Thank You Mama

Hey mama, hi mama

Oh my, oh my

Oh, mama don't cry

Thank you so I

Reachin' out to all di mothers in di world

Sometimes just the way things are to be

(Yeah)

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

Mama I would never let you down

I'll never go away, I'll always be around

You know why you do it such love that you found

I'm always gonna let you wear that crown

Through the roughest of times you maintain your count

I was your only

(Yeah)

While shelterin' me from the storm

And when it's cold you wrap me in a towel so warm

Oh ma, oh ma, I'm so glad I was born

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

I'm gonna make u so proud, such good son you have

You are the one who teaches me all the good from the bad

Even when the system keeps pressurin' my dad

You got high hopes, thanks be unto the most high Jah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

I'm a big man now that's something gold

Things you do to survive only Jah he knows

Fiercely protecting us while watchin' us grow

You been even when it's on the down low

Work so hard to see us go to school

Blisters on your fingers so they can't take us for fool

I'm here for a purpose, I'm here to rule

Most high Jah Rasta fari will see us through

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

Now it's my turn to make life, I'm so mature

You know I got my kids and my wife

And I'm positivley sure

I'm doing fine and still can be so much more

You have prepared me for the future

(My love you deserve)

You been doing your thing while others not knowing

But deep inside your heart mama you know where it was going

Can a mother lose her tender care for her child that she may showin'?

Some how your star keeps glowin

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

Give you all my love, oh yeah

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through

All the pain an' sufferin'

No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you

It's my words and my utterin'

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