[ti:Hey Mama]
[ar:Kanye West]
[al:Late Registration]
[00:09.55]
[00:12.10](Hey Mama),
[00:15.30]I wanna scream so loud for you, cuz I'm so proud of you
[00:20.43]Let me tell you what I'm about to do, (Hey Mama)
[00:23.96]I know I act a fool but, I promise you I'm goin back to school
[00:28.16]I appreciate what you allowed for me
[00:30.53]I just want you to be proud of me (Hey Mama)
[00:32.27]I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine
[00:34.47]This little light of mine and I'm finna let it shine
[00:36.70]I'm finna take yall back to them better times
[00:39.09]I'm finna talk about my mama if yall don't mind
[00:41.94]I was three years old, when you and I moved to the Chi
[00:45.04]Late December, harsh winter gave me a cold
[00:47.50]You fixed me up something that was good for my soul
[00:50.21]Famous homemade chicken soup, can I have another bowl?
[00:52.62]You work late nights just to keep on the lights
[00:55.05]Mommy got me training wheels so I could keep on my bike
[00:57.54]And you would give anything in this world
[00:59.81]Michael Jackson leather and a glove, but didn't give me a curl
[01:02.53]And you never put no man over me
[01:05.01]And I love you for that mommy cant you see?
[01:07.44]Seven years old, caught you with tears in your eyes
[01:09.80]Cuz a nigga cheatin, telling you lies, then I started to cry
[01:13.11]As we knelt on the kitchen floor
[01:14.94]I said mommy Imma love you till you don't hurt no more
[01:17.53]And when I'm older, you aint gotta work no more
[01:19.97]And Imma get you that mansion that we couldn't afford
[01:22.48]See you're, unbreakable, unmistakable
[01:25.23]Highly capable, lady that's makin loot
[01:27.73]A livin legend too, just look at what heaven do
[01:30.25]Send us an angel, and I thank you (Hey Mama)
[01:35.89]I wanna scream so loud for you, cuz I'm so proud of you
[01:40.67]Let me tell you what I'm about to do, (Hey Mama)
[01:43.88]I know I act a fool but, I promise you I'm goin back to school
[01:48.07]I appreciate what you allowed for me
[01:50.58]I just want you to be proud of me (Hey Mama)
[01:52.46]Forrest Gump mama said, life is like a box of chocolates
[01:55.36]My mama told me go to school, get your doctorate
[01:57.83]Somethin to fall back on, you could profit with
[02:00.29]But still supported me when I did the opposite
[02:02.83]Now I feel like it's things I gotta get
[02:05.03]Things I gotta do, just to prove to you
[02:08.04]You was getting through, can the choir please
[02:10.39]Give me a verse of a€?You, Are So Beautiful To Me?
[02:14.17]Can't you see, you're like a book of poetry
[02:17.67]Maya Angelou, Nicky Giovanni, turn one page and there's my mommy
[02:23.17]Come on mommy just dance wit me, let the whole world see your dancing feet
[02:28.00]Now when I say Hey, yall say Mama, now everybody answer me (Hey Mama)
[02:35.97]I wanna scream so loud for you, cuz I'm so proud of you
[02:40.64]Let me tell you what I'm about to do, (Hey Mama)
[02:43.99]I know I act a fool but, I promise you I'm goin back to school
[02:48.13]I appreciate what you allowed for me
[02:50.50]I just want you to be proud of me (Hey Mama)
[02:54.13]I guess it also depends tho, if my ends low
[02:56.62]Second they get up you gon get that Benzo
[02:59.31]Tint the windows, ride around the city and let ya friends know (Hey Mama)
[03:03.37]Tell your job you gotta fake em out
[03:05.17]Since you brought me in this world, let me take you out
[03:07.55]To a restaurant, upper echelon
[03:10.07]Imma get you a jag, whatever else you want
[03:12.57]Just tell me what kind of S-Type Donda West like?
[03:15.36]Tell me the perfect color so I make it just right
[03:17.75]It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday
[03:20.94]For me to just call and say (Hey Mama)
[03:25.94]I wanna scream so loud for you, cuz I'm so proud of you
[03:30.66]Let me tell you what I'm about to do, (Hey Mama)
[03:33.94]You know I love you so, and I never let you go
[03:38.05]I wrote this song just so you know
[03:40.32]where ever you go, my love is true.
[03:46.13]lalala...
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