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When I was young me and my mama had Seventeen old kicked out on the streets Though back at the time, I thought I'd see her face Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's Suspended from school, and scared to go home, I was a the big boys, breaking all the rules I tears with my baby sister Over the we was poorer than the other little kids And even we had different daddy's, the same drama When things went we'd blame mama I on the stress I caused, it was hell Hugging on my mama a jail cell And who'd in elementary? Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And running the police, that's right catch me, put a whooping to my backside And as a crack fiend, mama You was a black queen, mama I finally For a woman it easy trying 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 ya know we love ya?
Now ain't nobody tell us it was No love from my cause the coward wasn't there He away 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 though they sold drugs They showed a brother love I out and started really hanging I needed money of my own so I started I ain't cause, even though I sell rocks It feels good putting in your mailbox I love paying rent the rent's 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 because you cared for me And I could see you home after work late in the kitchen trying to fix us a hot plate Ya just working with the scraps you was And mama made miracles every But now the road got rough, alone You're trying to raise two bad on your own And there's no way I can pay you But my plan is to show you that I You are
Don't ya know we love ya? Sweet And mama no one above ya, sweet lady You are ya know we love ya?
Pour out some liquor and I reminisce, cause through the I can always depend on my And when it seems I'm hopeless You say the words that can get me back in I was sick as a little kid To me happy there's no limit to the things you did And all my memories Are of all the sweet things you did for me And though I act crazy I gotta the Lord that you made me There are no words that can express how I You never kept a secret, always stayed And I appreciate, how you me And all the extra that you gave me I wish I could take the away If you can make it the night there's a brighter day will be alright if ya hold on It's a struggle everyday, roll on 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 above ya, sweet You are Don't ya we love ya?
lady And dear
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