[Verse 1] A little house with a tin roof Rain drops piercing through to the ground I grew up with my grandmother on a thin woven mat Old clothes on my back but her lap kept me warm [Verse 2] My parents carried their own tiredness Each of them bearing quiet wounds from far away A crooked family portrait hung on the wooden wall The more I looked, the more I knew we weren’t ready like others [Chorus] The house wasn’t ready, but here I am Raised by the love my grandmother gave instead of treasures on a high shelf Money in my hand may be less than other people’s But my heart never went bankrupt for a single day [Verse 3] Mornings I helped my grandmother fetch water from far away Wore torn shoes walking to the school across the road I’d ask myself why it had to be me Then remember my grandmother waiting all day right there [Chorus] The house wasn’t ready, but here I am Raised by the love my grandmother gave instead of treasures on a high shelf Money in my hand may be less than other people’s But my heart never went bankrupt for a single day [Bridge] Some nights I fear a future I cannot see But my grandmother told me to lift my face and trust “Child, we don’t all start the same But we can walk just as far if our hearts don’t give up” [Chorus] The house wasn’t ready, but here I am Raised by the love my grandmother gave, pulling me up Even if the world sees me only as a poor child I will prove them wrong; one day I will be ready on my own [Verse 4] My father was strange My mother was strange My home was strange Everyone was strange [Chorus] Two grandmothers, two grandfathers I’m left confused and lost Two grandmothers, two grandfathers I’m completely bewildered [Verse 5] We moved from place to place Never staying in one home I couldn’t understand why we had to keep moving [Chorus] Two grandmothers, two grandfathers I’m left confused and lost Two grandmothers, two grandfathers I’m completely bewildered [Bridge 2] In books there are grandmothers But I don’t have a grandmother like that In books there are grandmothers I don’t have one at all [Chorus] Two grandmothers, two grandfathers I’m left confused and lost Two grandmothers, two grandfathers I’m completely bewildered [Outro / Call to Action] I grew up in a small tin house, warmed by a grandmother’s hands I learned to carry love where money could not reach If this story touches you, just one like, one share, one subscribe I will tell more, and together we will prove I belong Just one like, one share, one subscribe
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