Mama (Stripped Down Version) [feat. Jussie Smollett]

Listen mama, so many words that describe you

Strong would be an understatement, warrior would

Soldier's so much better 'cause you been fighting

She was just turning sixteen

Daddy left her out in the cold streets

He weren't having it, he found dollar cents underneath her mattress

Then suddenly her daddy abandon

But still she sees her father there in Lucious' eyes

Mama, oh, mama

For everything you've been through

There's nothing that I won't do for you

Mama, oh, mama

See you deserve the best of

What this world can offer to you

Mama, I love you

Mama, mama, mama, I do love you

Mama, I love you

Mama, mama

In love with the thought of becoming queen

She never told, she did seventeen

She gave it all so unselfishly

And she did it all just for loyalty

That's my mama

I never knew someone to sacrifice

Everything for love

Even gave up their own lives

Oh, mama

For everything you've been through

Nothing that I won't do for you

Oh, mama

See you deserve the best of

What this world can offer

You're the reason

For my being here

Mama, I'm so grateful, yes, I am

I'm gon' be the

One to guide your heart

Although Lucious raised us

You still made us from the sun

Mama, oh, mama

For everything you've been through

There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you

Oh, mama

See you deserve the best of

What this world can offer to you