You 'bout to make me slam yo' back clean out   But I love her till death do us part   Though she divorced my pop the hard   Way back in nineteen "Yassey" for the past sixteen years   I took on the responsibility of daddy      Ma ol' burd, puttin' a real buzz in my ear, makin' sho' it marinate   And not go out the other ear   Guess who? Stood beside me when y'all wouldn't force fed   When I couldn't lift a spoon to my skull   God is good, God is kind mimmicin' her taught me how to say mine      Grace improvised wit bakin' soda when it wasn't no toothpaste   Now what that went with? My ol' burd cried tears of joy   When she heard I wasn't gon' serve time for possession   Of the "Sawed off" runnin' out of spurs      When I came home blowed and couldn't find the key hole   Guess who, unlocked the doors, my ol' burd puttin' my hairs out?   I better eat before you bug me to death   Shut-up you old ungrateful ass nigga, she tryin' to help yo' ass   I wasn't ready to eat yet but I enjoyed the dinner she said, "I'm glad"      Slid down my esophagus wit ease   Even though she have this skin' disease   That won't allow me to gain weight do my own eyes deceive me   Guess who tuck me in before I started drivin' this Benz?      Again and again, told me not to and when I did   Guess who beat the dog shit outta me kid   My Moma didn't play, shit, I had to pick the switches   You guess who?      My Moma, destination unknown, went out on her own   She was barely even grown and became my Moma   I never knew my dad, so even when the times got bad   I was glad 'cause I had my Moma      For so long she had to be strong   I know at certain times she was wrong   But she still my Moma, it still amazes me   The Lord had to help her raise me judgin' from the way I used to be      My Moma, the biggest player that I know I love her so   Hell everythin' I got I owe to my Moma   Thank you for carin', thank you for sharin' yo' love   I guess that was yo' way of preparin'   Yo' son to be the one and not the two   To make you and my daddy's dream come true      But what a surprise a car wreck left you paralyzed   The sheet was pulled over yo' eyes when the doctor advised   The family that you might not ever talk again   But you talkin' so I know that you gon' walk again   But take yo time, guess who's the inspiration for the rhyme   My Moma      Who was tha first to hold you in some arms   Tha first to change your diaper when your stomach wasn't calm   Your Moma, wit that drama brought you into this world   From a world of down under      I wonder now she know when I was lyin', when I was tellin' the truth   With the proof she would explain' how I've been skippin' school   With that boys puttin' holes on my back with the same belt   Around my waist that held my pants up      Takin' back only got you closer to Southern Bell   Got your forehead swell   I swear she knew when it was real or when it was fake like Clampetts   With dreads and if I couldn't handle a situation then I fled      Behind closed doors I froze, in Garnett holes I rose   Who that hell got my bond   Standin' in front of that two-inch glass   A woman ready to hand the cash over for her son   My Mama      Sometimes we get it on, I know at times I'm wrong   Lookin' into my eyes just to let me know she tried is enough for me   I'm callin' a truce it seems we more like brother and sister   Even though she pay the bills wit the mister      Brought me home in '72 and gave me all she had   'Cause I was left at birth she knew it could work   Since she gave me the first chance my song and dance   Pearl, my world, what would I do without her spark      Probably be on the street wit nothin' to eat but I got a happy home   Ever since my first day it's heaven sent now I know   What it's meant when I say   I appreciate what you've done and what you do your only son   Guess who?      The only one that cares for real and really understands how I feel   Help me over come my fears and never left me through the years   So I dedicate this song for you, for all that you brought me through   I know there will never be another that will love me like my mother