Mama

[00:01.69] Ooh, ooh, hey

[00:06.21] Ooh, ooh, oh

[00:09.40] Ooh, ooh, hey

[00:16.58] Ooh, ooh, oh

[00:20.82] Yeah, you ever make it up to the gate?

[00:22.95] And if you did, I wonder is it a beautiful place?

[00:25.61] Did He put his arms around you, make you feel like you're safe?

[00:27.99] Did He grab you by the hand and say that things are okay?

[00:30.66] I gotta know mama, did He show you some grace?

[00:33.30] Give you a pass and tell you He would carry the weight?

[00:35.97] Do you smile more, wonder what it's like when you pray?

[00:38.62] Is He standing in front of you, so you can look at His face?

[00:41.01] When you talk to Him does he talk back? (Ooh-ooh)

[00:43.66] You ever have conversations about what you regret?

[00:46.05] Or did it all go away once you got there?

[00:47.92] Does each breath take you closer to God, would you say that you cry less?

[00:51.37] Do you feel at peace yet?

[00:52.69] Do you laugh more?

[00:54.02] You feel like heaven is everything you could ask for?

[00:56.68] I ever make it up there when I see you I hope you're

[00:59.34] Smiling 'cause you deserve it, pray to God that you found joy, and always know that

[01:03.32] You don't gotta cry, you don't gotta cry no more

[01:08.10] I hope you're up there looking down on us with a smile on your face

[01:12.89] You don't gotta cry, you don't gotta cry no more

[01:18.99] I hope you're up there with God, feelin' loved and set free from your pain

[01:23.51] I look at the situation you had

[01:25.63] Might of made the mistake of leavin', but it's makin' me sad

[01:28.02] Thinkin' of you how you grew up, tryin' to cope with your past

[01:30.68] Were you like me in your relationships and pushed away dad? I gotta know, mama

[01:34.40] Did you think you were trash?

[01:35.99] Somethin' disposable that nobody could love or be glad?

[01:38.92] To say they was with you, that issue is a issue I have

[01:41.04] That's why it hurt me when Brittani gave me those letters you sent, I barely read

[01:43.96] Any of one of 'em knowing I'd let them go to my head

[01:46.62] And get to me especially when I feel I related

[01:49.54] Might not be around for my babies

[01:51.66] But know when I say that I love you, that I mean it, okay, 'cause

[01:54.32] Nobody's perfect, yeah, I guess we all fall short

[01:56.99] And I can't hold this unforgiveness in my heart no more

[01:59.37] So just know you're lovable to me and of course

[02:02.02] You'll always be mama to us, so save a table for four, and know that

[02:06.01] You don't gotta cry, you don't gotta cry no more

[02:11.32] I hope you're up there looking down on us with a smile on your face

[02:16.64] You don't gotta cry, you don't gotta cry no more

[02:21.41] I hope you're up there with God, feelin' loved and set free from your pain

[02:26.73] Mama

[02:29.65] You don't gotta cry, no

[02:36.29] Yeah, I'm grown now, took me a while to see the bigger picture

[02:39.22] 'Cause if you were here today and I was talkin' with ya

[02:42.13] There'd be a lot of tears of joy falling on my sweatshirt

[02:44.53] Prolly followed by some apologies and mom I missed ya, yeah

[02:47.71] I pray you see me down here lookin' up

[02:49.58] Still got a lot of things that I need healing from

[02:52.23] But I'll get there eventually, so don't you worry none

[02:54.89] I just hope you finally got some peace and you feel happy mom, I love you