Drake – Keep the Family Close Lyrics

Keep the Family Close

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"Keep the Family Close." - Drake

Thursday, 22 October 2026, 03:39 pm

Album: Views

Track No: 01

It's a little chilly out there
How they standin' out there is beyond me
All of my "let's just be friends" are friends I don't have anymore
How do you not check on me when things go wrong?
Guess I should've tried to keep my family closer, much closer
All of my "let's just be friends" are friends I don't have anymore
Guess that's what they say you need family for
'Cause I can't depend on you anymore
Always saw you for what you could've been
Ever since you met me
Like when Chrysler made that one car that looked just like the Bentley
I always saw you for what you could've been
And even when it's business with you, it's personal again
I knew you before you made ends meet and now we're meetin' our end
And it's all because you chose a side
You're supposed to put your pride aside and ride for me
Guess it wasn't time, yeah
And of course you went and chose a side that wasn't mine
You're so predictable, I hate people like you
Kennedy Road taught me not to trust people like you
How you supposed to figure out what I'm goin' through?
You can't even figure out what's goin' on with you
You judge me 'fore you met me, yeah, it figures
I make all the players' anthems for the real ****
With my dad out in Tennessee is where I belong
Out here in L.A., I don't know what's goin' on
Yeah, I don't know what's goin' on
And it's all because you chose a side
You're supposed to put your pride aside and ride for me
Guess it wasn't time, yeah
And of course you went and chose a side that wasn't mine
You sit and you pray, hopin' that the stars align
My luck is a sure thing 'cause I'm livin' right
When I needed you, you couldn't give me any advice
But you always had somethin' to say every other time
Everybody that I met on the way tries to get in the way
I'm foodin' and servin' them all like I work for minimum wage
Someone up there must just love testin' my patience
Someone up there must be in need of some entertainment
Forgiveness for your ways
If I ever loved you, I'll always love you, that's how I was raised
Same way I'm right here, still feelin' a way
Same way I'm realizin' on a day-to-day that
All of my "let's just be friends" are friends I don't have anymore
How do you not check on me when things go wrong?
Guess I should've tried to keep my family closer, much closer
All of my "let's just be friends" are friends I don't have anymore
Guess that's what they say you need your family for
'Cause I can't depend on you anymore
Much closer
Anytime people want to start problems
It's like, for real, are you dumb? You know who mans are?
I'm not afraid of no gyal heart man, and I'm not afraid of no cyattie
And I'm not afraid of no waste yute neither, so anybody who want it can get it, seh feh

Writer(s): Aubrey Drake Graham & Maneesh Bidaye.

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