Mama

Ha! (Shiddup!) Yow, mek mi tell yuh sumn my Lord Yuh see outta everything (Yeah) Mama come first (That true) Seh seh, any amount of money yuh a mek Mek sure yuh mother have har own bread and butter (Shiddup! Ha!) Yuh cyan have yuh mother a wash pants fi yuh (Nah!) Yuh cyan have yuh mother a press all di shirt And har (Run go tell yuh mother, man yute) Yow, yow, nuh wrestle (Yeah man) Cah, rememba all di money weh yuh have ('Memba!) Mek mi seh, if a never mama, nuttin unuh gwaan (Ha!) Think me woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (True) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born (Born) Think me woulda live fi see '88 storm If a never mama, Elephant nuh born (True) Think you woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (True) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born Think me woulda live fi see '88 storm (Ayy, ayy!) 'Memba when things were short Mama and di kids dem haffi a feed pon ash and (Yeah!) And she teach di yute dem seh, "Don't touch nuh weapon" (Eeh!) And she teach di yute dem seh, "Don't go try lef' man" (Ayy!) Mama teach me dat Well, rude bwoy plant up di yam dem inna di farm (Plant) Mek di fruits grow, and come mek supm gwaan (Uh-huh) Buy mama house, mama haffi build har own house (Shiddup!) Yah, well, mi a think a dem deh yah Mek mi seh, if a never mama, nuttin unuh gwaan (True) Think you woulda siddung up yaso, deh yaso a perform (Shiddup!) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born (Ha!) Think me woulda live fi see '88 storm If a never mama, Elephant nuh born (True) Think you woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (Wow) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born Yagga yow, zagga zow, naga now, now (Shiddup, Elephant Man, ayy!) Mek mi seh, if a never mama She bear di pain and mek Beenie Man deh yah (Ayy!) She bear di pain and mek Elephant deh yah (True) Nine months in har belly, hard work a lay mi down Mek mi tell dem sumn, man (Well, if a never mama) Yow, dis a just di fuck and true, but how mi mother grow mi From mi a yute mi mind fi grow as a natty Pan hot and ask how Moses mi mother name mi Uncle I, di blessed by Selassie Mi seh, if a never mama, nuttin unuh gwaan (Gwaan) Think me woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (True) If a never mama, Elephant nuh born (True) Think you woulda live fi see '88 storm (True) Mi seh, if a never mama, Beenie and unuh born (Born) Think me woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (Wow) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born Zagga zow, young now, now Yow, mi haffi love mi steven (Ha!) When mi born, she never try fi tek abortion (Ha!) When Beenie born, him mother never tek abortion (Eeh!) Dats why mi love mi mother as a black Woman, every single time (Nuff! Well a-) Ayy, dis a weh mi talk, nuttin unuh know (True) But mi did deh yah when Gilbert deh blow (Ha!) House blow weh, and a school we haffi go (Ha!) Oh mama, well a just reality we know Mi seh, if a never mama, nuttin unuh gwaan (Gwaan) Think me woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (True) If a never mama, Elephant nuh born (Born) Zagga zow, and we a keep dem calm (Ayy) Mek mi seh, if a never mama, nuttin unuh gwaan (Gwaan) Think you woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (Wow) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born (Born) Mi seh, ayy Mek mi tell yuh sumn mi seh, Elephant, mek mi tell dem sumn, ayy If yuh love yuh mother, put yuh hand up inna di air (Air) Jump up and gwaan mad like yuh nuh care (Care) Love yuh mother, mek mi system fire now (Ha!) Yow, zagga zow Mek mi tell dem sumn, yow (Ha!) No gyal cyan cook like mama (Ha!) Nah, nah, nah, no girl cyan treat mi like mama (Nah) Nah, nah, nah, no girl mi nuh love like mama (True) When yuh get another girl, yuh cyan find another mother Cah, if a never mama, nuttin unuh gwaan (Gwaan) Think me woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (Wow) If a never mama, Elephant nuh born (True) Think you woulda live fi see '88 storm (True) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born (Born) Think me woulda deh yaso, and nuh proso a perform (Wow) If a never mama, Beenie and unuh born Zagga zow, zagga zow, naga now, now