Mama Said

Mama said, mama said Listen to your mama's voice inside your head Mama said, yeah my mama said Learn from what your mama did and you'll go ahead You'll go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, yeah You'll go ahead, go ahead, go ahead You'll go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, yeah You'll go ahead, go ahead Yeah, my mama said, mama said Listen to your mama's voice inside your head Yeah, my mama said, my mama said Learn from what your mama did and you'll go ahead She used to tell me, brush your teeth and then to go to bed Don't forget to say your prayers or you'll wake up dead Don't you make that face it might just get stuck like that And you'll understand when you're older, just relax She said, life's not fair, but you gotta do your best Don't you ever lie unless you wanna get arrested Don't waste all your food, there's kids starving out there Be kind to others, the world's already unfair And every time I fell and scraped my knees She'd dust me off and say, it's alright, it's alright, baby, please And when I had a broken heart, she'd wipe away my tears Don't you worry, child, one day love will reappear Mama said, mama said Listen to your mama's voice inside your head Mama said, yeah, my mama said Learn from what your mama did and you'll go ahead You'll go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, yeah You'll go ahead, go ahead, go ahead You'll go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, yeah You'll go ahead, go ahead Yeah, my mama said, mama said Listen to your mama's voice inside your head Yeah, my mama said, my mama said Learn from what your mama did and you'll go ahead So go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, yeah So go ahead, go ahead, go ahead So go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, yeah So go ahead, go ahead, go ahead