100, 000 I need a to get up before I my face The junkies, the Hookers, the dealers the kickin' off my covers off the fact I haven't called my gramma in a long, long time standin in the shower for almost an hour Tryin' to wake up and I'm lookin for the reachin' for the towel with in my eyes off my shoulders, my chest, and my thighs The next thing I know the telephone I my own voice on the answering machine leave a message I'm glad ya called I listen for a voice but there's at all Man oh Man I gotta the blues and pay where respect is due all praises to GOD the one I to the one I can to when I'm feelin to the bone (chorus) Early in the morn I wash my face a hundred thousand miles is a place At six in the morning she bed stared out the window and then she I wasn't her type... I think she's runnin outa though... and I told her so. She picked up her things and through the door and then that she couldn't see me no more as she was leaving I asked her if she'd call she look back said nuttin at all I didn't change my clothes they smell like you and when I took a it reminded me of you I called Gramma Brown for it to me once it happened to me twice Michael my son you really bugged I that you were here so I could to you give a hug she gave me a long, long talk she said "you have the of ice on a sidewalk" when things get don't sweat it in life you just have to let it and sing out a song so that even a bad couldn't bring harm to the mind of a young childs formed from the light shadows her is like a whispering kiss on the forehead (chorus) Early in the before I wash my face The warmbut there's an empty space Early in the mornin face a hundred thousand miles is a lonely In the thirty minutes before I asleep when I said my prayers and I have brushed my teeth is the time when I am forced to think about all of the things I been tryin to forget The Bills, the phone, cleanin up my the cars, the traffic, the and the boom alone I remember the times me and you and I realize my heart is shakin' up the Gramma she would tell us about the days and gramma she would tell us about we were slaves in the room pianos outa tune on top of it the pictures of bride and groom grand child lost child every single tear shed single smile 'cause got alota shit to deal with and doesn't stop it just makes ya feel it so shake the dust offa feet take a step forward with the beat so for you I wrote song I you to hear it before you are gone. the African in me the in me These are some a things my gave to me believe there are and some believe there ain't if ever was one my gramma Brown she is a saint (chorus) Early in the morn before I my face The bed isstill warmbut empty space Earlyin before I wash my face a hundred thousand miles is a place