I Miss You

I know that my Savior lives

And at the end He will stand on this Earth

My flesh may be destroyed

But from this body I will see God

Yes, I will see Him for myself

And I long for that moment

Grandma, I really miss you and it ain't been the same

I drop a tear when I hear your name

Mary Ella Holloway, why you gotta be so far away?

You used to say "Don't worry, it's gone be okay"

But it ain't, it's like, when you left, you took the Lord with you

Why could not I come when He came to get you?

Damn, I really miss you, I had to say it again

I remember the time when I was like, ten

Crept up in the neighbor's yard

Bein' hard headed, you told me I would get it, you said it

Boy did I get it, but after you spanked me, you hugged me

Kissed me on my forehead and told me that you loved me

And I saw that it hurt you more than it hurt me

I thought how bad could this hurt be?

I know now, that's why it's only done out of love

What I wouldn't give for one more hug from grandma

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

But I'm about to say a couple of family members gonna hate me

But I'm gon' let you know what's been goin' on lately

You know since you left a lot of things 'bout your kids done changed

Yah Jackie's still crazy, and I don't know what's up with James

Ain't seen Jerry in a while, you know he walk like you

And Rene's back in jail, you know she talk like you

But Riculah's doin' real good now, she workin'

Rhonda's still runnin' around, trickin', jerkin'

Buckeye's buggin', he done lost his mind

And Jarvis back outta jail, doin' fine

Kylie, he done changed it ain't all about his self

As for my father, well, that's somethin' else

Butt that's my dog he hold his grandmother down

My great grandmother, makin' a lot of trips outta town

But that's a good thing, if only I could hear you say once more

Oh Lord the comfort it would bring her

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

You left behind a mother, eleven kids and eleven grand kids

And since then two of your grand kids then had kids

I had a boy named Tacoma, Xavier's brother

That's right, it was Xavier that made you a great grandmother

I thank you for the best times of my life

I thank you for when you first met her, accepted and lovin' my wife

I thank you for those Sunday dinners, they were vital

I thank you for my life, I thank you for the Bible

I thank you for the song that you sang in the morning

"Amazing Grace" while I'm yawning

I thank you for the two beatings you gave me

Is that I know somewhere along the line

The lessons I learned from those two beatin's saved me

When you died, I cried like a baby, I begged the Lord to take me

'Cause no one else could give me what you gave me

And in life when everything comes to an end

I pray that I go to Heaven to see you again, Amen

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

Baby, it's gon' be okay

(She used to tell me that)

Baby, it's gon' be okay now

(I really miss hearin')

Amazing grace

How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now I'm found

Was blind but now I see, yeah yeah