| Well see, it it just seems to me that you’re the talk of the town
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| Everywhere I’m goin, y’know, I hear your name, I hear your name
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| (You right you right you right)
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| And I just really wanted to know like, who’s the lady in your life?
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| (Lady in my life, there ain’t no lady in my life)
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| I’m dedicatin this to the instrument of God that put me on earth
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| But was it worth the the pain for her to give birth
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| Taught me how to read (read) taught me how to write (write)
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| Told me use my mind instead of physical fights
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| Self respect was a lesson I learned for health
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| Nobody’s gonna love you if you don’t love yourself
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| She had to be in charge so she never thought twice
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| When it came down to helpin her son, she sacrificed
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| Moms gave everything she could when she could, never mad
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| Even though I was bad, she saw good
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| People said that it was too hard to handle me
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| I didn’t respect authority, but she didn’t let him put the hands on me
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| Coulda gave up, with all the hard times I gave her
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| Or put me in a foster home, livin with a stranger |
| She kept up the fight because she knew I was bright, it’s only right
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| Thanks to the lady in my life
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| The lady in my life
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| Now as for the beautiful days and the summers of my younger years
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| Mommy took me away — we had to get away from here
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| Here was wherever we lived at the time
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| And no better time for a vacation than in the summertime
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| I learned later she ran we ran away from problems
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| She didn’t wanna be nowhere near my father
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| I never knew why she ran until later I found out
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| He abused her, then I began to understand
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| My father was a man physically but not mentally
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| Ruined old fool with no sensitivity
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| And nothin grew but the hate in me
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| Figurin out the man who took part in creatin me
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| In my eyes he was only my mother’s lover
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| I used to throw fits wishin that she would find another
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| The only thing that mattered was that she was treated right
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| Cause I was the little baby of the lady in my life
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| The monumental maternal figure, that we all get
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| Should be seen appreciated as the Lord’s great gift
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| Many couldn’t see this many women couldn’t be this |
| But enough about them, because my moms is the sweetest
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| So this is for you ma, and everything you did
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| From tuckin me in bed to helpin me get ahead
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| When you couldn’t afford me you still supported me
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| Cause you knew that the president of somethin I was sure to be
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| You were always here, never left me alone
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| If you got a mother like that, you always got a home
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| The only thing that mattered was that you were treated right
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| Cause I was the little baby of the lady in my life |