Family Lyrics by Life

[Intro:]
It's Life!
(Jazz band plays)
Uh, uh-uh

[Hook:]
Blood runs thicker than water but not deep
Blood spilled, runnin' from me, I can't keep
Water does replenish the blood I wash away
Blood that pumps through my heart allows pain
Water giveth my heart the blood to pump again
Water was the gift to cleanse palms of blood stains
Both are necessary for learnin' about me
But if water gives live, then blood ain't family

[Verse 1:]
I swear to God!
Yeah, I'm Life, but life's odd
Can't seem to remember the day
Of realization this life's hard
Life's short, for certain the challenge is life long
The moment that clarified I'm alone in this life dawg
I'm speakin' to you ‘cause I can't speak to them
And you don't ever judge my trials or condemn
As I put my hands together and knees to the floor
I look to the sky and feel judged, once more
So where do you turn when the rain starts to pour?
My pops turned his back
My mother turned to crack-ing bottles of alcohol
This home ain't intact
But when I'm in the streets the gang's here for me
We stable like the Lodge
This my family


[Hook:]
Blood runs thicker than water but not deep
Blood spilled, runnin' from me. I can't keep
Water does replenish the blood I was away
Blood that pumps through my heart, allows pain
Water giveth my heart the blood to pump again
Water was the gift to cleanse palms of blood stains
Both are necessary for learnin' about me
But if water gives live, then blood ain't family


[Verse 2:]
I still wash my face tryna' wake from this dream
‘Cause most of the time it's not real, it seems
It can't be, an illusion it's gotta be
I'm trapped in betrayal and can't break free
My thug lost his money and came and got it from me
He coulda asked his brother but lost his money to him
And here we go again, this cycle never ends… (family)
If you say I have you then why do I look to friends?
Are we stuck in a situation out of the circumstance?
All of the time spent that you wish you could circumvent
I wish I could reimburse when the hearse pulls my tent
For the last time do you cry from regret?
Tears of contempt or words to repent?
Regardless of the phrase you cry
We share a bloodline
Vitals out of time
Until we meet again, family

[Hook:]
Blood runs thicker than water but not deep
Blood spilled, runnin' from me, I can't keep
Water does replenish the blood I was away
Blood that pumps through my heart allows pain
Water giveth my heart the blood to pump again
Water was the gift to cleanse palms of blood stains
Both are necessary for learnin' about you
If water gives life then what's blood to you?
(Family, family) (Uh)
It's Life!


[Outro:]
Band plays

[Thanks to lodgefamilyrecords.press for adding these lyrics]