Mother

[Chorus] Mama, I love you Now I understand your pain Mama, I need you 'Cause I feel the very same Mama, I thank you For all the love you gave Even though I lost my way I know I'll always be right there for you [Verse 1] Never understood the drama, never understood you, mother All that pain you [?] I was lost, lost like you and, now, I was wrong Done wrong like you, but now, now Now I understand your thinking and understand you're sinking 'Cause I'm drinkin' to forgive it Sorry if my lyrics ever made you lose a wink And I'm sorry I barely came to see you when you were ill I just didn't want it to be real I saw my two aunts pass the same year And we nearly lost dad in them same tears So my hero looked so small and so scared When I was up in court here But I live my own freedom, my own wars and my own fears Should have been a better man anyway I'm still learnin', let me try again, I [Chorus] Mama, I love you Now I understand your pain Mama, I need you 'Cause I feel the very same Mama, I thank you For all the love you gave Even though I lost my way I know I'll always be right there for you [Verse 2] I remember hitting the screams, pale face when you said that you'd leave Now I wish I could just take you with me 'Cause now I understand why you hated the way that I speak I don't wanna live sometimes, that's why I'm smokin' this weed And I was just a little kid, soaked up in innocence Thought you was ignorant but, queen, you would struggle within Love you like my father does, gave me strength and gave me love Now let me give you all my heart [Chorus] Mama, I love you Now I understand your pain Mama, I need you 'Cause I feel the very same Mama, I thank you For all the love you gave Even though I lost my way I know I'll always be right there for you (Woah, woah) [Verse 3] (Yeah, yeah, yeah) And thank you for the love, mother And thank you for the hearts, mother And thank you for the hell you went through So me and Laura could live better (Ooh) And thank you for my life, mother You taught me how to fight, mother And thank you for the positives 'Cause you raised a young man through all the strugglin' And thank you for love and thank you for my heart (Ooh)