Mama's Song

(album: The System - 2012)

Hhuh! Whoa oh, oh
Ah, ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah

Mi ah thank God fi me mother
Fi all a the pain she bear
Fi bring me come ya, you a the greatest mother, mi swear
Thank you mama, fi all a the stress you bear
Mi dedicate dah one ya
You ah di greatest mother, mi swear, alright

Mama grow mi inna de real slum
Me see real shotta, me see real gun, yeah
And she tell mi seh no son
Nuh pick up machine, dats no fun nuh
That's why I'm alive today
Because ah the lesson she teach to me
So me ah give thanks fi life
'Cause mi ah live ah better way

Thank you mama, fi all a the pain you bear
Fi bring me come ya, you a the greatest mother, mi swear
Thank you mama, fi all a the pain you bear
Mi dedicate dah one ya
Mi nah left you out, mi swear, alright

Mama ah nuff things we go thru
Ah Jah alone know dem
Wah mi woulda do wid out you
You come in as mi best fren
You always ah tell mi seh
Fi follow mi dreams, nuh follow de crowd
Mama mi take you advice, so mi know you proud ah mi

Thank you mama, fi all a the pain you bear
Fi bring me come ya, you a the greatest mother, mi swear
Thank you mama, fi all a the stress you bear
Mi dedicate dah one ya
Mi nah left you out, mi swear, alright

Now mi ah big man and ting
So mi ah go teach fi youths the same ting
Nah mek nothing bad greet dem
Same lesson mi ah use and teach dem
I don't know where I would have been
If you weren't there all the way
So right now, I just want to say...

Thank you mama, fi all a the pain you bear
Fi bring me come ya, mi nah left you out, mi swear
Thank you mama, fi all a the stress you bear
Mi dedicate dah one ya
You ah de greatest mother, mi swear, alright

All the things weh you teach me, whoa
Yeah, mek nuh gunshot nuh reach mi
Thank you mom, the greatest mom
You save mi life, oh mom
Now everything nice
Mean so much to mi, ooh

Love you, love you, mom
Mi say a love you, love you, mom
Thank you mama