| When the world comes down on me
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| I don’t feel each and every pound on me
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| Because there’s something that I know
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| That lightens up my load
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| Here it is:
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| Mama, you’re my soul salvation
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| You are my soul salvation
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| Only you
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| Pray for me the way you do
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| Even when I need help
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| To save me from myself
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| Yes, indeed
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| Mama, you’re my soul salvation
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| You are my soul salvation
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| Whatever the burden that darkens my brow
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| You pull the curtain that lets me see out
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| And if my glass is half empty, too
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| I raise it half full just because of you
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| So here’s to you
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| For loving me the way you do
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| Just to see it in your eyes
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| Sets my spirit to rise
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| And if I should slip at all
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| You break my fall
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| With a smile
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| Mama, you’re my soul salvation
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| You are my soul salvation |