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?