From the recording That's Right
Lyrics
MAKE ME PROUD
Words and Music by James Keith Norman
VERSE #1:
So many nights, when I was young
my grandmamma and me,
we stayed up late, talk ’bout life
hers that was, or mine to be.
And of all the things she said
one really got inside my head.
She would say,
CHORUS:
“Boy, make me proud
whenever you take a stand.
Boy, make me proud
Live a good life, young man.
Boy, make me proud.”
VERSE #2:
Through the years, temptation roared
from every side,
when I coulda had more for me,
if I had cheated or lied.
But anytime I faced a choice
between right and wrong, I heard her voice
grandmamma’d say
CHORUS:
“Boy, make me proud
whenever you take a stand.
Boy, make me proud
Live a good life, young man.
Boy, make me proud.”
BRIDGE:
Now, son of mine, I’ll finish quick.
I can hear their car horns, too.
But tonight when you’re out with those friends,
if there comes a time
some cross a line,
please be careful what you do
and…
CHORUS:
Make me proud
whenever you take a stand.
Boy, make me proud
Live a good life, young man.
Boy, make me proud
whenever you take a stand.
Boy, make me proud
Live a good life, young man.
Boy, make me proud.
Copyright © 2013 and (P) 2014 James Keith Norman. (SOCAN AND SOCAN RR)