We used to sleep
Three to a mattress
Sharing one plate
Laughing through sadness
You could just go
No need to call first
Walk in the door
Drink water
Kill thirst
Now I scroll names I can’t dial
Same blood
Brand new style
You change house
Change accent
Did we all change or just pretend?
Now we got levels in the family
Same surname
But you don’t stand with me
Rich ones hiding from the poor on read
Poor ones quiet just to keep their head
Who’s winning?
Who’s losing?
We turned love to a scoreboard
Now we got levels in the family
And family isn’t family anymore
Weddings feel like
Fashion exhibitions
Funerals look like
Silent competitions
We buried the ones
Who used to make us one
Now group chats dry
But the gossip runs
Uncle’s house used to feel like home
Now it’s gate codes and “I’m not alone”
“Send location” just to come and stay
Same village
But we far away
Now we got levels in the family
Same surname
But you don’t stand with me
Rich ones hiding from the poor on read
Poor ones quiet just to keep their head
Who’s winning?
Who’s losing?
We turned love to a scoreboard
Now we got levels in the family
And family isn’t family anymore
What if we dropped the pride at the door?
What if we checked on hearts
Not decor?
What if your win could still feel like mine?
Same old stories
One more time (one more time)
Now we drop levels in the family
Same surname
And you still stand with me
Call me
Find me
Sit and break that bread
Leave the ranking for the world instead
No winning
No losing
Just crazy people you adore
Let’s bring back family as family
Till family feels like family once more