This song is available on Fyütch's album Family Tree
CHORUS
I live vicariously through my family
When I look at you I see a piece of me
Together we have grown this family tree
And it cycles on and on long after me
It goes on and on for the rest of history
VERSE 1
7 billion people call this globe their home
7 continents and 7 seas that we have flown
From the joys or our advancements
To the spoils war and conquests
You would think we've learned our lessons
But history repeats
I take pride in my family ancestry
In the 1900s in Mississippi
Self made farmers and landowners
The Moss', Collins and the Jones'
The Hamers and the Simmons uh
Preachers and musicians uh
Named after my father. Continue the legacy
What will be mark I leave
That carries on long after me
CHORUS
VERSE 2
The Great Migration many left their home
Leaving Jim Crow South and opportunities unknown
In God was her trust as she got on that bus
And left Alabama to make diamonds out of us
I take pride in my family ancestry
My Grandma Fanny especially
Unafraid sharecropping
Didn't let segregation stop us
Songs, scriptures, church praying all night long
Kept us safe kept us strong
She moved on to glory but she's inside of me
CHORUS
BRIDGE x2
We are family
Proud of our history
Roots they run so deep
We are branches of this tree
From the blood of our ancestors
To the love passed down to me
I am grateful to carry on this legacy
Oh oh oh oh
CHORUS x2
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