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)