I Miss You

[Intro: DMX] I know that my savior lives And at the end, He will stand on this earth My flesh may be destroyed Yet from this body, I will see God Yes, I will see Him for myself And I long for that moment [Verse 1: DMX] Grandma, I really miss you, and it ain't been the same I drop a tear when I hear your name Mary Ella Holloway, why you gotta be so far away? Used to say, "Don't worry, it's gon' be okay" But it ain't – it's like when you left, you took the Lord with you Why couldn't I come when He came to get you? Damn, I really miss you, I had to say it again I remember the time when I was like 10 Crept up in the neighbor's yard, yeah, bein' hard headed You told me I would get it – you said it! And boy did I get it, but after you spanked me, you hugged me Kissed me on my forehead, told me that you love me And I saw that it hurt you more than it hurt me I thought, how bad could this hurt be? I know now, that's why it's only done out of love What I wouldn't give for one mo' hug, from grandma [Chorus: Faith Evans & DMX] Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… [Verse 2: DMX] What I'm about to say a couple of family members is gon' hate me But I'ma let you know what's been goin' on lately Now you know since you left a lot of things with your kids done changed Yeah, Jackie's still crazy, don't know what's up with James Ain't seen Jerry in a while, you know he walk like you And Renée's back in jail, you know she talk like you Raquela doing real good now, she workin' Rhonda's still runnin' around, trickin', jerkin' Buckeye's buggin', he done lost his mind And Jarvis? Back out of jail, doin' fine Kylie? He done changed, it ain't all about self As for my father... well, that's somethin' else Boog, that's my dog, he hold his grandmother down My great grandmother, makin' a lot of trips out of town But that's a good thing, and if I could only hear you sing Once more, oh Lord, the comfort it would bring [Chorus: Faith Evans & DMX] Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… [Verse 3: DMX (Faith Evans)] You left behind a mother, eleven kids, eleven grand-kids And since then, two of your grand-kids done had kids I got a boy named Tacoma, Xavier's brother That's right, Xavier's made you a great-grandmother I thank you for the best times of my life I thank you for when you first met her acceptin' and lovin' my wife I thank you for those Sunday dinners, they were vital I thank you for my life, I thank you for the Bible I thank you for the songs that you'd sing in the mornin' (Amazing Grace…) while I'm yawnin' I thank you for the two beatings you gave me 'Cause I know somewhere along the line the lesson I learned from the two beatings saved me And when you died I cried like a baby, I begged the Lord to take me 'Cause no one else could give me what you gave me But life, like everything, comes to an end I pray I go to Heaven to see you again – Amen [Chorus: Faith Evans & DMX] Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… Baby, it's gon' be okay She used to tell me that… Baby, it's gon' be okay I really miss hearin'… [Outro: Faith Evans] Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see, yeah