Family Tithes (Acapella) Lyrics

Honor your father and your mother

That your days may be long in the land

That the Lord your God is giving you

Exodus chapter twenty, verse twelve

Time to honor ya with my truth huh

Listen up

Dear momma

I got heavy trauma on my chest

I love you and you've caused a lot of stress

I got pain in my heart

And yes you've played a part

I know you didn't have it easy

Believe me

From another country

Learned a whole new language

The anguish

However this song ain't about that

A cry out for accountability

You can't take back

Not trynna hurt your feelings

Getting to the core

You tried your best

And I needed more

All the times you gaslit me

Invalidated feelings

With no sorry

Had me out here buggin

Spirit feeling

Dark and stormy

The root is

Healing trauma

With your mama

She ain't here no more

To heal hers

You gotta heal yours

The time is now

Stand clear the closing doors

Healing family ties

This song looks you

Right in the eye

Curse breaking

Not easy-mom, I need you to try

A single mom raising two kids

Making less than minimum wage

She had it hard

Ugh

She did the best she could

And you only get one mom okay

Yea I only get one mom

And one dad too

However speaking my truth is okay, boo

Emotional abuse is real

Writing out these lyrics means I get to feel

I get to heal

Dear Dad

Blood on your hands too

Leaving me and Jae in 1990

Got some explaining to do

I know your dad wasn't there

And that hurt you

You got this generational trauma too

You're just like him

Ended up carrying it

Long math

The deadbeat path

You had our lives to make it up to us

You've fallen short

You're time is running out

Don't turn this off

Not gonna yell and curse you out again

This time i'm out here music blasting

Now I push the pen

Spent my life trynna make you proud

It didn't work but this will

Cuz this truth ringing loud

Tears ran out a long time ago

Took a while to get here

Slo-mo

Hard to miss what I never had

I know i'm worthy

All I wanted was a good dad

My first heartbreak was you

Still healing

Trynna make it through

I'm living testimony

Living proof

Generational trauma

Ends with you

Healing family ties

This song looks you

Right in the eye

Curse breaking

Not easy-Dad, I need you to try

I need you to try

I can't believe you just went in

On your dad like that

He didn't even has his own dad in his life

Didn't he used to give your mom $199.22

For the both of ya

After he was taken to court

And he calls you three times a year right

Ugh at least they're both alive

You're so ungrateful

I'm pouring my heart out

Truth is it's really up to me huh

I can't make other people give me what I need

The generational curse breaking

Is giving myself the things I need to succeed

I see that now