Mama I Made It

[00:01.25] (I, I wait for the day)
[00:05.99] (A sweet gentle sway)
[00:09.53] (A sweet gentle sway)
[00:15.94] Okay, y'all gettin' on outta here
[00:19.57] David, watch out for your lil' brother, and y'all have a good day
[00:23.42] Love y'all
[00:25.00] Love you too, Mom
[00:27.79] (You are now listening to AraabMUZIK)
[00:32.67] Somebody tell my mama I made it (come on)
[00:35.46] Mama I made it (come on)
[00:36.93] Tell my mama I made it (come on, come on)
[00:39.00] Somebody tell my mama I made it (oh, uh)
[00:41.00] Tell my mama I made it
[00:42.23] Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent (ma)
[00:44.58] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout no rent (never)
[00:46.73] Tell my mama I made it
[00:48.19] She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss (ooh)
[00:50.33] I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus
[00:52.42] Tell my mama I made it (I made it)
[00:54.02] She used to have to worry if I'm breathin'
[00:56.18] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout us eatin' (never)
[00:58.37] Tell my mama I made it
[00:59.89] So proud of her firstborn, I could tell (I know it)
[01:02.00] She the only one sent me money in jail (only one)
[01:04.13] Tell my mama I made it
[01:05.54] She used to hold me when I used to bang my head at night (facts)
[01:08.24] Ruth's Chris dinners don't taste as good as her eggs and rice (at all)
[01:11.19] Couldn't be no punk, you told me early, "Son, you better fight"
[01:13.95] Handlebars shaky, I was beggin' you for a better bike
[01:16.99] Think it was a Mongoose or one of them BMX shits
[01:19.65] Innocent baby pictures, never seen me bein' arrested (never)
[01:22.50] It was nothin' domestic, I can't hit a woman (uh-uh)
[01:25.11] A woman raised me, woman fed me, woman bathed me
[01:27.47] Ghetto changed me (woo)
[01:28.35] Mama raised me strong, won't let 'em slave me (never)
[01:30.81] Thank you for not smokin' crack back in the eighties
[01:33.31] I was born healthy (mm)
[01:34.59] We ain't have too much at all, I wasn't born wealthy
[01:37.34] I thank God for keeping me alive until my mom's healthy
[01:39.46] Tell my mama I made it
[01:40.48] Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent (I love you, ma)
[01:42.68] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout no rent
[01:45.05] Tell my mama I made it
[01:46.52] She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss
[01:48.65] I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus
[01:50.81] Tell my mama I made it
[01:52.42] She used to have to worry if I'm breathin' (worry)
[01:54.71] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout us eatin'
[01:57.00] Tell my mama I made it
[01:58.29] So proud of her firstborn, I could tell
[02:00.27] She the only one sent me money in jail
[02:02.45] Tell my mama I made it
[02:03.98] When Freaky died, you told me, "Dave, stop cryin'" (stop)
[02:06.33] Used to be scared to tell the truth, you told me, "Dave, stop lyin'" (uh)
[02:08.97] You put too much inside my heart to hear that Dave stopped tryin'
[02:11.87] It gotta be no tires or no gas if Dave not ridin'
[02:14.87] You provided, I would ask you for expensive shit, you still would try to buy it
[02:18.60] Disrespect my mother, I'ma start a riot
[02:20.74] I see you lookin' tired, doin' the laundry
[02:23.17] Hope Unc' get off that rock, your baby brother been a zombie
[02:25.85] I just let this blunt blow
[02:26.94] Remember wakin' up the whole crib smell like gumbo (whole crib)
[02:29.30] Or rice and beans when I would spend my night with fiends
[02:31.64] You'd pray me and my brother just be cool
[02:33.46] You just hoped me and my father never argue
[02:35.79] Soon as I land, I'ma call you (uh)
[02:37.19] Tell my mama I made it (ma)
[02:38.55] Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent (never)
[02:40.70] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout no rent (uh-uh)
[02:42.89] Tell my mama I made it
[02:44.27] She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss
[02:46.50] I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus
[02:48.65] Tell my mama I made it
[02:50.23] She used to have to worry if I'm breathin'
[02:52.45] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout us eatin'
[02:54.69] Tell my mama I made it (mama, I made it)
[02:56.14] So proud of her firstborn, I could tell (I know)
[02:58.61] She the only one sent me money in jail
[03:00.37] Tell my mama I made it
[03:01.80] Front on mama, rather get buried instead (buried)
[03:03.94] Introduced us to eatin' syrup and bread
[03:06.07] Just tell my mama I made it (uh)
[03:07.60] I met a lot of people in life, but my mama my favorite
[03:10.38] I think I'm lit but she remind me I'm David (every time)
[03:12.58] When I ain't know what I was goin' through in jail, I came home
[03:15.43] And took you to Bloomingdale's
[03:16.80] Missin' your perfume, thinkin' how you would smell
[03:18.93] My mother, my heart, how could you honestly hate it? (How?)
[03:21.51] Just wanna let her know, "Yo, Ma, you the greatest"
[03:23.80] Tell my mama I made it
[03:25.03] Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent
[03:27.14] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout no rent
[03:29.39] Tell my mama I made it (been with me all my life)
[03:30.91] She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss
[03:32.96] I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus (so I do it for her, know what I mean?)
[03:35.53] Tell my mama I made it
[03:36.71] She used to have to worry if I'm breathin' (mama)
[03:39.22] She ain't never gotta worry 'bout us eatin'
[03:41.31] Tell my mama I made it (yeah)
[03:42.98] So proud of her firstborn, I could tell (so proud)
[03:44.97] She the only one sent me money in jail
[03:47.08] Tell my mama I made it
[03:49.26] Tell my mama I made it
[03:52.29] We're havin' conversations, mom and son, like that (tell my mama I made it)
[03:56.55] I did it for her
[03:58.43] Tell my mama I made it
[04:00.68] Whatever success is in your own mind
[04:04.27] Tell my mama I made it, yeah
[04:07.79] Yeah, yeah, tell my mama I made it