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Remember back when I was five, I see 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's due Who better to start with, I gotta start with you All them days when you was sick and hustlin' us all to school Character and confidence, you gave us all the tools Now they whooping if we need it but thinking how we was treated You saw something in us way before we coulda seen it All them long drives with the cousins out to Phoenix Everybody got in trouble when they laughed at me for peeing Boy I couldn't do wrong, that's how you made me feel When I ain't made [?] 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 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 Songtexte What the Ds and Fs stand for? Doing fine? What yo little ass know about grind? You make money at night but with the sun you gon' really shine You gon' get rich just rich for time You start selling with the [?], 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 [?] everybody [?] You ain't make that team, but can't hate it We all learn from that, then little Damian made it Hugh is still scrambling, John is still stacking Chris fixing the whips and Kenny making it happen The boat going down with the captain Lead by example they really watching your actions Conversations with my grandmother 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, [?], [?] 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 [?] right to the back I be like, "Granny it's me" When I came in hella lit and nobody ever understood what granddaddy said But you always felt the love and just nod your head Believe [?] greasy, you always said [?] 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 Lord's 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 (Dolla) "Treat people how you wanna be treated," that was your slogan I love that wrestling and you bought me that whole [?] Still watching people [?], 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 [?] 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 Aus Songtexte Mania