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| "Grateful" Written by Pieter Monzon (Pete Philly), Pieter Perquin (Perquisite) and Matthijs Rook (Nicolay) Dear family and friends I need to thank you In this note that I'm sending you I need to show my gratitude I'm truly indebted to you Thank you for pulling me through Dear family and friends I really need to thank you You were there for me So I will always be there for you And this is how I show my gratitude Dear mama, let me start off with you I know there ain't a thing you wouldn't do To try and pull me through And if there's anything good To be said about me Then it's true that I owe it all to you Remember back When we were in the old apartment Where every minute that was spent Was truly heartfelt And even though pops was gone I know you stood strong And equipped me To convert thought to song And in the end Taught me right from wrong shit Even though I ended up Doing some wrong shit I came out of it, strong and fit And equipped With the right state of mind To go and handle shit And to my second dad It really makes me sad Your daughters don't appreciate The thing that I had And that's some true fatherhood And if I could love you more Then you know that I would and should For sure Pops, I'm really glad we're talking again On the phone to Aruba, long distance and Every instance when you tell me Of the story 'bout "no guts, no glory" I can assure you, you never bore me And assure you that Tamara loves you And I know that she knows That you love her too So stop buggin' dude And go and give her a call Matter of fact, here's her number 'Cause we family y'all Dear family and friends I need to thank you In this note that I'm sending you I need to show my gratitude I'm truly indebted to you Thank you for pulling me through Dear family and friends I really need to thank you You were there for me So I will always be there for you And this is how I show my gratitude I wanna send my love To every girl I ever went with Who saw that thing in me That others couldn't see Now many do, and they're givin' love too But it ain't the same As the love I've gotten from you So thank you for that, stay true to that Even when other cats Try to convince you I was wack Staying back to back Is the reason why I love all of the women in my life And that's a fact I'm so grateful for all of the love That I've gotten Even when other cats Act hateful and rotten It ain't forgotten But I'm grateful for the negative 'Cause through my music I can turn it into something positive I guess it's how I live I guess it's how I give My love through this track So please remember that Dear family and friends This is the way I send my love back |  Visit the Official Website of Pete Philly & Perquisite More Information About the Songwriters: Pete Philly Perquisite Nicolay    |
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