Mama Said

[Intro: Mama]
Hey J
[?]

[Chorus]
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't run away
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't act this way
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't run away
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't act this way

[Verse 1]
I always knew what God gave me wasn't something to waste
All the setbacks from a dozen mistakes
I see the anger when you up in my face
But what's worse, running away or running in place?
I'm from a town in New England where they ain't open to change
Just get stuck in the cycle inside the snow when it rain
Think the fear of being trapped just had me going insane
That's a me issue, really, I had no one to blame
I left my friends on the east, we used to run as a team
I'll do anything just so they don't give up they dreams
I'm in LA, but it ain't what it seems
Some days the weight feels like I'ma break at the seams
I'm a grown man, this isn't little Jerry no more
Had to expand, I couldn't live in Derry no more
I'm just a human, I get tired as shit
At night, I lie in my bed and make a promise I won't die with regrets
I'm sayin'

[Chorus]
Mama sad, son (hey)
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't run away (mama said, mama said)
Mama sad, son (mama said, mama said)
Mama sad, son (what she say?)
Mama sad, son, don't act this way (mama said, mama said)
Mama sad, son (what she told me?)
Mama sad, son (mama said, what?)
Mama sad, son, don't run away (ey, mama)
Mama sad, son (mama)
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't act this way (ey)

[Verse 2]
Only me and my mama and the lord knows
That I don't do it for award shows, though
I'm tryna book a couple more shows
Anything to help so the house don't get foreclosed
Blows have been way too common
Problem with my music is I'm was too honest
How you gonna break it when I made you promise?
How am I supposed to stunt when I'm way too modest
I'ma get my confidence up on some Kanye shit
Feeling like an outcast on some Andre shit
The big boy in the neighborhood
I always told 'em I would do it if I say I would, say I would
They told me drink and smoke something, that'd be good for the pain
'Til you rely on it, then it ain't too good for the brain
See, I've been dreaming on it, dre-dreaming on it
Mama back home, I know she leaning on me
Hear her saying

[Chorus]
Mama sad, son (hey)
Mama sad, son
Mama sad, son, don't run away (mama said, mama said)
Mama sad, son (mama said, mama said)
Mama sad, son (what she say?)
Mama sad, son, don't act this way (on my mama!) (what she say?)
Mama sad, son (what she told me?)
Mama sad, son (mama said, what?)
Mama sad, son, don't run away (ey, mama)
Mama sad, son (mama)
Mama sad, son (what she say?)
Mama sad, son, don't act this way (ey) (mama said, mama said)

[Outro]
Man, I remember, it was the morning I was leaving New Hampshire to move to LA, uh, packing up all my shit from my moms house. My manager, John, was picking me up, 'cause we're about to drive across the country, which is crazy, but my mom was standing in the driveway, just, like, watching us unpack the stuff in the car, and I said my goodbyes and all that, but then, I remember last thing I said right before I got in, I was like, "don't worry, I'm gonna come back with a million dollars," like, just joking around, and I remember she just looked back at me so genuinely like, "promise?" I don't knowb why but I, like, deadass almost shed a tear, man. I was like, "aight, I gotta make some shit happen"