Mama I Made It - Dave East

(I, I wait for the day, a sweet gentle sway

A sweet gentle sway…)

Okay, y’all gettin' on outta here

David, watch out for your lil' brother, and y’all have a good day

Love y’all

Love you too, Mom

(You are now listening to AraabMUZIK)

Somebody tell my mama I made it (C'mon)

Mama I made it (C'mon)

Tell my mama I made it (C'mon, c’mon)

Somebody tell my mama I made it (Oh, uh)

Tell my mama I made it

Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent (Ma)

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout no rent (Never)

Tell my mama I made it

She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss (Ooh!)

I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus

Tell my mama I made it (I made it)

She used to have to worry if I’m breathin'

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout us eatin' (Never)

Tell my mama I made it

So proud of her firstborn, I could tell (I know it)

She the only one sent me money in jail (Only one)

Tell my mama I made it

She used to hold me when I used to bang my head at night (Facts)

Ruth’s Chris dinners don’t taste as good as her eggs and rice (At all)

Couldn’t be no punk, you told me early, «Son, you better fight»

Handlebars shaky, I was beggin' you for a better bike

Think it was a Mongoose or one of them BMX shits

Innocent baby pictures, never seen me bein' arrested (Never)

It was nothin' domestic, I can’t hit a woman (Uh-uh)

A woman raised me, woman fed me, woman bathed me

Ghetto changed me (Woo!)

Mama raised me strong, won’t let 'em slave me (Never)

Thank you for not smokin' crack back in the eighties

I was born healthy (Mmm)

We ain’t have too much at all, I wasn’t born wealthy

I thank God for keeping me alive (The rest) until my mom’s healthy

Tell my mama I made it

Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent (I love you, Ma)

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout no rent

Tell my mama I made it

She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss

I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus

Tell my mama I made it (I made it)

She used to have to worry if I’m breathin' (Worry)

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout us eatin'

Tell my mama I made it

So proud of her firstborn, I could tell

She the only one sent me money in jail

Tell my mama I made it

When Freaky died, you told me, «Dave, stop cryin'"(Stop)

Used to be scared to tell the truth, you told me, «Dave, stop lyin'"(Uh)

You put too much inside my heart to hear that Dave stopped tryin'

It gotta be no tires or no gas if Dave not ridin'

You provided, I would ask you for expensive shit, you still would try to buy it

Disrespect my mother, I’ma start a riot

I see you lookin' tired, doin' the laundry

Hope Unc get off that rock, your baby brother been a zombie

I just let this drum blow, remember wakin' up

The whole crib smell like gumbo (Whole crib)

Or rice and beans when I would spend my night with fiends

You’d pray me and my brother just be cool

You just hoped me and my father never argue

Soon as I land, I’ma call you (Uh)

Tell my mama I made it (Ma)

Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent (Never)

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout no rent (Uh-uh)

Tell my mama I made it

She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss

I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus

Tell my mama I made it (Mama, I made it)

She used to have to worry if I’m breathin'

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout us eatin'

Tell my mama I made it (Mama, I made it)

So proud of her firstborn, I could tell (I know)

She the only one sent me money in jail

Tell my mama I made it

Front on mama, rather get buried instead (Buried)

Introduced us to eatin' syrup and bread

Just tell my mama I made it (Uh)

I met a lotta people in life, but my mama my favorite

I think I’m lit but she remind me I’m David (Every time)

When I ain’t know what I was goin' through in jail, I came home

And took you to Bloomingdale’s

Missin' your perfume, thinkin' how you would smell

My mother, my heart, how could you honestly hate it?

(How?)

Just wanna let her know, «Yo, Ma, you the greatest»

Tell my mama I made it

Copped her a Rollie for the time we never spent

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout no rent

Tell my mama I made it (Been with me all my life)

She used to slap us when we used to try to cuss

I got sick of seein' you drivin' that bus (So I drove for her, you na’mean?)

Tell my mama I made it

She used to have to worry if I’m breathin' (Mama)

She ain’t never gotta worry 'bout us eatin'

Tell my mama I made it (Yeah)

So proud of her firstborn, I could tell (So proud)

She the only one sent me money in jail

Tell my mama I made it (Mama, I made it)

Tell my mama I made it

We’re havin' conversations, mom and son, like that

Tell my mama I made it

I did it for her

Tell my mama I made it

Whatever success is in your own mind

Tell my mama I made it, yeah

Yeah, yeah, tell my mama I made it