Intelligent Hoodlum - Grand Groove (Part II) lyrics

Yo This is the jam, you know I'm sayin? About life and d**h About living and dying About losing people that's real close to you You know I'm sayin? Check it out, bust it C-section, snatched me out by the head I glanced at the calendar and it read 1971, the 13th of August Denise gave birth to a dream A single mother all alone, and it hurts A ba*tard child, Pop Duke is in the dirt Now I'm in the bridge on the block called Vernon When girls didn't know a damn thing about burning 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 living in Ghetto Heaven That's when I first saw the face of d**h 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 Love is life and we live by the day Peace to the brothers who pa**ed away To all my brothers who pa**ed away We love you to this day, you pa**ed away All my peoples pa**ed away, they pa**ed away We love you to this day, you pa**ed away Check it out, bust a move Grand Groove, bust a move We love you, Grand Groove, bust a move Grand Groove, 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 You gave me a home and a life 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 seen a lot of my friends die in the projects Lost their lives over material objects But you tried to save me from a young d**h So I strive to my last breath You was the start of my family tree Gave birth to Junior, then came me Grand Groove, Grand Mother Sister and my brother Best friend to me, there can never be another Never, cause I really need you today Peace to the mothers who pa**ed away (chorus) 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 pa**ed away We love you to this day, you pa**ed away I understand you're going back to the essence But I do miss your presence Too busy tryna be slick and getting over Back in the days I used to wish I was older And I remember And I remember And I remember I used to sneak in the house with my eyes all red, and Duck the blow that was aimed for my head Runnin' the streets like a runaway slave I didn't know you was heading for the grave 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 No more snakes in the gra** 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 pa**ed away (Chorus) To all my peoples that pa**ed away We love you to this day, you pa**ed away All my peoples pa**ed away, they pa**ed away We love you to this day, you pa**ed away Check it out, bust a move We love you, Grand Groove, bust a move Grand Groove, bust a move I love you, Grand Groove, bust a move