
“The Things He Built” is a soulful country ballad from a Black Southern woman’s perspective, honoring her grandfather’s quiet strength, from rooftops and crooked rims to school projects built by hand. It’s a love letter to sweat-stained lessons, unspoken care, and the kind of wisdom you inherit through actions, not words.
The song features a special guest verse from another grandson, offering his own perspective on what it meant to grow up in the same presence, a shared legacy felt in different ways.
If you’ve ever lost someone who raised you, taught you, loved you without needing to say much... this song is for you.
🎵 “I don’t need a monument tall and grand... I’m the proof of what he built by hand.”
Love you, Grandpa.