Mama "V" (Queen Mama)

Who would have known 1940 true a Queen was born You was a soldier low key cause that veil was torn Had to walk to school for miles while your shoes was worn Sometimes barefoot in the field picking corn And sharecropping was life Only a 6th Grade education in the mist of the strife You stress education was priority for us I remember you kissing me Before I Missed the Bus when I was a jit I couldn't fathom path How you managed a Household doing 6th grade math You taught truth wasn't popular but that's where I should stand That's why being unpopular is what made me a man "When I was young you hold me I ain't forgot what told me Because of you there's an old me You're essence is what mold me" With all my Young and dumb decisions you held me down When you had mamas out there who couldn't stand their child But I never got twisted as God as my witness Wherever I messed up you gave me business And when the family was in crisis you stood in the gap Your poured out all the wisdom to help us avoid traps Even though you knew I would eventually drive my own map I just wish I could sit ya lap Mama... you let me to sit on the throne in your heart You held me accountable when I tore it apart Growing up as a black man I had to be strong And not be phased by the ones who did me wrong But I can remember you crying on your days of pain Praying and singing spirituals and yes I seen change You kept the weight on your shoulder because I was still a child Kept me in church cause I had demons on file "When I was young you hold me I ain't forgot what told me Because of you there's an old me You're essence is what mold me" (Yeah)