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Front Row
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Front Row was released on April 20, 1999 by Alpha Pup as a part of the album South Central Thynk Taynk
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Release DateApril 20, 1999
LabelAlpha Pup
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM86

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Abstract Tribe Unique
Abstract Tribe Unique
Performer
Abstract Rude
Abstract Rude
Vocals
Fat Jack
Fat Jack
Beats
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James D. Clark
James D. Clark
Composer
Aaron Joseph Pointer
Aaron Joseph Pointer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Fat Jack
Fat Jack
Producer
Matt Kelley
Matt Kelley
Mixing Engineer
Touch Tone
Touch Tone
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

My loved ones. My loved ones. My loved ones
Be my flower
My loved ones. My loved ones(still you gotta let 'em go)
Give them their flowers
Before you're in the front row (give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
Give them their flowers
Before you're in the front row (give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
My mother's maiden name is Wade
She from a line of folks that came from Texas to LA
And it was hard but they found jobs in the shipyard
Enough to have a house and kids a front and a back yard and a dog to guard
Plenty of sunshine, having a simple attitude
The eastside was like Harlem Nights on Central Avenue
Before it was in shambles some of my folks gambled with no blunder
My Great Grandaddy ran them numbers
Everybody was doing business in Los Angeles
Home of some of the nicest folk and the most scandalous
I'm one of the nicest, got home training actually
Put down by my family's southern hospitality
My Great Grandaddy Wade paved the way for all his damn kids
A man of his stature should be remembered for what the man did
I remember building with him but I was still little though
Didn't quite recognize his health getting critical
Family looking pitiful with the young kids unsociable
Moms all regretful not saying much, unusual
Saturday in LA sunny skies so beautiful
But I recognized death on the front row at his funeral
Give them their flowers, before you're in the front row
(Give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
Give them their flowers, before you're in the front row
(Give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
I look at my nephew, he's alive to see his great greats
Just like I was but not old enough to appreciate
‘Give your Great Grandmother some sugar baby’
She'll feed you real good and ask ya what you done lately
Some people don't got no folks so cherish the ones you have
Don't hold a lifelong grudge just 'cause he made you mad
I had to learn that, can't lose too many and never reconcile
You'll feel shitty full of pity and go into exile
Might cut your hair (might might) and rip your clothes
You'll fall down with your face in the ground to mourn the old
So much information coulda got shoulda got but did not
Wish not but now they lie there the loss of a loved one nightmare
(Am I woke yet?)
Give them their flowers. Before you're in the front row
(Give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
Give them their flowers before you're in the front row
(Give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
Remember the sick and shut in convalescent homes are lonely
Take a little time to think about your dead homiez
Pour out a lil liquor do this in remembrance of them
Or drink a brew with 'em before you be reminiscing
You'll be asking why passing is such sweet sorrow
We've got time to borrow but will we see tomorrow
Twelve gun salute to the fallen soldier
A folded flag and a closed casket says you're over
You can call Jehovah Jah Rasta or Yaweh
Allah or rely on the Rabbi still one day we die
It wasn't dope when the letter got wrote to the now widow
She can't cope ain't got no hope and it's hard to cry a little
She cries puddles death is subtle
Slowly the months go after you and your family is on the front row
Give them their flowers before you're in the front row
(Give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
Give them their flowers / Before you're in the front row
(Give 'em their flowers)
Or you'll be sad & grieve they're gone (you'll be sad)
But still you gotta let 'em go (still you gotta let 'em go)
My loved ones. My loved ones. My loved Ones
Yo,rewind in time and you will find
Live on Live On to all the ancestors
Written by: Aaron Joseph Pointer, James D. Clark
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