

Prompt / Lyrics
Dear Mama (What You Left Me With) Verse 1 Dear Mama… I been holding this a long time, Thirteen years old, you let the state sign. I ain’t understand it, I just felt the shift, One hand let me go, one hand took my gift. SSI checks coming, but I’m gone from your sight, I was learning how to survive every night. Ain’t nobody teach me how to be a child, I grew up quick, I just adapted to the wild. I used to wonder if you missed me at all, Or if silence was your way of letting me fall. I ain’t write this just to blame or accuse, I’m just telling you the truth I had to live through. ⸻ Verse 2 I built myself up from a place you ain’t see, Every lesson came hard, every scar taught me. Detroit in my spirit, I move how I move, I don’t trust easy, I got something to prove. War in my body, yeah I went overseas, Came back stronger, still carrying grief. I made something out of what was left behind, Turned pressure into purpose, pain into grind. You wasn’t there when I needed you most, That’s just truth, I ain’t dressing it close. But I won’t lie—I still searched for your love, Even knowing it wasn’t something you gave enough of. ⸻ Verse 3 Now I’m a mama… and I see it clear, Every choice I make got my babies right here. I could never walk away, I could never detach, They my whole world, ain’t no coming back from that. So I don’t understand it… I won’t pretend, How you let go of me like I wasn’t your kin. But I made a decision—I break that chain, My kids gon’ feel love, not question their name. I protect what I got with everything in me, They gon’ know they mama never turned empty. What I didn’t receive, I still chose to give, That’s the difference between surviving and how I live. ⸻ Verse 4 I ain’t writing this to tear you apart, I’m writing this ‘cause it’s heavy on my heart. You made choices, and they shaped who I be, But they didn’t destroy what God placed in me. I forgive… but I don’t rewrite truth, I carry both—the pain and the proof. You part of my story, I won’t erase that, But I built my own ending, I stand on that. ⸻ Outro Dear Mama… I hope you hear me one day, Not with defense, but with honesty and weight. I’m not that little girl lost in the state, I’m a woman now… and I carry my name.
Tags
female, rap
2:30
No
4/20/2026