Hey, son, you made the team this year?
Aw th, they sayin` you weren`t tall enough?
Yeah, me, we gon` cook this up here okay
Just come by, later, is that your new girlfriend?

This is family business, an` this is for the family that can`t be with us
An` this is for my cousin locked down, know the answer`s in it
That`s why I spit it in my songs
So sweet like a photo of your granny`s picture

Now that you`re gone, it hit us
Super hard on Thanksgiving an` Christmas, this can`t be right
Yeah, you heard the track I did, man, this can`t be life
Somebody please say grace so I can save face

And have a reason to cover my face
I even made you a plate, soul food, know how Granny do it
Monkey bread on the side, know how the family do it
When I brought it, why had guard have to look all through it?

As kids we used to laugh, who knew that life would move this fast?
Who knew I`d have to look at you through a glass?
An` look, you tell me you ain`t did it, then you ain`t did it
An` if you did, then that`s family business

An` I don`t care `bout all the diamond rings
They don`t mean a thing, all these fancy things
I tell you that all my weight in gold
Now all I know, I know all these things

This is family business an` this is for everybody standin` with us
Come on, let`s take a family Grammy picture
Abby, remember when they ain`t believe in me?
Now she like, "See, that`s my cousin on TV"

Now, we gettin` it an` we gon` make it
An` they gon` hate it, an` I`m his favorite
I can`t deny it, I`m a straight rider
But when we get together, be electric slidin`

Grandma, get `em shook up
Aw naw, don`t open the photo book up
I got a Aunt Ruth that can`t remember your name
But I bet them polaroids`ll send her down memory lane

You know that one auntie, ya` don`t mean to be rude
But every holiday nobody eatin` her food
An` you don`t wanna stay there `cuz them your worst cousins
Got roaches at their crib like them your first cousins

Act like you ain`t took a bath with your cousins
Fit three in the bed, if it`s six of y`all
I`m talkin` `bout three by the head an` three by the leg
But you ain`t have to tell my girl I used to pee in the bed

Rain, rain, rain go away
Let the sun come out an` all the children say
Rain, rain, rain go away
Let the sun come out an` all the children say

I woke up early this mornin` with a new state of mind
A creative way to rhyme without usin` nines an` guns
Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God
An` keep your face to the risin` sun

All my ni**as from the Chi, that`s my family, dog
An` my ni**as ain`t my guys, they my family, dog
I feel like one day you`ll understand me, dog
You can still love your man an` be manly, dog

You ain`t got to get heated at every house warmin`
Sittin` here, grillin` people like George Foreman
Why Uncle Ray an` Aunt Shiela always performin`?
Second she storm out, then he storm in

Y`all gon` sit down, have a good time this reunion
An` drink some wine like Communion
An` act like everything fine an` if it isn`t
We ain`t lettin` everybody in our family business

All the diamond rings they don`t mean a thing
They don`t mean a thing
They don`t mean a thing, a thing

An` I don`t care `bout all the diamond rings
They don`t mean a thing, all these fancy things
I tell you that all my weight in gold
Now all I know, I know all these things

All these things, all these things
All these things, all these things
All these things, all these things

C.L.K Mercedes Benz
A whole lotta money
Mommy and Daddy please stop fighting
Let`s get Stevie outta jail