Momma doin' a job that she would rather quit (Oh, yeah) But she gotta help earn father's adamant She told me that she'd rather stay home Cook, clean (Oh) , and talk to family on the phone She calls me distraught over her parents While I'm ridin' 'round town in the whip runnin' my errands (Haha) She say, "Grandmother's fallen again And she won't listen when the doctors tell her she can't stand And we found your grandfather sneakin' a drink (Oh, yeah) The liquor bottle half еmpty sittin' next to the sink And under normal circumstancеs, he can do what he think to But he knows the doctor told him he shouldn't drink booze I feel like I'm losin' my mind and I just want you and your brother to be kind to each other 'Cause until recently me and my sisters didn't have that at all Ask him to go to the park with you and play basketball (Uh-uh) I don't know if I can handle many more ER visits (Oh, yeah) Weight crushin' my heart, it's just physics And I don't wanna put you through the same when my hair turns gray" I said, "Momma, just listen" (Oh)
I love you And everything that you put me through (Uh-uh) It's all worth it, I'ma keep workin' (Haha) 'Til my skin bruised and it's black and blue And I'll do it, 'cause I love you And everything that you put me through (Oh, yeah) It's all worth it, I'ma keep workin' 'Til my skin bruised and it's black and blue And I'll do it 'cause I love you
I tell my momma, "I'm afraid (Uh-uh) I've been sober three hundred and sixty-five days (Haha) And every once in a while, I get the urge to smoke I feel one day I'm gonna cave and burn one And I ain't afraid of the smokin' itself (Oh, yeah) In fact, I'd be very happy to develop a more positive relationship with weed I'm more afraid of fallin' into old habits (Oh) And patterns of thought I don't need The kind of shit that made me stop in the first place Coughin' up black mucus, my thoughts start to race (Haha) I think about dyin' when I'm too high I think about losin' you when I look for too long at your face I miss the inspiration and the feelin' of happiness (Oh, yeah) But I don't know if I'll ever be truly able to balance it This kind of lifestyle promotes the hedonism People offer me drugs and tell me that they think I'm talented I don't know if I can handle the pressure Weight crushin' my mind, eyes poppin' out of the sockets I'm sorry if I'm ramblin' quite a lot" Momma said to me, "Son, just stop talkin'"
I love you And everything that you put me through (Oh, yeah) It's all worth it, I'ma keep workin' 'Til my skin bruised and it's black and blue And I'll do it, 'cause I love you And everything that you put me through (Uh-uh) It's all worth it, I'ma keep workin' (Haha) 'Til my skin bruised and it's black and blue And I'll do it 'cause I love you