[Intro] Hmmmm... Listen you might learn something Uh (uh), uh (uh), come on (come on) Uh (uh), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah) Come on (come on), come on (come on) Uh huh, come on Uh huh, come on Look (look) Look! [Verse 1] Ma I understand why you used to be so hard Kept me inside from catchin' a charge From day one you always said I ain't had no boys Told me to go to church and learn about the law Ya never... told me wrong but you told me right Said the streets wasn't fo' me and I'll lose my life Look here I love you for that, that's why I'm here today And I love you for that look I mean what I say I don't know what I woulda done with out you I woulda run with a gun probably with out you You my girl, you my doll, you my best friend I can depend on you mama again and again You never let me down no matter what it is Don't got no where to go you would give me a place to live And it's like that, that's why I love you girl I would never put no one above ya girl [Hook] You used to make me punch da clock I luv u for dat I couldn't hit da block I luv u for dat Stayed in when it was hot Look here, I luv u for dat Look ma, I luv u for dat Look ma, I luv u for dat You used to make me punch da clock I luv u for dat I couldn't hit da block I luv u for dat Stayed in when it was hot I luv u for dat Look ma, I luv u for dat Look ma, I luv u for dat [Verse 2] I can never pay u back for all the things u done
But I do appreciate all the things u done Takin' care of 3 sons all by yourself You was the daddy and the mama you ain't have no help When times was ruff fo' us you got us through the struggle You taught us how to luv one an other and be brothers Just a single parent livin' in the bricks Livin' off welfare food stamps and wicks It was hard back then look, I ain't gon' lie Go to school then be back in before '89 Ma how u did I don't think I coulda done it Gotta give u ya props u a strong black woman Look I love that women and I mean everythang When I say she mean everythang, I mean everythang And I'mma respect her till she dead n gone I love you for that, that's why I wrote this song [Hook] [Verse 3] See when u go to jail mom still be there She might trip a lil' while but believe she care Always by ya side dawg when you got no one else Even if you hurt mom she'll still be there I don't know nobody who play it like that If ya wrong or ya right mama got ya back She 100 with me she'll never turn her back on me I let her know everythang 'cuz it's like she my homie I luv dis fam with all my heart I don't think that can even take us apart And that's on the real dawg that's the way I feel I luv you for that and I'm just keepin' it real And nuthin' or no one can steal that luv The love that I have for my mama Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on... [Hook]