[00:00.386]Hey mama (hey mama)...
[00:03.363]Know I ain't never tell you this befo' (I ain't never tell you this befo)
[00:06.771]But it really hurt me knowin' I'm runnin' you crazy (know I'm runnin' ya crazy)
[00:11.267]I wanna talk to ya real quick (wanna talk to ya mama)
[00:13.812]My momma told me while I run these streets she can't sleep
[00:17.150]Her phone ring late at night she think somethin' happened to me
[00:20.251]Her nerves so bad right now she can't even watch T.V
[00:23.531]She turn her head everytime she see the police
[00:26.819]She scared to look 'cause it might be me in the back seat
[00:30.031]Whenever she hear about a shootin' her heart skip a beat
[00:33.499]She heard the feds was in town her knees got weak
[00:36.835]She know I'm at the house the only time she at peace
[00:40.091]Her blood pressure through the roof all because of me
[00:43.308]Her favorite words is "dope ain't the only way to eat"
[00:46.635]She told me the other day she hope I don't die in these streets
[00:49.938]I just pray to God she don't wipe her hands wit' me
[00:53.315]I'm a goon to the streets but to my momma I'm still her baby
[00:56.706]Raised a street nigga by yaself you a hell of a lady
[01:00.092]Shit Im doin' now got nothin' to do wit' how you raised me
[01:03.531]Shit killin' me to know I'm runnin' my momma crazy
[01:06.442]Goon to the streets but to my momma I'm still her baby
[01:09.890]Raised a street nigga by yaself you a hell of a lady
[01:13.173]Shit Im doin' now got nothin' to do wit' how you raised me
[01:16.658]Shit killin' me to know I'm runnin' my momma crazy
[01:19.921]Remember the nights me sittin' up in a cold cell
[01:23.042]I'm wakin' ya up out'cha sleep it's me callin' you from jail
[01:26.458]You ain't say it but I know inside you mad as hell
[01:29.666]You called off from work just to bond me out of jail
[01:33.058]I get in trouble I call you seem like it never fail
[01:36.322]Can hear you now "boy you need to sit ya ass down somewhere
[01:39.809]I come and eat I take a shower then I'm out of there
[01:42.809]I know I'm stressin' ya at times seem like I don't care
[01:46.228]You wrote bad checks for me to have somethin' to wear
[01:49.594]You risked ya freedom for me nowadays that's real rare
[01:52.954]Everytime I think about the shit I wanna shed a tear
[01:56.393]That's why I buy ya somethin' for Father's Day every year
[01:59.388]I'm a goon to the streets but to my momma I'm still her baby
[02:02.746]Raised a street nigga by yaself you a hell of a lady
[02:06.113]Shit Im doin' now got nothin' to do wit' how you raised me
[02:09.705]Shit killin' me to know I'm runnin' my momma crazy
[02:12.761]Goon to the streets but to my momma I'm still her baby
[02:16.050]Raised a street nigga by yaself you a hell of a lady
[02:19.177]Shit Im doin' now got nothin' to do wit' how you raised me
[02:23.017]Shit killin' me to know I'm runnin' my momma crazy
[02:25.889]You did the best you could wit' me and I love you for that
[02:29.210]Wanted me to stay in school but that ain't where my heart was at
[02:32.556]I got exposed to the streets and fell in love wit' stacks
[02:36.001]And all the times I hurt you wish I could take it back
[02:39.209]When daddy left us you stepped up and took his slack
[02:42.593]I know I'm selfish and feelin's is somethin' I know I lack
[02:45.945]The shit I'm doin' now I know you raised me better than that
[02:49.277]You showed me how to be a man and showed me how to act
[02:52.529]Sometimes I wonder how you still proud I'm ya son
[02:55.780]After all the stuff I took ya through and all the shit I done
[02:59.097]Well like ya told me when God want me how I can't run
[03:02.530]Before he take me want you to know how much I love ya mom
[03:05.843]I'm a goon to the streets but to my momma I'm still her baby
[03:09.257]Raised a street nigga by yaself you a hell of a lady
[03:12.236]Shit Im doin' now got nothin' to do wit' how you raised me
[03:15.904]Shit killin' me to know I'm runnin' my momma crazy
[03:18.872]Goon to the streets but to my momma I'm still her baby
[03:22.265]Raised a street nigga by yaself you a hell of a lady
[03:25.409]Shit Im doin' now got nothin' to do wit' how you raised me
[03:29.184]Shit killin' me to know I'm runnin' my momma crazy
[03:32.402]Think I'm speakin' for every street nigga 'round the world...
[03:35.744]I don't think we sit down long enough sometimes...
[03:39.744]Just to realize what we takin' our momma through...
[03:43.308]It hurt me to know dog...
[03:47.276]That I'm runnin' my momma crazy...
[03:50.856]And it's really killin' me to know... that I'm helpin' killin' my momma