letter 2 my momma

October '92 when you pushed me out (Straight up)

It was only right that I made a song about you (Straight up)

Ain't no tellin' where I'd be if I went without you

Wish I woulda stayed in school, but I dropped out

You taught me how to be strong, gotta give praise

When the times got hard, you always made ways

Even though I barely got the new Js

You made sure the kid kept temp fade

And you kept my Playstation with some new games

And you bought me freezy cups with your loose change

My daddy never was around, that **** too lame

I think that's why I quit school and started to shoot things (21)

My momma taught me how to tie my shoes (On God)

My momma taught me how to cook my noodles (Straight up)

Momma told me don't spend all my money with the jeweler

I bought some real estate, plus I'm investin' in my shooters (21, 21)

Had to write a letter to my mom dukes

I know you proud of me, but I'm proud too

You the only woman I give some vows to

I'm still your baby, even though I got a child too

I paid it off, ain't no mortgage, ain't no rent due

Yeah, she got a Range Rover and a Benz too

It's a hard job, but women raise men too

Ma, you never left my side, and I thank you

I see you strugglin', I think it left a scar

I did some things when I was young that broke your heart

I'm the one that stole the cookies out the jar

I'm the one that went and stole the neighbor's car

Times got hard, started sellin' hard

Before I see you stressin' I'ma break the law

I was sellin' weed, I never mowed the lawn

Commit a burglary and take it to the pawn

When I went to Y.D.C. you was there (On God)

If I had a school hearing, you was there (That's on God)

Back when you had the Ford minivan

Let me drive the city trans

Baggy ass Girbauds and some Timberlands

Me and my baby-mama was beefin', you didn't give a damn

You didn't ever pick a side, told me to be a man

I'ma raise my kids nothin' like my dad

I'm a better dad

You the best mom I could ever have

Had to write a letter to my mom, dudes

I know you proud of me, but I'm proud too

You the only woman I give some vows to

I'm still your baby, even though I got a child too

I paid it off, ain't no mortgage, ain't no rent due

Yeah, she got a Range Rover and a Benz too

It's a hard job, but women raise men too

Ma, you never left my side, and I thank you