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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 could take my mama's place Suspended from school, and to go home, I was a fool the big boys, breaking all the rules I shed with my baby sister Over the years we was poorer than the other kids And even though we had daddy's, the same drama When things wrong we'd blame mama I reminisce on the stress I caused, it was Hugging on my mama from a cell And who'd think in Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And from the police, that's right Mama catch me, put a whooping to my And even as a fiend, mama You was a black queen, mama I finally For a woman it easy trying to raise a man You was committed A single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it There's no way I can pay you But the plan is to show you I understand You are
Don't ya know we love ya? lady Dear Place no one above ya, sweet You are Don't ya we love ya?
Now nobody tell us it was fair No love my daddy cause the coward wasn't there He passed and I didn't cry, cause my anger Wouldn't let me feel for a They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all I was for a father he was gone I hung around with the Thugs, and even they sold drugs They showed a young love I moved out and really hanging I money of my own so I started slanging I ain't cause, even though I sell rocks It feels good putting in your mailbox I love paying when the rent's due I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I to you 'Cause I was low you was there for me And never left me because you cared for me And I could see you coming home after work in the kitchen trying to fix us a hot plate Ya just with the scraps you was given And mama made miracles every But now the road got rough, you're You're trying to 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 love ya? Sweet And dear Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya know we ya?
out some liquor and I reminisce, cause through the drama I can depend on my mama And when it seems that I'm You say the words that can get me in focus When I was sick as a kid To keep me happy there's no limit to the you did And all my childhood Are full of all the things you did for me And even I act crazy I gotta the Lord that you made me There are no words that can how I feel You never kept a secret, always real And I appreciate, how you me And all the extra love that you me I wish I could the pain away If you can make it through the there's a brighter day Everything be alright if ya hold on It's a everyday, gotta roll on And no way I can pay you back But my plan is to show you I understand You are
Don't ya know we love ya? lady And mama no one above ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
lady And mama
Dear Lady, lady,