Family

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 'em more than anyone

Good or bad or indifferent, it's still family

You choose your lovers

You pick your friends

But not the family that you're in, no

They'll be with you till the end

'Cause it's family

And 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