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Bake a big yam (Sugar) produced by Eric G, feat. Liza Garza

from Baby (Being a black youth) by One Be Lo

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Here’s a picture of my Grandma Ollie, but growing up I always called her Ollie. She worked for GMC in the auto plant, but she also worked at my schools part time as the lunch lady. She always made sure I was eating good, and sometimes she would take care of my friends too.

lyrics

verse 1

Now I cant say that I remember
but i'm still gonna try to paint a picture
What happened on the day I was delivered

My daddy wasn't there with a cigar
But granny she was there with a camera
and she still got the pictures

Cried so much
she could prolly make a river

The first grandson of the litter
wipe his spit up

The greatest babysitter

A lover not a fighter
not a taker but a giver
ABC's say it with him

Some say it's wisdom

Not an alchemist
Couldn't turn nothin gold
but she could make it glitter

Silence is gold
and her words like Silver

Every Sunday morning
she engaged in the scriptures

Warm smile on her face
you can feel it

Sunday afternoon
she could bake or use the skillet

And me I couldn't wait for the visit

She kept something sweet
but you gotta come and get it
come and kiss her


Chorus

La la la laaa
La la la la

She used to call it Sugar
like Ray with the fist

La la la laaa
La la la la

The one who helped change
when your diapers fulla ish

La la la laaa
La la la la

I know you’re getting grown
but you’re never too big

La la la laaa
La la la la

Cuz if it wasn't for her
you wouldn't exist

La
Laaa


verse 2

I used to keep a drool
But not now i'm eating food
And now i'm thinking in school
And now I think I'm cool

And now me and my friends started hanging
started riding BMX's

Thinking
We’ the ones
We’ the young
We’ the restless

Used to play that Tic Tac Toe
with the pencil

Now i'm on the Sega Genesis
and Nintendo

Sports with the fashion
Shorties with the fat butts
Homies in the handcuffs
Need to pull their pants up

Didn't know it all
but we did know enough

How to roll a blunt

How to get some guts

How to throw a punch
when the going get tough
Pick a side or get back
get fronted
get bucks

Older people getting old

We’re just growing up

The generation gap
wasn't open for discuss

We didn't really speak
in the middle of the week

But I seen her every Sunday
better kiss her on the cheek



Chorus

La la la laaa
La la la la

She used to call it Sugar
like Ray with the fist

La la la laaa
La la la la

The one who helped change
when your diapers fulla ish

La la la laaa
La la la la

I know you’re getting grown
but you’re never too big

La la la laaa
La la la la

Cuz if it wasn't for her
you wouldn't exist

La
Laaa


verse 3

We got one still with us on my Mammy side

The only time I seen my step daddy cry
is when my granny died

All the times she was going to the hospital
Took it all for granted
didn't know her death was possible

Was it her health or her stress?

Some members in your family
they can make you worry yourself to death

I know I wasn't the worse
but far from the best
But she showed us all love
biggest heart up in her chest

I'm sitting at her funeral
feeling unusual

She’s laying there sleeping
looking peaceful and beautiful

Natural
outside, I look cool casual

Inside, EMOTIONS you could type in all capitals

Deeply missed
by her kin and her friends

I felt tears on my cheek
yo I couldn't pretend

Gave her one for the road
I know that this is the end

But if I make it up to heaven
immo kiss her again



Chorus
She used to call it Sugar
like Ray with the fist


She used to call it Sugar
like Ray with the fist


She used to call it Sugar
like Ray with the fist


She used to call it Sugar
like Ray with the fist

credits

from Baby (Being a black youth), released November 7, 2020
BEAT PRODUCTION: Eric G (Soul Council)
ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION: Jonas Siegel
ADDITIONAL SAMPLES: OneManArmy
LYRICS: One Be Lo
ADDITIONAL ADLIBS: Laura ‘Piece’ Kelly
CHORUS PERFORMED BY: Liza Garza
SCRATCHES: DJ Abilities
RECORDED/MIXED by: Aaron Angus
MASTERING by: D Sane

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