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I was young me and my mama had beef Seventeen old kicked out on the streets Though back at the time, I thought I'd see her face Ain't a woman that could take my mama's place Suspended from school, and to go home, I was a fool With the big boys, all the rules I shed tears my baby sister the years we was poorer than the other little kids And even though we had daddy's, the same drama When things wrong we'd blame mama I reminisce on the I caused, it was hell Hugging on my mama a jail cell And who'd think in Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And running from the police, right Mama me, put a whooping to my backside And even as a fiend, mama You always was a black queen, I finally For a woman it ain't trying to raise a man You was committed A poor single on welfare, tell me how ya did it There's no way I can pay you But the plan is to you that I understand You are
Don't ya know we love ya? Sweet mama Place no one above ya, lady You are ya know we love ya?
Now ain't nobody tell us it was No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't He passed and I didn't cry, cause my anger Wouldn't let me feel for a say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along I was for a father he was gone I hung around with the Thugs, and even though they sold They showed a young brother I moved out and started hanging I needed money of my own so I started I ain't guilty cause, even though I rocks It feels good putting money in mailbox I love rent when the rent's due I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I to you when I was low you was there for me And never left me alone you cared for me And I could see you coming home after late in the kitchen trying to fix us a hot plate Ya just working the scraps you was given And mama made miracles Thanksgiving But now the got rough, you're alone trying to raise two bad kids on your own And there's no way I can pay you But my plan is to show you I understand You are
Don't ya we love ya? Sweet lady And mama Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya know we ya?
Pour out liquor and I reminisce, cause through the drama I can depend on my mama And when it that I'm hopeless You say the words can get me back in focus When I was as a little kid To me happy there's no limit to the things you did And all my childhood Are full of all the things you did for me And even I act crazy I thank the Lord that you made me There are no that can express how I feel You never kept a secret, always real And I appreciate, how you me And all the extra that you gave me I I could take the pain away If you can make it the night there's a brighter day Everything will be alright if ya on It's a struggle everyday, gotta on And there's no way I can pay you But my is to show you that I understand You are
Don't ya know we love ya? lady And dear Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya know we ya?
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