We all want to have a good time – and good food – on Thanksgiving, right? Of course, so in honor of the upcoming holiday, here are some rules to live by…or kick the offenders out!

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It never fails. If it is your born day, aka, the day that is your birthday, black folks are going to sing or play the version of “Happy Birthday” by Stevie Wonder. While that track was created to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., everybody and their mothers breaks it out when they find out it’s someone’s special day. And that’s how it is. Certain occasions, situations, and days of the week just have that designated song that people break out and hum, sing, or play when they’re ready to jam. From family cookouts and weddings to widely celebrated holidays and Hallmark ones, here’s a list of songs you need to put on your playlist for any and all occasions.

Note: feature photograph is courtesy of Malick Sidibé

Laugh all you want to, but everyone has someone at the family reunion that gets the side-eye every year. That one relative that brings every ounce of drama. Who doesn’t pay for the annual family t-shirt, but grabs one anyway and ask for an extra. They’re usually hanging with cousin-nevergonnagetajob and uncle-smokedtoomuchinthe70′s playing spades for far too much money then having the nerve to ask you to ‘put up some’ when they run low on cash.

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