FAMILY by Marlon Craft (2024)

FAMILY LYRICS

VERSE ONE:

This is a note to my pops,
this is a letter to dad
jus wanna say i love you a lot,
thanks for all the time you can never get back
You made me a man cuz i lived with the realest
You gave up your music so i could hear mine

And look where it got me
They chantin our name and they screamin our lines
Drove me to all of those practices games,
just me and you we's the only white boys
Thought you was a cop til they seen i had shot
Then they like that's your pops yo you look jus like boy
taught me this world don't hold your hands
you gon' have to throw em if you gotta
And all this nervous sh*t you couldnt relate to it
but still made me feel like i'd conquer
And I know you like to keep your emotions buried,
i know you scared that your time has past
But you been drummin in my rhymes the percussion in each line is a function
Of your time as dad, this my jazz
And I swear to god that the two of us, gon pay off these student plus
before the knicks stop makin fools of us,
But see to pay you back i couldnt do enough, so this one right here

HOOK:

This for the family, this for the family
This for the fam, this for the this for the this for the family
It's all cause of yall cause of yall cause of yall did some sh*t that i can't believe
So this for the family, cause yall made a man of me

Said this for the fam, this for the this for the this for the family
This for the fam, this for the this for the this for thefamily
It's all cause of yall, that i did some sh*t that i can't believe
Cause yall made a man of me, cause yall made a man of me

VERSE TWO:

this is a note to my mom,
this is a letter to christine
just wan say our love is still strong
even tho our record ain't pristine
cuz you were always there for me when i needed you
and you gon always care for me i believe in you
Night evening day Ms. PTA if we ain't have a team then you would make it
and you was there for me to answer all those texts
when my anxiety i couldn't take it
And you taught me to relax a little
But you also taught me how to blaze a trail
Taught me how to make sh*t happen
And not take no sh*t if we gotta we gon raise some hell, and thats us
and i'm sorry that the house and clean and my shoes everywhere that don't mean i don't love you
And i want you to know i dont think im above you i know you cant always express yourself how you want to but we all got flaws and i know me myself sh*t i got a bundle
But ima always be a son who
Tries to pay you back see thats all i wan' do
And you said dont get comfortable bein uncomfortable sh*t and yo that was the truth
So i pushed myself outta the house and im not a recluse and sh*t thats cuz of you
And I know im hard on you i complain a lot but yo without you i wouldnt be here
And we both got quick tempers but it was your patience that help me beat fear, so thank you

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VERSE THREE:

this is a letter to mia
this is a note to my sis
i don't like hyperbole but
feel like i don't know if someone better exists
lean on you so much
it's a miracle you haven't toppled
And i know the world can look tough
through those Marlon's my big brother goggles
And i know you lookin for answers
but i know you can do it all with your eyes closed
i know i talk about me all the time and i'm sorry i'm like that
it's just you the only one really know me everyone else around me feel really phony
you can tell me shut up you don't rly owe me your ear but you never do fail to loan me and i love you for that
know you get nervous like i did n' i didn't want you feel that
all of them times when we was young and mom and dad was fighting i tried to run you from that
And i always tried to be like parent number three
but the truth is that i've looked up to you since like 2013
And what you've come to be and how you love for free
i might be the most famous but you the best of us
don't want you to take that as pressure cause
life is bout who you are and what you do and you are great and you can do whatev' you want
And that sh*t ain't true for everyone but you, you see you got it
And i know i like to play devils advocate
but i'm your advocate til im bodied, love you

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