Mama Was Always Tellin' Her Truth

[Verse 1] Well my mama she was always telling her truth Times were hard and that's how she made it through When it came to her feelings, wasn't no back burner on that stove When something went wrong and she might start yelling or crying If you didn't know better, you'd think one of us was dying But that was mama and she just told her truth I would sit in the church house right there beside her Mama would move when the spirit would guide her Waving her hands up to heaven singing her tune But if the preacher said something and she didn't like Her head would go to shaking, she just wouldn't hide it That was mama and she just told her truth When I was a kid coming in from school, I said 'Mama, I'm so worried something could happen to you! And if you die, oh Mama, what am I gonna do?' She said, 'Iris just because I'm older than you Don't be sure you won't go before I do' That was mama and she just told her truth [Chorus] It was my mama who taught me that I could tell my truth Sometimes it;s all that I could do Looking in from the outside, it might not seem like much But I'll tell ya now, if that's what you're thinking The truth can be the difference between swimming and sinking I think my mama just told her truth [Verse 2] If she was glad she took you with her If she was sad she took you too There wasn't a lot of traveling she didn't do Right there in that little house was a bigger world than I may ever see Some people liked it and some people didn't For some of what she said she may never be forgiven But that was mama and she just told her truth Life with my mama could sometimes be a rough road She could say something and blood would burn in my soul But I wouldn't trade one mile of this journey me and her have been on 'Cause I've loved my mama like I've never loved another Long as I live there will be no one above her I know my mama cause she told me her truth Life as I know it can be a little confusing I don't know the difference between winning and losing Every time I find a line that I can walk on, it slips from view But when it all goes dark and I start losing vision I just think about her and I know just what I'm missing I gotta go back to telling my truth [Chorus]