Let me take ya’ll way back, way back
When I was 8 years old
I was playing in my front yard, front yard
I ran through the back door
That’s when I saw my mamma crying
I said I asked ‘What’s wrong?
I said I asked my mamma ‘What’s wrong?
I said I asked my mamma ‘What’s wrong?
She said ‘Baby if you ever listen
this is the perfect time, son’
My mamma told me that she had cancer, cancer
And mamma might die soon
My mamma told me she might die soon
My mamma told me she might die soon
And when I was 15, standing on that block
That’s when a black Monte Carlo pulled up, pulled up
And started letting out shots
That’s when a bullet went across my head
And I laid there thinking I was dead
And When I was 16
Sitting in that cell
That’s when an officer came up to me
And I thought I had bail
But then I knew that something was wrong
I kinda felt my mamma was gone
Now tell me, is ya feelin’ me?
Oh do you fell the melody
Going oh, da, da, da, da, oh.........