karaoke
Mother may i, I would say
Yes sweet baby take it away
It won't be long
Just remember that
Powerful is the woman in you
Stay true
& she'd come to me
When fire & water was gone
To caress the empty with a song
Saying why cry for anger
That bullets the sky
Just remember
I'll remember & mama
I'll get by
I know my face
Seems crazed & wild
But I got her eyes
A mama's child am i
She's blessed with grace
& is smooth as a line
& when I shade
She helps me shine
& she comes to me
When there's nothing
I believe & holds me so high
Yes I am free
Saying why hold the anger
It won't let you fly
Just remember
I'll remember
& mama mama I'll get by
Confused by my own illusions
She said that it's only my pride
& even the simplest solutions
Still won't heal my mind
So I'll remember
I'll remember
Mama I don't ever want to see you cry
If then they knew him
They'd have passed right by
Oh Joseph's a man of many women, feel no way
Oh always remember you are the first of them
So oh Mama
If they could see where we are coming from
The other day
Then they would know just where they belong
If they could see where you're coming from
Just the other day
They would know just where they belong
Let stumbling blocks fall out of your way
Lord know, Lord knows your reward shall be great
They were broken off through their lack of faith
But because of your faith you are still in place
Woe Mama, if they could see where you're coming from
Just the other day
Then they would know just where you are coming from
If they could see where you are coming from
Just the other day
Then they would know just where they belong
Solo
Ah my children
Oh Mama
Fret not for me
I know Jah will be there
Eternally
If they could see where we are coming from
Just the other day
Then they would know just where they belong
If they could see where we are coming from
Then they would know just where they belong
Mama I don't ever want to see you cry
Ain't no lie
If then they knew him
They would have passed right by
So many called but you were chosen
And so you will remain outspoken
Oh Mama
If they could see where we are coming from
Just the other day
Then they would know just where they belong
Mama I don't ever want to see you cry
Ain't no lie
If then they knew him
They would have passed right by
So many called but you were chosen
And so you will remain outspoken
Oh Mama
If they could see where we are coming from
Just the other day
Then they would know just where they belong
If they could see where we are coming from
Just the other day
Then they would know just where they belong
Then they would know
Yes they would know
Mama, we were so sad when you left us
You know, things were so right,
And our future seemed bright
Then you were gone
Mama, you were gone
You were amazing,
You were so beautiful.
Tell me, why did it end this way?
But before you went on
With your last breath you said¡¦
You said "We must go on
On 'till Jesus comes."
We'll see you again,
Yes we'll see you again, mom again (2x)
It's gonna be better.
We'll together. We'll be together.
Forever and ever when Jesus comes
In the place after
There is love and laughter
Forever and ever
When Jesus comes
When he comes (4x)
It's gonna be better
We'll be together
Forever and ever
Mama please give me a good reason
'Cause all over makes me feel so bad and shiver
Nowhere, no place to take shelter
In this godforsaken place nobody cares
The random violence is on the street
People pushin' and shovin'
Faces like concrete
Another bomb has just been dropped and
Children saw another hideous crime tonight
[chorus]
World has gone insane [X3]
Mama we see the distruction
Is this the world we've been fighting for ?
My life, i'm fearing from my life
And i would bring back the joy again tonight
The random violence is on the street
People pushin' and shovin'
Faces like concrete
Another bombs has just been dropped and
Children saw another hideous crime tonight
[chorus]
World has gone insane [x6]
Memories turning into dreams
With the centuries
The tales get taller every year
To build those legacies
What is hot can then be cold
In the books of time
You can find justice and truth
In a bag of lies
Chorus
Mama, I can feel you crying, mama
Mama, I can feel you crying, mama
I worked the soil
I sow the seed
For the one who builds
I worked until my fingers bleed
In those wretched fields
Now he wants me to forget
All the harms been done
Pack my bags and send me down the road
In the burning sun
Chorus
Let me tell you bot the people who ah slaved
All kinds of ways
Just to make a nation what it is today
Dem work inna de sun
Dem work inna de cold
Workin when dem young
And working when dem old
De bust up dem hands
De bust of dem feet
And when dem complain
Dem get nothin fe eat
We buy the things that they suffa to build
I can't believe that it's going on still
The people dem struggle with
Dem blood, sweat and tears
Work hard for nothin for so many long years
Try to feed dem yout when they never get paid
And there's nothin' they can do
Nothin' they can say
We need to stop the craziness goin round
In all of the countries, cities and towns
I can't stand to see the people work till they die
I can't stand to hear all the mama's them cry
Chorus
Watch the money trickle down
To the hungry souls
Just enough to wet those lips
And keep them on a roll
What's yours is yours
That's right, what's mine is mine
It's a vicious game they play
Someone's daddy made those rules
And the son don't want to change
i saw a woman walking down my street, with grace so beautifully care-
fully. she's a big and pretty mother swinging her handbag back and forth so
joyfully she's drawing circles with her breasts in her jumper. give me a big
mother, huge and loving one, i can crawl upon a cling to, a large woman, warm
and cuddly wet lady, strong mother. she's walking down the street, in front
of my window whistling funky tunes in the ears of my neighbours. give me a
big mother, one that would always want me. hot embracing mother, i can crawl
upon and cling to you can't be safer can't be more secure than with a breast
in each palm, thats the way i was born and thats the way i want to die. give
me a big mother, soft and wet one, that would caress me in all those special
places. where's a strong mother, one that squeezes me, one i can crawl upon
Vaya horas de llegar
ya vas de lao a lao,
Hueles a tabaco.
Dónde has estao
con quien has ido,
estás hecho un asco.
Mama, ten cuidao, que te vomito,
mama, ten cuidao.
Tira pa tu habitación
que no te vea tu padre,
córtate esos pelos
que mañana ya hablaremos.
Mama...
Como me cuesta llegar a la cama
todo me da vueltas he bebio demasiao,
pero ahora que me quiten lo bailao.
Mama...
Mama, I don't love you anymore
Money's got me crawlin' on the floor
Lover, I'm so ashamed that I must go
Funny somehow I thought by now you'd know
Girl you'd better take my hand
And say what you mean to say
(And she said)
"Stay as long as you can
But don't wait till you're thrown away."
Mama, please throw me out in the cold
Woman, the love you bought was never sold
Girl you'd better take my hand
And say what you mean to say
(And she said)
"Stay as long as you can
But don't wait till you're thrown away."
Mama, I don't love you anymore
Sorry I'm not the boy you're looking for
(See the girl with they eyes on fire
Nothin' is shakin', nothin' but me and the rent
Jesus is breaking, why am I back here again?
Can't find my soul, oh no, not since I don't know when
Lost in a hurricane, still I go on
Nothin' is shakin', nothin' but me and the rent
My heart is aching, I'm 'bout as bad as it gets
I love you because I need to, not 'cause I needed you
Lost in a hurricane, strugglin' on
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama!
Hey Mama savin' my soul for me
Savin' my soul for me
Nothin' is shakin' man, nothin' but me and the rent
Not 'cause I'm breakin', I'm on my knees here again
Madre dolcissima, caress my aching head
Lost in a hurricane but I go on
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama!
Savin' my soul for me
Savin' my soul for me
Jesus is breaking, Jesus is breaking
Jesus is breaking, Jesus is breaking
Jesus is breaking, Jesus is breaking
Jesus is breaking, Jesus is breaking
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama! Salvami l'anima
Mama!
Hey Mama, savin' my soul for me
Kühlschrank schon wieder leer
Frühstück krieg ich nicht mehr
Ich lieg im Bett und wart auf dich
Das interessiert dich nicht
Mir ist ziemlich kalt
Der Strom ist nicht bezahlt
Der Aschenbescher ist randvoll
Ich weiß nicht, was das soll
Seit 10 Minuten schon
Sitzt du am Telefon
Du sprichst mit irgendwem
und ich hab ein Problem
Keine liebt mich so wie Mama
Keine liebt mich so wie sie
Keine ist so klug wie Mama
Sie weiß, ich bin ein Genie
Sie weiß, wie schön ich bin
Und dass ich überall gewinn
Keine ist so gut zu mir
Wenn du mich nicht liebst wie Mama
Dann geh ich zurück zu ihr
Ich bin modern und schlau
Mein Chef ist eine Frau
Ich bin ein Supertyp
Doch sie hat mich nicht lieb
Sie kommandiert mich rum
Doch ich mach mich nicht krumm
Der Ton in dem sie spricht
Gefällt mir wirklich nicht
Und dass sie nicht begreift
Dass ohne mich nichts läuft
Das nervt mich ganz extrem
Und ich hab ein Problem
Keine liebt mich so wie Mama...
Ich hab die letzte Nacht
In Deinem Bett verbracht
Früh um vier sagst Du zu mir:
Keine liebt dich so wie Mama
(Ich brauch viel Zärtlichkeit)
Keine liebt dich so wie sie
(Und Kerzenlicht zu zweit)
Keine ist wie deine Mama
(Ich bin für dich bereit)
Bitte geh zurück zu ihr!
(Mama mama it's gettin' closer to the end mama mama can I come home again)
Where did the years go mama
Why it seemed like only yesterday that we were man and wife
That was in the springtime of our years when everything pointed to the good life
It started when we lost the boy mama I turned to the bottle to ease the pain
Oh I loved him so much mama when I woke up it was too late to change
Oh I went by to school lots of times mama to see how our two girls was gettin' along
You sure done a fine job raise 'em mama too bad I had to let you do it all alone
Somehow you never married again mama
Though I know you could've wed any man you ever do
I tried it again no it didn't last I just couldn't find another girl like you
I parked up on top of the hill above your house lots of nights mama
Thinkin' of what could've been
It seemed somehow it helped bein' close to you
While I was wishin' wishin' I could come in
I'm gettin' cold mama the candle I've burned on both ends is flickering low
There's a stranger at my shoulder mama he's come for me
Goodbye mama I love you mama
Mama, remember how you warned me that he would only hurt me?
Remember how I didn't listen then, wasn't listening?
Mama, you said I shouldn't see him, said I didn't need him
Said, "A boy like that is gonna take your heart just to break your heart"
Told me from the start, he would break my heart
And I guess I was a bad girl
But you just never understood
How the lovin' of that bad boy
Made your bad girl feel so good
I'd sneak out my window we'd meet in the night
Deep in the darkness he knew how to love me so right
Mama, ooh, he was a wild one and, ooh, I was a child once
But I will never be a child again after lovin' him oh, not after lovin' him
Mama, I never knew a boy's touch
Could ever teach me so much
All those nights you didn't understand
I was in good hands
Mama, if I would have listened
Ooh, the kissin' I'd be missin'
I tell you, you were wrong as you could be
He's still here with me
Sneakin' out my window we meet in the night
Deep in the darkness he knows how to love me so right
Mama ooh, that boy's touch, need it so much
Mama ooh, that wild one, need to feel him
Mama ooh, that bad boy, he gives me such joy
I was watching the woman that was walking down my street
Walking with grace, so beautifully, carefully
She's a big and pretty mother, big and pretty mother
Swinging her hand-bag back and forth so joyfully
She's drawing circles with her breasts in her jumper
Give me a big mother
Huge and loving one
I can crawl upon
And cling to
She's a large woman...
Warm and cuddly...
Wet lady...
Strong mother...
She's walking down the street in front of my window
Whistling funky tunes in the ears of my neighbours
Give me a big mother
One that will always want me
Hot, embracing mother
I can crawl upon
And cling to
Can't be safer, can't be more secure
Than with a breast in each palm
Than with a breast in each palm
That is the way that I was born
And that is the way that I want to die
Give me a big mother
Yes, a soft and wet one
That would caress me
In all those special places
Where's a strong mother
One that squeezes me
One that I can crawl upon
Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
Mama
Hovering over me at night
Mama
Comfort me, make me feel all right
I walk alone and see what boys should never
See in their lifetime
I live in the world of spirits
And I talk to the walls
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
Mama
Come and take, come and take my hand
Mama
Try and see, try to understand
Mama
Looking through, looking through my eyes
Mama
Everywhere, always in disguise
I walk alone and see what boys should never
See in their lifetime
I live in the world of spirits
And I talk to the walls
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
I walk alone and see what boys should never see
I hear what boys should never hear
In their lifetime
I live in the world of spirits
And I talk to the walls
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
Mama
Mama's in the kitchen with onions
Daddy's in the back with ol' Hank
Thinking 'bout the lasers and bunions
Talking disability ranks
No, we didn't have too much money
Just enough to make the dead ends meet
Me, I'm on the back of my hobby horse
Far away in some desert town
Miles from a civilization
Miles from a fortified town
Down in that basement it's sunny
We cannot stay down there for too long
Back then, it all seemed so funny
Toys were toys and boys were boys
The simple nights and easy joys, all right
Come out for another day
Upstairs mama's making some crepes, yeah
From a fancy recipe book
To me they just look like tortillas
Boy, that mama can cook
Soon, she will be calling for grub, yeah
I can't wait for such a sight this long
Back then, it all seemed so funny
Toys were toys and boys were boys
The easy nights and simple joys, all right
(B. Cherubini/H. Barlow/P. Brito/Brixio)
Mama, I miss the days when you were here beside me
Mama, those happy days when you were here to guide me
Safe in the flow of your love
Sent from the heavens above
No one can ever replace
The warmth of your tender embrace
Refrain:
Oh, mama
Until the days that we're together once more
I live in this memory
Until the days that we're together once more
(Instrumental)
Safe in the flow of your love
Sent from the heavens above
No one can ever replace
The warmth of your tender embrace
(Repeat Refrain)
Oh, mama
Once more...
[Martin: a heavy riff expressing an even heavier message: child abuse.]
[vers:]
Mama would you listen to your son
would you listen to what I say
can't you see that helpless one
can't you see me how I pray
I'm afraid to tell you what I bear
say no word to no one
by god you swear
Mama do you know what I really know
do you know what I conceal
it is terrible and horrible
and no one can feel what I feel
I deny myself
and I deny my pain
my childhood turns
from sunshine into rain
[ref:]
Mama are you blind
if only the father in heaven is with me
he gives me the answer to be
I wish he could not find my hide-out
if you're not at home
those bad times
I like carpet and I like grass
I don't know what I'd lay on last
If I had my choice, I'd lay on you
Mama
Oh, mama
I like you, you are free
When we're apart I'm just not me
I'm like a chicken pot pie without the peas
Mama
Oh, mama
I like your car it is fast
I love it in the back when you grab my ass
I want to heat you up like a greasy bowl of chili
My mama, my mama, my mama
Yeah
You're so invigorating
I lose my inspiration
I sit here masturbating
Oh mama, my mama, my mama, my mama
Play it, honcho
I like art, it is fun
In the museum we got to hang us one
I want to hang you up on my wall like a crucifix
You could've been bitter, you could've hated him
You could've talked about the whiskey and the women
He could've done better but you loved him anyhow
Then you taught us all the power of forgiveness
Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Oh mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this
You could've fought, you could've cut him down to shame
You could've told us that our daddy didn't want us
That wasn't true if you knew it all along
It was a struggle between the road and loving you
Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Oh mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Oh mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this
You did more good for me than you will ever know
I've seen mothers fill their children's hearts with hate
But you knew better than to drag me down with you
You let me love my daddy just the same
Oh mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Oh mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Oh mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this
Mama, you're on my mind
You're a stitch inside my coat
Play on the world's grand design
I think you know
I think you're sure that you know that
Butterflies don't get old
And I don't get so young anymore
What a crime
The big ideas
And lost ideals, it's a show
I must appear in control
Mama
The show at all
They're burning books outside of
What was it that you said?
to the walls
Oh, Let the spirit gather up and
Set us a flame for
Year to year, there's no one here but us crooks
What a crime
Are ears to the ground and the fingers on the pulse of a pain
Oh it's worse than change.
Mama
What is it that they want?
Mama
Mama
Oh what do they want with us
And all of our abuse of the truth
Oh whats the use to protest
Mama, is only you
You're a dancer from the mirrors of
Lie and with restraint
This quiet warmth
I've got my faith restored by the sway of the trees
That sway in time to one last rhyme of a curse
But what it's worth
I count you out and still you count me in
To answer your final bell
Mama
what do they care about us
Mama
Mama
They knock and knock
But no one's homes
Mama
Mama
You taught me everything
And everything you’ve given me
I always keep it inside
You’re the driving force in my life, yeah
There isn’t anything
Or anyone I can be
And it just wouldn’t feel right
If I didn’t have you by my side
You were there for me to love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there to comfort me
And no one else can be what you have been to me
You’ll always be you always will be the girl
In my life for all times
Chorus:
Mama, mama you know I love you
Oh you know I love you
Mama, mama you’re the queen of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mama, I just want you to know
Lovin’ you is like food to my soul
You’re always down for me
Have always been around for me even when I was bad
You showed me right from my wrong
Yes you did
And you took up for me
When everyone was downin’ me
You always did understand
You gave me strength to go on
There was so many times
Looking back when I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say to me I can face anything
And no one else can do
What you have done for me
You’ll always be
You will always be the girl in my life
Chorus
Hey, hey
Now when my mama done seen me cry (me cry)
It's my liiiiife
I'll be thuggin 'til the day I die (I die)
It's my liiiiife
You niggaz don't know me (ohh-ohh)
You can't slow me down (oh-ohhh)
You can't hold me, and so I'ma keep
rollin rollin rollin rollin, goin on strong!
They say "Why you so defensive?" I take that offensive
Comin from the shit that I lived in
You wouldn't understand him unless you eyewitness
Chillin on the block where vacant lots are given
Women and children missin, men in the picture
Cause niggaz hit up sittin down and some sinner
Get a kite with a flick of a chick he once hit up
Ridiculous but that's us niggaz
On the corner from dusk 'til dawn
'til that shit Whites brought to America's gone
Be a Good Samaritan, my heritage was did wrong
So all that sufferin that's just prolonged
Long as you're knowin that that strong-arm robbery
was brought on from this society deprivin me
This brings violence if you're not survivin my environment
Don't expect ya to be drivin in
Mama worked 37 years in the plant
34 days she missed, that's where I get my grind at
Her lil' nigga, see her as father figure
Even though she got hips and tend to bitch up
Show me how to maneuver snakes, false niggaz
Eleanor Trice, one real sister
Raised her kids up to be go-getters
Now a nigga living room big as a Amphitheater
Get the theater nigga, I'm from the hood
So at times I see the mirror and tell him he doin good
Keep up my spirits cause niggaz want him destroyed
But that's null and void when it comes to ya boy
I'm from Detroit, Shady employee
I'm on a voyage tryna get more than royalties
Niggaz I'm royalty
That's why your bitches spoil me, O. T-R-I-C-E
I got visions of makin executive decisions
But this system tells me to be realistic
You can't do shit with C's and D's
I could do the work, I'm just interested in makin cheese
So your schools can't control these G's
He got his own rules and do whatever he please
At ease to my soldiers that's feelin Obie
Long as I know my 1-2-3's I'm flippin O-Z's
A nigga can count like an accountant
Only difference is it ain't checks that'll be bouncin
It's pow-der, peep what he's pronouncin
Now he lives next to the teacher that denounced him
Doubted him, now look at the child's outcome
Duece album got him speakin highly in volume
I assume I'm valuable, they throwin in the towel
Oh mama what have I gone and done?
With all these years that I've been gone
My life changed me way too fast
I don't know if I could last
Help me find my way, and mama save me
Help me find today, mama please come and save me, oh
Oh mama if you could've only seen
Everything I've done and where I've been
If only one thing I would ask
Why did you let me grow up so goddamn fast?
Help me find my way, and mama save me
Help me find today, mama please come and save me, oh
There's nothing more that you can do
It's gone beyond what you can't help me through
An emptiness has covered me
Oh mama come and save me
Help me find my way, and mama save me
Help me find today, mama please come and save me, oh
Help me find my way, and mama save me
Help me find today, mama please come and save me, oh
There's nothing more that you can do
It's gone beyond what you can't help me through
An emptiness has covered me
Oh mama come and save me
Oh mama come and save
Oh save me... no!
(feat. Tony Sunshine)
[Chorus: Tony Sunshine]
Mamma.. I don't understand
Why he had to fuck with me, now I gotta kill this man
I said mamma.. now I'm on the run
Dear ma-mmahhhhhhh.. what have I done
[Big Pun]
Somebody save me, I think I just killed somebody baby
Shoulda chilled but money was really tryin to play me
Couldn't hold it no more so I showed him the four
Duke was dissin my girl like she was hoein on tour
And knowin I'm raw, money tried to play fly
"I said whassup to the bitch; why she couldn't say hi"
That ain't right! I had to put him in his place
Remember them hollows I bought for three bottles
I put 'em in his face
I didn't have to disgrace myself, hatin myself
"Ahora a tu!" BLAM BLAM, brace yo'self
That's the law - the streets are like basketball
but sometimes you shoot, sometimes you pass it off
Can't always take a shot, make one mistake you upstate for what
Too much hate, time to break the lock
I hate the cops so I ain't tryin to see 'em
I love a brother doin triple life but I ain't tryin to be him
That's why I be on the low, and keep my feet in the row
Cause they're tellin me as far as felonies
you get life for three in a row
Then whadday'know Last week at the flicks
I had to kill somebody, for steppin on my kicks (STUPID)
[Chorus]
[Big Pun]
I can murder half the world laugh while the other side hate me
but hurt one hair on my mamma head and I'ma, cry like a baby
She my heart and soul; what Jimi Hendrix was to rock'n'roll
Made me believe I could achieve the impossible
Now you know one of my weakness's, but Punisher keeps it glizz
So don't pull out cause when I pop oh what a relief it is
Send you where Jesus is - hold up, that's the gas chamber
Think before you put on that ski-mask and blast a stranger
Relax the anger, don't be so hard on yourself
That's how you'll end up twelve years old;
bein charged as an adult
Terror Squad is here to help so you can learn from our mistakes
Cause power just makes you reject destiny and devour your fate
How many hours I waste, tryin to figure the shit
Until I finally realized, we're just niggaz and spics
That's what they feel, what can I do but just stay real
Keep somethin in the stash in case I gotta make bail
Cause ain't no brothers, runnin shit in the system
You goin straight to jail if you colored and fit the description
.. fuck you talkin about I live here
This is my buildin nigga; fuck you nigga!
That's my daughter right there playin.. fuck off me!
Get the fuck off!
[Chorus]
[Big Pun]
I don't have much time so I'm only gonna ask you once
to please forgive me mamma; I love you and I'm sorry I broke your heart
But I ask you to do me a favor and take care of my daughters
and raise them to be good respectable woman, like their mother
God bless her soul
And raise my son to be a good man, a better man than me
And for this I give you my soul, I love you
[Chorus - whispered; a woman cries out in agony]
[Tony Sunshine]
Heyyyy ma-ma-ma-mma..
I just killed a man..
Ma-mmaaaa.. what am I to do
Que alegria da decirte a ti
Las cosas que ah sentido el corazon
Y es que hoy descucbri
Que si soy feliz
Es por que estan mis sueños
junto a ti
Que alegria da
decir Mama
Sintiendo en las palabras emocion
Puedo presumir
de mi gran amor
Tu eres lo mas bello
que jamas me sucedió
Mama !
hoy quiero decir Te AMO!!
Me pienso robar tus años
ser tierno ladron de ti
Que alegria da decirte a ti
Las cosas que ah sentido el corazon
puedo presumir
de mi gran amor
tu eres lo mas bello
que jamas me sucedio
Mama!
Hoy quiero decir te amo
me pienso robar tus años
ser tierno ladron de ti
Mama!
Hoy quiero decir te amo
mi casa seran tus brazos
yo siempre ladron de ti
Mama TE AMO con todo mi Corazon! =)
BydzP! =*
Written by Lili Haydn
Mam, now I know why you held on
Magic held you captive in it's song, captive intit's song
Mama, I never understood your plight
you waited for the sweetness in his eyes, sweetness in his eyes
Mama, tell me how you found yourself outside your compromise
Can you lead me toward a light to keep me from self-sacrifice
Mama, sorry if you stayed for me
you overlooked injustice for the peace, injustice for the peace
Mama, why do we go back for more
even when we're curled up on the floor,
from blows that we've endured
Mama, tell me how you found yourself outside your compromise
Can you lead me toward a light to keep me from self-sacrifice
Mama, I became what I abhor
acting out to even up the score,to even up the score
Mama can you hear me,
when I'm crying out
Mama can you feel me,
cuz I feel you all around
Wish that I could touch you,
put my head against your chest
All that I would tell you,
without all this regret
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Mama don't feel guilty,
Mama there's no shame
The reason to feel empty,
you're in a better place
So Mama can you tell me,
how not to run and hide
Show me where the strength is,
cuz I want to stay alive
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Mama do you miss me,
have I been replaced
Mama I'm so empty,
it's not just a phase
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
I keep it all inside
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
To save your time
would you change your mind
Did you try
to find
MAMA Canta la paloma con più sentimento
altrimenti che gitana sei che gitana sei
MAMA L'isola sul fiume mi sembra un seno biondo
la luna gronda cento riccioli cento riccioli
cento riccioli cento riccioli
Nel mio cuore c'è un rammendo
o un ricamo chi o sa
di un'estate tamarindo
spenta troppo tempo fa
MAMA Se parli alla luna di lei di lei di lei
dille che un uomo perdona di più quando non
ama e canta la paloma
e beve nell'argento
se dorme accanto a cento riccioli cento riccioli
cento riccioli cento riccioli
MAMA Canta la paloma
MAMA Su un cuore di balena
dormiva il vagabondo
la nave affonda nei tuoi riccioli
nei tuoi riccioli
MAMA Nel mio cuore c'è un rammendo
o un ricamo chi lo sa
di un'estate tamarindo
spenta troppo tempo fa
MAMA Se parli alla luna di lei di lei
dille che un uomo perdona di più quando non
ama e canta la paloma
e sul tuo seno biondo
la mano conta cento riccioli cento riccioli
MAMA E canta la paloma
e sul tuo seno biondo
la mano conta cento riccioli cento riccioli
She used to be my only enemy and never let me free,
Catching me in places that I know I shouldn't be,
Every other day I crossed the line,
I didn't mean to be so bad,
I never thought you would
become the friend I never had.
Back then I didn't know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all that you did was love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
My friend
I didn't want to hear it then but
I'm not ashamed to say it now,
Every little thing you said and did was right for me,
I had a lot of time to think about,
about the way I used to be,
Never had a sense of my responsibility.
Back then I didn't know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all that you did was love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend, My friend
But now I'm sure I know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all I can give you is love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
My friend
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
Why did you have to die
When I was only at the age of five
So suddenly you were gone
And I was left with answers hard to find
Now I think of you 'cause I'm
In hunger for your warmth
That no one can replace
And I know that where I go
You're always by my side
I just want to let you know oh... oh...
Mama, oh I miss you sometimes
Mama, can you hear me when I cry
Mama, oh I miss you sometimes
Mama, can you hear me when I cry
For you
Your spirit never died
And all your words I treasure in my heart
You left me with a smile
But my cheeks aren't always dry from
All the tears
So I think of you 'cause I'm
In hunger for your warmth
That no one can replace
And I know that where I go
You're always by my side
I just want to let you know oh... oh...
Mama, oh I miss you sometimes
Mama, can you hear me when I cry
Mama, oh I miss you sometimes
Mama, can you hear me when I cry
[Verse 1:]
Young Man
Thirteen
Running the streets
Living his dreams of being Nino Brown
Grandmother
Who pleaded the 5th
Baby brother
Who needed him
His little sister
Believed in him
He needs to slow down
Then what happens next is something we see of a movie screen
Then his days as a nigga came to an end
Police found him in a pool of blood, clinging onto life
That boy looked up and he said
[Chorus:]
Tell mama
I'm sorry
I was wrong
(I was wrong yeah)
Tell mommy
I'm sorry
I was wrong
[Verse 2: Anthony Hamilton]
Young girl
Sixteen
Running
The same streets
Living her dream of being Foxy Brown
And her teacher who
Tested her
And an uncle who
Molested her
Heavenly father who
Still blessing her
She just chose to play around
Then
The pain was just too much
Then
We are just living today and dieing tomorrow
Said a prayer
Then closed her eyes
Nodded slowly
Then said wait God before I go
Tell mama
[Chorus:]
Tell mama
I'm sorry
I was wrong
(I was wrong yeah!)
Tell mommy
I'm sorry
I was wrong
[Breakdown:]
Somethings you can change
Somethings you can't
Somethings will never be the same
Some people cry
Some people fly
Which one will you choose in your life?
Mama you were right all along
Mama I was wrong
Mama, we all go to hell
Mama, we all go to hell
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well
Mama, we all go to hell
Oh well now
Mama, we're all gonna die
Mama, we're all gonna die
Stop asking me questions
I'd hate to see you cry
Mama, we're all gonna die
And when we go don't blame us, yeah
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah
You made us oh so famous
We'll never let you go
And when you go, don't return to me my love
Mama, we're all full of lies
Mama, we're meant for the flies
And right now they're building a coffin your size
Mama, we're all full of lies
Well Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue
You should have raised a baby girl
I should have been a better son
If you could coddle the infection
They can amputate at once
You should have been
I could have been a better son
And when we go don't blame us, yeah
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah
You made us oh so famous
We'll never let you go
She said "You ain't no son of mine"
For what you done they're gonna find
A place for you and just you mind
Your manners when you go
And when you go, don't return to me my love
Mama, we all go to hell
Mama, we all go to hell
It's really quite pleasant
Except for the smell
Mama, we all go to hell
2 - 3 - 4
MAMA! MAMA! MAMA!
MAMA! MAMA! MAMA! MAMA!
And if you would call me your sweetheart
I'd maybe then sing you a song
But there's shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun
You would cry out your eyes all along
We're damned after all
Through fortune and flame we fall
And if you can stay then I'll show you the way
To return from the ashes you call
We all carry on
When our brothers in arms are gone
So raise your glass high
For tomorrow we die
Who's the one who tied your shoe when you were young
And knew just when to come and see what you had done?
Mama, oh Mama
And who's the one who patched your eye and told you not to cry
'cause he was too big for you to try?
Mama, Ma-a-ma
And who's the one you didn't need to plead
To give her time to the Little League?
It was Mama, oh, ma-a-a-ma-a-a
And who's the one who gave her shoulder
When you told her your first love was over she'd met someone older
Mama, Mama
It was Mama, my ma-a-a-ma-a-a
Ma-a-ma, oh ma-a-ma
Who's the one who taught you obligation then dedication result graduation?
Mama, Mama
And who's the one who's shown the friends you've known
A home away from home when they were tired and all alone?
Mama, Mama
And who's the one who held a tear inside
When you introduced your future bride?
And who's the one who didn't mean to cry
As you walked down the aisle, the tears you saw her smile
Mama, oh, Mama
Ma-a-m-a-a, my Ma-a-ma-a
Mama thank you for who I am, thank you for all the things I'm not
Forgive me for the words unsaid for the times I forgot
Mama remember all my life you showed me love, you sacrificed
Think of those young and early days how I've changed along the way
(Along the way)
And I know you believed and I know you had dreams
And I'm sorry it took all this time to see
That I am where I am because of your truth
And I miss you, yeah I miss you
Mama forgive the times you cried, forgive me for not making right
All of the storms I may have caused and I've been wrong dry your eyes
Dry your eyes
'Cause I know you believed and I know you had dreams
And I'm sorry it took all this time to see
That I am where I am because of your truth
And I miss you, I miss you
Mama I hope this makes you smile, I hope you're happy with my life
At peace with every choice I made how I've changed along the way
'Cause I know you believed in all of my dreams
I can't see you, Mama
But I can hardly wait
Ooh, to touch and to feel you, Mama
Oh, I just can't keep away
In the heat and the steam of the city
Oh, its got me running and I just can't brake
So say you'll help me, Mama
'Cause its getting so hard, oh
Now I can't keep you, Mama
But I know you're always there
You listen, you teach me, Mama
And I know inside you care
So get down, down here beside me
Oh, you ain't going nowhere
No I won't hurt you, Mama
But its getting so hard, oh
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, argh
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, argh
Can't you see me here, Mama?
Mama, Mama, Mama please
Can't you feel my heart?
Can't you feel my heart?
Can't you feel my heart, oh?
Now listen to me, Mama, Mama, Mama
You're taking away my last chance
Don't take it away
Can't you feel my heart?
Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, argh
It's hot, too hot for me, Mama
But I can hardly wait
Oh my eyes they're burning, Mama
And I can feel my body shake
Don't stop, don't stop me, Mama
Oh make the pain, make it go away, hey hey
No, I won't hurt you, Mama
But its getting so hard, oh
Now I can't see you, Mama
But I know you're always there
You taunt, you tease me, Mama
But I never, never, never can keep away
It's the heat and the steam of the city
Oh, you got me running and I just can't brake
So stay, don't leave me, Mama
'Cause its getting so hard, oh
Don't go, no no, don't go
No no no no, don't go
Ha ha
Don't go
Ha ha, arg
No no no, don't go
She came up from the country with a smile for everyone
She left her blue horizon just to find another home
A lonely girl who?d traveled many days
A lonely heart that could not find the way
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it?s a sad and lonely life
A misty morning rider, she came wanderin' through the hills
A wanderin' soul appearin' over rainy window sills
A loser in her heart but in her face
A smile for everyone under God?s grace
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it?s a sad and lonely life
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place?
Gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face
A lady lost in nowhere but her stare
Leaves the world, her life to start somewhere
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
This one right here
Goes out to my mama
(This Goes out to mama)
Your mama
And everybody mama
Here we go, listen listen
I remember Saturday mornin?s
Me wakin? up to mama in the kitchen cookin? and spam cookin?
I was just a young dude, watchin? mornin? cartoons, waitin? for mama to braid my hair
I used to hate to get it done, cause she?d braid it too tight
My mama always gave a style she knew I would like, and then
I would go outside and play, she?d sit on the front porch
While me and Rob played ball
Mama always did little things like that
Mama always will know I love her for that
For all the things that you used to do
Mama I dedicate this one to you
It?s straight from the heart
This is your song
You?re my lucky charm so you already know
That I?ma sing this one for you, so let me sing this one for you
From every tour, every show
You?re my lucky charm, go wherever I go
Mama I?ma sing this one to you, mama let me sing this one to you
She?s like the mother of Tappahannock, VA
Everybody knew miss Joyce, where we stayed
All heads said she was cool, nothing that she wouldn?t do
But about CB, she was known to act a fool
With the little money that she made
She took the bed and made it all okay
Nights wit the dickies, when we had to stay there
Always held it down, so I gotta thank you now
Mama always did little things like that
Mama always will know, I love her for that
For all the things that you used to do
Mama I dedicate this one to you
It?s straight from the heart
This is your song
You?re my lucky charm so, you already know
That I?ma sing this one for you, so let me sing this one for you
From every tour, every show
You?re my lucky charm, go wherever I go
Mama I?ma sing this one to you
Just let me sing it
Mama let me sing this one to you
Mama I thank you for all you?ve done
I thank God everyday I?m your son
You gave me everything that I need
But lovin? me unconditionally
Everybody say, m-o-m-m-a
Everybody say, mama, m-o-m-m-a
You know that this is your song
It?s straight from the heart
This is your song
You?re my lucky charm so you already know
That I?ma sing this one for you, so let me sing this one for you
From every tour, every show
(Mama I love you so)
You?re my lucky charm, go wherever I go
Mama I?ma sing this one to you
Mama let me sing this one to you
This right here goes out to every mama all over the world
Mama I know I might be bad at times
(Mama I?ma sing this one to you)
I might get on your nerves, but I still love you
(Mama let me sing this one to you)
You always gon be my mama
Mama, mama, my mama
Mama I?ma sing this one to you
Mama let me sing this one to you
Mama, I love ya
Don?t hear nothin? above ya
(Save this one for you)
I?ll save this one for you
Mama, here's to mama
Who was the first to love me so
And tenderly helped me to grow, mama
Who cleaned my nose and washed my clothes
And kept me warm through the winter's cold, mama
Who was the first to give me life
The first to teach me about Christ, mama
Mama, here's to mama
Who did without to feed her kid
And loved me so the way you did, mama
Guide me through God's shining way, mama
And although I cannot repay
I love you, mom and will always, mama
This is your son, oh mama, I love you
I'm singing your song, oh mama, I need you
Though I'm too big now to cry
Yeah, that's a tear, mom, in my eye
Mama, mama, I need you
Mama, when my dollies have babies
And I am a big lady
Mama, will a prince come and take me away?
When I said these things, I believed in kings
Then I didn't know love could hurt me so
Slowly she replied, tears had filled her eyes
Baby, not so fast, let your young life last
Mama, when my dollies have babies
And I am a big lady
Mama, will a prince come and take me away?
I sang to her in fun, my teens had just began
My age was not the same, still we played this game
Her eyes were filled with pride, slowly she replied
Soon enough you'll be a very pretty bride
Mama, when my dollies have babies
And I am a big lady
Mama, will the hurt go away deep inside
When I sang this song, my poor world had gone along
All my early dreams has turned to crystal streams
My love, it last and more tears have past
And left me just one thing, a tender voice that sing
Mama, when my dollies have babies
And I am a big lady
I was watching the woman that was walking down my street
Walking with grace, so beautifully, carefully
She's a big and pretty mother, big and pretty mother
Swinging her hand-bag back and forth so joyfully
She's drawing circles with her breasts in her jumper
Give me a big mother
Huge and loving one
I can crawl upon
And cling to
She's a large woman...
Warm and cuddly...
Wet lady...
Strong mother...
She's walking down the street in front of my window
Whistling funky tunes in the ears of my neighbours
Give me a big mother
One that will always want me
Hot, embracing mother
I can crawl upon
And cling to
Can't be safer, can't be more secure
Than with a breast in each palm
Than with a breast in each palm
That is the way that I was born
And that is the way that I want to die
Give me a big mother
Yes, a soft and wet one
That would caress me
In all those special places
Where's a strong mother
One that squeezes me
I can't see you mama
But I can hardly wait
Oh, to touch and to feel you mama
Oh, I just can't keep away
In the heat and the steam of the city
Oh, it's got me running and I just can't brake
So say, you'll help me, mama
'Cause its getting so hard, woah
Now I can't keep you mama
But I know you're always there
You listen, you teach me, mama
And I know inside you care
So get down, down here beside me
Oh, you ain't going nowhere
No, I won't hurt you, mama
But its getting so hard, woah
Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, argh
Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, argh
Can't you see me here, mama?
Mama, mama, mama please
Can't you feel my heart?
Can't you feel my heart?
Can't you feel my heart? Oh
Now listen to me mama, mama
Mama, you're taking away my last chance
Don't take it away
Can't you feel my heart?
Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, argh
Now I can't see you mama
But I know you're always there
You taunt, you tease me, mama
But I never, never, never, can keep away, yeah
It's the heat and the steam of the city
Oh, got me running and I just can't brake
So stay don't leave me, mama
'Cause its getting so hard, woah
Don't go, no, no, don't go
No, no, no, no, no, no, don't go
Don't go, don't go
Yeah, don't go, don't go
Damn, this is for all my women thats been going through the struggle
On welfare, living the rough life (oh I cried, but see I'm thankful)
It's gone be alright, thats right (Thankful for the trouble
For holding me down, every day, oh yeah..)
This is how we gone do it, I want you to explain your story
Then I'mah tell you mine, tell 'em
(Uh, can't ask for any more.. more...)
Tell 'em Keyshia..
Momma, where did you go wrong
Because I need to know
You got me living the life you were living
When you were young...
And I'm heading down the same path, uh
But the difference between me and you
Is, oh, hey, hey, hey
There's not a difference, boo, it's real life..
It's not ya momma fault, it's ya fathers fault
It's your fathers fault your mother is an alcoholic
Confusin the brain from the booze and the pain
And plus he cheated on her, beated on her, smack dead in the rain
she Lost her first child in 74
And that lead to nervous breakdowns bicardi dark she downin it raw
she can't take it she constantly cryin fallin down on her knees
like help me lord please I'm ready to leave
all she needed was somebody to rub her feet
give her a nice hug and rescue her from off these streets, come on
There's not a difference, boo, it's only an 8-figure, back me up
I been sent by an angel to snatch you up
Take you way above the clouds and back you up
At night you can lay in my arms feel the heart beatin
Don status in the sheets I'm keepin you warm
aint no nigga gone do what I do
imah take care of you and ya kids
Take the bent and go handle ya biz
The bills is paid,the cable back on
I quote you know the seeds want they nickleodeon on
I'm not ashamed to sport you
Floss you or gloss you out
Fat, skinny out of shape i'll dior you out
Wipe ya eyes..
Yo in the hood theres a struggle
my girls is in trouble
she lackin guidance in the mind shes blinded and puzzled
her pops never showed her the ropes
her moms raised mad kids on her own
She never had a strong man in her home
Stay stroooooooooong
Oh, hey, said we're gonna stay strong
No matter what
Yeah.. we're still here to see, hey... (that's my baby, that's my baby)
Gotta keep the hood up through all the struggle
No matter what, you know what I'm saying?
Sometimes I feel like I've been infiltrated
Mama told me I'm too related
By niggas I'm often hated
The reefer keeps me sedated
I've waded through life's shadows
Fighting personal battles
Killin' snitches who tattle
I slaughter bitches like cattle
Placin' 'em on a hit list
Never leaving a witness
Only the real niggas will understand when I spit this
Watch me handle my bidniss
In a Gambino fashion
I kiss a fool when I kill 'em
Homicide with a passion
Now he's missing in action
His body buried in Vegas
Made niggas done paid us
We kill for Mafia wages
Read my murderous pages
Travel through different stages
Discovering my descendants been homicidal for ages
Proving death is contagious
The reaper won't let 'em stop it
Since it's comin' regardless, I might as well buck fo' profit
Split with my glock and drop it
Leaving his body bloated
Left an ounce on the scene, now they figure dope was the motive
Purchase plastic explosives
Hook it to yo' ignition
(?)Bury(?) on recognition
Are found in the foetal position
Killin' my competition
Stimulates my ambition
My mission's to look at fission'
While cooking key's in my kitchen
((((Chorus)))) (Repeat 4 times)
(Death Before Dishonesty)
The penalty for crossin' me
Is inside of me
Using weapons I'm goin' at 'em
I refuse to loose the game, I play it like chess
Mind full of strategies, street soldiers get put to rest
Crossing enemy lines, to find specific pushes
I'm a paid ghetto mercenary walkin' through ambushes
Confusing opponents
Escaping traps like Whoodini
Show 'em that a G can lead an army like Musalini
Foreign minister signing an order that I should be captured
Then they found the fool assassinated just moments after
See my objective, is to conquer the whole regime
And take the art of terrorism to the fullest extreme
Spies from other nations
Sharing their information
Using Pit Bulls to implement interrogation
Government regulations
Killin's my occupation
Federal judges murdered wit' blood from AIDS patients
Biological weapons
Play at your own risk
A mind full of terror
Your nuttiest scientist
Do you wanna ride with me?
Come and ride to the other side
Keepin' yo' grip up in the air as I guide you
Buckin' on motherfuckers
Me and my pistol; best friends wippin' on you suckers
((((CHORUS)))) (4 times)
Live and die for money, I hustle 'till the sirens come
Slangin' ounces out of my weight houses
Drinkin' 2 for 1's
Plenty guns
Hoes makin' runs to get cooking utensils
My credentials a glock automatic stamped with my initials
Nickel plated pistols for workers slangin' yay-yo for me
Brought 'em all down from a different town
Don't none of my workers know me
If you owe me and livin' cozy, be prepared to enter
Your daughters school and find her missin' from the day-care center
How can you murder a killa'?
I refuse to die
Niggas be plotting and scheming
On my drug supply
Witness a murder recital
Flippin' murderous pages
Rippin' out organs that's vital
With killa' 12 gauges
How can you murder a demon, whose heart never skips a beat?
You better wake up, you dreamin', come see me where the gangsters meet
Nothing can save you from loosing all that you've come to cherish
So be prepared to go, yo, it's time to perish
Chemicals alter my brain
When I drain it's strange
Some say the game can make you change when you havin' thangs
I'm a G You a G
So fo' you and me
Before they take us off this Earth
It's Death Before Dishonesty
I can't see you mama
But I know you're always there
Ooh to touch and to feel you mama
Oh I just can't keep away
It's the heat and the steam of the city
Oh its got me running and I just can't brake
So say you'll help me mama
Cause its getting so hard
Now I can't keep you mama
But I know you're always there
You listen, you teach me mama
And I know inside you care
So get down, down here beside me
Oh you ain't going nowhere
No I won't hurt you mama
But its getting so hard
Can't you see me mama
Mama mama mama please
Can't you feel my heart
Can't you feel my heart
Can't you feel my heart ooh
Listen to me mama
Mama mama
You're taking away any last chances
Don't take it away
Can't you feel my heart?..
It's hot, too hot for me mama
But I can't hardly wait
My eyes they're burning mama
Make the pain, make it go away
No I won't hurt you mama
But its getting so hard
Now I can't see you mama
But I know you're always there
You taunt, you tease me mama
But I never, never can keep away
I've seen plenty of trouble
Never been any different I know
You got to run on the double
Keep your eye on the chariot low
Mama let your garden grow
Can't fall down never give in
A lucky star could be following you
You got to show a little givin'
Every day when it's possible to
Mama make my grey sky blue
Just keep those wheels turnin'
And keep your love burnin'
If I'm runnin' wild follow me
Maybe we're still learnin'
Sometimes we're still hurtin'
Just like a child comfort me
We grew up by the mountain
Dirty marks in the palm of our hands
We got the eye for accountin'
We got the pain of a family man
Mama help us all you can
Just keep those wheels turnin'
And keep your love burnin'
If I'm runnin' wild follow me
Maybe we're still learnin'
Sometimes we're still hurtin'
Well hey Mama, take a look at me now
Things are going fine here in the big town
Hey Mama, if you could only see
All of my friends and how they love me
And I know, you said "I need Jesus"
But mama can't you see I'm doing fine
Oh yes I know, you said "I need Jesus"
But mama I ain't got the time, no I ain't got the time, well no, no
And hey mama, well it's been two long years
Since I have seen you, how are things you hear?
Hey mama, things they aren't the same
Since I last wrote you, well things have changed
Yes I know, you say "I need Jesus"
But mama can't you see I'm doing fine
Oh yes I know, you say "I need Jesus"
But mama I ain't got the time, well I ain't got the time, no, no
No, mama, no, no, no mama, mama no
Well, every thing's going wrong
Yes, every thing's going wrong
No, I can't take it no more
Well, every thing's going wrong
Yes, every thing's going wrong
No, I can't take it no more
Well, I need Jesus
I guess, I need Jesus, well forgive me
Come into my life, come into my heart
Precious Jesus, precious Jesus
And I know, you said "I need Jesus"
But mama can't you see I'm doing, can't you see I'm doing
Oh yes, I know I'm doing, you said "I need Jesus"
Well mama He is in my life, yes He is in my life, yeah, yeah
Yeah mama, Jesus save me
Yeah mama, yeah, yes
Yeah mama, Jesus save me
Mama I wanna thank you
For sharing your blessings upon me
Taking time to understand the lady I wanna be
Yes mama
Mama I wanna thank you
For sharing your blessings upon me
Taking time to understand the lady I wanna be
This cold world had me num the pain like novacaine
Till mama sat me down unfold the gate
Showed me the straight path through the narrow lane
Sunshine after rain the joy of pain
Mama you raised a good girl dont worry
You used to say take it slow trina dont hurry
Use to tuck me in with the bedtime story
Now I grown up and you still there for me
My shoulder to lean on
You kept my dreams goin
I owe it all to you me now I got the green flowing
And im gon always be yo baby
And I cant never repay you for all the things that you gave me
You raised me to be a lady
And you scoot me to the game so them niggas couldnt play me
You was more than a mother you was a friend
The greatest love of all comes from within
I know ill never kknow love like this again
And beneath my wings you was the wind
I love you like none other
Cause you can only live your whole life but only get one mother
Being there for me through the thick and thin
More than a mother your my best friend
Look within and take yo place
Sometimes I wanna run to ya
Through the ups and downs I know I can still come to ya
I think bout the things I done to ya
But through all the drama I know I'm still number one to ya
Uh, look at how far you brought me
All the things you have taught me
Money couldnt bought me
You never wanted us to make the same mistakes
When the game got high and they raised the stakes
You was still in my corner to press the brace
Till I'm ready in yo arms you kept me safe
Through the thick and thin im gon be there for ya
I say a prayer for ya
Lord knows I care for ya
Through hard times we got strong or mother to daughter
When I was weak you was my bridge over trouble water
Can't nobody replace you
I'm forever faithful
For you mama im grateful
Your baby girl is a reflection of you
I thank the lord up above cause he blessed me with you, uh
I love you like none other
Cause you can live your whole life but you can only get one mother
(yes mama)
mama I wanna thank you
For sharing your blessings upon me (oh mama)
Taking time to understand
Mama, just had to call, oh, Mama
Your baby boy just had his heart
Broken in two, she said we're through
But to send her best to you.
Oh, Mama, I'd like to run to you, Mama.
I'd come home today, leave right away,
But things won't work that way
Gotta stay, be a man,
If I can, Mama.
No, Mom, I don't know. I called her tonight.
No, not at home. Yeah, you're probably right.
Yes, I'll take care of myself. No, I'll be alright.
I'll go to bed early tonight.
Oh, Mama, tell Dad I think of him, Mama.
How's Uncle Joe, my puppy, Coco,
Tell them hello, oh, better go
But gosh, I loved her so.
Umm, Mama, don't worry so much, darling Mama.
Now, Mama don't cry, just say goodbye,
Can't have us both in tears, oh, Mom, you know me.
I can't see you mama
But I can hardly wait
Oh to touch and to feel you mama
Oh I just can't keep away
In the heat and the steam of the city
Oh its got me running and I just can't brake
So say you'll help me mama
'Cause its getting so hard - oh
Now I can't keep you mama
But I know you're always there
You listen, you teach me mama
And I know inside you care
So get down, down here beside me
Oh you ain't going nowhere
No I won't hurt you mama
But its getting so hard - oh
Ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha ha, argh
Ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha ha, argh
Can't you see me here mama
Mama mama mama please
Can't you feel my heart
Can't you feel my heart
Can't you feel my heart oh
Now listen to me mama
Mama mama
You're taking away my last chance
Don't take it away
Can't you feel my heart?
Ha ha, ha ha ha, ha, argh
It's hot, too hot for me mama
But I can hardly wait
My eyes they're burning mama
And I can feel my body shake
Don't stop, don't stop me mama
Oh make the pain, make it go away - hey
No I won't hurt you mama
But its getting so hard - oh
Now I can't see you mama
But I know you're always there
You taunt, you tease me mama
But I never never can keep away
It's the heat and the steam of the city
Oh got me running and I just can't brake
So stay don't leave me mama
'Cause its getting so hard - oh
Don't go no no, don't go
Mama what's wrong?
You don't seem so well
Mama I'm scared
please speak to me
Say something please
Are you just sleeping deep?
Please keep breathing for me
'cause we need you here
I'll give you my hand
and take you back
Mama I'm afraid
If they'll take you away
Mama I know
You ain't so strong
I wanna touch you once more
Though you're getting so cold
Please keep trying oh
'cause we love you so
I'll give you my hand
and take you there
Please keep breathing
Won't let you go
I feel so alone
We want you back
'cause we need you here
Take my hand
We need you here
And we miss you dear
Mama please leave your front door open to night
I dont know when I´ll be back or if I´ll be all rigth
but I do figure on being pretty late
so mama leave yor front door open tonight
I´ve seen a lot of things that make me blink
for instantants takes the ants across the kitchen sink
now the mountains and the deserts stand migthy proud and
tall cause they just don´t compare to this feeling at all
I used to stand up streigt i felt pretty strong I knew
who I was till he came along
he tougth me some things I never knew
now I dont know what to do
what to do
oh mom he nakes me feel like the better hot coat
he hits me so har he left me full of holes
so just give a smile and evrything will be all right
so mama leave yor front door open tonigt
he tougth me some things I never knew
now I dont know what to do
what to do
oh mom he nakes me feel like the better hot coat
he hits me so har he left me full of holes
so just give a smile and evrything will be all right,
This one goes out
From the bottom of our hearts
To the most important lady in our lives
It's time to pay some respect
I hope you proud of us
'Cause we're proud of you
Mama!
You raised me right
Mama!
Showed me the light
Mama!
Through pain and strife
Mama!
You gave us life
When I fell down you were there to pick me up
When I felt bad you were there to build me up
Gave everything you had in the world to me
And you made me the man I'm supposed to be
Jane, even though I don't say it often enough
I appreciate everything you did for us
Never take you for granted 'cause it ain't hard to see
The best parts of you are now a part of me
Ah Mama
And when it was cold outside you kept us warm and held us down...
[Mom]Hi boys, who wants a snack?
[Andy] MOM, GET OUT WE'RE IN THE STUDIO!
[Jorma] OH MY GOD!
[Mom] Just checking on my guys!
[Jorma] GET OUT OF HERE!
[Andy] WE'RE MAKING A TRACK YOU IDIOT!
[Mom] Oooohhh!
[Andy] JUST LEAVE!
[Mom] Okie doke
[Jorma] GO! GO!
[Andy] YOU SUCK, MOM!
Yeah my one true love, my heart, my ma
Show her respect in the form of this song
So when life gets hard and it makes you cry
I'll always be there to wipe a tear from your eye
My mom's my number one fan, my best friend
And I'll never disrespect...
*Door opens*
[Jorma] MOM!
[Mom] I know you said you were'nt hungry, but I made ants on a log
[Andy] GET THE FUCK OUT
[Jorma] LEAVE! LEAVE ME! GO!
[Mom] So how's your little club going?
[Andy] IT'S NOT A CLUB!
[Jorma] IT'S A RAP GROUP!
[Mom] Well I'll leave these here and eat them if you...
[Jorma] FINE!
[Andy] GO TO HELL, MOM!
She's an angel on earth with invisible wings
I put no one above in summer, winter or spring, or fall...
*Door opens*
[Mom] Have you guys seen the remote?
[Andy] OH MY GOD!
[Jorma] LEAVE US ALONE!
[Andy] FUCK YOU MOM!
[Jorma] LEAVE US ALONE!
*window smashes*
[Mom] Watch it
[Andy] I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE!
Jump in front of a bullet if it could save my mom
You got a [?] bullet 'cause she will never see harm...
*Door opens*
[Mom] Nevermind, I found it
*They all scream/shout/glass smashes*
['Dale'] Laura, everything ok?
[Andy] SHUT THE FUCK UP DALE!
[Jorma] SHUT UP!
[Mom] Hey! Be nice to Dale
[Andy] FUCK DALE!
[Jorma] FUCK DALE!
[Andy] I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE SEX WITH THAT GUY!
This goes out to all the mamas
Trying to protect their kids from drama
Love was your goal to bring(?)
No matter what they say, you're beautifull
So push them lighters in the sky
Wave 'em back from side to side
And if you feel lost and alone
Let our voices guide you home
[Mom] Is something burning down there?
[Chorus:]
What kind of world would this be
without you in my life,
Don't know what i would do
if you didn't teach me wrong from right,
I just wanna let you know that you're
in my prayers every night,
and i really love you,
i love,
i just wanna thank you,
i wanna thank you mama
[Verse 1:]
Thank you mama for the months you carried me,
i heard you was all alone it wasn't easy,
and the last thing you needed was a mouth to feed,
but you heard from God, He said that we were meant to be,
See i can't really picture my life without you,
it's like a bird without wings,
a sky without blue and that's the truth,
picture me a kid with no clue
lost in the rain Mama yeah that's me with no you,
See i'll tell it to the world,
ain't no shame in the game,
Ma you're sweeter than licorice ain't nobody the same,
See i love you ma,
more than toy trains and helicopters,
more than candy even everlasting Gobstoppers,
See your like numero uno
and we're like wrestlers yeah the dynamic duo,
and you know that i love you so
and no matter what i'm never letting go,
Ma i thank you
[Chorus]
[Verse 2:]
When they brought me to your room i know who,
7 pounds 10 ounces little fat and cute,
that's where our lives began you and me to the end,
this is how the story went wanna hear it,
here it goes,
at the age 1 my life began,
at the age 2 who knew,
at the age of 3 my brother would be taken from me,
but you handled it well,
smart and witty and always jiggy,
see you understand me,
always comfort me and even when i'm lonely you're there for me,
i don't care what they say deep love always,
thank you precious woman my mama,
my mama thank you
[Chorus]
[Outro:]
This is for the mama's that are always there for us,
even when we act up,
you still care for us,
still cherish us,
still hold us in your arms,
still tell us you love us,
still shelter us from harm,
we thank God for you and the things that you do,
Yeah this song is for you,
see i know sometimes that we really don't show it,
so i'm taking this time,
cuz i've gotta let you know it,
Mum you've always been there for me
Through all the ups and downs
And wears and tears
Giving me love, showing so much care, yeah
Mother I thank you for your love all these years
You've been a source of inspiration
One look in you eyes and my fears were gone
Though my papa had died and you were alone
Like the rock of Gibraltar Mama you stood strong
I say keep on doing what you're doing mama
I love you
Keep on doing what you're doing Sophie
I love you
Keep on doing what you're doing mama
Check it out
When the going got rough mum you got though
Whoever thought that you will give up
Though luck
You've proven your faith in the almighty, um-um-um
Sometimes mum, God knows you never knew
Where to find a dime to buy a pair of shoes
And I know it wasn't easy um-um-um
When the tide was high
Sometimes you break down and cry
You never, never, never give up, no way
Mama I love you
I say keep on doing what you're doing mama
I love you
Keep on doing what you're doing mama Sophie
I love you
Keep on doing what you're doing mama
Listen mama when those hands of yours get fever
And you are unable to go further
Just remember I'll be there for you
No matter what mama I'll promise I'll always be there um-um
I say keep on doing what you're doing mama
I love you
Keep on doing what you're doing mama Sophie
I love you
Keep on doing what you're doing mama
Mama, mama I love you
Never stop doing what you're doing mama
Billy was a young boy
what he cared her first guitar
He was dream about the bigtown
And the known to be a star
Mama was proud to help him
She was proud to watch him plays
but you thin thing Billy someday
were turn an walk away
saved by a window when was open all the time
Billy's calling home,by a street phone yard
All she's got it on memories
And has letter on his hands.
It said
Mama don't care, Mama don't you cry
I'm still you little good boy
And I try to get a ride
Mama don't give up,
when believe it's getting tough
wherever I'll be do I'll be thinking
Thinking about your love
Billy is got a trouble,
He's got dim jump and the spear
no was nobody who reliefe him
the words he has her swear
it was too late to make a phone call
Say Mama help me please
He just drove another letter
say Mama you're my dream
these is it another long
And she's wait for her little boy
Coming home, to feel so lone
Listen to the radio
It seems the Billy' song
It said
CHORUS
what about love, you gave all this years
you ain't get anything bad,
that's a little chance, to make it on and down
i give you the love of this song
I owe you
Well, I promise
there's no truth
in that lovely, wooden home
you spent your youth.
I promise
that I won't leave
before you dress my arms
back up in sleeves,
Mama, oh Mama.
Where's the trust in running?
Baby cool your head, I'm coming.
I've hunted
down my past,
held it close to the earth.
I made it last.
But now
solace still keeps my head,
just knowing all that's said, and done
is simply dead,
Father, oh Father.
My thoughts they all come drumming.
Telling me to just keep humming,
Mama, oh Mama.
Where's the trust in running?
[Verse 1:]
You gave me life
And taught me how to live it
And how to crawl
How to walk, how to run
You gave me love
And taught me how to give
And made me believe I could fly
And everything you did for me
You did it all the way
Never held back anything
With open arms you help me,
Kept me safe
Dried every tear from my eye
And so I dedicate my life to you
To always make you proud (always make you proud)
And everyday I wake
I pray that God will keep you safe and sound
[Chorus:]
Mama, you are the one that I sing to
The one that I cling to
The love that's brought me through
Mama, you are my shoulder to lean on
The love that's kept being strong
Your love will carry on
Mama, you shining light
Down the dark nights
Got a view of my whole life
Made everyting alright
I am bless because you are my... Mama
[Verse 2:]
And even when I made mistakes
You never leave me lone
I felt your company
Some how you always find a way
To make everything okay
And when I didn't know
Which road to take
You told me to follow my dreams
I am all that I am today
Because of your faith in me
And so I dedicate my life to you
To always make you proud (always make you proud)
And everyday I wake
I pray that God will keep you safe and sound
And I am all so grateful for you
Love you and conclusionaly
Everyting you are is who I hope to be
[Chorus:]
Mama, you are the one that I sing to
The one that I cling to
The love that's brought me through
Mama, you are my shoulder to lean on
The love that's kept on being strong
Your love will carry on
Mama, you shining light
Down the dark nights
Got a view of my whole life
Made everyting alright
This is an interpretation of what a mother tells her son
Her only one
Sometimes, this road will bear no signs of direction, direction
So rely on your heart to lead the way, lead the way, lead
And sometimes you will need to take correction, correction
Don't you dare let your humble mind sway
See, some days will be brighter than a baby's name
And others will be grayer than the hairs on your daddy's face
And when those gray days start to come
Just take it in and just say
Oooo oo oooo, and know that the sun's coming tomorrow, oh yeah
Oooo oo oooo, you know that it will be okay, yeah
Oooo oo oooo, and know that the sun's coming tomorrow, oh yeah
Oooo oo oooo, you know that it will be okay, yeah
Don't wonder, oh, don't wonder, oh
Don't wonder, oh, don't wonder, oh
I'll let you know, I wanna let you know, mother, oh
I wanna let you know how I've been thinkin' 'bout you
How I've been thinkin' of you
Alwals thinkin' of you
I wanna let you know I've been thinkin' of you
Always thinkin' of you
I'm always thinkin' of you
It was you that broke me through
You were everything I ever knew
If I could bring you back
I'd do it in a split second, no if, ands or buts
How I've been thinkin' 'bout you
How I've been thinkin' of you
If I can bring you back
How I've been thinkin' 'bout you
HOw I've been thinkin' of you
Oooo ooo oooo, oh yeah
Oooo ooo oooo
Oooo ooo oooo, oh yeah
Cand noaptea intra in odai
Si lumanarea se aprinde
Iar pe obraji, din ochii tai
Incet, o lacrima asfinte
Si te cufunda in gandiri
Ca tine griji cine mai are?
Si cate nopti tu n-ai dormit
Pan' m-ai vazut atat de mare...
Mama, mama...nu mai plange...sterge-ti lacrima...
Mama...nu mai plange...sterge-ti lacrima...
Mama...nu mai plange...
Mama, how's the corn growin' out behind the house?
How's that old wind blowin' down south?
People are different out here
Like you said they´d be
But most times the one that feels different
Is me.
I can see your eyes shine
As I drove away,
You and daddy standin´ there as I was
Off to find my way...
Well, I´m your son
Shining for you.
You´re the one reason that I can
Do the things I do.
And if it wasn´t
For your wind in my sails
I´d be headin´ down stream,
Mama, you´re the reason I believe.
Things have certainly changed,
I´d say for the good
But you never doubted that they would.
Mama, I´ve never seen so many people
Who´d give it away in the race
If they could have one ounce of your faith...
If they could have
Seen your eyes shine as I drove away,
You and daddy standin´ there as I was
Off to find my way...
I´m your son
Shining for you.
You´re the one reason that I can
Do the things I do.
And if it wasn´t
For your wind in my sails
I´d be headin´ down stream,
Pack my bags and leave my home
Find me a mama who can hold her own
This whole town is laughing and don't I know it
I don't know but I can guess that you're the only one that I have left
This whole town is laughing and don't I know it
Oh don't I know it
Pack my bags and leave my home
Find me a mama who can hold her own
This whole town is laughing and don't I know it
I don't know but I can guess that you're the only one that I have left
This whole town is laughing and don't I know it
Oh don't I know it
Oooh oh don't I know it
Oooh oh don't I know it
When the evening shadows fall
and the lovely day is through,
Then with longing I recall
the years I spent with you.
Mama, I miss the days
when you were near to guide me,
Mama, those happy days
when you were here beside me.
Safe in the glow of your love,
Sent from the heavens above,
Nothing can ever replace
The warmth of your tender embrace.
Oh, Mama, until the day
that we're together once more,
I'll live in these memories
Verse 1
If my time on earth was over,
Then the last thing I would do
Is to pray to God and just thank him
For blessing me with you
What you did for me was a miracle
Every word you said was true
You were always there and protected me
This song goes out to you
Chorus
Mama, I never meant to make you cry
Mama, forgive me for the times I hurt you
Mama, if I could only turn turn back time
My live would be complete
Verse 2
In my darkest times, you're my shining light
I can always count on you
You were there for me, when I couldn't see
And helped me make it through
Remember when I was just a little child
All the things we used to do
I will cherish all the memories
That's why I sing this song to you
Chorus
Mama, I never meant to make you cry
Mama, forgive me for the times I hurt you
Mama, if I could only turn turn back time
My live would be complete
C-Part
How am I to make it through the night?
How am I to live my life my life when you're not here by my side?
Mama you're the reason why I've become a better man
Every word you said was true, and I'll make it up to you
Chorus
Mama, I never meant to make you cry
Mama, forgive me for the times I hurt you
Mama, if I could only turn turn back time
My live would be complete
Chorus
Mama, I never meant to make you cry
Mama, forgive me for the times I hurt you
Mama, if I could only turn turn back time
My live would be complete
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