You are
When I was young me and my 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 alive could take my mama's place Suspended from school, and scared to go home, I was a With the big boys, breaking all the I shed with my baby sister Over the years we was poorer than the other little And even though we had different daddy's, the same 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 in elementary? Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And from the police, that's right Mama me, put a whooping to my backside And as a crack fiend, mama You was a black queen, mama I understand For a woman it ain't trying to raise a man You always was A single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it There's no way I can pay you But the is to show you that I understand You are
Don't ya know we ya? Sweet lady Dear no one above ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
Now ain't nobody tell us it was No love from my daddy cause the wasn't there He passed away and I didn't cry, my anger let me feel for a stranger They say I'm and I'm heartless, but all along I was looking for a father he was I hung around the Thugs, and even though they sold drugs They showed a young brother I moved out and started really I needed money of my own so I slanging I guilty cause, even though I sell rocks It good putting money in your mailbox I love paying rent when the due I hope ya got the necklace that I sent to you 'Cause when I was low you was for me And never left me because you cared for me And I could see you home after work late You're in the kitchen trying to fix us a hot Ya just working the scraps you was given And mama made every Thanksgiving But now the road got rough, you're You're trying to raise two bad 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 dear Place no one ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
Pour out some liquor and I reminisce, cause the drama I can always on my mama And when it seems that I'm You say the words can get me back in focus When I was sick as a kid To keep me happy there's no limit to the you did And all my memories Are of all the sweet things you did for me And though I act crazy I thank the Lord that you made me are no words that can express how I feel You never kept a secret, always stayed And I appreciate, how you me And all the extra that you gave me I wish I could the pain away If you can make it through the night there's a day Everything will be if ya hold on It's a struggle everyday, roll on And there's no way I can pay you But my plan is to show you I understand You are
Don't ya know we love ya? Sweet And dear Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
lady And mama
Dear Lady, lady,