Today's generation NEEDS this

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

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

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😂❤😂

Every Black family reunion song played this at the Barbecue, Birthday parties etc.. New to some old to us we always loved this beautiful song ❤❤❤❤..

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

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

This song always always makes me feel happy and sad all at once 😂♥️

Miss my mother and grandparents.. .

I love this song. Family is always important.

Don't You wish We could go back to when this song was made? When everyone was happy, and having fun.

One of my favorite Black family anthems. ❤️

We are all brothers and sisters in Christ. 1 God 1 love 4 Everyone 4 Ever. Much Love Fam

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.

I always start crying when I hear this song thinking about all my family members that are no longer with me at this time.God bless them all..

Family Is Everything!

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!! 😢

This song never gets old,May 28,we celebrating my mother's 90th Birthday !!!!Hey yall her mind is sharp,she can get around good and she can still drive her own car. LOL🙏🙏🙏🙏😂😂😂

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

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

This is the epitome of society today. Everyone wants to be the director. We really need to return to old family values.

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

The family is the solution to the problem

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

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. 😢

Family is the key to our lives.

I'm 38 but I love the older beautiful inspired Music 🎶

Family is very important. To spend time with one another. Family Reunion.

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

Still sounds good in 2020

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

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

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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 .

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. 💖

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

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

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

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

I'm 64 I grew up in the Bronx I always have my boombox on the stoop listening to the oldies and still listening I love it real deeply❤🌹💞💗🎉

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

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

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.

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"👏

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 !!😊

THIS SONG MOST DEFINITELY BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYES EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT

When music was music! This arrangement thumbs up

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

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

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

If we all as people could do what the O'Jays said in this song, the qorld wpuld be a great place.

Hail mary hereeeeeeee 😇 I Miss my family on god

This Is LIFE! BLESSINGS & WORDS FROM GOD! ❤

This song makes me wanna say a little prayer thanks mighty O Jays.

We need to appreciate family,and if’s there’s any difference,we need to settle it,life is too short,the devil been trying to destroy family from the beginning of time ,look at Cain and Abel ,let’s gather up while we are still here,instead of gathering around a love one just to give our final respect,love your family!!!!!!!!!

Salute To Rudy And Judy l love And Miss Yall So Very Much RIL AND PEACE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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

There's nothing so beautiful like getting together with the ones you love no matter how big or small it's the love that counts coming together 💕

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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

My heart just hurt when I hear this make me miss mom and daddy😭😭😭😭😭

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

The national anthem for all family reunions around the world.

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

Still sound good in 2023

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 🙏🏿

I love you all my brothers and sisters blessings and shalom this is some beautiful music

Rip mom n grandma i miss y'all so much

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

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.

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

My dad was a great man with such great taste... GIMME BACK MY PAPA

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 😢😊.

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

Love This When We As A Family, It's Such A Warm Joyful Feeling Thank You Lord For Giving Me Family And This Song Is One Of My Special Songs ❤🙏🙌🎊 !!!

This song played on “repeat” at my aunts funeral back in 2015. Makes me cry and smile all at the same time. MAN I LOOOOOVVVVEEEE THIS SONG. R.I.P Auntie

Can’t get better then this classic!

I love this song. In the times we living in today family SHOULD come together instead of dividing. Family is very important.

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

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.

Family over everything🙏🏼

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

😢 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

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

I love this song and family is so important

This song is very relevant for what's happening in our world right now. But I say to everyone love your family now.dont wait until they take their last breath we must understand people make the world go around.

This is my favorite song Family over Everything Good or Bad They will always be FAMILY i am still listening to this in 2024

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

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

Happy Easter to everyone listening today ❤️💛🖤💚

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

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 .

This is a beautiful song and so much better then what is out now

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

This song makes me cry and happy at the same time 😢😊❤

It’ll be nice to come to gather with the family reunion just like this song