“Mah’s Joint” features Jon talking to his mother, sharing a story of hers, and the toll of watching her struggle taking care of her own mother as she suffers from some form of dementia, likely Alzheimer’s Disease. As Jon’s grandmother gets sicker, things only become that much more difficult for his...
[Part I]
[Verse 1]
Been watching you for months and I'm tryin' to find a way now
To tell you what I'm seeing, it's heavy on my brain now
It's only moving faster, you're only sinking farther
I see it in your eyes now, it's only getting harder
[Chorus]
There's a house she doesn't know that you take care of
There's a light she doesn't know that you keep on
There's a "sorry" that you fake to keep her happy
When she thinks she hasn't seen you in so long
There are things that she's not able to remember
So I took tonight to put it in a song
That when she meets God, He'll tell her all about it
When my mother was a mother to her mom
[Verse 2]
Conversations with the Devil and he's tellin' me
What's the point in makin' memories
When you can't even find 'em when you're seventy?
Conversations with my Father and he's tellin' me
There's a point in makin' memories
'Cause they'll be even better when we're heavenly
[Chorus]
There's a house she doesn't know that you take care of
There's a light she doesn't know that you keep on
There's a "sorry" that you fake to keep her happy
When she thinks she hasn't seen you in so long
There are things that she's not able to remember
So I took tonight to put it in a song
That when she meets God, He'll tell her all about it
When my mother was a mother
When my mother was a mother
When my mother was a mother to her mom
[Part II]
For the mothers who are with us physically
Physically
Mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama
Mama, mama
Mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama
Yeah, oh
We doin' it for our mama's mama's mama
Give it up y'all for the mothers
Oh, oh, haha
Oh, come on
Tell your mama you love her
Yeah, uh, ooh
Yeah, woo, yeah
Mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama
Tell your mama you love her (Mama, mama)
Tell your mama you love her (Mama, mama, mama)
Mama, mama
Mama, mama
Mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama, oh
For the mothers who are with us spiritually
[Part III]
[Non-Lyrical Vocals]
Mah’s Joint was written by Jon Bellion & Mark Williams & Raul Cubina.
Mah’s Joint was produced by Jon Bellion & Mark Williams & Raul Cubina.
Jon Bellion released Mah’s Joint on Fri Nov 09 2018.
fun fact: the middle section of “Mah’s Joint” was recorded & mixed to tape and then mastered to vinyl. What you hear on #GlorySoundPrep is actually a sample of this acetate after it had been played a few times and started to sound worn out and crackly
It’s rough seeing my mom go through that entire thing with my grandmother. It really has this, like, you’re looking at life as like, “Are we just shells that once it run’s out, it’s over and that’s it?” One night in the studio, we just were literally talking about dementia because my buddy Mark, and...