Family Matters Lyrics

Gettin arrested at school

That's just family matters

Summers spent by the pool

That's just family matters

Flag football w my bro

That's just family matters

Love that's unconditional

That's just family matters

Through the hectic divorce

That's just family matters

Won't love you no less of course

That's just family matters

The friends you don't get to choose

That's just family matters

They say that time heals all wounds

That's just family matters

Flashback to the earliest of days before my parents went their separate ways

Pops was the top contractor in the state

And my moms was his accountant kept every penny in place

It was all good, til it wasn't good, knahmsayin?

Eventually poppa lost his way

That alcohol cocaine

He'd be gone for several days

My mama felt estranged

Til he'd called her from the popo station

DUI's and altercations

Interlocks and hollow explanations

Once they separated

Mom took her to seeds to a humble apartment

Shared a bunk bed with my brother 'til he shipped off to college

I was at every game he played, under them Friday night lights

Drank a gallon of hot chocolate with moms every time

He excelled at every sport, in short I was the opposite

Art shows and band practice, skateboards and cannabis

Top notch GPA but I almost lost my diploma

When they caught me on senior trip with that skunk like aroma

Gettin arrested at school

That's just family matters

Summers spent by the pool

That's just family matters

Flag football w my bro

That's just family matters

Love that's unconditional

That's just family matters

Through the hectic divorce

That's just family matters

Won't love you no less of course

That's just family matters

The friends you don't get to choose

That's just family matters

They say that time heals all wounds

That's just family matters

We were never short on anything we needed

Even when the rent was late and my mom was feeling depleted

Overworked and defeated

She still kept food on the table

Free lunch, food stamps, three jobs, enough to break you

Every Christmas Eve as kids mom would cry by the tree

Wishing she had as many gifts as they'd show on TV

We would reassure her mom that's not the presence that we're here for

We just wanna spend the day together what're them tears for

But the land of capitalism, where you're worth what you own

Isn't so easy for a single mother worked to the bone

The self loathing creeped in every night

So she drank away the pain 'til the liquor cleared her mind

Finding love at 60 plus is a hell of a task

She had a heart that was full, an empty nest, and a sadness

That lasted several engagements til she found what she deserved

Now she's married, retired, and plays pickleball after church

Gettin arrested at school

That's just family matters

Summers spent by the pool

That's just family matters

Flag football w my bro

That's just family matters

Love that's unconditional

That's just family matters

Through the hectic divorce

That's just family matters

Won't love you no less of course

That's just family matters

The friends you don't get to choose

That's just family matters

They say that time heals all wounds

That's just family matters

Remember dad used to drag me and my brother round the yard on the tarp pulled by the lawnmower

Every fall

We would alternate between

Pretending we were surfing at the beach and tryna push each other off

When my grandma told us stories we would listen

At the family reunion it was sweet tea and chicken

Pleasant memories crystalized as instant Kodak moments

We would drop 'em off at Walgreens and pick 'em up in the morning

So much love in those photo albums

My family, myself I wouldn't be without them

Family, a word I use for all my closest friends

Family, something if you've never felt then I hope thru this song you can

Gettin arrested at school

That's just family matters

Summers spent by the pool

That's just family matters

Flag football w my bro

That's just family matters

Love that's unconditional

That's just family matters

Through the hectic divorce

That's just family matters

Won't love you no less of course

That's just family matters

The friends you don't get to choose

That's just family matters

They say that time heals all wounds

That's just family matters