, so I search through the darkness
Can't find the key so we locked in the land of the lost
Lord, please tomorrow ain't promised to you nor me
There is always someplace safer than the playground
So let's walk to our private beach at night
We could always roll these drums down the sand dunes
Into the surf and continue to think that they're safe, sealed up tight, up tight
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
Bobbing up and down in the waves with the moonbeams
They shine like turtles' backs in bleach and I,
I hope that they'll be sinking soon under the seaweed
'Cause inside the atoms are moving and helping the fish grow extra eyes
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
To heat my house a little longer
I'll be gone before the things that I go now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
To heat the house a little longer
Now that all the poison's taken off our red hands
It's percolating in the deep blue dump
We'll be counting pay cheques, with all the zeros
Mother of nature has gone to the doc for a test, she's found a lump
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat the house a little longer
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat the house a little longer
We'll move on to planets where we don't belong
Family tree is burning the rocket's waiting on the lawn
The rocket's waiting on the lawn
Intoxication, filled with the medications
Sedation powder made from?
Put me in this fuckin situation
My lungs are cold and feelin like they explodin
I'm loaded, wrote it all down
I'm givin you this invitation
To come and visit me, come into my mind
And sit a minute, join the spirits
To take the time to unwind and you'll find
The DNA ain't fallin far from the tree
Come from a long line of the murderous kind
So don't be fuckin with me
You wanna check the history
Just pull the newspaper clippin's
And find the trailer where it happened
I bet the blood is still drippin
And I'm sippin on Kerosene, and it's just to make me enabled
To let the world know that my family is more than unstable
And I might be the black sheep for the secrets that I'm tellin
More than half my bloodline is layin dead on a felon
And I ain't sellin no lies, my last name is a curse
I'm hopin that I survive yeah, just to finish this verse
I see the hearse
Kerosene, go get the matches
Light this thing and burn the branches
End the pain and suffering
Burn it up and kill my family tree
From way back, I remember my father's expression
When the telephone ring at 3am you didn't have to stop and question
Cause we knew that dark cloud was hangin just like a noose
The only thing on our mind was death and who did he choose
The time my cousin ate a bullet and my other cousin followed
When they sister heard the news, that's when the Drano got swallowed
Seen my first closed-casket just before I could talk
And I almost met the same fate just before I could walk
I lost my aunt to a pistol with her husband on the other end
Nine years old and already noticed a trend
So many friends dead and buried
Many coffins been carried
On a first name basis with too many cemeteries
And I'm weary of my fate, scared for the? kids, and me?
Cursed like the Von Erichs, somethin like the? Kennedy's?
Say a prayer for me, if you're down on a knee
And pray to God you ain't branches on my dyin family tree
Kerosene, go get the matches
Light this thing and burn the branches
End the pain and suffering
Burn it up and kill my family tree
Chop, chop, chop it down
When a dead tree fall, does it make a sound
Chop, chop, chop it down
When a dead tree fall, does it make a sound
Chop, chop, chop it down
When a dead tree fall, does it make a sound
Chop, chop, chop it down
When a dead tree fall, does it make a sound
Kerosene, go get the matches
Light this thing and burn the branches
End the pain and suffering
Bop bop.
Care about the moonlight
and holding you tight
and asking my questions.
Everyone loves a situation.
Long walks on the beach.
The press will impeach.
Lately I'm finding
I am the book and you are the binding.
I guess they'll read everything about you.
Though the press might shoot me down I'm still true.
I sell my book for free. That's what you do to me.
Oh, you are my family tree.
Be good to me
Take care of me.
Bop bop.
There's hotels in the sea,
Trash in the sky.,
The net-dustry's growing.
Stick to love songs kid, that's all you're knowing.
They push you away
or tie you up.
It don't really matter.
But if your head is up you won't get much sadder.
But who am I to preach a word or two
when I can't lift my own head without you?
If my mental state kept you from coming around
I hope the world would shoot me down for losing you.
A broken branch I'd be if you weren't grown to me.
Oh, you are my family tree.
Be good to me.
Be good to me.
Be good to me.
Take care of me.
If I could sing a lullaby
for you, each night I would
And you would never wonder why
because it's understood
You let me read your diary
to know your personality
and all your neighbourhood
If I could be the one you see
when you open your eyes
And if my shoulder was the one
for you upon to cry
I'd cheer you up when you are down
and help you choose your wedding gown
I do it all, but why?
I do it all, but why?
[instrumental]
With all my best intentions
I wrote this little song
And you were all I mentioned
and focused on so long
I hoped somehow, that you and me
would end up in a family tree
How could I be so wrong?
How could I be so wrong?
Papa lazed in a county rest home
And Mama lives on a rich man's farm
Sister moved in with a stranger
And here I am in another [Incomprehensible]
And the leaves are slowly fallin'
Fallin' from the family tree
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
And the last one to fall is me
I should have known the winds of boredom
Would finally blow our worlds apart
Here I lay with another woman
Are you layin' with a broken heart?
And the leaves are slowly fallin'
Fallin' from the family tree
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
And the last one to fall is me
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
Fallin' from the family tree
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
And the last one to fall is me
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
Fallin' from the family tree
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
And the last one to fall is me
Yes, the leaves are slowly fallin'
Fallin' from the family tree
Family car we barely fit
Christmas time had come again
Bundled up to fight the freeze
Picking out the family tree
We decorate with clumsy hands
And hope that Santa
Comes again
And the morning wake to see
Gifts beneath the family tree
And I don't know where I'm going
But I do know who I'll be
'Cause memories and names like these all hang
On us the family tree
We're older now
We all have changed
But we all have at the same old things
We'll spend the night with memories
Gathered round the family tree
And I don't where I'm going
But I do know who I'll be
'Cause memories and names like these all hang
On us
We're so much more than blood
We're more than names
We're bound by bonds that only God sustains
But, this time of year
We gather here
And I always know I'm home
There are voices now
Where silence was
The subtle signs of growing up
Where one is born another leaves
There is always someplace safer than the playground
So let's walk to our private beach at night
We could always roll these drums down the sand dunes
Into the surf and continue to think that they're safe, sealed up tight,
up tight
CHORUS
I'll be gone before the things that I do now go wrong
Family tree is burning to heat my house a little longer
Bobbing up and down in the waves with the moonbeams
They shine like turtles' backs in bleach and I
I hope that they'll be sinking soon under the seaweed
'Cause inside the atoms are moving and helping the fish grow extra eyes
CHORUS
Now that all the poison's taken off our red hands
It's percolating in the deep blue dump
We'll be counting pay cheques, with all the zeros
Mother of nature has gone to the doc for a test, she's found a lump
CHORUS
We'll move to the planets where we don't belong
Family tree is buring the rocket's waining on the lawn
The rocket's waiting on the lawn
He wants to add to the family tree
He wants at least two or three
Hes been waiting impatiently
For me to add to the family tree
Theres lots of hugs and kissing everything is oh so sweet
But he says theres something missing, the pitter patter of little feet
Hes positively clucky like a rooster in a chicken house
Dirty nappies on the line, coochie cooing all the time
Does he know what hes talking about
He wants to add to the family tree
He wants at least two or three
Hes been waiting impatiently
For me to add to the family tree
He came home with a boot load of stuff to paint the spare room blue
Lego and some play dough and a Bob the builder tool box too
Hes oh so gung ho, guess its time for me to face the fact
Ill be feet up on the couch with a Joey in my pouch
Getting ready for an broken back
He wants to add to the family tree
He wants at least two or three
Hes been waiting impatiently
For me to add to the family tree
Dirty nappies on the line, coochie cooing all the time
I guess doesnt sound so bad if hes cute and cuddly
And looks a little bit like me with more hair than his dad
He wants to add to the family tree
He wants at least two or three
But right now onell do me
To add to the family tree
Add to the family
Add to the family
Gonna buy some wood every size and length
Gonna build it good using all my strength
Gonna clear the land where the house will be
And start another branch of the family tree
Gonna chalk a line and lay a walnut floor
Build the walls of pine and hang a cherry door
I'll cut the beams above from mahogany
And I'll get the love from the family tree
I've wandered far and I've walked alone
Till the morning star finally led me home
Now I'm here to stay where I was meant to be
Living in the shade of the family tree
Gonna fill this place like my daddy did
With a friendly face and a bunch of kids
Even though he's gone he's a part of me
As I carry on this family tree
Girl, the wind may blow and the clouds may come
Bringing ice and snow, blocking out the sun
The earth may quake and the ground may freeze
They will never shake this family tree
I've wandered far and I've walked alone
Till the morning star finally led me home
Now I'm here to stay where I was meant to be
Living in the shade of the family tree
Mama look at him, don't he look like me
He's the latest limb on the family tree
Now I'm here to stay where I was meant to be
Living in the shade of the family tree
Now I'm here to stay where I was meant to be
You didn't ask for this, nobody ever would.
Caught in the middle of this dysfunction,
it's your sad reality: it's your messed up family tree.
And now you're left with all these questions ...
Are you going to be like your father was, and his father was?
Do you have to carry what they've handed down?
Oh, this is not your legacy.
This is not your destiny, yesterday does not define you.
No, this is not your legacy. This is not your meant to be!
I can break the chains that bind you.
I have a dream for you.
It's better than where you've been.
It's bigger than your imagination.
You're going to find real love, and you're going to hold your kids.
You'll change the course of generations!
Oh, this is not your legacy.
This is not your destiny.
Yesterday does not define you.
No, this is not your legacy. This is not your meant to be!
I can break the chains that bind you.
You're my child. You're my chosen.
You are loved, you are loved.
And I will restore all that was broken.
You are loved, you are loved.
Just like the seasons change, winter into spring, you're bringing new life to your family tree now.
Yes you are, you are!
Oh, this will be your legacy.
This will be your destiny.
Yesterday did not define you.
Oh, this will be your legacy.
This will be your meant to be.
I can break the chains that bind you.
(Darrell Scott)
Dancin' in the living room cuttin' up a rug
Dancin' with a baby looks more like a hug
Livin' in a house made of saw mill wood
"Roll over Beethoven" never sounded so good
Come on baby, baby let's go
Where we get the money honey I don't know
One more baby's alright by me
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Well raising up babies is our new sport
You're one day late and I'm a dollar short
Now maybe it was planned maybe it was a goof
But a cat just has to dance on a hot tin roof
Come on baby, baby let's go
Where we get the money honey I don't know
One more baby's alright by me
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Well the lawnmower's broken, the tax is due
And if I find another tick I'm gonna come unglued
We got hand me down clothes, hand me down shoes
We got the big belly momma here we go again blues
Come on baby, baby let's go
Where we get the money honey I don't know
One more baby's alright by me
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Baby, whoa, whoa let's go
Where we get the money I don't know
One more baby alright's by me
It's alright, it's alright now baby
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Oh we'll just add another limb to the family tree
I don't talk too much to my family
I feel bad, they don't understand me.
I don't speak unless there's something really important to say.
I'm not weak,
though quiet people often come across that way.
You and me and the family tree
That I cant seem to climb
There's something wrong, I guess I don't belong
And I don't really mind, no i don't really mind.
I don't talk too much to my family.
I feel bad, whenever they're around me.
But I might write, maybe send a postcard once a year.
To be polite, and tell them all the things they want to hear.
You and me and the family tree
oh we made such a mess
but you gave it a shot, and look what you got
A son who's fatherless.
You and me and the family tree
that just can't seem to grow
But I just wanted to say
that I love you anyway
And I think that you should know.
I think that you should know.
I don't talk, I don't speak
You might say that I am weak
Up my, my family tree
There hangs my curious pedigree,
My long, my lurid ancestry -
The prancing phantoms and ghosts
Of my rude forefathers.
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they all perch to see
Up my, up my family tree.
Up my, my family tree,
No blue blood, no nobility;
No trace of aristocracy -
Except for Uncle Sebastian
Who once raped a duchess.
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they perch for all to see
Up my, up my family tree.
We've no ancestral halls,
No haughty portraits on our walls;
No family monuments at all -
Unless it's my cousin Sheila's
Stupendous cleavage.
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they perch for all to see
Up my, up my family tree.
My great-great-uncle Sam,
A very tranquil sort of man,
Could not afford his wife a pram -
He pushed his babies round the park
In a green wheelbarrow.
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they perch for all to see
Up my, up my family tree.
My Uncle Will, my Auntie May
Were very much in love, so they
Got married after some delay -
They dressed their kids up in white
When they both went legal.
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they perch for all to see
Up my, up my family tree.
When brother Richard was thirteen
He was a Boy Scout, keen and clean.
He got presented to the Queen -
And then he went and spoiled it all
When he offered her a Woodbine.
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they perch for all to see
Up my, up my family tree.
Let this be understood,
That our family name is mud,
Our sheep are black our cheques are dud -
But we survive! We're alive!
So it's up with the Thackrays!
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
There they perch for all to see
It's old news on the radio
How you broke through and how you let it go.
So all could see how good it feels to be free
Your digging up all your old playmates.
crossing your fingers back at the garden gates.
Cause planted seed don't always grow a family tree.
And you can call on your brother (to understand)
And you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we
live together.
Fast willys' back from Mexico.
He traded all his missils in for mistletoe.
Changed his plea how good it feels to be free.
So You married candy with a silicone doubt
Yes she tasted so sweet until the money ran out.
Now he's back for his seeds handing bullets to the new
nominee.
So you can call on your brother (to understand)
you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we
live together.
So you can call on your brother (to understand)
you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we
live together.
Break out the teargas and sufferagy now.
We're gonna' talk about the good old days of cigarettes
and dynamite.
So you can call on your brother (to understand)
you can call on your sister ( To make amends )
Although the feud in this family is through now that we
live together.
(there's no rest for me)
You know the future is here when you pretend we live
Dancin in the living room, cuttin' up a rug
Dancin' with a baby looks more like a hug
Livin' in a house made of saw mill wood
Roll Over Beethoven never sounded so good
Hey, hey baby, baby let's go
Where we get the money, honey, I don't know
One more baby's all right by me
We'll just add another limb to the family tree
Raisin' up babies is our new sport
You're one day late and I'm a dollar short
Now maybe it was planned or maybe it was a goof
But a cat just has to dance on a hot tin roof
Well the lawn mower's broke and the tax is due
And if I find another tick I'm gonna come unglued
We got hand me-down clothes, hand me-down shoes
Anda my love, wake up to your window, the day calls in billows
It?s echoing moonlight onto the blue nightmare of your heart
In cozy red rainbow, it?s shaking off halos
And the memory of our sacred so and so
Oh, take my hand sweet, complete your release
Unbury your feet and married we'll be
Alone in receiving, ours is a feeling not that they would see
They don?t know that we could be down where your cradle escaped the sea
And your raven haired mama caught told you so
We're hanging on the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There's a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep young
Only your mind, is it safe to say that we?ve waited patiently
Call me on time and recall the tune
That has placed us gracefully all into line
There's a garden grave and a place they've saved for you
I'll fall by your side though your silver haired mama throes told you so
We're hanging on the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There's a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep it young
And now we?ll gather in the shadow of your family tree
In haunted harmony
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the valley of your family tree
There's a hundred hearts soar free
I was a little bit different always ahead of my time
And my daddy said son you're headed for a life of crime
And my mama tells me I'm the curse of the neighborhood
But I won't change now even if I thought I could
Well I left my home on the day I was twenty-one
Folks at home refer to me as prodigal son
Small times small change never did agree with me
So I went out on a limb and fell off the family tree
Now I'm making you a promise and you can take it to the witness stand
When I get a chance I'll see you just as soon as I can
Well do you miss me ma daddy do you still love me
Cause I went out on a limb and fell off of the family tree
[ guitar ]
Now you won't believe it but your little boy is havin' fun
And I don't expect you to forgive all the things I've done
But believe me ma I've learned a thing or two
I wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for my daddy and you
Now I'm making you a promise...
Well do you miss me ma daddy do you still love me
Cause I went out on a limb and fell off of the family tree
one two, one two
this goes out to my brother dimond shell
my man jazzy jerome, def jeff
i can't forget my man kevin d and the midnight express crew
philly, soda pop
i'm gonna run down my family tree like this:
one, two, one two three and
i got a friend by the name of charlie
charlie got a wife by the name of dolly
dolly and charlie got a son named wally
and wally got a girl by the name of polly
polly got a sister by the name of molly
molly and polly got a mother named holly
father named arthur, we call him artie
you don't understand then i'm very very sorry
cousin named frita, uncle named skeeter
he's married to my fine aunt rita
who is the leader of the married cheaters
so i son't greet her, cause my uncle don't need her
grandma joyce drives a rolls royce
of the family i'm a favorite choice
buddy named homer, used to be a loner
now he's got a girl by the name of mona
now that homer's married to mona
all he does all day is bone, bone, bone her
father named lex, gets big respect
driving in his dodge 300gx
week after next, lex gets his check
me and lex will be chillin' in the x
my girl elenor, went to the drugstore
to get deodorant, i think it was pure
cause the one she used before made her underarm sore
and that's why elenor don't use it no more
a girl named betty who used to go with freddie
asked me was I ready for us to go steady
I told betty that I wasn't ready
to go steady cuz it would hurt freddy
a girl named gwen, she's my best friend
known her ever since who knows when
and do you comprehend, the message that i send
of family and friend of grandpa ben
like, like, like, like, like, like that
bound to wreck your body
and ana na na na na na na na na na ana
It's midnight on the 23rd of august
I'm just thinking about my life
And how I'm tired of being alone
When I'm surrounded by my
Good friends and my brother
They're so supportive
And my lies aren't coming out
The way they used to
Maybe I'm just blind
Maybe I'm a little blind in one eye
So take me to the place where I was born
And tell me I made a mistake
Have I accepted life from someone I'm not supposed to hate?
My blood is thinner than her thighs
Annie don't you realize we're being so unhealthy?
Cancer makes me cringe cause I'm just human
I'll pray to god if he exists the doctor can fix it
If we don't talk than I can write a song
To make you cry about
How you wish you raised me right
And how you wished we got along
But it's too late for that mother son shit
I moved out and you've still got your
Other children waiting for you
To teach them how to life
Everything is changing, I can tell that you aren't ready
What's the point of learning to pretend that you are happy?
It kind of hurts to hear you say that I'm not your son
[Nefertiti]
We just addin-lib? Soon to, uhh, yeah, HUH
Back on the family tree.. [x3]
So won't you brainstorm, and bring a friend along
And then climb my rhymes and compare 'em with the times but
Keep it stagnant, the fragment of what I'm sayin
All in rewind in your mind and see what you find
Cause I get loose sticks and stones, I'm breakin bones my fruits
are comin at ya, verbally attack ya
I ricocheted on stage like a twelve gauge
And yet a shame, you only came
to see what you could find, my piece of mind, before my time
I wrote this rhyme reminiscin on a friend of mine
Boo, now what you gonna do?
In ninety-two, or ninety-three, or ninety-four
I got a LITTLE more than Clinton or Gore could bring
to the table cause I'ma able when it comes to speakin about my
black folks, and maybe it'll provoke the
devil to drop a note, on all the things he done now
won't you brainstorm with me?
Huh, yeah, back on the family tree
[Arrested Development x8: "My family tree, my family.."]
[Nefertiti: over sample]
Back on the family tree
Uhh, back on the family tree
Yeah, back on the family tree
So won't you brainstorm with me?
Yeah, back on the family tree
Back on the family tree
[Nefertiti]
My voice gets wet, a little more than you expect
Now relax your mind and let me roMANCE this
And catch up on my b-girl STANCES
Take it to the streets..
My troops swing swing swing to funks I bring
"Bring the Noise" of course, (?), and hit 'em hard
I write rhymes for the times don't be trippin on my troops
Get loose in your boots if you're down for your roots
Unbuckled and (?), so chase and the sudden holla
If he screams let him go, aiyyo it's time to move
I caught you in the web, so my groove so cool
(?) might lose if I take your, life right
But let's get back to how, rap ain't nothin but a poem
All day long, from solid to liquid form
So won't you brainstorm with me? Back on the family tree
[Arrested Development x8: "My family tree, my family.."]
[Nefertiti: over sample]
Huh, back on the family tree
Back on the family tree
Now won't you brainstorm with me?
Back on the family tree
Back on the family tree
Now won't you brainstorm with me?
Back on the family tree
[Nefertiti]
It's a reality ride, watch me slip and slide
off your backside then take a double dose of me
I'm speakin the truth you should be takin notes from me
Back on the family tree.. the family tree
I'm diggin deep in my roots, salutin my troops and
clickin my boots cause Dorothy I'm goin home
I'm free to roam in fifty states I can call my own
So won't you brainstorm with me?
Huh, back on the family tree - back on the family tree
Daddy hit the bottle
Momma hit the roof
They must've hit it off
I'm the living proof
All their bad habits
Got handed down to me
You can find me hanging
From the family tree
Daddy had his demons
They moved in for the kill
Daddy up and died
Left them demons in his will
I'm fighting with the devil
And he outweighs me
Jesus cut me down from the family tree
Chorus:
Well, now the roots run deep
Through my own back yard
The fruit goes bad
And it don't fall far
Nothing good grows from a
Bad seed
You can find me hanging from the family tree
Drank a little courage
Got a hunk of rope
Got everything I need
Everything but hope
Carved a prayer in the bark
"Heaven please take me"
Please don't leave me swinging from the family tree
Repeat chorus
Please don't leave me swinging from the family tree
Old piece of shit think you know what's best for me
Just cause your the root of my family tree
Growing up is my biggest fear
Stop reminding me that my future is near
I can't picture myself as an adult
Is that even really my fuckin fault
Set rules for me to live by when I just wanna be left alone
I'm not gonna grow up to be your fuckin clone
Dad give your voice a fuckin break
Telling me all this shit is a really big mistake
Ask me a thousand questions soon as you walk through my door
Shut the fuck up don't wanna hear them anymore
Stop asking me to follow your foot steps
And stop asking me to be like all the rest
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