Mama V (Queen Mama) Lyrics

Who would have known 1940 true a Queen was born

You was a soldier low key cause that veil was torn

Had to walk to school for miles while your shoes was worn

Sometimes barefoot in the field picking corn

And sharecropping was life

Only a 6th Grade education in the mist of the strife

You stress education was priority for us

I remember you kissing me Before I Missed the Bus

when I was a jit I couldn't fathom path

How you managed a Household doing 6th grade math

You taught truth wasn't popular but that's where I should stand

That's why being unpopular is what made me a man

"When I was young you hold me

I ain't forgot what told me

Because of you there's an old me

You're essence is what mold me"

With all my Young and dumb decisions you held me down

When you had mamas out there who couldn't stand their child

But I never got twisted as God as my witness

Wherever I messed up you gave me business

And when the family was in crisis you stood in the gap

Your poured out all the wisdom to help us avoid traps

Even though you knew I would eventually drive my own map

I just wish I could sit ya lap

Mama… you let me to sit on the throne in your heart

You held me accountable when I tore it apart

Growing up as a black man I had to be strong

And not be phased by the ones who did me wrong

But I can remember you crying on your days of pain

Praying and singing spirituals and yes I seen change

You kept the weight on your shoulder because I was still a child

Kept me in church cause I had demons on file

"When I was young you hold me

I ain't forgot what told me

Because of you there's an old me

You're essence is what mold me"

(Yeah)