“YOU ALREADY KNOW (Dear Mama 2.0)”

“YOU ALREADY KNOW (Dear Mama 2.0)”

(Spoken intro, raw & soulful)

You already know what it is…

This for the one who fed us more than food…

Fed us God, fed us fight, fed us love.

Five deep… four boys, one girl… and one queen.

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Verse 1

When I was a youngin, me and Mama had storms

House full of thunder, but her love kept it warm

No book, no blueprint, no manual in hand

She just built a whole life with her bare two hands

I remember them nights, Thanksgivin’ on a hot plate

Turkey in a lil’ pan, still tasted like it’s top-rate

Sold off her treasures just to keep the lights on

Never let us see her break, just kept life strong

And through the cold, through the hunger, through the empty

She never shed a tear where our little eyes could see

She paved roads I ain’t even know I was walkin’

Prayed heavy for my future when I ain’t do no talkin’

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Hook (Choir-style, full harmonies)

Mama, you already know we love you

Ain’t a soul on this earth above you

You gave us more than food, you gave us faith

You showed a youngin how to stand and how to pray

Mama, you already know we love you

Even when the world tried to judge you

Every scar, every fight made a way

I’m just tryin’ to show you that I understand today

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Verse 2

Now the rent was due, but you still found a way

Put the bill in God’s hands and the stress on your knees to pray

I seen you come home, tired hands from the work

Still made a meal out of scraps, turned the pain into church

You could’ve quit, could’ve folded, could’ve fell down

But you stood up, taught us love in a hell town

Even when the world went cold, you kept dancin’

Even with them scars on your body from the cancers

Surgery tried to take your shine, but it missed

You came out stronger, still movin’ to the beat with a twist

Five kids, four sons and a daughter that you raised

With the love of God that was louder than the hate

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Bridge (Spoken over soft keys)

Mama, you fed us food but more than that you fed us fight…

You taught us love when love was outta sight…

You gave when there wasn’t nothin’ left to give.

That’s why everything I do now, is so you can live.

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Hook (Bigger, Choir + Strings)

Mama, you already know we love you

Ain’t a soul on this earth above you

You gave us more than food, you gave us faith

You showed a youngin how to stand and how to pray

Mama, you already know we love you

Even when the world tried to judge you

Every scar, every fight made a way

I’m just tryin’ to show you that I understand today

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Outro

So pour out some love, while the world still can hear me

This one’s for my Mama, let the angels stand near me

If you can make it through the night, there’s a brighter day

And everything I am is from the price you paid

Mama, you already know…

Yeah… you already know…

No greater love