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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sylvester Stewart
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sylvester Stewart
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Cori Jacobs
Engineer
Lyrics
It's a family affair
It's a family affair
It's a family affair (oh)
It's a family affair (oh)
One child grows up to be somebody that just loves to learn
And another child grows up to be somebody you'd just love to burn (oh)
Mom loves the both of them, you see it's in the blood (blood, blood)
Both kids are good to Mom, blood's thicker than mud
It's a family affair (it's a family affair)
It's a family affair (it's a family affair)
World gone bad, world gone bad (oh)
Ain't nothing but a family
Nothing but a family affair (oh)
Ain't nothing but a family (oh)
Nothing but a family affair (ooh, yeah, yeah)
Newly-wed a year ago
But you're still checking each other out, yeah-yeah
Nobody wants to blow (oh, yeah)
And there ain't nobody want to be left out
You can't leave 'cause your heart is there
And you, you can't stay 'cause you been somewhere else
You can't cry, 'cause you'll look broke down
But you're crying anyway 'cause you're all broke down
It's a family affair (it's a family affair)
It's a family affair (it's a family affair)
Family affair (it's a family affair) (oh yeah, oh yeah)
It's a family affair (oh-ooh)
It's a family affair (oh)
It's a family affair (oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh)
It's a family affair (yeah, yeah)
It's a family affair (it's a family affair)
Oh, yeah
(Oh, yeah)
Written by: Sylvester Stewart