Family Business

How's your son? (All, all, all the things, things)
He make the team this year? (All, all, all the things, things)
Aw th-, they said he wasn't tall enough?
(All, all, all that glitters is not gold)
Ma', me we gon' cook this up Sunday okay? (All gold is not reality)
So come by (real is what you lays on me)
Damn, that's your new girlfriend?

This is family business
And this is for the family that can't be with us
And this is for my cousin locked down, know the answer's in us
This 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 and 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 did the guard have to look all to 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?
And look, you tell me you ain't did it, then you ain't did it
And if you did, then that's family business

And I don't care 'bout (all, all the diamond rings, diamond rings)
They don't mean a thing (all, all, all th-things)
All these fancy things (all, all, all th-thing, thing, thing)
I tell you that all (all, all that glitters) ismy weight in gold (is not gold is not reality)
Now all I know, I know, all these things (real is what you lays on me) (yeah, yeah)

This is family business
And this is for everybody standin' with us
Come on, let's take a family Grammy picture
Abi, remember when they ain't believe in me?
Now she like, "See, that's my cousin on TV"
Now, we gettin' it and we gon' make it
And they gon' hate it, and 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 an Aunt Ruth that can't remember your name
But I bet them Polaroids'll send her down memory lane
You know that one auntie, you don't mean to be rude
But every holiday nobody eatin' her food
And you don't wanna stay there 'cause 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 while six of y'all
I'm talkin' 'bout three by the head and 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 (uh)
Let the sun come out, and all the children say (uh)
Rain, rain, rain go away (yeah)
Let the sun come out, and all the children say (yeah, uh, yeah, uh)

I woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind
A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns
Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God
And keep your face to the risin' sun
All my niggas from the Chi, that's my family, dawg
And my niggas ain't my guys, they my family, dawg
I feel like one day you'll understand me, dawg
You can still love your man and be manly, dawg

You ain't got to get heated at every house warmin'
Sittin' here, grillin' people like George Foreman
Why Uncle Ray and Aunt Sheila always performin'?
The second she storm out, then he storm in
Y'all gon' sit down, have a good time this reunion
And drink some wine like Communion
And act like everything fine and if it isn't
We ain't lettin' everybody in our family business, uh

(All, all, all the diamond rings, diamond rings)
They don't mean a thing (all, all, all the thing, thing)
They don't mean a thing (all, all, all the thing, the thing)
(All, all that glitters is not gold)
They don't mean a thing, a thing (all gold is not reality)

And I don't care what (diamond ring, diamond ring) they don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things)
All these fancy things (the thing, thing)
I tell you that all is my weight and gold (all, all that glitters is not gold, all gold is not reality)
All I know, I know all these things (real is what you lays on me)

All these things, all these things (CLK Mercedes-Benz)
All these things, all these things
All these things, all these things
All these things, all these things (a whole lotta money)
All these things, all these things
(Mommy and Daddy, will you please stop fighting?)
All these things, all these things (and I don't care why)
All these things, all these things
All these things (ooh)
(Let's get Stevie outta jail)