By Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (1980)
On album Rising (1980)

…boys , we use to go visit my grandma and grandpa for two weeks out of every summer. My grandpa's name was Henry Toliver Sawyer and he was…
…be dead
Spoken:
Alright, then about that time my life began to pick up, just a little bit. Cos I met my old friend Ninty-Nine…
Ninty and he'd go on down the line. But I remember it was real hot one Sunday. Me and my grandpa was sittin' out on the front porch…

…we use to go visit my grandma and grandpa for two weeks out of every summer. My grandpa's name was Henry Toliver Sawyer and he was…
…:
Alright, then about that time my life began to pick up, just a little bit. Cos I met my old friend Ninty-Nine. They called him…
Ninty and he'd go on down the line. But I remember it was real hot one Sunday. Me and my grandpa was sittin' out on the front porch, and we heard…

…conquer it, and everything. Alright, here it goes
[Verse]
For 16 years I'm going through this pain
I'm not gonna be the same
I cry because I…
…at 5 years old
The stress is on my shoulders
The stress is coming down like a boulder
I used to hit my mom at 8 or 9 years old
I got…
At the age of 15 I got beat up
When my brother heard the news he was mad
Then he got sad
People kept telling me to pick my head up
Then I…

…don't hear it, but everytime I was about to leave the house, my father used to tell me;
'Don't stand out, make sure you don't get…
…are alive.'
The tears I had to shed for injustice have long dried up, I seeked desperately for a way to escape.
I could…
…pushing all life from the street.
We both went back home to eat, my emaciated mother was waiting for me with a cold Daal Bhat…

…I was all about the pay, goldchain and my necklace (and my necklace)
Remember writing my rhymes and I never had time to try to…
…in my caravan, gotta take my own chance
I know this life ain't made for me
I should probably…
…swore that was the man in me
No role models, grandpa had abandoned me, he long gone now, wonder if he still remember me
Is it bad that I…

…: A Meazy]
Look It was one of them years
Old friends with a bunch of new tears
Was excited to bring in the new year
'Cause now…
…avoided compliments
Could barely look into the mirror, it was obvious
I needed miracles to boost up my faith
The only way we knew to cope was to…
…demons
But luckily for me the struggle's what I needed
'Cause you never really know who you are till your back's against wall
Or how to pick…

The grass was green, the sky was blue
Had my Sunday clothes, my shiny shoes
My Dad had teardrops rolling down
As they put Grandpa…
…in the ground
Only 8 years old, but I remember everything
That changed me
Her breath smelt like bubblegum
She kissed me…
…in front of everyone
I wiped it off for all my friends
But my heart wouldn't let me wash my hand
Seventh grade I acted just…
By David Allan Coe (1977)
On album Tattoo (1977)

PLAY CHECKERS WITH THEM OTHER OLD MEN UP THERE. THEY USED TO TELL STORIES BOUT WHEN THEY WERE KIDS. GRANDPA SAYS HE SHOT…
THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHEN HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD. N' I BELIEVE HIM, CAUSE THEY TELL ME THAT HAZARD, KENTUCKY'S THE BALDEST PLACE…
…' ON THE GROUND.
YES SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING' CALLED FOR MORE THAN HE COULD STAND
I GUESS HE FELT AT HOME IN HIS OLD CLOTHES
BUT HE NEVER…

…tryna bust it
Me and God was talking the other day, it was no judgement
.45 on me, nigga I don't do no tusslin'
Flew her out to me…
If 12 get behind me, my nigga you gonna have to toss it
They gave my uncle Porky 10 years, my grandpa lost it
Popping Percocets, I…
…fuckin' 'round, ended (how the fuck now)
Can't wait to hit my jeweler up, and say I need bust down
Plug threw me up for 48, i made that to…
…… we won!
[GRANDPA JOE]
Charlie, get my uniform
From high upon the shelf
And dust off all the years since it's been worn
I admit for…
…and press me
Press the pedal to the kettle for the steam
But don't, don't
Don'cha pinch me, Charlie
I don't wanna wake up from…
…it away, Grandpa Joe!
[GRANDPA JOE]
Well, I was always certain
That my luck would never change
I lost the will to ever leave me…

…youthful juvenile doing time
forgive me mama-i never meant for you to cry,went to trial,i was sent to do a 2 to 5
handcuffed…
…smell hope,13 years old my beloved mother had just passed
i started puffin grass,drinkin 40s cuttin class,my father always used to beat on me…
…and bust my ass repeatedly,i couldnt wait to get a change of scenery
i never had a dream,nobody believed in me…

Granddad was 80 years, physically still strong
Went every Sunday by foot from house to church
Days he was sitting against…
…the windowpane, he greeted everyone
Kids were always in his house and parents were around
But one day grandson decided, grandpa was to old…
…about his work, his wife, his house
That house in that nice neighborhood, that was grandpa's home
Grandson says: "Grandpa, I need to…

…I like to hunt alone
I'm an untamed beast - Wait a sec is that a bone?
Oh yes yes yes, I'll do anything you wanna
If you treat me…
…scare away the creepers
[Verse 2: Creeper]
Hold up, scare me? That's not true
I'm only keeping my distance 'cause I'm allergic to…
…if you kill me, there's more on the way
Grandpa Jenkins, what you gotta say?
[Chorus: Grandpa Jenkins & Mobs]
The moon is coming up…

…borned and bred in dat same county. Pa, he was sold away from Ma when I was still a baby. Ma's job was to weave all
de' cloth for…
…out of was so coarse dat it scratched us little chillun nost to death, it seemed lak to us dem days. I kin still feel dem old hay…
…front of de house whar I lives now.
Grandma Anna was 115 years old when she died. She had done wore herself out in slavery time…

…at the hands of friends
They're dead to me, I can never talk to 'em again
19 I made my first stack
20 years old I made 20 stacks
21 years old I made…
…police and hiding in the bushes
13 years old my grandpa Joe passed it
He was the first one to believe in this rap sh*t
His first…
…I need to grow up
19 got jumped selling tree on a bus
26 years old stuffing P's in the trunk
27 got popped with seven P's…