Family straight Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]You [Em]know [Am]some [F]people
used say money change [Em]things[F]
[Em]Say money change things
I'm here to tell you money don't change
[F]every motherfucking thing
Change [Am]every motherfucking thing

[Verse 2]
Last ten years [Am]momma been
[Em]working twice a [F]day
Grandma on a kidney machine,
she [Am]done lost [Em]all the weight
My auntie got AIDS,
she starting to lose her faith
[F]My brother back in prison,

[Verse 3]
second time he gone away
[Am]My daddy still smoking that
shit I can see it in his face
[F]My lil' cousin sixteen,
pregnant from a nigga [Am]thirty [Em]eight
Tryna stay on my son,
make sure he's doing what his mama say
[F]Before you take me God help me

[Verse 4]
get my family straight
[Am]I asked God why he didn't
bless me with a [Em]silver spoon
[F]'Cause if he did I would never
[Em]have had to be a goon
If he gone change my family,
I hope he change 'em soon
[F]I'm tired of answering my

[Verse 5]
phone and hearing bad news
[Am]My grandma on a walker,
she can barely move
[F]Just to tell me she love me[Em]
take all her breath to do
She on a kidney machine,
I know it's hurting [F]too
Four times a week gotta

[Verse 6]
get her blood drew
[Am]She say the bible prayer is the only
thing that get her [Em]through[F]
Why my grandma deserve this,
[Em]God what did she do?
Though just 'cause I had a lil'
money I could buy her a new [F]one
She hold the family together
she's one I can't [Am]lose

[Verse 7]
Last ten years [Am]momma been
working [Em]twice [F]a day
Grandma on a kidney machine,
she [Em]done lost all the weight
My auntie got AIDS,
she starting to lose her faith
[F]My brother back in prison,

[Verse 8]
second time he gone away
[Am]My daddy still smoking that
shit I can see it in his [F]face
My lil' cousin sixteen,
pregnant from a nigga [Am]thirty [Em]eight
Tryna stay on my son,
make sure he's doing what his mama say
[F]Before you take me God help me

[Verse 9]
get my family straight
[Am]My auntie got AIDS and I'm
watch[Em]ing h[F]er suffer
Why she gotta die 'cause she
was in love with [Em]a hustla
Even though she's dying,
she says she still loves [F]him
I know if I see him again I'll
kill [Am]that mothaficka

[Verse 10]
Only get fifteen [Am]minutes
to talk [Em]to my brother
[F]'Cause he in prison gotta go
see [Em]him if I wanna hug him
Some niggas willing to lose their
freedom just [F]for thuggin'
'Cause he made a mistake,
gotta be here because I love [Am]him

[Verse 11]
Uncle just called [Am]me,
found out his [Em]daughter fucking
[F]Fucking when they fourteen
now [Em]like it's nothing
In the hood it's happening
ten out of a dozen
[F]That nigga her daddy's age

[Verse 12]
that's fucking my lil' cousin
[Am]Last ten years momma been
working [Em]twice a [F]day
Grandma on a kidney machine,
she [Em]done lost all the weight
My auntie got AIDS,
she starting to lose her faith
[F]My brother back in prison,

[Verse 13]
second time he gone away
[Am]My daddy still smoking that shit
I can see it in his [F]face
My lil' cousin sixteen,
pregnant from a nigga [Am]thirty [Em]eight
Tryna stay on my son,
make sure he's doing what his mama say
[Am]Before you take me God help me
get [G]my family straight

[Verse 14]
[F]My daddy damn near fifty
still living with his momma
[G]Can't even have a family reunion
'cause it's [Em]always [Dm]drama
Last three months I done lost
both of my [G]uncles

[Verse 15]
Why my family luck so bad I sit and wonder
[F]We ain't close like we should
and it's taking us [G]under
The only time we come together
is to [Em]have a funer[Dm]al
Sit around and talk about each other,
spread ru[G]mors
Know it's some of my [G#dim]fault
'cause I don't talk to [Am]'em

[Verse 16]
For my family to be [Am]happy is all I wanted
Help my grandma fight God,
I know she don't
[Em]To see my mama retire
that's all I [F]want
Hope my brother get out
to see his kids for once