This one here go out to the only lady of my life Ria Maria Our moms man I see you ma You can shine to this one ma I remember listen to my dad We was young age Papa writing letters from the jail sail Where's daddy He's neva 'round During father's day at school he neva 'round (yeah) I hope he listenin I hate him for that He broke your arm Broke your heart Can't forgive him for that Any man with a dick Could bring to seed to life But only A real man takes care to see his wife You were pussy hell Armstrong Don't forget that You know where we live now Were the monthly checks at Momma been there through the loops and stripes Only a man could raise a man So what's my future like Momma thanks for making sure we was loved When you was hospitalized Making sure we was hugged So go ahead and do your thang Ma is your time to show the world you shine pretty mama of mine (CHORUS) You know how beautiful you are Pretty mama of mine Show the world you're a star Sweet mama of mine You're my mother my father The only girl I care for Go 'head and shine Pretty mama of mine You know how beautiful you are Pretty mama of mine Show the world you're a star Sweet mama of mine You're my mother my father The only girl I care for Go 'head and shine Pretty mama of mine I used to think life wasn't so fair When you was bed written No teeth no hair 'Cause you showed us the roads when we was younger Gave us what you could And supplied to our hunger And pops left you with nothing but scars and bad memories Though your soul was dead you still had energy He cheated on me Beat you with no warning And left us for there when the moth came home But by the time the wounds healed You didn't though But we had to grow up for you to tell us it all And is clear now He didn't love you at all But we did So that there covered it all Now is yo turn to shine I gotta let the story retold 'Cause you was there though the sleep and the snow And the hard times still fresh in my mind So this song is for you pretty momma of mine (CHORUS) You know how beautiful you are Pretty mama of mine Show the world you're a star Sweet mama of mine You're my mother my father The only girl I care for Go 'head and shine Pretty mama of mine You know how beautiful you are Pretty mama of mine Show the world you're a star Sweet mama of mine You're my mother my father The only girl I care for Go 'head and shine Pretty mama of mine (SPEAKING) Yea Now as hard as it might be to talk bout all this I gotta let yall know man We almost lost our mom in june 1996 Through the brain cancer Man the doctor said she had 6 months to live She suppose to die around Christmas And how you gon tell a lil kid that you aint gon see yo mom anymore I know is real hard man But thankfully With the help of god And helped our prayer She still here To this day So this for you ma We love you Our ma (CHORUS) You know how beautiful you are Pretty mama of mine Show the world you're a star Sweet mama of mine You're my mother my father The only girl I care for Go 'head and shine Pretty mama of mine You know how beautiful you are Pretty mama of mine Show the world you're a star Sweet mama of mine You're my mother my father The only girl I care for Go 'head and shine Pretty mama of mine