Grand Groove (Bonus Mix)

Yo This is the jam, know what I'm sayin? About life and death About livin' and dyin' About losin' people that are real close to you Know what I'm sayin? Check it out... bus' it C-section, snatched me out by the head I glanced at the calendar and it read (whoo, heyy) 1971, the 13th of August Denise gave birth to a dream (uhh) A single mother all alone, and it hurts (yeah) A bastard child, Pop Duke is in the dirt Now near the bridge on a block called Vernon When girls didn't know a damn thing about burnin' Rememberin' the days of my youth Bust my first nut on a project roof Now I'm on my way to P.S. 111 Miss other tricks livin' in Ghetto Heaven (whooo weee) That's when I first saw the face of death (yeah) And none of the other brothers are left Like my man Tay-ya from around the way On the Stagecoach where we used to play You couldn't tell me then we wouldn't live forever Welcome back, now we got it all together (all together, baby) Love is life and we live by the day Peace to the brothers who passed away To all my brothers who passed away We love you to this day, you passed away All my peoples passed away, you passed away We love you to this day, you passed away Check it out, bust a move I try to maintain with the joy and pain There's a lot to lose and a lot to gain From beginning to end, again I intend When I lost you, I lost my best friend (my friend) You gave me a life and a home that was decent But instead, I ended up in the precinct A lost soul, I didn't understand How precious life was until I was a man (I was a man) I seen a lot of my friends die in the projects Lost their lives over material objects (damn) But you tried to save me from a young death So I strive to my last breath You was the start of my family tree Gave birth to Junior, then came me (I love you) Grand Groove, Grand Mother Sister and my brother Best friend to me, there can never be another (never be another) 'Cause I really need you today Peace to the mothers who passed away () Check it out, bust a move We love you, Grand Groove, bust a move Grand Groove, bust a move We love you, Grand Groove, bust a move To all my peoples that passed away We love you to this day, you passed away I understand you're goin' back to the essence But I do miss your presence Too busy tryna be slick and gettin' over Back in the days I used to wish I was older And I remember And I remember And I remember (yeah) I used to sneak in the house with my eyes all red (uhhh) Duck the blow that was aimed for my head (look out) Runnin' the streets like a runaway slave (here I come) I didn't know you was headin' for the grave (yeah) Never miss a good friend until they're gone As long as I'm alive, you're gonna live on and on Who says your best friend has to be a brother? A friend is someone who's always there for another (one who's there) No more snakes in the grass when you're near Grand Groove, I love you and I wish you were here I still love you to this very day One love, Grand Groove, you passed away () To all my peoples that passed away We love you to this day, you passed away All my peoples passed away, you passed away We love you to this day, you passed away Check it out, bust a move We love you, Grand Groove, bust a move Grand Groove, bust a move We love you, Grand Groove, bust a move