Dear momma
I want to tell you
You'll always be my everything
We were poor, but I never knew that
You kept me safe under your wing
If I could be half the lady you've shown me how to be
Dear mamma
Can you see yourself in me?
The apple don't fall too far from the tree
We got the same eyes same smile same kind of energy
Even though I'm grown now your baby I will always be
All I've ever wanted
Is to make you proud of me
You're the first best
Friend I ever had
Tomboys turned beauty queens
In the playhouse
Where we'd hide out
Made us a world of make believe
If I could be half the mother you've shown me how to be
Dear mama
I hope you see yourself in me
The apple don't fall too far from the tree
We got the same eyes same smile same kind of energy
Even though I'm grown now your baby I will always be
All I've ever wanted
Is to make you proud of me
Dear mama
I never told ya
The fire in you it burns in me
Despite the rough road
I hope that you know
I still believe that you'll break free
A mothers love is the kind of light that fills an empty room
And mama, let me shine it back on you
Cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree
We got the same eyes same smile same kind of energy
Even though I'm grown now your baby I will always be
All I've ever wanted
Is to make you proud of me