Mama

So many things I wanna tell you Got so much love to give you So many ways I wanna thank you For all the things that you do Mama, why did you work so hard Mama, me carrying you name gone abroad Mama, you know that me love you so Mama, promise me that you'll never go Mama, promise me that you'll never go Time hard, Papa run gone and left we Time past, seem like him forget we Thank God Mama never stop try Stand strong wipe the tear from you eye Three pickney on you them rely Never really know the reasons why. Mama, why did you work so hard Mama, me carrying you name gone abroad Mama, you know that me love you so Mama, promise me that you'll never go Mama, promise me that you'll never go Life did hard no me nah tell no lie Nuff time me affi buss out a cry Sometimes there was nothing to eat But still you keep we off a the street Through it all you were always there Thank you Mama for showing you care Mama, why did you work so hard Mama, me carrying you name gone abroad Mama, you know that me love you so Mama, promise me that you'll never go Mama, promise me that you'll never go A no little thing you suffer fi we Three pickney without a daddy Nuff thing me never understand But that change now me turn a big man Mama tell me what can I do for you For there is nothing that is too good for you Mama, why did you work so hard Mama, me carrying you name gone abroad Mama, you know that me love you so Mama, promise me that you'll never go Mama, promise me that you'll never go --- Mama - Alfred Lloyd