[Verse 1]
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October 92 when you pushed me out (Straight up)
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It was only right that I made a song about you (Straight up)
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Ain’t no tellin where Id be if I went without you (On God)
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Wish I woulda stayed in school, but I dropped out (On God)
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You taught me how to be strong, gotta give praise (21)
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When the times got hard, you always made ways (On God)
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Even though I barely got the new Js (On God)
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You made sure the kid kept a temp fade (Straight up)
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And you kept my PlayStation with some new games (Straight up)
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And you buy me freezy cups with your loose change (Facts)
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My daddy never was around, that nigga too lame (Fuck ’em)
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I think thats why I quit school and started to shoot thangs (21)
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My mama taught me how to tie my shoes (On God)
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My mama taught me how to cook my noodles (Straight up)
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Mama told me dont spend all my money with a jeweler
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I bought some real estate plus Im investin in my shooters (21, 21)
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[Chorus]
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Had to write a letter to my ma dukes (Ma dukes)
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I know you proud of me, but Im proud, too (Im proud, too)
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You the only woman Id give some vows to (On God)
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I’m still your baby even though I got a child, too (Straight up)
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I paid it off, ain’t no mortgage or no rent due (Facts)
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Yes, she got a Range Rover and a Benz, too (On God)
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Its a hard job, but women raise men, too (21)
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Ma, you never left my side and I thank you (21)
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[Verse 2]
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I seen you strugglin’, I think it left a scar (Left a scar)
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I did some things when I was young that broke your heart (Broke your heart)
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Im the one that stole the cookies out the jar (Out the jar)
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Im the one that went and stole the neighbors car (Neighbor’s car)
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Times got hard, started sellin hard (Sellin hard)
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Before I see you stressin, Im gonna break the law (Break the law)
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I was sellin weed, I never mowed the lawn (Mowed the lawn)
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Commit a burglary and take it to the pawn (Straight to the pawn)
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When I went to YDC you was there (On God)
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If I had a school hearing, you was there (Thats a fact)
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Back when you had the Ford minivan, let me drive to Citi Trends
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Baggy-ass Girbauds and some Timberlands (Straight up, straight up)
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Me and my baby mama was beefin, you didnt give a damn (Straight up)
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You didnt never pick a side, told me, “Be a man” (Straight up)
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Ima raise my kids, nothin like my dad, Im a better dad
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Youre the best mama I could ever have (On God)
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[Chorus]
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Had to write a letter to my ma dukes (Ma dukes)
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I know you proud of me, but Im proud, too (Im proud, too)
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You the only woman Id give some vows to (On God)
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Im still your baby even though I got a child, too (Straight up)
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I paid it off, aint no mortgage or no rent due (Facts)
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Yes, she got a Range Rover and a Benz, too (On God)
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Its a hard job, but women raise men, too (21)
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Ma, you never left my side and I thank you (21)
