Mama Said

Lyrics

[Chorus:] Mama said if I wanna eat I gotta work Mama said if I wanna read I gotta learn Mama said keep it 100 on the turf And boy leave the treasures that you earned on the earth That's what mama said (yeah that's what mama said) [Verse 1:] Mama told me don't trip, mama told me cautious Mama told me no lip, especially when she be talking Mama Yinka showed drip, her wrist game got me nauseous Mama got a new whip, coz the old one was quite boring Mama got a few orphans that she's taken into her house Mama Yinka losing her spouse didn't mean to go and chase clout She was broke but didn't break out We was hopeless thinking like how we ever gonna make it mama said now Trust in God and solemnly vow Don't let hope fade so we both prayed Mama showed me the old days Old friends tried to run the streets, mama told me look both ways Mama made sure her son would eat, never hungered or go stray Mama told me don't ever cheat, love God till your old grey Mama told me if I wanna eat I gotta work Mama took me down to church prayed for me now I perch Mama gave all she had and the money out her purse If I ever went missing she would search [Verse 2:] My mama a prophet for real I gotta be honest and deal Mama would see what I did before I done it My mama has something to seal I remember shorty she bad I wanted her bad her body was real Mama dreaming now she telling me chill How she know it I guess God has reveal whenever she kneels Wake up in the morning cutting a meal Make it when I'm yawning not a big deal I brought Sophie over head over heels How you took her in was something surreal Mama Yinka got skills Mama Yinka so trill Mama Yinka be cutting Mama Yinka no frills You still build real deal goals Mama you a real deal so How your loving still will flow You are not an ill willed soul If I had a mil we'll go, anywhere you feel real flow Mama you the wheel you know, until I die I'll give you most Mama told me if I wanna eat I gotta work Mama took me down to church prayed for me now I perch Mama gave all she had and the money out her purse If I ever went missing she would search