[Verse]
Kitchen table conferences, plotting on the rent
Momma stretching meals, every dollar’s heaven-sent
Pops worked the grave shift, hands full of scars
Taught me how to hustle under pressure, shoot for stars
Cousins on the block with their dice and street dreams
Auntie in the window, eyes sharp as high beams
We argue, we love, we break, then rebuild
Family tree roots in the soil, never tilled
[Chorus]
Blood thicker than the struggle we survive
Roots hold us down, branches reach and thrive
Through the storm, through the fire, through the fight
Black family ties, shining through the night
[Verse 2]
Granny’s old quilt stitched with stories untold
Each patch a legacy, the struggle turned gold
Sunday morning gospel, voices lift the roof
Harmony of hearts, every lyric the truth
Barbecue smoke rising, flags in the breeze
Kids playin’ double dutch, joy in degrees
The bond’s unbreakable, chain-link strong
We’re the chorus of resilience in a never-ending song
[Bridge]
They tried to splinter us, but we multiplied
Roots too deep for their axes to divide
Every scar a badge, every tear a thread
Woven into unity, where our ancestors bled