Hey mama, (ha) Hi mama. (ha)
Oh my oh my,
Oh mama don't cry-y,
Gonna keep you, so I..

Reachin' out to all the mothers in the world,
Sometimes it's just the way things are to be, yea.

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you,
Give you all my love, oh yea.
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you,
This is my words and my utterin'.

Mama I would never let you down,
I'll never go away, I'll always be around.
You know why you do it, such love that you found,
I'm always gonna let you wear that crown.
Through the roughest of times, you maintain your calm,
Jah was your only help, while shelterin' me from the storm,
And when it's cold you wrap me in a towel so warm,
Oh ma oh ma, I'm so glad I was born..

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you,
Give you all my love, oh yea.
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you,
This is my word.

I'm gonna make u so proud, such good son you have,
You are the one who teaches me all the good from the bad,
Even when the system keeps pressurin' my dad,
You got high hopes, thanks be unto the Most High God.

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you,
Give you all my love, oh yea. (oh my oh my)
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
All my visions, aspirations I owe it all onto you,
This is my words and my utterin'.

I'm a big man now that's how things go,
Things you do to survive only Jah he knows,
Fiercely protectin' us while watchin' us grow,
You been up even when it's on the down low,
Work so hard, to see us go to school,
Blisters on your fingers so they can't take us for fool.
I'm here for a purpose, I'm here to rule,
Most High Jah, Rastafari will see us through.

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you..
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'.
No one knows the pressure you bare just only you, oh..

Now it's my turn to make life, I'm so mature,
Now I got my kids and my wife and I'm positively sure,
I'm doing fine and still can be so much more.
You've prepared me for the future my love you deserve.
Keeps doing your thing, while others not knowing,
But deep inside your heart mama you know where it was going.
Can a mother lose her tender care for her child that she's been showin',
Somehow your star keeps glowin' ow.

Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through,
All those pain and sufferin'..