Dear Mama(Cover Version) - Tough Rhymes

[00:00.0]Dear Mama - Graham Blvd.
[00:05.15]You are appreciated
[00:11.22]When I was young me and my mama had beef
[00:13.51]Seventeen years old kicked out on the streets
[00:16.32]Though back at the time, I never thought I'd see her face
[00:19.19]Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place
[00:21.89]Suspended from school; and scared to go home, I was a fool
[00:25.53]With the big boys, breakin all the rules
[00:28.09]I shed tears with my baby sister
[00:30.06]Over the years we was poorer than the other little kids
[00:33.52]And even though we had different daddy's, the same drama
[00:36.86]When things went wrong we'd blame mama
[00:39.37]I reminice on the stress I caused, it was hell
[00:42.48]Huggin on my mama from a jail cell
[00:45.75]And who'd think in elementary?
[00:47.73]Heeey! I see the penitentiary, one day
[00:51.73]And runnin from the police, that's right
[00:54.34]Mama catch me, put a whoopin to my backside
[00:57.34]And even as a crack fiend, mama
[01:00.12]You always was a black queen, mama
[01:02.77]I finally understand
[01:04.26]For a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man
[01:08.71]You always was committed
[01:10.05]A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it
[01:13.56]There's no way I can pay you back
[01:15.1]But the plan is to show you that I understand
[01:18.41]You are appreciated
[01:19.63]Lady
[01:22.01]Don't you know we love you sweet lady
[01:27.59]Place no one above you, sweet lady
[01:33.229996]Don't you know we love you?
[01:36.15]Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair
[01:38.17]No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't there
[01:40.95]He passed away and I didn't cry, cause my anger
[01:44.7]Wouldn't let me feel for a stranger
[01:47.04]They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along
[01:49.96]I was lookin for a father he was gone
[01:52.71]I hung around with the Thugs,
[01:54.56]And even though they sold drugs
[01:56.229996]They showed a young brother love
[01:58.42]I moved out and started really hangin
[02:00.49]I needed money of my own so I started slangin
[02:03.37]I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocks
[02:06.25]It feels good puttin money in your mailbox
[02:09.33]I love payin rent when the rent's due
[02:11.92]I hope you got the diamond necklace that I sent to you
[02:14.86]Cause when I was low you was there for me
[02:17.52]And never left me alone because you cared for me
[02:20.29001]And I could see you comin home after work late
[02:23.14]You're in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate
[02:26.57]Just workin with the scraps you was given
[02:29.19]And mama made miracles every Thanksgivin
[02:32.18]But now the road got rough, you're alone
[02:34.86]Tring to raise two bad kids on your own
[02:37.81]And there's no way I can pay you back
[02:40.13]But my plan is to show you that I understand
[02:43.09]You are appreciated
[02:44.49]Lady
[02:46.70999]Don't you know we love you sweet lady
[02:52.3]Place no one above you, sweet lady
[02:57.89]Don't you know we love you?
[03:00.72]Pour out some liquor and I reminsce, cause through the drama
[03:03.42]I can always depend on my mama
[03:06.22]And when it seems that I'm hopeless
[03:08.3]You say the words that can get me back in focus
[03:11.82]When I was sick as a little kid
[03:14.02]To keep me happy there's no limit to the things you did
[03:17.48]And all my childhood memories
[03:19.93]Are full of all the sweet things you did for me
[03:23.0]And even though I act crazy
[03:25.57]I gotta thank the Lord that you made me
[03:28.66]There are no words that can express how I feel
[03:31.22]You never kept a secret, always stayed real
[03:34.0]And I appreciate, how you raised me
[03:36.74]And all the extra love that you gave me
[03:40.04001]I wish I could take the pain away
[03:42.24]If you can make it through the night there's a brighter day
[03:44.9]Everything will be alright if you hold on
[03:47.86]It's a struggle everyday, gotta roll on
[03:50.72]And there's no way I can pay you back
[03:53.54001]But my plan is to show you that I understand
[03:56.63]You are appreciated Lady
[04:00.08]Don't you know we love you sweet lady
[04:05.68]Place no one above you, sweet lady
[04:11.14]Don't you know we love you?
[04:13.82]Dear mama
[04:19.45]You're appreciated lady