Wish I could holla an' you physically listen, ma picture me shitting   Came far from chopping crack in the kitchen   Hated when I was a thug, couldn?t understand it   Put me through school, swore soon I?d be in a position to rule      Look at me now, your only child breathing through you   For you, by you, the science of FUBU, ill creation   I?m still laying for that day I wake up   Out of this dream, see you kinetically move, a seventies jewel      A star?s born, in the form of man, deep like Elijah   Mommy?s only prophet speaking the logic   Now momma love said if I ever get rich   And you not alive, watch for the snakes, 'cause they got to survive      Don?t acknowledge the lies, or the gossip   Stay true to yourself   And don?t do what your pop?s did   I love you mommy forever      Love your moms, hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here   Love your moms, hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here      To the streets of my house someone not a nine, through hard times   Mom?s was so strong you one of my heart's pride   And you told me I would shine in time, never win, but you know   Through you I spit and make the whole globe glow      I zone on all the things you ever did for me, my grief as a kid   Easing my pain, lifting my name, predicting I?ll see fame   Change that bond that?s never broken   You my heart for life, put ice on the surface of your soul glowing      To my moms straight royal, look at your boy now   Taught me the young, in turn I spoil you now   Don?t even worry I?m a hold you down not far from now   When you see me and the way you?ve been   Just since my born day, and you proud      No matter what, so I?m touched when I spit it this way   I pray you?ll be smiling for the rest of your days around   Always at my best, and that?s 'cause of you   Always calm and watch you raise me to be top notch      Love your moms, hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here   Love your moms, hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here      Yo I?m a keep this gangsta, and still be G   My moms is for my seeds, my moms for me   Always been by my side, when I needed her most   When I was locked in a cell, holding her close      Visit after visit, she will always be there   My father would never cry, wouldn't shed one tear   My mother exact opposite, by all means   And it would hurt, when she see me walking in state greens      I be like ma chill, 'cause it?s all good   In just two more year?s I?ll be back in the hood   My father, he got sick, my mother couldn?t take it   She called me the night he died, said he ain't make it      All hysterical, phone dropped off the dresser   Ma you calm down, you got high blood pressure   See I understand that I got to be the man   And take care of my wife, kids, and the fam, specially you ma      Love your moms, hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here   Love your moms, hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here      Mama love, old earth for what it?s worth   Sorry for all the times that I made you hurt   I know it was hard work, mother of three   Who would of thought your baby be running the street crazily?      You told me to stick to the dean, I lusted the cream   57 Fav queens with cracks in my jeans   I?m going nowhere fast, that?s what you said   Didn?t want to lose me to jail over some quick bread, or end up dead      Eyes bloodshed, watching your tears shed   Damn a nigga making his bed   About to lie in, I want to change, but I ain?t trying   It ain?t justifying, my grand pops dying      Moms, I?m sorry for the pain, there?s sunshine after the rain   My past shame it?s hard to explain   Can I make you happy? I love to see you smile   For your life while, ma it?s our turn now      Love your moms hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here   Love your moms hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here   Love your moms hate the streets   I?ll protect you from fears, always be here      Love your moms and hate the streets   Love your moms and hate the heat   Love your moms while she resting in peace   Love your moms while she still here   Hug your moms when she shedding a tear   Protect your moms from her worst fears