I'ma send this song out to all the mamas who stand by they baby, you know, no matter what they goin' through
Especially my mama, Miss Connie, no love or the devil, she stand by me
Mama, mama stand by me
Mama, she stand by me
By me
Mama, mama stand by me
By me
Mama, she stand by me
Mama, she stand by me
Mama, mama stand by me
Through all my struggles, through all my troubles
Might gotta look for my friends, but not my mother
Cause she gon' be there when everybody deceive me
When I'm lonely, she squeeze me
When I'm hungry, she feed me
Since elementary, I've been makin' mama
Hurt dog, found my first thirty-eight
Found my first eight ball
Up in prison, you never missed a visit
Mama, bringin' seven bad kids to see me
How you did it, mama
And she gon' stand by me
The same way if I had a billion dollars or a dollar
She the same, mama
When daddy hit her, I cried
Stayin' with him, she tried
Had to wipe my mama's eyes when he died
Damn, remember you puttin' our bathwater on the stove, mama
Mama, mama stand by me
So we would have to bath cold
I love you, Lord knows
And when I'm livin' wrong
She prayin' to God on her knees
One thing I know
Mama, mama stand by me
By me
Mama, she stand by me
Mama, she stand by me
By me
Mama, mama stand by me
Mama, she stand by me
Mama, she stand by me
Mama, she stand by me
Mama, mama stand by me
I get in trouble callin' mama every time
Knowin' I'm tellin' the truth, knowin' I'm lyin'
Knowin' my friends, my friends, she see the signs
See I'm blind, never hold nothin' in
She speak her mind
Look where we came from, the hard times, the struggle
Wouldn't be no boostin' without his mother, that's why my face is red


I love you, if I could take it all back, I wouldn't change a thing
I wouldn't change our love, I wouldn't change our pain
I hit the pin, you changed pampers on my little ma'am
Love you, cause when I was a kid, you did the same thing
Never trippin' on material wishes, not my mother
She a rather a car than new, sayin' how much I love her
Every day in my tribe, she had a Bible with her
Her cigarettes and a lighter with her
She fightin' with me
She told me, she told me, she told me, she told me, she told me
She told my lawyer, she'll get on the stand
And tell the jury, I ain't that kinda man
Mama, mama, stand
By me, mama, she standin', mama, she standin'
By me, mama, mama, stand
By me, mama, she standin', mama, she standin'
By me, mama, mama, she standin'
Mama gon' stand by me, in any situation
No matter how much time I'm facin', she stand by her baby
And T-Lady, the T is for terrific, right?
We ain't had much, but you made sure we had for Christmas
Shakin' your head, when I'm expelled from school
But, you still took me home and fixed me some food
So, and I want you to know that I'm not alone


And boo, she love you
And I ain't never gotta ask, do you love me too?
Cause you show it in a million ways
And her love is a one in a million
Like Aaliyah say
And when I'm down, she pick me up
She always say the right things to lift me up
Cause she love to see her son smile
And we close like ten toes in a baby's eye
Laugh about the past, cause the hood, we made it out
Woke up this morning, saw a picture of you
I got my pen and I wrote this one for you
Cause mama stand by me
Ain't nothin' like a strong mind by me
Mama, she stand
Mama, she stand
By me
Mama, mama stand
Love you, mama
By me
Mama, she stand
Mama, she stand
By me
By me
Mama, mama stand