Mamma Love

Ooooooout
Cle-e-e-ear
Fi mi madda yeah
Ooooooout clear
Ah
She a suffa and mi know dem see
Seh she tired of di cold concrete
Mi waan mine, my money stock a thousand feet
Put a smile pon mi old woman cheek
Cause mamma love will bring us through darkness
All when mi fadda gone leff I
Mamma cry: they’re so heartless
She standin by my side
Time hard, but regardless
Mamma love will be the-ee-ere
Wooohh
When you talk bout dumplin and butta
Well a my madda know di slum
When she send mi go a school
And di hungry come
Time fi di class dont tears around
Cah she waan mi bring di milk and a hope seh mi bring di bone
Jah Jah guide mi coming out mi coming in
And through mi know seh Jah Jah bless mi mi heart so clean
And nuff youths mi know dem sufferin'
Cause as a likkle prince dem diss di quee-e-en
Mamma love will bring us through darkness
All when mi fadda gone leff I
Mamma cry they’re so heartless
She standin by my side
Time hard, but regardless
Mamma love will be the-ee-e-e-ere
(Woooh)
Mi see mi madda work from day till night
Nuh love, nuh food inside
Tell mi: how we a go mek it out tonight
A gone mi a go? although mi know it nuh right
But mamma seh
Be easy, and be hopeful
All of a sudden mi feel di brittleness and mi dont pull it up
Now mi cupful mi cupfull
And mamma seh just be easy and be thankful
Cause mamma love will bring us through darkness
All when mi fadda gone leff I
Mamma cry they’re so heartless
She standin by my side
Time hard, but regardless
Mamma love will be the-ee-e-e-ere
(Woooh)
Hey
She a suffa and mi know dem see
Seh wi tired of di cold concrete
Mi waan mine, my money stock a thousand feet
Put a smile pon mi old woman cheek
Cause I heard the angels
Dem callin her name
Sayin: call on Jah Jah love
And he will prevail
And when they see dem fail now
Know that Jah will be there
I will be the-e-e-e-re
Mamma
Cause mamma love will bring us through darkness
All when mi fadda gone leff I
Mamma cry they’re so heartless
She standin by my side
Time hard, but regardless
Mamma love will be the-ee-e-e- re
(Woooh)