Last year, we did a record, that was dedicated to all our mothers. Shortly .. yeah you can give it up for that .. Shortly after, doin the record, uh my mom, my mom passed away, so my mom never got to hear this record, and this song means a lot to me, and my big brother Masta Ace is gon', gon' help tie the story together. We might get a 'lil, a 'lil emotional but y'all have to bear with us it's the first time we doin this record. One month later, unexpectedly, my mother passes away and I didnt get a, she didn't get a chance to hear the song either, so this song is extra special to both of us, we've never performed this song before, we wanna share this with y'all. Is that cool?

Verse 1
Thank you momma, for everything that you've done,
Livin' in the slums, single mom, and you raised a son,
I wanna thank you for the sacrifice,
For a lot of kids in the hood, life wasn't half as nice,
Used to take me out to Coney Island,
I dont recall many tears, I remember only smilin,
I wanna thank you for the education,
The college tuition, and all of lifes preparation,
I used to think is was the worst day,
When you said I had to leave by my 21st birthday,
I didnt get it then, I understand now,
All is good, your boys a grown man now,
I got a plan now, and Im fine look,
And all my thanks couldnt fit into this rhyme book,
I aint gon wait until you cant say it back,
To tell you that I love you on a track, I love you.

Chorus
Made me strong like you, wipe these tears when I cry,
Let your fingers wipe the cold from my eyes,
Im ya baby, taught me to stand on my own,
But couldnt show me, some of the things I aint know,
You let me grow.

Verse 2
Days like this, momma said there would be,
Ten centimetres dialated, and you pushed me,
Aint psychic, but been down the paths I travelled,
Decisions are the roads in life, that has now hours,
Became accomplice, I always had home as an option,
You accomplished on your own, after you were adopted,
Knew that, only you made me a stronger person,
Not those R rated movies or those songs with curses,
Was worth it, and it shows but each day Im annoyed,
Workin to avoid, being Tyrese and Baby Boi,
Dated women that you didnt like, friends I defended,
You new that girl wasnt the one, and those friendships ended,
Said your peace then let me grow head to toe, let me know,
Lessons though whats best that kept me from dead below,
Places I begged to go, let me when bread was low,
Extra dough couldve said no, now Im set to go.
(Exhale)
You the best momma, you definitley better than the rest momma,
Always did your thing to keep me freshly dressed momma,
And not once did I ever see you stress momma.
Im so impressed momma, you was the sun on my cloudy day,
And if you couldnt be that, you would take them clouds away,
Wow, I hope you smile to what Im bout to say,
I love you moms and I hope I make you proud today.
Lunches for school, you would always pack the nicest,
They was great, now I appreciate them sacrifices,
When I was wrong you would let me know,
But at times you would let it go, just so you could let me grow.
Basketball, I dont think you ever missed a game,
If we lost you would say its ok its just a game,
I owe you so much and I can never pay you back,
But I give you music, now just lay back and play the track.

Chorus
Made me strong like you, wipe these tears when I cry,
Let your fingers wipe the cold from my eyes,
Im ya baby, taught me to stand on my own,
But couldnt show me, some of the things I aint know,
You let me grow.

Verse 3
Send this out to all the mothers, check it,
Yo, my versions of a mothers, they called,
A blessin from God,
Our relationship left me permanent scarred,
Struggled with jobs, straight crazy, my main lady,
Your pockets was as broke as the promises you gave me,
Late eighties, dated men that were straight shady,
You partied, I was at the babysitters daily,
Seen rarely, stayed missin, stayed riffin,
I seen you fight the world, your pops, and a drug addiction,
Contradictin, on my mother I was callin,
Ignorin, grams raised your son like mornin,
Tears fallin, you missed the growth and progression,
Im at the graduation, without a cheering section,
Harsh lessons, I would live it again,
Cause all of this still made me the man that I am,
Mother and friend, forgive you for all your mistakes,
Im forgettin the past so lets start with a clean slate. Love.