Patti Austin Shakin' The Family Tree

What’s my mama gonna do When mama hears I’ve chosen you Sister’s gonna have a fit I’ll never hear the end of it They’ll yell and holler through the night Tell me I’m not doin’ right But baby, you and me We don’t need no pedigree We’ll rock the family tree We’ll shake it and break it ‘cause we’re gonna make it alone Gonna be an avalanche, yeah, yeah, yeah When I tell my cousin Blanche It wouldn’t matter who you were ‘Cause nobody’s good enough for her And Uncle Joe, he gonna stroke his chin And pass around the aspirin But baby, you and me Oh, don’t you know that we don’t need no pedigree, no, no We’re gonna rock that family tree We’ll shake it and break it ‘cause we’re gonna make it alone My brother’s gonna hold his head Grandma gonna straight to bed My papa’s gonna say, “What are you doin’ now That boy’s gonna lead you right to ruin” They’re gonna make an awful fuss And they’re gonna try to talk me out of us But baby, you and me I said we don’t need no pedigree We’re gonna rock the family tree We’ll shake it and break it ‘cause we’re gonna make it alone We’re gonna make it, oh, ho, oh you wait and see And if they don’t like it, well, we’re gonna have to say bye-bye to The whole family ‘Cause baby, you and me Oh, we don’t need, we don’t need no pedigree We’re gonna rock that tree ‘cause We’ll shake it, break it, we’re gonna make it, woo Baby, you and me You know we don’t need a no pedigree We’re gonna, woo...ooh...uh We’re gonna shake it, break it, make it, uh You and me, we don’t need, we don’t need, we don’t need nobody We’re gonna make it, just you wait and see