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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 never thought I'd see her Ain't a woman alive that 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 we was poorer than the other little kids And though we had different daddy's, the same drama When things went we'd blame mama I reminisce on the stress I caused, it was on my mama from a jail cell And think in elementary? Hey! I see the penitentiary, one day And running from the police, that's Mama catch me, put a whooping to my And even as a fiend, mama You always was a black queen, I finally For a woman it ain't 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 ya? Sweet lady Dear Place no one ya, sweet lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
Now ain't tell us it was fair No love from my daddy cause the wasn't there He passed away and I 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 the Thugs, and even though they sold drugs They showed a brother love I out and started really hanging I needed money of my own so I slanging I ain't guilty cause, though I sell rocks It good putting money in your mailbox I love paying when the rent's due I hope ya got the necklace that I sent to you when I was low you was there for me And never left me alone you cared for me And I see you coming home after work late You're in the trying to fix us a hot plate Ya just working with the you was given And made miracles every Thanksgiving But now the road got rough, you're You're trying to raise two bad kids on own And there's no way I can pay you But my plan is to show you I understand You are
Don't ya we love ya? Sweet lady And dear Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya know we ya?
Pour out liquor and I reminisce, cause through the drama I can always depend on my And when it that I'm hopeless You say the words can get me back in focus When I was as a little kid To keep me happy there's no limit to the you did And all my childhood Are full of all the sweet 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 never kept a secret, always real And I appreciate, how you me And all the love that you gave me I wish I could take the pain If you can make it through the night there's a day Everything will be if ya hold on It's a struggle everyday, roll on And no way I can pay you back But my plan is to show you that I You are
Don't ya we love ya? Sweet lady And dear Place no one above ya, lady You are Don't ya we love ya?
lady And dear
Dear Lady, lady,