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Grandma's Hands

Song · 1971 · Bill Withers. Album: Just As I Am

for the grandma who held you together 👵🏾

Who it's for

Bill Withers wrote this about his grandmother and the care she showed him as a boy.

Missing a loved one→Grateful, comforted

Feelings it meets

What it is

"Grandma's Hands" is a 1971 soul single written and performed by Bill Withers and produced by Booker T. Jones, from his debut album Just As I Am. It is about Withers' grandmother and centers on her caring presence. As a child he went to church with his maternal grandmother, and he credited the spontaneous church singing there with shaping him.

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Age: All ages

They should remember their pleasures with gratitude, as they would the harvest of a summer.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pleasure”

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