Mama, uh huhMamaYeah, yeah, I’m singin’, mamaAh yeah, yeah, that’s my mamaUh, I said, mamaI do this shit for my mamaCan’t lie to my mamaI gotta cry for my ma-ma-ma-mamaLook where I’m at, Mommy, who woulda knew?Sometimes, I miss the days where you’d take me to schoolUsed to promise when I’m rich that I would get your favorite whipYou was my lift before the Lyft, so you deserve you a coupeTwenty-plus years at the Post Office (Yeah)You was workin’ graveyard shifts for the both of us (Yeah)You deserve a long vacation, a standing ovationAnd shout out Ms. Bekele for the genius notationsAnd it’s you that I’m missin’Every time I needed someone, you would listenI’ma write you a song to put on everydaySo the times that I’m gone, you could smile when it playsI’ma take you to the GRAMMYs in a yellow suitPut ya in Chanel just to show ’em how my mama doMy number one fan, I’m your number one manWhen I thought that I couldn’t you told me that I canMama, uh huhMamaYeah, yeah, I’m singin’, mamaAh yeah, yeah, that’s my mamaUh, I said, mamaI do this shit for my mamaCan’t lie to my mamaI gotta cry for my ma-ma-ma-mama‘Cause you’re the only woman in my lifeWho makes me smile, you make me smile‘Cause you’re the only woman in my lifeWho makes me smile, you make me smile
First year I moved out, I was strugglin’ (True)Didn’t wanna tell ’cause I know that you be worryin’ (Yeah)You told me, “Go back to college,” but I went back to Cali (Woo)Had to celebrate a couple birthdays without me (Yeah)Whooped my ass, so I had to learn the harder way (Yeah, yeah)Bad lil’ nigga, of course I was a balegē (Yeah)Would never tell you one lie, okay, maybe one lie (Woo)You my favorite person, let’s go ‘head and make the song cryAnd it’s you that I’m missin’Every time I needed someone, you would listenI’ma write you a song to put on everydaySo the times that I’m gone, you could smile when it playsYou my idol and the one that I need (Yeah)Best cook, best looks, you support all my dreamsLook, I’m thankful to be your son, it’s my honorTonight I want to quote 2Pac, “Dear Mama”Mama, uh huhMamaYeah, yeah, I’m singin’, mamaAh yeah, yeah, that’s my mamaUh, I said, mamaI do this shit for my mamaCan’t lie to my mamaI gotta cry for my ma-ma-ma-mamaMamaMamaMamaMamaMama (I do this shit for my)Mama (Can’t lie to my)Mama (I gotta cry for my)Ma-ma-ma-mama‘Cause you’re the only woman in my lifeWho makes me smile, you make me smile‘Cause you’re the only woman in my lifeWho makes me smile, you make me