"Mother I" lyrics
Love you to the day she's done
Love you to the day she's done
Love you to the day, love you to the day, love you to the day she's done
And we are through
And we just move on
But we are the last few
She love you to the day she's done
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
There's a complicated part of my story I need to tell
Every member of my family's been a resident in hell
I never spoke about the attempted murder, sat in a cell
Every question, no comment, faces never ring a bell
I had my mother sitting with me in the interview, hiding my pulse
I could never understand, she didn't wanna let me go
Smudging all my fingerprints, how was I supposed to know
The policeman had intelligence, digging me a deeper hole
First time I seen regret in my mother's eyes, I guess she blamed herself
Nearly swapped my freedom for a prison cell
God give me a second chance, all the other soldiers fell
Walking out the station, was she happy? I just couldn't tell
Bang, bang, there's murder taking place in my gang
My boys basically a hitman for a couple of grand
The judge hit him with a 33, murder squad was digging deep
Had my cornered like a sheepdog would do a flock of sheep
Still, I'm on the road heavy, he said he would stab me up
Turned up with his guys, they tryna fuck me up
Called my uncle panicking, he said, are you man enough?
Broken knuckles, self-defence, taking my bandana off
Then the guy turned up at my mother's house on Bury Me Road
His mother driving, she was angry cause of what she'd been told
While she's banging on the door, I see my mother turn cold
She pulled her earrings out, ready to go
That guy's mom must've been twice my mother's size
But still she didn't give a fuck
His mother ran away, my mom's the first woman I love
The boy didn't get out the car, it's him that started the crud
He's lucky I didn't start smashing it up
My boiling blood has got me on the edge every day
Plus marijuana has me crumbling my life away
To God I have to pray, dear Lord
I declare you keep my mother safe
Can you take the pain away?
I see it in her face, there's an argument
I feel glass breaking in my heart again
For my mom, I fight the world, on the pitch I play defence
I do life without parole, if they touch her cardigan
I send fighters to the booth, I would've burned down parliament
Like Guy Fawkes, bonfire night, we'd let him fly
32 shot repeater, fireworks from every side
That guy's life had me tired
He listened to a man that really nearly seen his mother die young
I used to cry, I had to pull myself together for a brave face on
I shot my JDD media, that's a bait, son
I have 50 plans, ready to drop
I'm still talking bout a thrown off shorty
Like my city wasn't hot, rapping was my last chance
If the fire in the booth didn't bang
I would've stopped shooting videos for fans
Cause I'm so only up in Liverpool
I'm looking for bands, I need the bumpers to multiply
I got bigger plans, so then I spoke to my cousin in Jamaica Told him, hold on
I was stacking money but it was taking me so long
Felt the devil brush past my shoulder that was broke
And if you have to take me next, cool
But please don't take my mum
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
Love you to the day she's done
Love you to the day, love you to the day, love you to the day she's done
And we are through
And we just move on
But we are the last few
She love you to the day she's done
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
There's a complicated part of my story I need to tell
Every member of my family's been a resident in hell
I never spoke about the attempted murder, sat in a cell
Every question, no comment, faces never ring a bell
I had my mother sitting with me in the interview, hiding my pulse
I could never understand, she didn't wanna let me go
Smudging all my fingerprints, how was I supposed to know
The policeman had intelligence, digging me a deeper hole
First time I seen regret in my mother's eyes, I guess she blamed herself
Nearly swapped my freedom for a prison cell
God give me a second chance, all the other soldiers fell
Walking out the station, was she happy? I just couldn't tell
Bang, bang, there's murder taking place in my gang
My boys basically a hitman for a couple of grand
The judge hit him with a 33, murder squad was digging deep
Had my cornered like a sheepdog would do a flock of sheep
Still, I'm on the road heavy, he said he would stab me up
Turned up with his guys, they tryna fuck me up
Called my uncle panicking, he said, are you man enough?
Broken knuckles, self-defence, taking my bandana off
Then the guy turned up at my mother's house on Bury Me Road
His mother driving, she was angry cause of what she'd been told
While she's banging on the door, I see my mother turn cold
She pulled her earrings out, ready to go
That guy's mom must've been twice my mother's size
But still she didn't give a fuck
His mother ran away, my mom's the first woman I love
The boy didn't get out the car, it's him that started the crud
He's lucky I didn't start smashing it up
My boiling blood has got me on the edge every day
Plus marijuana has me crumbling my life away
To God I have to pray, dear Lord
I declare you keep my mother safe
Can you take the pain away?
I see it in her face, there's an argument
I feel glass breaking in my heart again
For my mom, I fight the world, on the pitch I play defence
I do life without parole, if they touch her cardigan
I send fighters to the booth, I would've burned down parliament
Like Guy Fawkes, bonfire night, we'd let him fly
32 shot repeater, fireworks from every side
That guy's life had me tired
He listened to a man that really nearly seen his mother die young
I used to cry, I had to pull myself together for a brave face on
I shot my JDD media, that's a bait, son
I have 50 plans, ready to drop
I'm still talking bout a thrown off shorty
Like my city wasn't hot, rapping was my last chance
If the fire in the booth didn't bang
I would've stopped shooting videos for fans
Cause I'm so only up in Liverpool
I'm looking for bands, I need the bumpers to multiply
I got bigger plans, so then I spoke to my cousin in Jamaica Told him, hold on
I was stacking money but it was taking me so long
Felt the devil brush past my shoulder that was broke
And if you have to take me next, cool
But please don't take my mum
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
Sabotaging my life from the front row
Flash before my eyes, I was done for
Staring down the barrel of a snub-nosed
Nearly gave the devil what he asked for, yeah
Cause they don't really love you
You can't really trust no one
The way your mother loves you
She loves you to the day she's gone
