Thank You-Dame D.O.L.L.A.

[00:21.81]Remember back when I was five, I seen my grandmother's pride [00:25.08]Care-taking for friends and watched a couple die [00:27.94]Grew attached to how you love and what you had inside [00:30.69]Never held your tongue, wasn't lettin' nothing slide [00:33.12]Learned early that you gotta give credit where it's due [00:36.23]Who better to start with, I gotta start with you [00:38.91]All them days when you was sick and hustling us all to school [00:41.77]Character and confidence, you gave us all the tools [00:44.46]Got a whooping if we need it but thinking how we was treated [00:47.30]You saw something in us way before we could've seen it [00:50.14]All them long ties with the cousins out the phoenix [00:52.99]Everybody got in trouble when they laughed at me for being [00:55.69]Boy I couldn't do wrong, that's how you made me feel [00:58.64]When I ain't made grades, you saved me from getting killed [01:01.40]Remember bringing you the bags where you carried all your pills [01:04.31]My parents separated; you was loving me for real [01:06.91]Thank you Granny [01:08.09]Say your prayers, be for real [01:09.98]You know I am so proud of you, keep your head up [01:12.58]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [01:15.68]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [01:18.75]I want you to be a man, stay true [01:20.90]Don't let nobody get over you, be for real [01:23.90]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [01:26.91]I'm watching over you in the sunshine [01:31.24]What the Ds and Fs stand for? Doing fine? [01:33.95]What yo little ass know about grind? [01:35.99]You make money at night but with the son you gon' really shine [01:39.36]You gon' get rich just rich for time [01:41.56]You start selling with the mess, you coming down mixed up [01:44.37]Interrogations, that's when your friends gon' switch up [01:47.21]If you Kobe, why deal with the ground beef? [01:50.11]That's a problem on the street, just ask dudes, everybody [01:53.18]You ain't make that team, but can't hate it [01:55.88]We all learn from that, then little Shad made it [01:58.79]Zach is still scrambling, Dre is still stacking [02:01.44]Derek fixing the whips and Ralph making it happen [02:05.26]The boat going down with the captain [02:07.55]Lead by example they really watching your actions [02:10.37]Conversations with my girlfriend yeah [02:13.36]Them talks saved me man, I hella love her [02:15.86]Say your prayers, be for real [02:17.90]You know I miss a part of you, keep your head up [02:20.45]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [02:23.51]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [02:26.51]I want you to be a man, stay true [02:28.92]Don't let nobody get over you, be for real [02:31.83]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [02:34.67]I'm watching over you in the sunshine [02:37.50]To the villains that raised me little knucklehead [02:39.90]I ain't got nowhere to go that was enough said [02:43.00]It was chili, spaghetti, pasta, and ribs [02:45.80]Everybody got their plate but that ain't chip in [02:48.56]When it was Christmas, a man put my name in a hat, made me feel a part of something, I was thankful for that [02:54.06]When it was late you tell me, I knew where the blankets was at [02:56.96]It mean that you got right to the back [02:59.77]I be like, "Hey it's me" [03:01.50]When I came in hella lit and nobody ever understood what Abby said [03:05.68]But you always felt the love and just nod your head [03:08.29]Believe the greasy, you always said [03:11.40]You cosign with that [03:13.94]And when the heater broke, he left the stove on that mat [03:16.74]You always kept it 100 I was on my hype [03:19.65]You left the door unlocked and it saved me life [03:23.43]Say your prayers, be for real [03:25.51]You know I miss a part of you, keep your head up [03:28.23]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [03:31.19]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [03:34.25]I want you to be a man, stay true [03:36.55]Don't let nobody get over you, be for real [03:39.42]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [03:42.47]I'm watching over you in the sunshine [03:45.12]You original Clarence Street, nobody can compare [03:47.98]Used to make us drop down and say the Lords prayer, became the routine we did it when you wasn't there [03:53.74]I quit football, you told me "Show 'em you ain't scared" [03:56.71]Gave me that inner faith, gave me nothin' to fear [03:59.51]Then I went and got Defensive Player of the Year [04:02.32]"Treat people how you wanna be treated," that was your slogan [04:05.18]I love that wrestling and you bought me that Hulk Hogan [04:07.87]Still watching people kids, still cooking dinner [04:10.69]Foundation strong 'cause it's you that's in the center [04:13.56]Too many acts of kindness you doin' with no agenda [04:16.77]Half blinded, one eye with a great set of antennas [04:19.27]Told me I could probably catch a fish with yo hook hat [04:22.33]Drink some alcohol you was telling me I look dead [04:25.03]I was in the wrong you said you wouldn't tell my mama [04:27.73]Ain't nothin' like a person that can always keep a promise [04:31.22]Say your prayers, be for real [04:33.25]You know I miss a part of you, keep your head up [04:36.05]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [04:38.91]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [04:41.92]I want you to be a man, stay true [04:44.32]Don't let nobody get over you, be for real [04:47.17]You know I'm watching over you in the sunshine [04:50.49]I'm watching over you in the sunshine