And we was holdin' on
I come from a broken home
She had more than the five senses
She knew more than books could teach
And raised everyone she touched just a little bit higher
And all around her there was a natural sense
As though she sensed what the stars say, what the birds say
What the wind and and the clouds say
A sense of soul and self, that African sense
And she raised me like she raised four of her own
And I was hurt and scared and shocked when Lily Scott left
Suddenly one night
And they sent a limousine from heaven to take her to God
If there is one
So I knew she had gone
And I came from a broken home
Here Scott-Heron shows his deep reverence for his grandmother. 
 She may be the leader of a  brken home , but in the eyes of God she is royalty. 
 Even as a crack addict, Gil revealed the beauty in his soul here.
On Coming From a Broken Home Pt. 1