When it's family, you forgive them
For they know not what they do.
When it's family, you accept them,
'Cause you have no choice but to.
When it's family, they're a mirror
Of the worst and best in you.
And they always
Put you to the test.
And you always
Try to do your best.
And just pray for God
To do the rest,
When it's family.
Some are preachers, some are gay
Some are addicts, drunks
And strays
But not a one is turned away, when it's family.
Some are lucky, others ain't
Some are fighters, others faint
Winners, losers, sinners, saints,
It's all family.
And when it's family you trust them
And your heart's an open door.
When it's family, you tolerate
What you'd kill others for.
When it's family, you love and hate and take,
Then give some more.
Somehow you justify mistakes,
Try to find some better way
To solve the problems day to day, in the family.
You take the trouble as it comes
And love them more than anyone.
Good or bad or indifferent,
It's still family.
You choose your lovers, you pick your friends
Not the family that you're in, nah
They'll be with you 'til the end,
'Cause it's family.
When it's family, you forgive them
For they know not what they do.
When it's family, they're a mirror
Of the worst and best in you.
When it's family, when it's family…
Let me be all that
I should be to the family.