Lady, don't you know we love you Sweet lady, don't you know we love youWhen I was young, me and my mama had beef Seventeen years old, kicked out on the streetThough back at the time, I never thought I'd see her faceAin't a woman alive that could take my mama's placeSuspended from school, scared to go home I was a fool with the big boysBreaking all the rules I shed tears with my baby sisterOver the years, we was poorer than the other little kidsAnd even though we had different daddies The same dramaWhen things went wrong, we blamed mama I reminisce on the hell I causedIt was hell, hugging on my mama from a jail cellAnd who'd think in elementary, hey I'd see the penitentiary one dayRunning from the police, that's right Mama catch me, put a whoopingto my backside And even as a crack fiend, mamaYou always was a black queen, mama I finally understand for a woman it ain'teasy Trying to raise a manYou always was committed A poor single mother on welfareTell me how you did it There's no way I can pay you backBut the plan is to show you that I understand You are appreciatedDon't you know we love you Sweet lady, don't you know we love youNow ain't nobody tell me it was fair That I loved for my daddy cause the coward wasn'tthere He passed away and I didn't cryCause my anger wouldn't let me feel for a strangerThey say I'm wrong and I'm heartless But all along I was looking for a father, hewas goneI hung around with the police, I was looking for a fatherAnd even though they sold drugs And showed a young brother loveI moved out and started really hanging I needed money of my own, so I started slingingI ain't guilty cause even though I sell rocks It feels good putting money in your mailboxI love paying rent when the rent's due Did you get your diamond necklace that I sentyou?Cause when I was low, you was there for me You never left me alone because you caredfor meAnd I can see you coming home after work late You're in the safe house, after work lateIn the kitchen trying to fix us a hot plateYou're just working with the scraps you was givenAnd mama made miracles, everything's givenBut now the road got rough, you're aloneYou're trying to raise two bad kids on your ownAnd there's no way I can pay you backBut my plan is to show you that I understandLady, don't you know we love you, sweetieLady, place no one above you, sweetieLady, don't you know we love you, sweetieLady, place no one above you, sweetieLady, don't you know we love you, dear mamaDear mamaDear mama