It's the hardest song I ever wrote in my life. I must have cried a million tears. I wasn't going to write it at first,
but I figured if I could do a song recognizing everything else, it's only right to write about the woman who gave me life.
So this is dedicated to my momma,
an d all the other mommas that's not here today.
I got a call in the waiting room, from the nurse,
telling me to come upstairs, cause my momma's worse.
I was at my baby's bedside in a flash,
but the look on their faces told me she passed.
And everything went blank, I couldn't think,
I couldn't believe it, even though she wasn't breathing.
And the tubes removed from
I started trippin' and my
stepfather walks in and states,
Let her go, son, she's in a better place
She ain't sufferin' no more,
I should feel good for her, but I don't
I was pickin' up the telephone
Callin' up my sisters and brothers,
A crowd of people gathered round,
It had my precious mother
Ever since you left here,
Thanksgiving ain't the same
Without your button smile,
Looked around, didn't see you,
Cause there's tears in my
It hurts me to drive to your gravesite
And visit on your birthday
I can't believe that your name is on a stone
Buried in the ground, when
I realize how much pain and misery
You went through because of me
Going to jail, raising hell, getting kicked
Out of school for fights and keep
So I could have food to eat
I couldn't understand it,
so I took you for granted
I had a witness, you missed it, boo
My little baby girl blew a kiss at you
She never got to see her granny
But I told her about your spirit
And if she call your name, you can hear it
I drove a hearse, a hearse caroline
A lot of people gathered round,
It had my precious mother,
Hug her and kiss her cause when she
gone you're gonna miss her
I wish I could've written verse
Cause words can't express the pain
that I felt when I saw the hearse
Drive off with my mama inside,
taking her for a last ride
cause that's how I felt boss
Putting a gun to my head and blowing
not pin up and lift my chin up
She would've told me get your money,
And take care of your nieces
it's hard being without you
It ain't a day that goes by
Everybody's saying count your
But they don't know how I feel
The whole world collapsed
All the arguments and the resentment
You having problems with your mama?
Y 'all talk it out, call her
Cause tomorrow ain't promised
Ain't never gonna be the same
need you mama, to hold me,
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