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Sixty years I walked this road alone
Never thought I’d have a bloodline of my own
My boy came to me when he was just seven
Running from a home that never gave him heaven
I took his hand and gave him everything I had
Taught him how to stand when the world got bad
He grew up tall, found a woman good and true
Got a little house out on the avenue
Last spring they called me, said there’s one on the way
I sat down and cried, couldn’t believe my day
Time moves fast, it don’t wait for nobody
But it stopped still when I first held that body
That grandbaby’s got her daddy’s eyes
Got my crooked smile when she laughs and cries
She don’t know how she fixed this old man’s heart
Turned all my empty into a work of art
I go over every Sunday morning after church
She runs to the door, slaps her little hands in my shirt
She climbs up in my lap and pulls at my gray beard
Tells me stories that only she can hear
I never thought I’d get this kind of blessing
Not after all the hard years I’ve been stressing
That grandbaby’s got her momma’s dimples
Got a wild streak that makes the whole room tickle
She don’t know she healed all the old cracks in me
Turned a lonely old life into everything I need
I’ve been kicked down, I’ve been broke, I’ve been forgotten
Had a lot of days where I thought my story was rotten
This little girl brought light I never thought I’d see
Gives this old black man a legacy
That grandbaby’s sleeping in my arms tonight
Her little breath is the sweetest sound in my life
I’ll love her till my last breath leaves this old chest
God gave me more than I ever could have guessed
That grandbaby’s smile is all I need
To make this whole world feel like home to me
