Make mama proud
Make mama proud

Make mama proud easy guitar chords by Lil Flip

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    • Verse 1

    In 
    elementary 

    I 
    used crayons, 

    even 
    chalk 

    I learned 
    to 
    count 
    money 
    before 

    I could 
    read 
    and talk 

    And my 
    mama 
    told 
    me son, 

    you need 
    to shine 

    I couldn't 
    stand 
    at the 
    back, 

    I had 
    to 
    lead 
    the line 

    I use 
    to make 
    good 
    grades, 

    but 
    I 
    talked 
    in class 

    In middle 
    school 
    I was 
    late 

    when 
    I 
    walked 
    in class 

    I 
    the teacher 
    ran 
    a aron, 

    I 
    taught 
    the class 

    And what 
    I 
    didn't 
    know, 

    I 
    was 
    about 
    to ask 

    And just 
    because 
    I played 
    ball, 

    I got 
    easy 
    grades 

    And when 
    I 
    turned 
    13, I got 
    even 
    fades 

    Every
    body 
    wearing 
    Air 
    Macs, 

    Ree's 
    and J's 

    But 
    all my 
    parents 
    cared 
    about, 

    was 
    be 

    's and 
    A's 

    In high 
    school, 

    I picked 
    up my 
    pen 
    and pad 

    I had 
    dreams, 

    of pulling 
    up in 
    a Benz 
    or Jag 

    I 
    had 
    to 
    get 
    it on my 
    own, 

    I couldn't 
    de
    pend 
    on dad 

    I had 
    to 
    grow 
    up too 
    fast, 

    but 
    then 
    I'm glad 

    Because 
    the 
    stuff 
    I know 
    now, 

    I 
    wouldn't 
    believe 
    it 

    The 
    main 
    goals 
    that 
    I set, 

    I wouldn't 
    achieve 
    it 

    I'd 
    probably 
    be 
    locked 
    up, 

    or running 
    the streets 

    I'd 
    probably 
    wouldn't 
    have 
    platinum, 

    in 
    front 
    of my teeth

    I'd 
    probably 
    still 
    be 
    mocking, 

    trying 
    to earn 
    a dollar 

    I'd prob
    ably be 
    in the 
    hood 

    selling 
    sherm or powder

    But in
    stead, 

    I'm making 
    bread 
    legal 
    dough 

    Going 
    to 
    church 
    and staying 
    away 

    from these 
    evil 
    hoes 

    Verse 2
    You only 
    got 
    one 
    life, 

    you better 
    do what 
    you can 

    'Cause when 
    you 
    turn 
    thirteen, 

    you 
    are a man 

    And I 
    can't 
    be 
    broke so 
    I'ma 

    rock 
    the crowd 

    It's up to 
    me, 

    I 
    gotta 
    make my 
    mama 
    proud 

    Verse 3
    You only 
    got 
    one 
    life, 

    you better 
    do what 
    you can 

    'Cause 
    when 
    you 
    turn 
    thirteen, 

    you 
    are a man 

    And 
    I 
    can't 
    be 
    broke 

    so I'ma 
    rock 
    the crowd 

    It's 
    up to 
    me, 

    I 
    gotta 
    make my 
    mama 
    proud 

    Verse 4
    There's 
    a 
    place 
    called 
    heaven 

    and 
    a 
    place 
    called 
    hell 

    There's 
    a 
    place 
    called 
    freedom 

    and 
    a place 
    called 
    jail 

    And if 
    you 
    go 
    to jail, 

    they gone 
    treat 
    you bad 

    Take 
    your commissary, 
    and 
    beat 
    you bad 

    So 
    I'm staying 
    out 
    of trouble, 

    I'm 
    chasing 
    my dream 

    I know you 
    see your 
    little 

    boy 
    on 
    t.v. 
    screens 

    I'm blowing 
    up, 

    your little 
    boy 
    making 
    it hap
    pen 

    I'm 
    not 
    selling 
    dope 
    mama, 

    I'm 
    making 
    it rap
    ping 

    So 
    when you 
    go to 
    sleep 
    at night, 

    you 
    know 
    I'm safe 

    Cause 
    in 
    Houston 
    everyday 

    somebody 
    catching 
    a case 

    Like 
    yesterday, 
    my 
    partner 
    went 
    to jail 

    And 
    he ain't 
    coming 
    home 

    until he 
    fifty 
    sev
    en 

    He 
    nineteen, 
    so you 
    do 
    the math

    I got 
    smart, 
    man, 
    I 
    choose 
    to rap 

    So 
    when 
    I 
    grow 
    up, my 
    kids 

    can 
    have 
    a good 
    life 

    That's 
    all 
    I wrote, 

    y'all 
    have 
    good 
    night 


    Verse 5

    You only 
    got 
    one 
    life, 

    you better 
    do what 
    you can 

    'Cause when 
    you 
    turn 
    thirteen, 

    you 
    are a man 

    And 
    I can't 
    be 
    broke 
    so I'ma 

    rock 
    the crowd 

    It's up to 
    me, 
    I 
    gotta 
    make my 
    mama 
    proud 

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