| Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh, hear my mother call
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| Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh, hear my mother call
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| I was one of five born to my mother
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| An older sister and three young brothers
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| We’ve seen it hard, we’ve seen it kind of rough
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| But always with a smile, she was sure to try to hide
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| The fact from us that life was really tough
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| I can hear my mother call
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| I can hear my mother call (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh)
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| Late at night I hear her call
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| Oh lord, lord I hear her call
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| She said, «Father, father it’s for the kids (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh)
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| Any and every thing I did.
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| Please, please don’t judge me too strong.
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| Lord knows I meant no wrong.
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| Lord knows I meant no wrong.»
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| Then the devil sang
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| «Would you like to dance with me? |
| (Ooh-ahh-ooh)
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| We’re doin' the cosmic slop."(Ooh-ahh-ooh)
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| She was well known through the ghetto
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| Tricks would come and then they’d go
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| The neighbors would talk and call her Jezebel
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| But always with a smile, she was sure to try to hide
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| The fact from us that she was catching hell, hey!
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| Hear my mother call
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| I can hear my mother call (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh)
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| Late at night I hear her call
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| Oh lord, lord I hear her call
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| She says, «Father, father it’s for the kids (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh)
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| Any and every thing I did.
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| Please, please don’t judge me too strong.
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| Lord knows I meant no wrong.
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| Lord knows I meant no wrong.»
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| Lord!
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| (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh)
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| Hear my mother call
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| (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh)
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| Hear my mother call
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| She says, «Father, father it’s for the kids (ooh-ah-ooh)
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| Any and every thing I did. |
| (ooh-ah-ooh)
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| Please, please don’t judge me too strong.
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| Hear my mother call (ooh-ah-ooh)
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| Hear my mother call (Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh) |