Namesake

Met my grandpa He was black & white And a few years from his teens He held my father Towards the flashing light In 1963 There's my grandma Standing to the side With my auntie round her knees Only standing About 5 foot 5 But she seemed so tall to me I'm told I have the same face as my namesake And we're all going to the same place when we're done Even if we all ain't got the same names I'll be proud to call you family sure enough Some jumped from airplanes Some ran the family farm They raised my dad, my mom, and they raised me Some aren't related By words or blood But they're still your family I'm told I have the same face as my namesake And we're all going to the same place when we're done Even if we all ain't got the same names I'll be proud to call you family sure enough I hope I've grown to be my mother by the time I have a son I hope he takes after my father I hope they just be who they want Like crazy uncles and aunts I hope they know that they don't have to be related to be loved It's just love It's just love It's just love It's just love It's just love It's just love It's just love It's just love I'm told I have the same face as my namesake And we're all going to the same place when we're done Even if we all ain't got the same names I'll be proud to call you family sure enough I'm told I have the same face as my namesake And we're all going to the same place when we're done Even if we all ain't got the same names I'll be proud to call you family sure enough