Letter 2 Mama

I'm sayin' my mama down for me, ya heard me?

That's the only lady I can trust

My mama looked me in the eyes and said

"Baby, you stay in these streets, you gonna die, straight up"

I used to tote a ball, but now I tote a tool

She say she pray that she don't see me on the news

She don't think that I love my life, but Ma, I do

And since a jit, I used to always act a fool

She asked me why I act so hood, I say, "Why?"

Said, "I 'ma leave the streets alone," but I lied

Why you poppin' Percocets? It's a vibe

Gotta do away with the stress, so I'm high

She laid her head on my shoulder and she cried

She told me leave the streets alone or I 'ma die

I know she meant it, I could see it in her eyes

Said, if they kill me, it 's gon' be a homicide, whoa, ah, ah

She laid her head on my shoulder and she cried

She told me leave the streets alone or I 'ma die, whoa, ah, ah

I know she meant it, I could see it in her eyes

Said, if they kill me, it 's gon' be a homicide, whoa

I told my mom, "I'm in the booth, I ain't in them streets no more

No more phone calls that's gon' wake you out ya sleep no more

Ya baby the professor, I ain't outchea in no beef no more

Now I dropped the shit that, all these people, they be fiendin' for"

She told me, long as she around, she gon' ride

I told my mama wipe them tears from her eyes

She always prayin' for her baby, I 'ma slide

Ain't nothin' changed 'cause since a child, I been wild, whoa

Rather be judged by twelve than carried by six

Stick with my rhymes and stay on my shit

Stay on my grind, and stay out the mix

I want them diamonds all on my wrist

Say if I stay up out this shit then I 'ma gon' blow

And Ma, I try, but in this city, I don't know

She asked me why I act so hood, I say, "Why?"

Said, "I 'ma leave the streets alone," but I lied

Why you poppin' Percocets? It's a vibe

Gotta do away with the stress, so I'm high

She laid her head on my shoulder and she cried

She told me leave the streets alone or I 'ma die

I know she meant it, I could see it in her eyes

Said, if they kill me, it 's gon' be a homicide, whoa, ah, ah

She laid her head on my shoulder and she cried

She told me leave the streets alone or I 'ma die, whoa, ah, ah

I know she meant it, I could see it in her eyes

Said, if they kill me, it 's gon' be a homicide, whoa