i was six years old when i fell down on spencer avenue it was my aunt suzy s house and i still can see the bruise i remember grand daddy and even though i never sat on his knee he taught me life is culture baby my uncle david they call him jello the only man that could say hello and it sound like angels singing in your ears and even though they all passed away i still long for their company and i wonder god why couldn t they stay so i gotta remember though i m young that my time will surely come and now i gotta try to keep it together as i watch my family pass me by so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember remember remember so remember so remember so remember your family i was twelve years old when my uncle andrew had got sick and jaundice turn to hiv and then his body quit it was strange the numbness i felt watching him all dressed in black wasn t thinking about what he gave up but about all that i lacked so i gotta believe that if i give i can live through eternity and i gotta know if i don t share myself know one will ever so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember remember remember so remember so remember so remember your family remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember remember remember so remember so remember so remember your family i always remember what my mama told me i always always take the bitter with the sweet i always remember what auntie taught me i always even when it s hard be a lady baby i always remember what grand daddy said i always you got to lay in the bed you make i always remember what my uncle taught me i always don t give up when it gets hard keep pushing baby and you got to remember everything they taught you and you got to hold on what is true and you got to never forget where you coming from and you got to and you got to and remember remember remember i said one more time remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember remember remember so remember so remember so remember your family you ve got to remember your family hold on to your dreams so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember so remember remember remember so remember so remember so remember your family never let it go yeah oh no oh no you ve got to you ve got to you ve got to remember