[Violent J]      This is for mom   Miss Linda Harwood   Miss Cathy Hill   This is for you.      I respect my mother   With every step I take   She was there for my first step   In the first place   Everybody wants out on their own   Now that I'm grown   I wanna be back home   In a world full of vipers   Only my mother's love was righteous   I feel I've been to hell and back three times   I could never sum it up with these rhymes   Looking for a story to share   With somebody, but they never seem to care   While I'm looking for this person everywhere   I'm slippin', cause my mom is right here   Life moves along so fast   When I see real love at last it's past   That ain't gonna happen to me   I can hear my conscience rapping to me   It's like "Hey, you've only got one real friend   From the cradle, to the grave, and back again."   With unconditional love   That's my mother I'm speakin' of.      That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   My love will never change (My love will never change)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   (Mamma)      And I know it's true   Even in my darkest time   In my darkest hour   When my heart is blind   And I'm giving nobody respect   My mother's there to put my ass in check   And she don't play that mister famous trash   She was putting them diapers on my ass   She's seen every side of me   It don't matter how thuggish I'd try to be   NAW every week in the back yard   Now I'm in the big time, trying to act hard   What mattered when I looked a years back   Was mamma, bringing the chairs back   Supportin' every dream I got   You best believe, man, I dreamed a lot   Me and Rude Boy, I'm trying to tell ya,   Not a day goes by in life, we don't feel ya   We ain't taking nothing for granted   Mom's lasagna is so good I can't stand it!   Mrs. Hill always greets me with a hug   Now I see where Rudy got all his love      That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   My love will never change (My love will never change)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   (Mamma)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   My love will never change (My love will never change)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   (Mamma)      Everybody around me, they use me, and go for self   They want cash, equity, bank and wealth   Mom puts that on the shelf   All she cares about is my health   It all seems too good to be   As I'm battling life, mamma's backin' me   And she only really wants one thing of mine   Just a little time   Mother, in this world of scars   Money and snakes and labeled wars   Whatever else life puts me through   It's all #2   When it comes to you.   And your love is all I treasure   My real father just didn't measure   He was gone, without a thing to say!   I know he would have failed in comparison anyway.   You gave me 3 times the love   Enough for you, him, and the God above   Rude Boy, his daddy was strong,   Stayed holding on when the ease was gone.   Now a days, everything's all right   Millionaire rocking these microphones all night.   Makin' all of our dreams come true,   And we're full of love, mamma, thanks to you.!   I'm still sorry about the china cabinet   Wish I could bring it all back now, dammit!   Linda, Ron, Cathy and Ryo   We want you to know that we love you.      That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   My love will never change (My love will never change)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   (Mamma)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   My love will never change (My love will never change)   That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is)   (Mamma)