Thank You

Remember back when I was five, I seen my grandmother's pride

Care-taking for friends and watched a couple die

Grew attached to how you love and what you had inside

Never held your tongue, wasn't lettin' nothing slide

Learned early that you gotta give credit where it's due

Who better to start with, I gotta start with you

All them days when you was sick and hustling us all to school

Character and confidence, you gave us all the tools

Got a whooping if we need it but thinking how we was treated

You saw something in us way before we could've seen it

All them long ties with the cousins out the phoenix

Everybody got in trouble when they laughed at me for being

Boy I couldn't do wrong, that's how you made me feel

When I ain't made grades, you saved me from getting killed

Remember bringing you the bags where you carried all your pills

My parents separated; you was loving me for real

Thank you Granny

Say your prayers, be for real

You know I am so proud of you, keep your head up

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I want you to be a man, stay true

Don't let nobody get over you, be for real

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I'm watching over you in the sunshine

What the Ds and Fs stand for? Doing fine?

What yo little ass know about grind?

You make money at night but with the son you gon' really shine

You gon' get rich just rich for time

You start selling with the mess, you coming down mixed up

Interrogations, that's when your friends gon' switch up

If you Kobe, why deal with the ground beef?

That's a problem on the street, just ask dudes, everybody

You ain't make that team, but can't hate it

We all learn from that, then little Shad made it

Zach is still scrambling, Dre is still stacking

Derek fixing the whips and Ralph making it happen

The boat going down with the captain

Lead by example they really watching your actions

Conversations with my girlfriend yeah

Them talks saved me man, I hella love her

Say your prayers, be for real

You know I miss a part of you, keep your head up

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I want you to be a man, stay true

Don't let nobody get over you, be for real

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I'm watching over you in the sunshine

To the villains that raised me little knucklehead

I ain't got nowhere to go that was enough said

It was chili, spaghetti, pasta, and ribs

Everybody got their plate but that ain't chip in

When it was Christmas, a man put my name in a hat, made me feel a part of something, I was thankful for that

When it was late you tell me, I knew where the blankets was at

It mean that you got right to the back

I be like, "Hey it's me"

When I came in hella lit and nobody ever understood what Abby said

But you always felt the love and just nod your head

Believe the greasy, you always said

You cosign with that

And when the heater broke, he left the stove on that mat

You always kept it 100 I was on my hype

You left the door unlocked and it saved me life

Say your prayers, be for real

You know I miss a part of you, keep your head up

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I want you to be a man, stay true

Don't let nobody get over you, be for real

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I'm watching over you in the sunshine

You original Clarence Street, nobody can compare

Used to make us drop down and say the Lords prayer, became the routine we did it when you wasn't there

I quit football, you told me "Show 'em you ain't scared"

Gave me that inner faith, gave me nothin' to fear

Then I went and got Defensive Player of the Year

"Treat people how you wanna be treated," that was your slogan

I love that wrestling and you bought me that Hulk Hogan

Still watching people kids, still cooking dinner

Foundation strong 'cause it's you that's in the center

Too many acts of kindness you doin' with no agenda

Half blinded, one eye with a great set of antennas

Told me I could probably catch a fish with yo hook hat

Drink some alcohol you was telling me I look dead

I was in the wrong you said you wouldn't tell my mama

Ain't nothin' like a person that can always keep a promise

Say your prayers, be for real

You know I miss a part of you, keep your head up

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I want you to be a man, stay true

Don't let nobody get over you, be for real

You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine

I'm watching over you in the sunshine