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  • "Family Reunion​​" by The O'Jays
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    Chorus:
    Family reunion (Got to have)
    A family reunion
    Family reunion
    (It's so nice to come together) To come together
    (To get together)
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  • @Bamalady4lyfe
    @Bamalady4lyfe 2 місяці тому +90

    Today's generation NEEDS this

  • @williamchappell9858
    @williamchappell9858 Рік тому +95

    This song should be all played at all family reunions black, white or any other race

    • @williamchappell9858
      @williamchappell9858 2 місяці тому +3

      @@keepgoing4903 I hear ya Now matter what race it is We Are Family We're a part of God's great family

    • @keepgoing4903
      @keepgoing4903 2 місяці тому

      @@williamchappell9858 no

    • @williamchappell9858
      @williamchappell9858 2 місяці тому

      Why are u being so negative stop being that way

    • @PhillipGreen-ob2my
      @PhillipGreen-ob2my 2 місяці тому

      Thanks the family is the basic element of all nations ❤❤❤

    • @ChristianMccarthy-r7w
      @ChristianMccarthy-r7w 13 днів тому

      ​@keepgoing4903 look at the picture on their song

  • @DarleneDee-c1m
    @DarleneDee-c1m 2 місяці тому +15

    This song will never grow old and definitely should be played at all family gatherings..a classic♥️

  • @tracyhamilton2143
    @tracyhamilton2143 2 місяці тому +20

    I miss those days when this music was played

  • @T.Y.J.30
    @T.Y.J.30 4 місяці тому +78

    May 31,2024 we will celebrate my Mother's 92nd Birthday. We have been so blessed to have her here with us . She still drives her car,❤😂LOL! GOD HAS SMILED ON WE😂❤😂

    • @ladycsmith5885
      @ladycsmith5885 4 місяці тому +3

      Happy birthday to your mom , what a blessing!!!!

    • @ritahendrix61
      @ritahendrix61 3 місяці тому +2

      Blessed Indeed ❤❤❤!!!

    • @PhillipGreen-ob2my
      @PhillipGreen-ob2my 2 місяці тому +2

      Happy birthday to your mother may God always bless her ❤❤

    • @jasoncole7531
      @jasoncole7531 Місяць тому

      That s incredible that people that old can still do things like drive a car etc it just shows that age is just a number anybody can do anything at anything age

  • @princessrucker4966
    @princessrucker4966 26 днів тому +7

    Family is everything.. it saddens me now that most families don’t see each other until a loved one has transitioned.. we’ve got to do better. 😢

  • @robinharden6983
    @robinharden6983 2 роки тому +346

    Don't wait till you lose your loved ones and call it a family reunion Stay united

  • @agapechannel
    @agapechannel 23 дні тому +8

    My song I listened to everyday when my daughter was in my wife’s stomach 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿Anticipating her arrival 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

  • @erielafavors1717
    @erielafavors1717 Рік тому +105

    This song is so powerful this , my mother, turned 93 years old, 6.15.23

    • @Michael24797
      @Michael24797 6 місяців тому +3

      Oh Your Sooo Very Lucky ,Treasure each Day-Precious Oh Lord Jesus Such Precious Moments,,I’d Give Anything To Have My Sweet MaMa Back,it’s been 2 years now-2 years to long…Miss You MaMa😢

    • @DeniseThomas-ft1lr
      @DeniseThomas-ft1lr 5 місяців тому

      Sorry for your loss 😢

    • @paulkunda2342
      @paulkunda2342 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Michael24797may her beautiful soul keep resting in peace ❤

    • @T.Y.J.30
      @T.Y.J.30 4 місяці тому +1

      Wow, I hope her 94th will be even better my Mother will be 92" May 31,2024.❤

    • @ritahendrix61
      @ritahendrix61 3 місяці тому

      Blessed!!!

  • @1_OnlyLO
    @1_OnlyLO 2 місяці тому +5

    We have our family reunion on august 8 th 2024
    Dedicated to my grandmother that is still alive !
    This will be amazing

    • @shanikkastrong8959
      @shanikkastrong8959 2 місяці тому +1

      Wow mine is August 10 2024 I hope you have a blast 🎉

  • @user-sy4mt8oc8s
    @user-sy4mt8oc8s 3 роки тому +980

    I'm Japanese. My grandfather died in this March, then I often listened to this song, so it's very impressive and special for me...

    • @pebblesslade1723
      @pebblesslade1723 3 роки тому +79

      Music is UNIVERSAL!!💯
      I am sorry for ur loss-

    • @darlenewilson2853
      @darlenewilson2853 3 роки тому +61

      This song is 4 anyone & everyone it has no color or race 2 it stop the hate people please💞

    • @ericnelson7851
      @ericnelson7851 3 роки тому +30

      I'm sorry for your loss

    • @jacquelineshine5277
      @jacquelineshine5277 3 роки тому +30

      May Almighty God Bless You and My Children and Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.

    • @jacquelineshine5277
      @jacquelineshine5277 3 роки тому +24

      They also lost a beloved dad, grandad, and great granddad .

  • @DianaGuyton-xm7vt
    @DianaGuyton-xm7vt 2 місяці тому +16

    Jesus I lost two sisters in nine months we gave a family reunion my brother Jr took a picture by me my whole family this song they played now he is no more but he is in my heart thank you

    • @lalay4435
      @lalay4435 Місяць тому

      @DianaGuyton-xm7vt
      Sorry for the losses of your two sisters and brother in such a short period of time. Please take comfort in one of God's many promises...With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” 5 And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.” Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful and true." - Revelation 21:3, 4

  • @williamchappell9858
    @williamchappell9858 2 місяці тому +58

    My mom's name is Ernestine Chappell and she'll be 84 on Sunday July 7 God gave her another chance to celebrate another birthday God is definitely good no doubt

    • @ladylace5223
      @ladylace5223 2 місяці тому +2

      @@williamchappell9858 Happy Birthday to your mom! That is truly a blessing! 🎂🎁🎈🎉

    • @carolynqualls247
      @carolynqualls247 2 місяці тому +1

      Happy birthday Ms . Ernestine, wishing you blessings for many more.

    • @PhillipGreen-ob2my
      @PhillipGreen-ob2my 2 місяці тому +1

      God bless her and you ❤❤

    • @DNice..
      @DNice.. 2 місяці тому +1

      hope your mom had a wonderful birthday

    • @queencherokee1057
      @queencherokee1057 2 місяці тому +1

      HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY 💐🎊🎉🎂

  • @brunsonelizabeth8244
    @brunsonelizabeth8244 Місяць тому +5

    This song brings tears to my eyes,lost a lot of family members...love

  • @Tiberius291
    @Tiberius291 2 роки тому +255

    Most of my family are gone now so I'm waiting on a family reunion in heaven. The 60s - 90s were great decades to grow up or be a young adult. 💖

    • @cow.44
      @cow.44 2 роки тому +11

      60s -90s were indeed our golden years. We had it all FAMILY, COMMUNITY, WORK, SCHOOLS, CHURCH, and HIGH HOPES

    • @howardnash9272
      @howardnash9272 2 роки тому +9

      Your Family although Physical Not here are STILL with You and Us.
      Tap into the proper frequencies and they will appear.

    • @jonprue7364
      @jonprue7364 2 роки тому +10

      It's nothing like seeing a BLACK FAMILY come together...💕❤️🤗🙂👍💯

    • @tkay1465
      @tkay1465 2 роки тому +4

      @@jonprue7364 yes yes true words spoken

    • @hugocarrera5765
      @hugocarrera5765 2 роки тому +5

      And you'll be there..
      Enjoy!!

  • @SharonMRoss-by1lc
    @SharonMRoss-by1lc 7 місяців тому +35

    One of my favorite Black family anthems. ❤️

  • @meeknesspayne2832
    @meeknesspayne2832 Рік тому +4

    3:33 “Heaven knows it’s good to see youuuu” 🫶🏾

  • @natashawatkins3598
    @natashawatkins3598 2 роки тому +115

    Black family reunions or gathering wouldn't be the same without this song. Family, Love, and fun.

  • @IRISCOLLAZO-yx9fn
    @IRISCOLLAZO-yx9fn 11 місяців тому +80

    The O'Jays Family Reunion is a song that always brings me to tears. I've loved this song since I was a teenager.
    Now with my Mom fighting her struggles with Dementia, I,know how important family are and love and support to your ailing parent or family member. Thank you O'Jays.

    • @whatshappeningq3301
      @whatshappeningq3301 7 місяців тому +1

      WORD and there's all different groups at the family reunion but WE all be family even if you are not related you family that day,even white folks and WE could black panther party and Black people in America are the only ones who do that

  • @slimbell5195
    @slimbell5195 5 місяців тому +27

    You will be able to see your loved ones again in Jehovah's Kingdom

    • @ratedR950
      @ratedR950 4 місяці тому +3

      My family are jehovah witnesses as well ❤

    • @laverneshowers9890
      @laverneshowers9890 3 місяці тому +4

      And this is our consolation that one day we will see them again🙏🏽💕💐

    • @lalay4435
      @lalay4435 Місяць тому +4

      And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. - Acts 24:15

  • @countryboylife5darlowe391
    @countryboylife5darlowe391 Рік тому +96

    Straight black folks shit!!! Makes me cry remembering this song on in the 1980s in Compton Ca dressed up nice BBQ smelling up the air, kids playing getting to no each other and just that good ole black folks chilling dranking and choking on some good good!!
    Just a peaceful day

  • @newnanbro1
    @newnanbro1 Рік тому +60

    Nothing touches the heart and spirit like this classic. Try to get through the entire song without tearing up. I dare you. 💔🙏🏾✨️

  • @soulfulman1971
    @soulfulman1971 3 роки тому +224

    I won't lie. Everytime I listen to this and Eddie Levert hits the "Oooh Oooh Oooooooh Oooh Wooo", I lose it. Straight bawlin' my eyes out. This song reminds me of the family I love, but not close to.

    • @araliyaflowers3681
      @araliyaflowers3681 3 роки тому +14

      It's unfortunate that we don't spend more time with family. We need one another to learn, grow and share love as it was designed by the creator. The young desperately need guidance from the elders. Miss the old days...

    • @quintaseagle4660
      @quintaseagle4660 3 роки тому +3

      𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝

    • @billybrooks4956
      @billybrooks4956 3 роки тому +9

      Singing from the deep depths of the soul .😎

    • @dorselhicks667
      @dorselhicks667 3 роки тому +9

      The sun will always remind me of my mom and dad it was one of my dad's favorite song that he rest in peace everytime I hear it I Cry because this was his idea of what family is and that's how I feel some songs just make you cry because it gives you memories and not sad tears they're happy tears that's why I raised my children to have that type of love for each other family is everything Families First if you have a family that loves you you should be so lucky because not everyone does

    • @ninaray3300
      @ninaray3300 3 роки тому +2

      DITTO

  • @marioolano2318
    @marioolano2318 10 місяців тому +28

    This song makes me realize how sad when you start missing pieces of the puzzle and the worst feeling is being alone😢

  • @dotthom149
    @dotthom149 3 роки тому +425

    There is nothing more important than your family and friends, gather on special occasion, with this song playing, singing, dancing eating all your favorite foods, remembering all those who have pass on.

    • @darylpatton9507
      @darylpatton9507 3 роки тому +6

      That's right

    • @mamiewj9753
      @mamiewj9753 3 роки тому +11

      Yes, we must do this. I am going to reach out to family that I have not seen in years. I want us to come together and meet each other again...I need that connection, we all do. Cook, laugh, cry, love....this is so important, I am praying for this.

    • @miltonmurray5871
      @miltonmurray5871 3 роки тому +7

      Young people in 2021 listen and start living by this and show all our this what life about stop the foolish thing in the streets and become real men for the kids God bless us all Memphis

    • @darlenewilson2853
      @darlenewilson2853 3 роки тому +4

      I"miss it & my ❤ is💔

    • @miltonmurray5871
      @miltonmurray5871 3 роки тому +5

      I am 74 and believe me the meaning that song sends to the world is so true in everyone lifetime a family is the so have love for one another God has Memphis

  • @reginaldbrown8012
    @reginaldbrown8012 3 роки тому +283

    We just buried my oldest brother Saturday and our mother just two years ago. This song really hits home. Love your family because you never know when they’ll be gone 🙏🏿

  • @leonardspurling7169
    @leonardspurling7169 3 роки тому +41

    Miss my mother and grandparents.. .

  • @anitammims9384
    @anitammims9384 Рік тому +123

    This song never gets old, and played at every reunion ❤

    • @visionspeakconsulting
      @visionspeakconsulting Рік тому +2

      Every single one.

    • @arthursmith7273
      @arthursmith7273 Рік тому +1

      And that's so true

    • @rosettaharrell6001
      @rosettaharrell6001 Рік тому +4

      I play it too at our family reunions.

    • @angelvalentin4579
      @angelvalentin4579 6 місяців тому +2

      this song is very important to me. it makes me think a lot of memory back in my days with my family that has passed away. God bless everyone who has lost someone. family reunion pays back a lot of memories

    • @christinabell870
      @christinabell870 6 місяців тому

      4:56 ​@@visionspeakconsulting

  • @willardlockejr2965
    @willardlockejr2965 Рік тому +9

    Written and Produced by the legendary duo of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.

  • @cogland1922
    @cogland1922 Рік тому +6

    One of the best songs ever! Miss you Coghland T. Abraham (aka Abe)!

  • @godislove649
    @godislove649 11 місяців тому +42

    This song makes me happy remembering our family gatherings at the parks every summer. Some times there'd be free performances at Fort Dupont Park. Loved those! And for the 4th of July/cookout we'd gather over one of their houses, a long long time ago. ❤ We had a super large family, and some of our close friends who felt like family always joined us😊 Now "most" of them have gone on to be with the Lord. So I cry and smile inside every time I hear this - remembering! Yall - enjoy your loved-ones now, even those that may be a little challenging. Make the most of their presence. Love on them, laugh, dance and hug them often. We did. A lot! Wish I'd / we'd done it even more. 😢

  • @marthalewis1923
    @marthalewis1923 3 роки тому +126

    I was taught by my Mama that family is all we have to forgive and moved on 🥲 don’t wait until it to late 🥰❤️💞💜

    • @jessepender45
      @jessepender45 2 роки тому +4

      I've love this song always about the grand partners

    • @cococabana1932
      @cococabana1932 Рік тому

      @@jessepender45 my mom was a bitch

    • @AnastasiaBeaverhousn
      @AnastasiaBeaverhousn Рік тому +1

      Nah, my piece of mind is more important!!! ❤❤

    • @30ajgo
      @30ajgo Рік тому

      To not forgive and move on? You okay?​@@AnastasiaBeaverhousn

  • @ladylace5223
    @ladylace5223 5 місяців тому +109

    I'm still listening in 2024... this song makes me happy and sad! I miss my family members who have passed away because they were the life of the party!! 😢

    • @BrotherReg
      @BrotherReg 4 місяці тому +5

      Same here !!!

    • @vickyfox116
      @vickyfox116 4 місяці тому +7

      Yes this song makes me sad and I cry everytime I her it because I miss my love ones that is no longer with us it just breaks my heart ❤❤

    • @erneststewart5718
      @erneststewart5718 4 місяці тому +4

      I do 2

    • @WillieBryant-Jackson
      @WillieBryant-Jackson 3 місяці тому +4

      Thank you for sharing that you are still listening to this song family reunion by the okays but regret the death and bad memories you share may jehovah continue to bless you for not being scared to sharing your feelings

    • @WillieBryant-Jackson
      @WillieBryant-Jackson 3 місяці тому

      HBJ Enterprise free advertisement on internet compliments of the real yellow pages book for the future from the state of California FRESNO; specials compliments of you-tube music by metro pcs telephone & t-mobile christmas music by the late jacksons.

  • @kimnewton8881
    @kimnewton8881 10 місяців тому +14

    Smh I wish I had a family with much love my circle is small I wish so much to have this ...but hey this is the life I was dealt I lost all my family 😢...there's just a few of us smh ....I just wish I could all of us together to gt a family reunion it's so special..maybe in my next life time

  • @tommorales8725
    @tommorales8725 Місяць тому +99

    I'm a MEXICAN from Southern California and we bumped this and believe it was not only a black thing it was for everyone who likes good soul music shout out to all the families who get to still have reunions

  • @watchinglion7774
    @watchinglion7774 4 роки тому +288

    I love this song. Family is always important.

    • @virginiabarnes2717
      @virginiabarnes2717 4 роки тому +1

      😀😁😂

    • @leroysmall7605
      @leroysmall7605 3 роки тому +2

      Hey I feel you on that so true

    • @darylpatton9507
      @darylpatton9507 3 роки тому +3

      In tears

    • @marvel6592
      @marvel6592 3 роки тому +5

      Whether they're blood relatives or not what matters is how they love and care for but the main important thing is what's in their hearts that's where our true soul essence comes from

    • @clarencechampion2433
      @clarencechampion2433 3 роки тому +3

      Yes it takes the family

  • @lewiserwin2686
    @lewiserwin2686 3 роки тому +172

    Going back home this weekend after being gone for a long time. My grandparents and parents passed away before I was nine years old. It’s going to be painful, but beautiful. I am a very strong man, but I can’t stop the tears from flowing. GOD is amazing, and that is a understatement

    • @dennismcfadden9842
      @dennismcfadden9842 2 роки тому +7

      Wow!!!!! That's a very strong and emotional statement you just made there, but my Brother sometimes God allows certain things to happen in our lives because of a certain Journey he has for us or to reach a certain Blessing, but keep your hands in God's hands my Brother because he won't let you go astray because he loves you so much!!!!!!

    • @sharonclark8563
      @sharonclark8563 Рік тому +3

      Oh

    • @accidentallyclickedxlol
      @accidentallyclickedxlol Рік тому +4

      Hope your doing well today brother.

    • @sonyathompson1693
      @sonyathompson1693 Рік тому +4

      HUGS!!!

    • @ladybird8422
      @ladybird8422 Рік тому +1

      @@dennismcfadden9842 woo thats beautiful love that f mike s

  • @russellcandy9850
    @russellcandy9850 3 роки тому +426

    This song always bring a tear to my eyes. Thinking about so many family members that have gone before us. May they rest in peace!!

    • @billybrooks4956
      @billybrooks4956 3 роки тому +19

      Hopefully we can get back to family reunions. I will make sure I won't miss them .

    • @russellcandy9850
      @russellcandy9850 3 роки тому +16

      You are so right Billy! I won't miss mine either. Covid has made me look at my family in a new light!! I miss all of them especially during the holidays!!

    • @richardjemison7758
      @richardjemison7758 3 роки тому +5

      Happy new year

    • @tesabad_music9698
      @tesabad_music9698 3 роки тому +13

      It reminds me of so many beautiful weekends at my Grandparents with relatives

    • @jesusislord3321
      @jesusislord3321 3 роки тому +17

      I know exactly what you mean. Black families were so close back then. Your neighbors were family. The cookouts, basement parties.....What in the world happened? 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @MariaGavin-n5e
    @MariaGavin-n5e 8 місяців тому +6

    I grew up listening to this song. My mom, dad, brother, and both sets of grandparents, aunts and uncles gone😥

  • @nomsamkhize2241
    @nomsamkhize2241 3 роки тому +47

    A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT "A FAMILY IS"!!!IF HUMANS CAN TREASURE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A "FAMILY" LIFE WOULD HAVE A BETTER MEANING 🔥
    This song transforms "THE OJAYS"one of the Best music group ever...just this song...they explain "THE FAMILY"👏

  • @Anxietywilnotwin
    @Anxietywilnotwin 11 місяців тому +15

    This is my dad's most favorite song.. I miss him oh so much. I listen to this song when I want to hear his voice in my head, he sang this ALL the time. RIP Dad, I miss you 😢😊.

  • @barbarajoyce7424
    @barbarajoyce7424 4 роки тому +144

    Every time I hear this song it makes me cry because my family is gone and we had so much fun and love when we got together

    • @Xian127
      @Xian127 3 роки тому +12

      The melody’s is so soothing makes you want cry , black people know how move a soul

    • @one-mmog2214
      @one-mmog2214 3 роки тому +11

      I hope tears of joy for all the wonderful and happy moments you all shared together. Those moments live in your heart

    • @tammyduren5954
      @tammyduren5954 3 роки тому +9

      GOD. LORD HAVE MERCY ON THOSE WHO ARE NOT FORTUNE ENOUGH TO HAVE A FAMILY. FAMILIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. LISTEN TO THE LYRIC. THEN U WILL KNOW

    • @andrewalters222
      @andrewalters222 3 роки тому +5

      Me too

    • @moniqueqwhiltey
      @moniqueqwhiltey 3 роки тому +2

      Mines too i feel ya 100%

  • @KimAdams-pf8xb
    @KimAdams-pf8xb 4 місяці тому +8

    It's always good to be with family for a good time and not at a funeral. I love listening to this song, so many memories of my loved ones. This is why I try so hard to keep my family together planning a family reunion every two years. As a child growing up, I never knew what this song was truly about, and now just listening to every single word of it is beautiful and so powerful.
    I don't know about you guys but my family means the world to me and I love every one of them, regardless of how they live their lives or what they have done in the past my heart is with the LORD, and my Family. To get my point across when the Ojays made this song was heaven-sent. This is the number 1 song @ African American's family reunion

    • @geraldwilson7593
      @geraldwilson7593 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes !!!!!! and Amen !!!!!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @jeffreyworthen7033
    @jeffreyworthen7033 9 місяців тому +7

    The national anthem for all family reunions around the world.

  • @shawnshorter9581
    @shawnshorter9581 3 роки тому +58

    I dedicate this 2 my late grandma & my late grandpa.May u both R.I.H.😰😢😓😥

  • @briansplace1978
    @briansplace1978 3 роки тому +55

    Sure do miss Family Reunions...music playing, the older generation spitting knowledge and wisdom, and everyone dancing, someone always got some spades or dominoes, BBQ, yams, mac n cheese, kids acting up, memories being created...Soon

    • @easygoing6397
      @easygoing6397 2 роки тому +6

      (Exactly)!! I remember them. much love to you!

    • @briansplace1978
      @briansplace1978 2 роки тому +3

      @@easygoing6397 yes definitely!!!

    • @sandrareese15
      @sandrareese15 2 роки тому +4

      Yes sure do miss those times but the ones that have the reunions are either to old now or deceased. The generations now just not in to it but it needs to be carried on so family can get to no one another 🤩👁️😂🥳🎉🥰😎💞🤗🖐️🎶

    • @briansplace1978
      @briansplace1978 2 роки тому +2

      @@sandrareese15 Yes that's so true.
      We need to start it back up

    • @robstyles2675
      @robstyles2675 3 місяці тому +1

      It's our job now to keep doing it! Time to grow all the way up now.

  • @jamesmosley110
    @jamesmosley110 4 роки тому +158

    The O'Jays are one of the most classic Groups of all time.🎵🎶🎧🎤

    • @virginiabarnes2717
      @virginiabarnes2717 4 роки тому +5

      🤣🤣🤣luv family

    • @curtisfranklin5962
      @curtisfranklin5962 3 роки тому +2

      Love. Money

    • @gmoneycucu5469
      @gmoneycucu5469 2 роки тому +1

      My mother and father play this music O'ay on Christmas why my mother cook on Christmas eve she will make macaroni potato salad collard greens fried chicken pig feet with a lot of hot sauce why my father play The O'Jays and have a little drink why the kids are in the bed and on Thanksgiving my aunt you to cook a lot of food and the house in Jamaica Queens 179 everybody died bro my father died when I was 8 years old and that was his song The O'Jays life is too short you're on a scary so we really got a whole lot and pray to God

    • @otisroseboro5613
      @otisroseboro5613 Рік тому

      Fact's

  • @judithcoleman-bey4684
    @judithcoleman-bey4684 11 місяців тому +6

    Makes me reminisce about my family.
    Nobody's left but me, my sister & 1 nephew!!!!!😭💔😭 (2023)

  • @douglasandrews4735
    @douglasandrews4735 2 роки тому +19

    My mom is 88years old, she is my rock, this song makes really appreciate her.

  • @tt6099
    @tt6099 2 роки тому +3

    Famiy! All the family together! wish grandma was here I sure miss her face!😭

  • @melissabell3257
    @melissabell3257 9 місяців тому +9

    My Family was The Best To Me God how I Missed Mine A Very Very Lot I Had Beaty I Had Beautiful in My Life Thank God For Jesus

  • @stankimble5085
    @stankimble5085 2 роки тому +23

    No matter how many times I hear this song I cry wishing my daddy and mama was here

  • @angelaspringfield5584
    @angelaspringfield5584 Рік тому +16

    We no longer have family reunions since shortly before my mother passed. I do miss those days of togetherness. Times were so much simpler. RIP Momma and all my loved ones that have gone on.

    • @brendajones1582
      @brendajones1582 Рік тому +1

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @patriciajackson7482
      @patriciajackson7482 11 місяців тому

      It's up to you now , to start anew. Get together and form a committee with those who are interested.

  • @janicecalhoun780
    @janicecalhoun780 2 роки тому +65

    Family are so important. Even though my Mom pass almost three months ago and my Dad passed three years ago it’s been rough, but this song reminds me of our family .

  • @rubenmezarios1694
    @rubenmezarios1694 3 роки тому +55

    That’s WHY IS SOO IMPORTANT FOR US TO TEACH OUR YOUNGER GENERATION TO INSTILL IN THEM THOSE VALUES THAT OUR PARENTS INSTILLED IN US!! PASS IT ON MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS !! Time flies !!!!

  • @vantinarichards2256
    @vantinarichards2256 3 роки тому +8

    My daddy just died and this was one of his favorite songs

  • @chocolatestormcomedian8113
    @chocolatestormcomedian8113 3 роки тому +33

    As I walk halfway down the staircase, look over at my Madea, it was a very cold 1976. I had lost my first child. Only 15yr old, little girl in the projects. But family everywhere, my uncle always had music, company and fun going on. The love. Madea would cook big pots of food. Lol. Miss these days. Live and learned

  • @supreniabynum
    @supreniabynum Рік тому +5

    Beautiful song makes cry 😭

  • @kb67tt45
    @kb67tt45 3 роки тому +124

    My mom passed this pass December'21...God! how I feel so empty without her. I listen to this song often and I think how nice it would be if my family would get together and I think about my Mom how she loved all of us together .

    • @stankimble5085
      @stankimble5085 2 роки тому +11

      I'm praying for you and your family I lost my mom on Mother's Day 2004 I still cry all the time I'm crying now God bless you

    • @lavernewarren6414
      @lavernewarren6414 2 роки тому +8

      My mom passed Mar 1, 2001 my heart broke the night she passed and love just seem to have gone ,until I started to remember the things she taught me about keeping family and good friends close God bless her for all she taught us

    • @vanessamiller1722
      @vanessamiller1722 2 роки тому +3

      Óo

    • @SandraGonzalez-xi2sv
      @SandraGonzalez-xi2sv 2 роки тому +5

      I'm so very sorry. My mom recently died too GOD BLESS

    • @zandilendlovu7042
      @zandilendlovu7042 2 роки тому +2

      My mother passed in 2018 i love this song.I know God is with us and love each other as family

  • @RaineMaven
    @RaineMaven 6 місяців тому +2

    I recall precisely where I was when this song (album) was released in 1975. It is as powerfil today as it was then. That's the definition of timeless.

  • @theloniouspolk4068
    @theloniouspolk4068 9 місяців тому +7

    This song is VERY DEAR/CLOSE to me. My parents, grandparents, great grandparents and further back, are all apart of ME!

  • @MrsSANDRALMOSLEYIII
    @MrsSANDRALMOSLEYIII 7 місяців тому +10

    This Is
    LIFE! BLESSINGS & WORDS FROM GOD! ❤

  • @pearlrodgers3157
    @pearlrodgers3157 4 роки тому +128

    Love this song reminds me of the good old days living in the country

    • @jesusislord3321
      @jesusislord3321 3 роки тому +3

      Yes

    • @Filthy_Furry_Sorrow
      @Filthy_Furry_Sorrow 3 роки тому +3

      This is a beautiful song that you take your mind to any time in your life. You can laugh, you can cry. And then again you can just be satisfied

  • @nancyarent7757
    @nancyarent7757 2 роки тому +36

    People that have families left , celebrate while you can !! Need to remember the good times !!
    Teach what you can to the young so they can keep
    The family going on for many years to come !!😊

  • @ForyeaHLM
    @ForyeaHLM 3 роки тому +68

    Boy this reminds me of the family reunions,fish frys,cookouts when everybody was still alive me,daddy,grandma sometimes I just look up at the sun and listen to this and think about everybody wish grandma was here.

    • @rickygee9094
      @rickygee9094 3 роки тому +1

      Indeedy fam. We hitting it. And its groovy baby!!

    • @ForyeaHLM
      @ForyeaHLM 3 роки тому +4

      @@rickygee9094 you are so right things aren’t what they use to be I remember when I was a young boy and my grandma would trow a Christmas party and everybody exchanged gifts every year she would plan the family reunion all that but when she died and family done went left it’s a mess we can’t agree with each other on the simples stuff.

    • @niecey7155
      @niecey7155 3 роки тому +2

      @@ForyeaHLM damn!

    • @charlottemerrill980
      @charlottemerrill980 3 роки тому +2

      L

    • @charlottemerrill980
      @charlottemerrill980 3 роки тому +1

      @@ForyeaHLM 1

  • @jotate2281
    @jotate2281 3 роки тому +85

    This song is to be played at all family reunions and as a going home song at the grave site. True classic never better said.

  • @laritazeba5621
    @laritazeba5621 3 роки тому +58

    OLD FOR REAL! THIS HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR YEARS,GENERATION AND GENERATIONS. STILL PLAYING STRONG IN CHICAGO AND ALL ACROSS THE 🌎! WORD!

    • @willjenkins3529
      @willjenkins3529 2 роки тому +2

      YEAH 🐐 🤩 🐐 🤩 🐐 🤩. STILL BUMPING INTO YEARS AND BEYOND. GOD BLESS YOU 🙌 🙏 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ AND YOUR FAMILIES 👪 🙏 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

  • @christhomas9809
    @christhomas9809 2 роки тому +2

    I really miss the woman who started this family and raised me. SHOUT OUT TO MY GRANDMA

  • @robinepic429
    @robinepic429 3 роки тому +322

    I played this song on Thanksgiving. This year. This song makes you appreciate your loves ones and their lives ❤
    We all have suffered so much loss . 2020 has been brutal !!! Appreciate what you have and who you have left .

    • @ronniecoley8641
      @ronniecoley8641 3 роки тому +10

      We play it every year at our family reunion. The Darden Family Reunion held every Thanksgiving. Had to play it on zoom Thanksgiving 2020.

    • @larrythompson2492
      @larrythompson2492 3 роки тому +6

      2o21 March 11PM maybe things will get better amen thank jesus

    • @lindaadams6464
      @lindaadams6464 3 роки тому +6

      Love family so much

    • @lindaadams6464
      @lindaadams6464 3 роки тому +8

      Play it when Im lonely missing love ones

    • @londellbrown6558
      @londellbrown6558 3 роки тому +1

      @@ronniecoley8641 àaAZ aaàà°¡1Q WAS

  • @ThePeacefulAura
    @ThePeacefulAura Місяць тому +2

    Family Is Truly Everything! We Must Love One Another No Matter What Goes On! ♥♥♥

  • @anthonyward6458
    @anthonyward6458 4 роки тому +164

    If you have any family let them know you love them because tomorrow is not promise to none of us especially what we going through in 2020 .

  • @plainoleme6283
    @plainoleme6283 4 роки тому +154

    This song always makes me Emotional....I truly miss my Family!!!

    • @brendajones1226
      @brendajones1226 3 роки тому +5

      Me too...5 sisters, 3 brothers, & both parents! 3 of us left!🥲🥲🥲💜🙏🏾✝️

    • @tonythomas509
      @tonythomas509 3 роки тому +3

      Yes so do I! There was nothing like those good ol days when everybody was still here! RIP to everyone!

    • @tonythomas509
      @tonythomas509 3 роки тому +3

      @@brendajones1226 RIP to your family members that passed. I miss my passed on loved ones too. I miss those good ol days when everyone was here.

    • @womanwithanopinion1592
      @womanwithanopinion1592 3 роки тому +2

      Me Too i keep bursting out crying because ive lost alot of family members

    • @shonjohnson6258
      @shonjohnson6258 3 роки тому +1

      I love this song

  • @vmoney_thegoat
    @vmoney_thegoat 3 роки тому +4

    Can’t wait to see my family next weekend on Saturday r.I.p grandma grandpa

  • @angelvalentin4579
    @angelvalentin4579 7 місяців тому +4

    😢 a family reunion is not for someone to fight and argue or get together. that's what is all about some angel. love you all

  • @gwendolynlewis1484
    @gwendolynlewis1484 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks for sharing this most loved song.Ain't nothing like FAMILY

  • @urbainhodge8886
    @urbainhodge8886 2 роки тому +2

    Great song
    I cry when I hear this song. I reminded all past .

  • @leonardspurling7169
    @leonardspurling7169 3 роки тому +82

    I love this song. Brings tears to my eyes..

  • @ccledet
    @ccledet Рік тому +3

    Family Reunion for My Family was every year until the pandemic.....hopefully we we will have one in 2024
    Rogers Family' from Pickens, South Carolina
    I Love y'all & I miss y'all ❤️

  • @cherylwilliam7210
    @cherylwilliam7210 Рік тому +3

    This reminds me that family is important and life is so short. Stick together and go to your family reunions mydear. DUCHESS ❤

  • @latriceunderhill2069
    @latriceunderhill2069 2 роки тому +6

    I lost my mom 1986 and still feels fresh family reunions I'm very important

  • @markrodney8285
    @markrodney8285 3 роки тому +18

    This song reminds me of my mom. I miss her so very much and still so devastated that she's no longer here. Continue resting amongst fellow Angels my guardian.😔😔😔

  • @davidtaylor6956
    @davidtaylor6956 6 місяців тому +1

    The genius of Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff! The Sound Of Philadelphia at its best! The mighty O'jays pumping it out! Back when the black family had it together! T.S.O.P. 4EVER!!!

  • @nymerejackson8770
    @nymerejackson8770 4 роки тому +93

    Can’t get better then this classic!

  • @Chi_Town_Druid
    @Chi_Town_Druid 3 роки тому +30

    This is always played at our family reunions.... Family is very important.....

  • @anthonyjackson5459
    @anthonyjackson5459 3 роки тому +51

    This song right here, is our family anthem at our family reunion

    • @anthonyjackson5459
      @anthonyjackson5459 3 роки тому +1

      It bring tears to my eyes for all the family that's gone on

    • @victorlangley4888
      @victorlangley4888 2 роки тому +2

      One of the greatest songs ever recorded hands down

  • @MichaelScott-uv1bt
    @MichaelScott-uv1bt 3 роки тому +27

    Listening 2 this song crying my eyes thinking about both of my grandmothers & grandfathers who's no longer with me & my sons that I lost through divorce 😭😭

    • @HISNAMESAKE
      @HISNAMESAKE 3 роки тому +1

      soooo sorry

    • @barbarabrown4205
      @barbarabrown4205 Рік тому +2

      Hang in there Michael Scott , here's hoping things are better now

  • @cavardozier3986
    @cavardozier3986 3 роки тому +23

    This song means a lot to me cause of all the older people in my family who aren't here anymore but we carry on and keep God first

  • @aprilwest4274
    @aprilwest4274 3 роки тому +2

    Yes!!! So excited to see everyone next weekend 🤗😍🙌🏽🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @MIXPRO68
    @MIXPRO68 3 роки тому +20

    I LOST MY UNCLE YESTERDAY ON APRIL 22ND AND THIS SONG BRINGS BACK EMEMOREIS OF THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM.CHERISH THOSE YOU LOVE AND HOLD DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND SOUL WHETEHR FREINDS OR FAMILY.CLASSIC SONG FOREVER!!!!!!

  • @prophetessvirginiaconey1853
    @prophetessvirginiaconey1853 3 роки тому +140

    I love this song and family is so important

    • @l.w.wallace6904
      @l.w.wallace6904 2 роки тому +3

      Girl you are so beautiful 😇😘😍🥰

    • @stevenmays1737
      @stevenmays1737 2 роки тому +2

      No

    • @juanitagurrola2471
      @juanitagurrola2471 2 роки тому +2

      Amen

    • @5staruce
      @5staruce 2 роки тому +1

      @@stevenmays1737 idk who did what to you but family is always gon be important in the name of jesus christ

  • @Lifestylepranksvlogges
    @Lifestylepranksvlogges Рік тому +5

    Bless everyone who has lost someone these last past years I know how it feels I pray for everyone

  • @LESLEYLOVE-c2t
    @LESLEYLOVE-c2t 11 місяців тому +2

    NOW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THE TWO
    OUTSTANDING SONGWRITERS ARE
    GAMBLE AND HUFF
    THESE LYRICS ALSO REMIND ME OF MY OWN LATE FAMILY MEMBERS
    THIS IS ANOTHER GENUINE GREAT CLASSIC FROM THE SOUNDS OF
    PHILADELPHIA. I GOT TO HEAR AND ENJOY AT OUR FAMILY REUNION IN SEATTLE, WA IN 2000 AND SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA IN 1991

  • @cherylthomas3662
    @cherylthomas3662 3 роки тому +3

    Please people just call one another time to time and PLEASE RESPECT each other for whoever they are right now and PLEASE RESPECT your self and PLEASE talk about what ever happens or happened in life on life terms GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME THAT'S FOR LIFE AND THAT APPLYS TO EVERYBODY...WE HAVE TO SAVE US AS A PEOPLE NOT AS A PERSON BCUZ EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEONE TO GIVELOVE AND GETLOVE FOR REAL AND IT STARTS WITH THE FAMILY, THAT (GOD) HAS BLESSED US WITH KNOW THAT AND FEEL THAT.. LOVE THAT ONLY KNOW HOW TO LOVE 💕😘

  • @LakishaSmith-w2p
    @LakishaSmith-w2p 9 місяців тому +3

    Hail mary hereeeeeeee 😇 I Miss my family on god

  • @jodywilliamskelley6092
    @jodywilliamskelley6092 3 роки тому +6

    JUST LISTING TOO ALL THE OR SHOULD I SAY THIS KIND OF MUSIC I CALLING MY MEMORIES . LORD THANK YOU. I SURE MISS MUSIC..

  • @mechellie2
    @mechellie2 8 місяців тому +1

    My grandmother loved this song. I'm missing her so much today!

  • @phyllisgrice3005
    @phyllisgrice3005 3 роки тому +3

    Please please my friend love your family’s i miss my family’s all my family’s is with the lord let your family’s know who the is

  • @bgillen3
    @bgillen3 3 роки тому +28

    Just lost my paternal grandmother and until then I never realized how touching and meaningful this song is. For those of you that have lost a loved one, please tell them you love them. Tomorrow is not promised for anyone.

    • @liliahodges850
      @liliahodges850 3 роки тому +3

      My condolences on the passing of your grandmother. May the peace & joy of remembered love always hold you close & ease the pain.

    • @bgillen3
      @bgillen3 3 роки тому +2

      @@liliahodges850 thank you for the kind words Lilia. It really means a lot

  • @roslynbarnes7322
    @roslynbarnes7322 Рік тому +5

    MY MY DO I KNOW . I LIVED THIS. THIS WAS OUR THEME SONG FOR OUR SMITH FAMILY REUNION.BEAUTIFUL song,POWERFUL MESSAGE POWERFUL LYRICS. MY GOD🙏🏽. WHAT WE HAVE IS FAMILY.SINGNG IT EDDIE ,WALTER THEE OJAYS .LEGENDS FOREVER❤️

  • @victoriapwaul525
    @victoriapwaul525 Місяць тому +2

    It's been a long time since I have participated, but I love my family.