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I was young me and my mama had beef Seventeen years old kicked out on the Though back at the time, I thought I'd see her face Ain't a woman alive that could my mama's place from school, and scared to go home, I was a fool With the big boys, breaking all the I shed tears 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 went wrong we'd mama I reminisce on the I caused, it was hell on my mama from a jail cell And think in elementary? Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And running from the police, right catch me, put a whooping to my backside And as a crack fiend, mama You always was a queen, mama I finally For a woman it ain't easy to raise a man You always was 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? lady Dear Place no one above ya, sweet You are Don't ya know we ya?
Now ain't nobody us it was fair No love from my daddy cause the coward there He passed away and I didn't cry, my anger Wouldn't let me feel for a They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all I was looking for a he was gone I hung around with the Thugs, and even though they drugs They showed a young brother I moved out and started hanging I needed of my own so I started slanging I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell It feels good money in your mailbox I love paying rent when the due I hope ya got the diamond necklace I sent to you when I was low you was there for me And left me alone because you cared for me And I see you coming home after work late in the kitchen trying to fix us a hot plate Ya working with the scraps you was given And made miracles every Thanksgiving But now the road got rough, alone trying to raise two bad kids on your own 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? Sweet And dear Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
Pour out some liquor and I reminisce, cause through the I can always depend on my And when it that I'm hopeless You say the words that can get me in focus I was sick as a little kid To keep me happy no limit to the things you did And all my childhood Are full of all the things you did for me And though I act crazy I gotta thank the Lord that you me There are no words that can how I feel You kept a secret, always stayed real And I appreciate, how you me And all the extra love 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 a struggle everyday, gotta roll on And no way I can pay you back But my plan is to you that I understand You are
Don't ya know we ya? Sweet lady And dear no one above ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya know we ya?
lady And mama
Dear Lady, lady,