| This is for mom | 
| Miss Linda Harwood | 
| Miss Cathy Hill | 
| This is for you | 
| I respect my mother with every step I take | 
| She was there for my first step in the first place | 
| Everybody wants out on their own | 
| Now that I’m grown, I wanna be back home | 
| In a world full of vipers | 
| Only my mother’s love was righteous | 
| I feel I’ve been to hell and back three times | 
| I could never sum it up with these rhymes | 
| Lookin' for a story to share | 
| With somebody, but they never seem to care | 
| While I’m lookin' for this person everywhere | 
| I’m slippin' 'cause my mom is right here | 
| Life moves along so fast | 
| When I see real love at last it’s past | 
| That ain’t gonna happen to me | 
| I can hear my conscience rappin' to me | 
| It’s like hey, you’ve only got one real friend | 
| From the cradle, to the grave, and back again | 
| With unconditional love | 
| That’s my mother I’m speakin' of | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| My love will never change | 
| (My love will never change) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| (Mamma) | 
| And I know it’s true, even in my darkest time | 
| In my darkest hour when my heart is blind | 
| And I’m givin' nobody respect | 
| My mother’s there to put my ass in check | 
| 'Cause she don’t play that Mister Famous trash | 
| She was puttin' them diapers on my ass | 
| She’s seen every side of me | 
| It don’t matter how thuggish I’d try to be | 
| N.A.W. | 
| every week in the back yard | 
| Now I’m in the big time, tryin' to act hard | 
| What mattered when I looked a years back | 
| Was mamma, bringin' the chairs back | 
| Supportin' every dream I got | 
| You best believe, man, I dreamed a lot | 
| Me and rude boy, I’m tryin' to tell ya | 
| Not a day goes by in life, we don’t feel ya | 
| We ain’t takin' nothin' for granted | 
| Mom’s lasagna is so good I can’t stand it | 
| Mrs. Hill always greets me with a hug | 
| Now I see where Rudy got all his love | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| My love will never change | 
| (My love will never change) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| (Mamma) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| My love will never change | 
| (My love will never change) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| (Mamma) | 
| Everybody around me, they use me, and go for self | 
| They want cash, equity, bank and wealth | 
| Mom puts that on the shelf | 
| All she cares about is my health | 
| It all seems too good to be | 
| As I’m battlin' life, mamma’s backin' me | 
| And she only really wants one thing of mine | 
| Just a little time | 
| Mother, in this world of scars | 
| Money and snakes and labeled wars | 
| Whatever else life puts me through | 
| It’s all number 2, when it comes to you | 
| And your love is all I treasure | 
| My real father just didn’t measure | 
| He was gone, without a thing to say | 
| I know he would have failed in comparison anyway | 
| You gave me 3 times the love | 
| Enough for you, him, and the God above | 
| Rude boy, his daddy was strong | 
| Stayed holdin' on, when the ease was gone | 
| Now a days, everything’s all right | 
| Millionaire rockin' these microphones all night | 
| Makin' all of our dreams come true | 
| And we’re full of love, mamma thanks to you | 
| I’m still sorry about the China cabinet | 
| Wish I could bring it all back now, dammit | 
| Linda, Ron, Cathy and Ryo | 
| We want you to know that we love you | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| My love will never change | 
| (My love will never change) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| (Mamma) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| My love will never change | 
| (My love will never change) | 
| That’s just the way it is | 
| (That's just the way it is) | 
| (Mamma) |