• The life I had when I grew up wasn't the best,
    But I still got a beating heart up in my chest,
    I pressed for success, wouldn't take nothing less,
    Lived a life of false beliefs and stress,
    But now life is better than ever,
    Connections to my old life severed,
    Except my family I wouldn't do that, never,
    They were and are the ones that'll stick with me forever,
    When I feel like I'm really down,
    I go to my family and stick around,
    Because they're bound to make me smile,
    To see my siblings I would walk a mile,
    Or two, make it more than three,
    'Cause no one can separate my family and me,
    I was four years old when I was taken away,
    My siblings and I didn't know what to say,
    Some of the older ones been through it before,
    They knew what happened, Knew what was in store,
    I was put into the system,
    Couldn't see my family so you know I missed 'em,
    I was put into a home with my brother,
    Put into a home with two boys and their mother,
    Wasn't there for too long,
    We were kicked out of their home,
    My brother hit a kid 'cause he tried to hurt me,
    Left him with a present on his face as a sign of courtesy,
    Then we were sent with our sister to our uncles home,
    Like the first house we wasn't there for too long,
    It was enough trouble with our cousins, no doubt,
    Probably couldn't handle 5 kids so he kicked us out,
    Now my sister's living,
    With another sibling,
    And my brother and I,
    Caught the eye,
    Of a woman, last name Modesto,
    And presto,
    The life we're living is great,
    Living in the big apple, New York State,
    But most of my family's living in Yonkers,
    I see 'em every weekend, I just knock knockers,
    It may be a 3 hour drive,
    But it helps knowing your relationship's alive,
    It also also helps knowing with all your messed up lives,
    Your family survived,
    And even when we were abandoned by our mother,
    We didn't need her we depended on each other.