Mama, Love, Forgive Me

Yeah

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(Mama…)

I remember cracked plates on that brown small table

You were counting coins, praying they’d somehow turn to cable

I was out late, chasing what I called a label

Came home high, eyes red, heart unstable

You said, “Son, this path gonna cost you your soul”

I just laughed, slammed doors, said I’m under control

Now I stare at old texts that I left on “read”

Last thing you wrote: “Where you at? I’m scared”

Mama, love, forgive me

For the nights I made you pray till your eyes turned empty

All the lies I sold you just to feel so risky

If I lose this all, will you still come get me?

Mama, love, forgive me

If I break again, will your arms still fix me?

Tried to be a man, but the streets still tricked me

Mama, love, forgive me

You were working two shifts, feet swollen in your shoes

I was posting fake wins, drowning in the views

You were clipping coupons, stretching every bruise

I was blowing rent money just to numb the truth

Police at the door, you answered in your robe

They said my name, you froze in the hallway cold

Tears on your cheeks while they checked your room

I saw my own shame in your living room

Mama, love, forgive me

For the nights I made you pray till your eyes turned empty

All the lies I sold you just to feel so risky

If I lose this all, will you still come get me?

Mama, love, forgive me

If I break again, will your arms still fix me?

Tried to be a man, but the streets still tricked me

Mama, love, forgive me

I don’t say “I love you” like I’m supposed to

Words get stuck in my throat when I phone you (yeah)

But every scar I’ve got got your name in the center

Every cold dark day, you were my only shelter

Mama, love, forgive me

For the nights I made you pray till your eyes turned empty

All the lies I sold you just to feel so risky

If I lose this all, will you still come get me?

Mama, love, forgive me

If I break again, will your arms still fix me?

Tried to be a man, but the streets still tricked me

Mama, love, forgive me