Granddaddy (feat. J-Smoove)

I ain't talked to you in a while, granddaddy I'm sorry, take a few minutes, I said
R.I.P. to Robert Williams I really wanted to be you
It's been too long since you left I would've begged God would let me see you
If any could die and come back I would've thought that it'd be you

Everybody else get one life I thought that you would get two
One of the strongest up in the hole When I did see it, you showed me
How to survive up in this world But since you been gone, a nigga been lonely
You was the only one that knew How to talk to boo

Showed me the lines of respect And told me to stay up in school
You was a surly man, but I wouldn't call you mean
Wanted us all to follow our dreams And made it a scene when we got caught where
We shouldn't be Why be a slave when you are free

Raise me a G so I am a beast When you go pray, face to the east
But go wash your hands before you eat Go wash your face and then brush your teeth
And then you come holla at me If he saw you didn't do all these things
That's when your ass met his feet You can't be the weakest link

Before you talk, you better think The medicine man, he carry weapons
And he won't hesitate to beat-ass
You said that pain don't last Found in the treasure and trash
You left us alone so fast Why do memories live in the past

I tried to hide it, can't mask The feelings of wanting you back
The fact that I can't really wag Know that I still got your hand
Whatever I could post it, but I can't wear it
Can't fit it, but I can't bear it I got your watch, but don't share it

You was heaven sent Remember you upping guns and never paying rent
I dare a landlord, try to charge And we live in the trench
Whenever your sons try to fight you You will leave them bent
I told your wife I didn't like you I'll forever repent

When I said I wish you would leave I didn't know what I meant
So when you left, I didn't realize That was the time I'd get
I heard Louise say, help you out I didn't move a flinch
I watched you crawl three flights of stairs To the hospital you went

You died with pride in the building You made a storefront
For the crack that you was pushing I had to see, that's what the Lord wants
I said, I said
On your daughter when Dre came back in the house crying

And I jetted out of the crib And I just rolled in circles
And never found the hospital you was at
Truth be told
I miss your granddaddy