Free To Be...A Family lyrics - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

We're all branches of the same family tree

But every family's different, don't you know?

Reaching for the sun comes very naturally

We've only got to let each other grow

I've got a home

I've found my place

I live with people

Who are glad to see my face

We're free to be

You and me

And you and me

We're free to be... a family

We're all working in the same big marching band

But drums and horns have different things to say

All together we'll ring music through the land

We've only got to let each other play

I've got a place

I've found my home

I'm only solo

When I want to be alone

We're free to be

You and me

And you and me

We're free to be... a family

So many groups in the family soup

So many combinations

Might be people who look like you

Or they might be no relation

Birds of a feather, they flock together

Yes, sometimes they do

But if a little bird joins an elephant herd

Hey, that's a family, too

We're all cooking up the same big barbeque

But we like spicy, you like sticky sweet

Maybe we can trade our recipe with you

Then how about we help each other eat

This is my home

These are my folks

These are our secrets

And our habits and our jokes

We're free to be

You and me

And you and me

We're free to be... a family

We're free to be

You and me

And you and me

We're free to be... a family