Key: G minor
Verse 1
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for my mom.
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It's the hardest song I ever wrote in my life. I must have cried a million tears. I wasn't going to write it at first,
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but I figured if I could do a song recognizing everything else, it's only right to write about the woman who gave me life.
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an d all the other mommas that's not here today.
Straight from the heart,
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straight from the
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I got a call in the waiting room, from the nurse,
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telling me to come upstairs, cause my momma's worse.
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I was at my baby's bedside in a flash,
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but the look on their faces told me she passed.
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And everything went blank, I couldn't think,
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I couldn't believe it, even though she wasn't breathing.
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And the life support
machine was turned off
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my nose and mouth
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I started trippin' and my
stepfather walks in and states,
Let her go, son, she's in a better place
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She ain't sufferin' no more,
let her go, I won't
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I should feel good for her, but I don't
to go like that, gee
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Lord didn't take me
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a hearse can a lie
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A crowd of people gathered round,
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dressed in black
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Up drove a hearse,
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a hearse can a lie
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It had my precious mother
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in the back
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Ever since you left here,
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things done changed
Christmas,
New
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Without your button smile,
and since you're here
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Especially me,
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I tried to play strong
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Looked around, didn't see you,
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couldn't stay long
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Cause there's tears in my
eyes from your death
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It hurts me to drive to your gravesite
And visit on your birthday
But it's only right,
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I can't believe that your name is on a stone
Mother's
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Day rolled around
Now that you're gone,
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I realize how much pain and misery
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You went through because of me
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Going to jail, raising hell, getting kicked
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When you had to go to
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So I could have food to eat
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and shoes on my feet
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And a place to stay,
but being young and dumb
I couldn't understand it,
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so I took you for granted
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I had a witness, you missed it, boo
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My little baby girl blew a kiss at you
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And if she call your name, you can hear it
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I drove a hearse, a hearse caroline
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A lot of people gathered round,
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dressed in black
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Drove the hearse, this
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Cadillac
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It had my precious mother,
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in my lap
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Be good to your mama
while you still got her
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I wish I could've written verse
Cause words can't express the pain
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that I felt when I saw the hearse
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Drive off with my mama inside,
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taking her for a last ride
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I nearly died,
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the motherfucker off
Throw ten up,
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not pin up and lift my chin up
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She would've told me get your money,
keep making moves
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And take care of your nieces
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Mama you're gone,
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It ain't a day that goes by
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Everybody's saying count your
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blessings and we'll
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I can't believe this
It was yesterday
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The whole world collapsed
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It was like
All the arguments and the resentment
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that I felt for you
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When you treated me
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You got issues?
Go visit her
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Do something right now
Ain't never gonna be the same
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No, no, no, no
with mama girl
Ain't nobody
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need you mama, to hold me,
and comfort me
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Oh, mama
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