The Women That Made Me

Grady was there for my first prom She told me I looked beautiful when my date forgot Called me on bullshit, taught me how to budget Grady knows the words to all my songs I don't have to ask for her to listen She'll god parent my hypothetical children Loves every kid she's known Now she's gonna have one of her own this year Monique can read it on my face Watch me unfold and give me notes to try another take Worked overtime for nothing to show me I was something Monique told me all the worlds a stage In dark times she's always seen me golden I feel her love without it being spoken Say we'll catch up when times passed And hope it doesn't move as fast next year No it's not in a traditional sense That's never been much my style They reach out their unconditional hands And everything that's mine is ours I wouldn't trade them for any other Even though they're not my mother These women raised me The women that made me Carina's every credit on the screen Her two boys and her husband are my second family She'd house me for the summers and treat me like a daughter Carina I still see you in my dreams Never stopped long enough to get a picture To look on when I really start to miss her She was only sick at first Until she got a little worse last year No it's not in a traditional sense That's never been much my style They reach out their unconditional hands And everything that's mine is ours I wouldn't trade them for any other Even though they're not my mother These women raised me The women that made me I wouldn't trade them for any other And god I wish they were my mother These women saved me The women that made me The women that made me