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When I was me and my mama had beef Seventeen years old kicked out on the Though back at the time, I never I'd see her face Ain't a woman alive that take my mama's place from school, and scared to go home, I was a fool With the big boys, breaking all the I shed with my baby sister Over the years we was than the other little kids And even though we had different daddy's, the same When things went wrong blame mama I on the stress I caused, it was hell Hugging on my mama from a cell And think in elementary? Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And running the police, that's right Mama catch me, put a whooping to my And even as a crack fiend, You always was a queen, mama I understand For a woman it ain't easy to raise a man You always was A poor single mother on welfare, 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 ya? Sweet lady mama Place no one ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
Now ain't tell us it was fair No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't He passed away and I didn't cry, my anger Wouldn't let me for a stranger They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all I was looking for a he was gone I hung around the Thugs, and even though they sold drugs They showed a young brother I moved out and really hanging I needed money of my own so I slanging I ain't guilty cause, though I sell rocks It feels putting money in your mailbox I love paying rent when the due I ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to you 'Cause when I was low you was for me And never left me alone because you 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 made miracles every Thanksgiving But now the got rough, you're alone You're to raise two bad kids on your own And there's no way I can pay you But my plan is to you that I understand You are
Don't ya know we ya? Sweet lady And dear Place no one ya, sweet lady You are ya know we love ya?
Pour out some liquor and I reminisce, through the drama I can always on my mama And when it seems that I'm You say the words that can get me back in I was sick as a little kid To keep me happy no limit to the things you did And all my memories Are full of all the things you did for me And even though I act I gotta the Lord that you made me are no words that can express how I feel You never kept a secret, stayed real And I appreciate, how you me And all the extra love that you me I wish I could take the away If you can it through the night there's a brighter day Everything will be if ya hold on a struggle everyday, gotta roll on And no way I can pay you back But my plan is to show you that I You are
Don't ya know we ya? Sweet lady And mama Place no one ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya know we ya?
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