Music : Joyner Lucas/Chris Brown
Hey mama, are you proud of me?
Did I grow up to be everything you thought I'd be?
And hey mama, I know it was hard
But you gave me more than I could ever repay you for
I love you mama (Ma, mama, mama)
Mama (Ma, mama, mama), Mama, Mama
When I was young me and my mama had smoke
Young and misunderstood, them times I hated the most
Hard to put on a smile when my generation was broke
And the babies raising the child to sanctionate the result
Slave and working all day for that minimum wage and a small
Daddy ain't had no money, no occupation at all
ADHD all in me, I'm bouncing off of the walls
My mama ain't had no patience and my frustration evolved
Acting up in the class, my teachers think I'm psychotic
I just wanted attention for times, but I never got it
Adding to all the stress and I learned some lessons about it
But I just needed affection cause I was reckless without it
Thankful for what you gave to me even if you ain't got it
Sacrifices you made for me, I knew nothing about it
Told you one day I'd make it and then I made you a promise
If I made you anything then I hope I made you the proudest
Hey mama (Oh, mama), are you proud of me? (You proud?)
Did I grow to be everything you thought I'd be?
And hey mama (Mama), I know it was hard (So hard)
But you gave me more than I could ever repay you for (Mama)
I love you mama (Mama), yeah I love you mama (Mama)
Sitting in my bedroom plotting how to get us rich
And I was only nine, them cockroaches was a bitch
But shit we gon' be fine, step pops was making flips
Working full time, he taught me how to raise some kids
Even if they wasn't mine, living with my sisters and we stuck together
So the times I felt alone, they helped make my depression better
Some days my mama almost broke down, but I couldn't let her
The older that I got, the more I understood her better
And she the realest one around, I got a real homie
Mama always held me down when Papa done bailed on me
We ain't always see eye to eye, but she a kill for me
Send a nigga to the sky and then go to jail for me
Love what you gave to me, even when you ain't got it
Sacrifices you made for me, I knew nothing about it
Told you one day I'd make it and then I made you a promise
If I made you anything, then I hope I made you the proudest
Hey mama (Hey mama), are you proud of me? (Are you proud?)
Did I grow to be everything you thought I'd be? (Everything you thought I'd be)
And hey mama (Hey mama), I know it was hard (It was hard)
But you gave me more than I could ever repay you for
I love you mama (Mama oh, mama, mama oh, mama, ma)
I love you mama
I love you mama