Chino XL - Mama Told Me lyrics

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Mama Told Me / Chino Xl[Intro: Chino XL]Yo homieYo I'm only I'ma do this for one take yoIt don't come out right thenY'knowmsayin fuck it let's forget it[Chorus: Chino XL] + (Akili Nickson)She said she should've done this, she should've done thatPack my bags, I never looked backSome things that I've seen I can't un-seeI spend my whole life just tryin to get freeAnd I'm never gonna be, without my pain and miseryBut I remember what my momma told me (momma told me)My momma told me (what my momma told me){*both*} I remember what my momma told me[Chino XL]Yo, yo, yoI scramble to my feet to regain consciousnessThe floor half-full of blood, I'm a pessimistIt makes sense for me to make my exodusThis scene flashin through my child 'monic movie imagesI was 9 years old with spine hemorrhagesJust me and him was in the house, no witnessesAll I'm thinkin is, "How I'ma live through this?"He unclenched his fist, my face grimacesI don't reminisce, I remember the stressFeelin nervousness when he came home up the steps"Mom he beatin me bad," first escaped my lipsShe said that I was a fuck up and I deserved the shitWhat could I have possibly done? I was only 9With fuckin stitches in my eye, she told me stop cryinI'm lookin for a sign, the sun don't ever shineI'm an only child, they say that love is blind[Chorus][Chino XL]Now in retrospect as a father lookin backHavin my own flesh of my flesh, there's no excuse for thatI also have heard what don't kill us make us strongerBut the abuse that I took took away my hungerLivin inside my imagination I learned hatePlannin my escape, losin my personal faithShe blamed it on the drugs, she blamed it on the timesShe blamed it on her moms, but I'm the one with scarsStarin at the chipped paint wall in my roomI'm 13 years old now, I gotta do somethin soonIt was the 6th of June, inside of my mouth was a bloody woundMy step-father vowed to put me in a tombMomma told me my real daddy didn't want meI figured this new man must be special if she let him hurt meNow I ain't had no mother, and he ain't had no mercyWhy did God curse me? Maybe I'm meant to suffer[Chorus][Chino XL]Yo, okay, yoI finally decided that I wouldn't take it no moreI had a steak knife that I've been hidin in my right drawerHe had punched my right jaw just the night beforeI stood silently outside his bedroom doorBut every breath I took I felt like there was angels with meSoon his death would be a mystery even to meI saw a shadow move, he finally comin throughI swung the knife at dude, if I had only knewLife slippin out a body was my mom dukesI had no idea that she was in the room tooWipin tears from my eyes, this can't be trueMy step-father drunk in the bed still off cheap brewI kneeled down to momma to hear her last truthShe said "Son, I never loved him more than you"I still hate myself, I tried to hang myselfThe leather belt broke; that was 20 years ago[Chorus] - 2X