Proud Family

Family ties, family of five

Dad left, I went jail

Mum kept the family in line

Just her and the twins

Money so low she had to cancel the Sky

Late night running out of elekky

What you know about candle for light?

All I know is survival

I learned that from Karen and life

Same old cycle

Nanny was right

I come from where the mothers are worried

Sun comes up and their sons aren't coming

Can't keep food in my room

Cah I know if my mum finds that, then mum's gonna flush it

Now I owe the big man Ps

And I gotta go country for nothing

I know the road ting well

I've been who I see all these youngers becoming

I got one little cousin who's just like I was

He's about 14 now

And it's mad cah I ask myself where the time's gone

Gotta lead by example

Show the yute dem what I am on

Mic on

Let bygones be bygones

I told you I'm blessed, my guy

I've replaced that 'ex' with and 'i'

That's why they call me an icon

Blood's thicker than

Friends come and go

Most ain't lifelong

And the ones that are become family

And that's my family aside from the usual suspects

Can't take no more funerals

You see the suit, but death ain't a suitable subject

So much to live for outside my musical success

Unconditional love

That get-through-anything miracle love

That nothing-can't-top-this pinnacle love

That spiritual love

That's that original love

Our family

Proud family from my granny to my children

Mum, you raised a real one

My nephew coming soon

Got a cousin I ain't spoken to in years

I still got love for you

Proud, proud family

Proud family from my granny to my children

Mum, you raised a real one

My nephew coming soon

Got a cousin I ain't spoken to in years

And I still got love for you, yeah hmm

My son's 1 and my daughter's 8

In all that time I ain't caught a case

Long time I ain't been active

I just been milking this rap shit

I don't know nothin' 'bout corn and flake

If I let somethin' slide, you ain't worth the twenty-five

That's for my son and my daughter's sake

I come from where our father figures are the hardest ****

Shottas, robbers, heartless killers

This can't be the image, but that's only half of the picture

Mum let her boys get away with murder

But she went hard on my sister

Pardon my history

Family affair, they all part of my victory

I am no fatherless infant

But I was brought up with my auintie's assistance

And even though I don't live where I grew up

I still can't keep my distance

How could I let my kids only ever say "Father" at Christmas

I got kids relying on me

I can't keep the iron on me

Babe, you can sleep on Ghetts, but please stop lying on me

My baby mummy's a keeper, I just do what she requires of me

The last time me and Jess spoke, I said, "Don't go dying on me"

Unconditional love

That get-through-anything miracle love

That nothing-can't-top-this pinnacle love

That spiritual love

That's that original love

Our family

Proud family from my granny to my children

Mum, you raised a real one

My nephew coming soon

Got a cousin I ain't spoken to in years

I still got love for you

Proud, proud family

Proud family from my granny to my children

Mum, you raised a real one

My nephew coming soon

Got a cousin I ain't spoken to in years

And I still got love for you, yeah hmm

Our family

Proud family from my granny to my children

Mum, you raised a real one

My nephew coming soon

Got a cousin I ain't spoken to in years

And I still got love for you

Yeah, proud family

Proud family from my granny to my children

Mum, you raised a real one

My nephew coming soon

Got a cousin I ain't spoken to in years

And I still got love for you