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Letter to Grandma

from West Wednesdays Vol. One by Lance Retuya

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"If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.
Buildings burn, people die, but love, love is forever."

Sitting by the open fireplace, in my favorite dungarees
Played a few bars of a melody and it sounded sweet to me
I thought I'd get up and take a look around, but my feet got in the way
Stumbled to the floor, she was right in the door, I could see her face

Verse:
Oh I'm, still wishing you can come right back here
I fight tears knowing that it's been a couple years
I face fears 'cause I always feel you near
And your laugh is all I hear when the crowd gives me cheers yeah
It's almost been three years since you passed away
And I'm trippin' that I never got a chance to say
That I love you and I miss you every single day
Why'd you have to go, I'm asking God that when I pray
But I know that you be smiling up in heaven
Having drinks with Aaliyah while I'm writing these confessions
And uh, don't worry 'ma 'cause grandpa's still strong
Over 80 years long and he's still fighting on uh
You lit up every room with your smile and your laugh
Can't help but cry when I'm looking at the photographs
You had to leave, but damn was that unexpected
And now because of you all the family is so close connected
And every family party hasn't been the same
I can still feel the pain every time I hear your name
But even through the rain and the struggle of the game
Your love is in my veins and that'll never change naw
I still wish you could of met my future wife
And I'm looking for a woman that I know you would've liked
But a woman like you is just impossible to find
So I'm looking for the one that I wanna call mine
When I, go to sleep I hope I see you in my dreams
Glowing up in heaven's lights, forgetting pain life can bring
And I'm, hoping that you seeing everything I'm doing
Living life to the fullest cause I'll never stop pushing
And I, remember all the pain that you went through
I was young and never told you how I felt about you
I was grateful and I know I didn't show it
But now that you left you got me here writing poems
'Bout the times that were good, and the times that were bad
Now I can't help but laugh every time you got mad
'Cause you couldn't stay mad and had a smile when I was I bad
Now ever since you passed I started acting like a man
Two weeks after graduation when I got that call
From my mom on the phone telling me that you were gone
I was shocked, man I couldn't say a thing
Seeing all the family cry, couldn't handle everything, a devastating thing
And don't worry about the family cause I'll hold it down
I'm doing everything for you I'm trying to make you proud
Trying to make you smile, just trying to let the world know that I'mma be here for a while
Never gonna hold me down
Because of you, I'm nice to everyone I meet
Because of you, I'm thankful for the meals I eat
Because of you, everyday I'm spreading love
I love you Grandma
Sincerely yours,
Your Grandson

But how could I know she would just up and go?
My best friend's gone, I'm so all alone
I really miss you, Granny, I'm so all alone,
When are you coming back home?
I really miss you, Granny, missing you every day,
Are you coming home to stay?

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from West Wednesdays Vol. One, track released April 13, 2011

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