Whoa Oh mama, oh mama You're the reason why I'm here today Holdin' my head high Wasn't easy gettin' me here, today I owe you my life Been through every step along the way Makin' sure that things will be alright So mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Please don't leave tonight
Dear mama, I know I gave you a lot of drama Got you pissed off 'bout a lot of this is that dilemma You remember in December, cold winter Yeah, the month of my delivery You vowed to take care of me G-g-gave birth to your baby girl You always warned me 'bout these streets and this crazy world Taught me how to survive and keep my head up Taught me how to be a lady, stack my bread up Yeah, no daddy in the picture Thinking 'bout you mama Got me running to the liquor Mama where you goin'? I'm gon' have to beg to differ I'd rather go first, so I wanna go with you Cause I can't do this without you
So mama please (You're the reason why I'm here, today) Holdin' my head high (I'm holding my head high) Wasn't easy gettin' me here, today I owe you my life Been through every step along the way Makin' sure that things will be alright So mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Please don't leave tonight
Call yo' mother And tell her that you love her 'Cause when she gone, cold world You'll never have another (Uh) Truth is, that's when life begins I bet yo' moms is ya only true best friend She gon' always have your back She gon' always hold you down Tell me, who gon' take her place when nobody else around? (Uh) Mama, you're irreplacable So I'm gon' always put you first on the pedestal Yes, sometimes I spazz out but you know I didn't mean it We agree to disagree, conversation gettin' heated At the end of the day, you know I really didn't mean 'Cause life without you, I'm defeated
It's a cold world, and life just ain't the same without you I really need you, mama, really need you, mama It's a cold world, life just ain't the same without you Mama, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You're the reason why I'm here, today Holdin' my head high Wasn't easy gettin' me here, today I owe you my life Been through every step along the way Makin' sure that things will be alright So mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight Please don't leave tonight
[00:03.58]Whoa [00:05.80]Oh mama, oh mama [00:12.49]You're the reason why I'm here today [00:15.77]Holdin' my head high [00:17.61]Wasn't easy gettin' me here, today [00:21.35]I owe you my life [00:23.26]Been through every step along the way [00:26.74]Makin' sure that things will be alright [00:29.62]So mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [00:35.28]Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [00:42.36]Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [00:47.20]Please don't leave tonight [00:49.15] [00:49.40]Dear mama, I know I gave you a lot of drama [00:51.49]Got you pissed off 'bout a lot of this is that dilemma [00:54.53]You remember in December, cold winter [00:57.07]Yeah, the month of my delivery [00:58.82]You vowed to take care of me [01:00.71]G-g-gave birth to your baby girl [01:02.36]You always warned me 'bout these streets and this crazy world [01:05.55]Taught me how to survive and keep my head up [01:08.50]Taught me how to be a lady, stack my bread up [01:11.73]Yeah, no daddy in the picture [01:13.38]Thinking 'bout you mama [01:14.93]Got me running to the liquor [01:16.32]Mama where you goin'? [01:17.82]I'm gon' have to beg to differ [01:19.32]I'd rather go first, so I wanna go with you [01:22.46]Cause I can't do this without you [01:23.90] [01:24.05]So mama please (You're the reason why I'm here, today) [01:28.28]Holdin' my head high (I'm holding my head high) [01:30.55]Wasn't easy gettin' me here, today [01:33.25]I owe you my life [01:36.70]Been through every step along the way [01:38.94]Makin' sure that things will be alright [01:42.09]So mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [01:48.38]Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [01:54.16]Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [01:58.30]Please don't leave tonight [02:00.44] [02:01.14]Call yo' mother [02:01.83]And tell her that you love her [02:03.04]'Cause when she gone, cold world [02:04.63]You'll never have another (Uh) [02:06.28]Truth is, that's when life begins [02:08.58]I bet yo' moms is ya only true best friend [02:11.91]She gon' always have your back [02:13.71]She gon' always hold you down [02:15.11]Tell me, who gon' take her place when nobody else around? (Uh) [02:18.97]Mama, you're irreplacable [02:21.01]So I'm gon' always put you first on the pedestal [02:23.80]Yes, sometimes I spazz out but you know I didn't mean it [02:27.05]We agree to disagree, conversation gettin' heated [02:30.15]At the end of the day, you know I really didn't mean [02:32.83]'Cause life without you, I'm defeated [02:35.68] [02:37.37]It's a cold world, and life just ain't the same without you [02:42.52]I really need you, mama, really need you, mama [02:48.86]It's a cold world, life just ain't the same without you [02:55.45]Mama, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [03:03.74] [03:04.03]You're the reason why I'm here, today [03:06.57]Holdin' my head high [03:09.37]Wasn't easy gettin' me here, today [03:12.07]I owe you my life [03:14.41]Been through every step along the way [03:18.15]Makin' sure that things will be alright [03:20.59]So mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [03:27.31]Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [03:33.31]Mama, please don't leave, don't leave, don't leave tonight [03:37.83]Please don't leave tonight
