[Intro: Xzibit & (Andre Wilson)]
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This for you, huh (Yeah, yeah, yeah…)
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There aint one day that go by
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Where I dont think about you, yeah
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This for my mother, Rest In Peace, uh (Ohh…)
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To you and yours, yeah (Ohh, ohh…)
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Ride with me, uh
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Come on
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[Verse 1: Xzibit]
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I know you watching me, guiding me
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I know from up there its like you watching ‘Menace to Society
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Listen you was thirty-two I was only nine
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But Ive learned so much with so little time (So little time)
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Now Im surrounded by the best of my kind
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We put it all together, couldnt waist your pearls on Swine ma
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You taught me better
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You cant protect me or expect me to not struggle and fight
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Cause see, death is a part of life
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What I wouldnt give for one more day wit you
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One last embrace and face to face wit you
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Explain everything that made me what I am a grown man
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From the ground up with my own hands
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Will I forget you? Never
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Down right angry sometimes that we aint here together
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You can feel your roots and see how strong we are
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Who wouldve thought we could get this far, damn I miss you
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[Chorus: Andre Wilson & (Xzibit)]
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Even though I know its been tough
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I cant stress enough no matter what
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Mama I love you (You know I love you, yeah)
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Youve always been there by my side
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You taught the wrong from the right (Cmon)
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Mama I love you
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[Verse 2: Xzibit]
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Yesterday was your fifty-ninth birthday
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Time flew, missin you in the worst way
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I still feel the same pain since the first day
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You left through death on Gods request
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I cant complain through the years mama Ive been stressed
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(Ive been stressed)
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Through them bullets and the bad times Ive been blessed
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(Ive been blessed)
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For the times that I fail but I tried my best
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Able to do for my loved ones, its real success
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You the source of my strength I was blessed with your gifts
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Your insights, your wisdom, your penmanship
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Fun and games, Im doing thangs, I know you wouldnt agree with (Yeah)
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What I drink, what I smoke, who I be with
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You made sure I got some love when there wasnt none
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Opened up my heart showed the world where Im coming from
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Your little grandson is just like your little boy
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Mama what you built here no man can ever destroy, your bundle of joy
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Ive been through so much
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I lose touch and sometimes feel that life sucks
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My women try to get close I push her away
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She wanna talk I just sit there with nothing to say, feel me
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Its all the pain I contain on the inside
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You in the right place but left me at the wrong time (Yeah)
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Used to cook, clean, and sing me to sleep
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Now I only go to bed with my heat, damn I miss you
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[Chorus: Andre Wilson & (Xzibit)]
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Even though I know its been tough
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I cant stress enough no matter what (Yeah)
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Mama I love you (Mama, you know I love you, yeah)
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Youve always been there by my side
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You taught me the wrong from the right (Uh)
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Mama I love you (You know I love you)
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[Verse 3: Xzibit]
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The school of hard knocks where I learned lifes lessons
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With not enough answers and too many questions
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When you had me you gave birth to a soldier
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Now Im much older, now the world much colder (Yeah)
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Our lives in the hands of politicians that dont care
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We pawns in the game biological warfare
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The familys so spread out and disconnected
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Trying to hold things together put my soul on records
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Its hard; you know your daughter had a baby too
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A beautiful baby girl just another little piece of you
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Another branch we can add to the family tree
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Responsibility bringin out the man in me (Cmon)
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You aint a man if youre not taking care of home
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Raise and protect my own, until they full-grown
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No matter how much these streets try to change me
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Im never gon forget how you raised me
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I Love You, Forever
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[Chorus: Andre Wilson & (Xzibit)]
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Even though I know its been tough (Its been tough)
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I cant stress enough, no matter what (Yeah, cmon)
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Mama I love you (Mama, I love you, cmon)
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Youve always been there by my side (Yes)
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You taught me the wrong from the right (Cmon)
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Mama I love you (You know I love you)
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[Outro: Xzibit]
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Yeah, all the mothers, all the daughters, yeah, come on
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Sun, the Moon, the Earth
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Yeah, this for you, uh, Damn, Damn I Miss You
