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DEAR MAMA
- VERSE 1:
- I love you Mama, I know we got our problems,
- started from the bottom and it's hard to resolve 'em,
- we were broke, sometimes we could afford bread,
- it felt like the planets were piled on your forehead,
- when he's gone and you need him, broke and poor,
- and it seems we need to steal from the grocery store,
- but you kept your head up and you hoped for more,
- with the dangerous 'hoods, we were close to war,
- we'll yell and we'll scream in each other's faces,
- that's because I'm into rap and you grew up racist,
- you're all committed to your job, and you're a fighter too,
- and it's your birthday coming soon, so I'll write to you,
- and even though you see difference in black and the white,
- and even though you seem mean when you're actin' uptight,
- I know that shit's a front so you'll seem so fearless,
- it's not all in appearance, hope you learn when you hear this,
- and I know I get focused with those words of advice,
- and even though I know my life isn't perfect and nice,
- and sometimes it just feels like I'll be hurting for life,
- sometimes I feel like I just make you feel worthless are rice,
- and I know you don't have money for my higher learning,
- but I'll make it work, 'cuz Mama know I've got that fire burning,
- and sometimes I sit and cry, don't know why you're hurting,
- and I know these times are hard, and we're dire yearning
- HOOK:
- Lady
- Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
- Dear mama
- Place no one above ya, sweet lady
- You are appreciated
- Don't cha know we love ya?
- VERSE 2:
- And then you saved me, my life is not that special,
- I learned bridges burn, tables turn, past lessons,
- but your aggression has got me, stopped me there,
- the way you yelled at Deshaun, threw out Javier,
- but I love you, you tell me everything will be fine,
- stopped me from slinging the nine, flinging to crime,
- Birmingham, saved me from the penitentiary there,
- I can't describe how much you meant to me yeah,
- you're still committed, and even though there's troubles,
- I don't believe in living from afar inside your bubble,
- and I know it's not all clean and I know it ain't subtle,
- you saved me from rain, I almost fell in the puddles,
- sometimes I simply felt like I should just blast myself,
- I've never scared to ask for advice or ask for help,
- you told me keep my head up, those words of advice,
- and all I see is on the surface but the surface is ice,
- Shannon Gallagher, I love ya, I know that ain't fair,
- but I feel for ya, Mama, I know that Dad ain't there,
- and that coward ain't comin' back, he's nothing much,
- he's tryna mess with our minds, can't nobody fuck with us,
- it seems more painful the more that I go recollect,
- it seems that our dreams are little more than treasure chests,
- but make the fire burn and let that burn forever,
- this shit is nothing to all the love that we earn together
- HOOK:
- Lady
- Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
- Dear mama
- Place no one above ya, sweet lady
- You are appreciated
- Don't cha know we love ya?
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