Mama Africa They took me away from you Mama How are you doing Mama Long time me no see you Mama Long before I was born Long before I came on in There's so many things about you

I wrote you a letter To make myself feel better To redeem some part of me I thought I had lost And we were a lost cause Long before we fell apart 'Cause honey, I was too eager And you were too smart And I look for you

Before the worst Before we met Before our hearts decided it's time to love again Before today Before too long Who would have thought it would end up like this? But everything we talked about is gone And the only chance we have of moving on Was trying to

The smiles as she walked in the room Have all turned into frowns am I too quick to assume That the love is no longer in bloom? The tantrums and the tears play a very different tune To what they did before, her heads red raw And the ending doesn't sound

Feel like a brand new person (But you make the same old mistakes) (Stop before it's too late) Stop thinking that the only option was Going with what I always longed for I don't care I'm in love I finally know what is love (You don't have what it takes)

Population four million, how I see the same bitch? Yeah, yeah, yeah I been in L.A. too long I see the same bitches everywhere I go It don't really matter where they from Acting or model, heard it all before (Haha, never mind my friend fucked) (How I see

Oh, when I saw her standing there Well my heart went boom When I crossed that room And I held her hand in mine Oh we danced through the night And we held each other tight And before too long I fell in love with her Now I'll never dance with another

Dum dum, dum dum dum Oh, that boy, he's so dumb And the place goes Too slow to turn this on Better come before I'm gone Dum dum, dum dum dum (ayy) La, la, la, la Been staring all night long Just wanna have some fun

We're gonna rock this house until we knock it down Say fuck it before we kick the bucket Life's too short to not go for broke Take your shoes off, let your hair down and (go berzerk) all night long Grow your beard out, just weird out and (go berzerk) all

Like a workhorse stands for miles Work for you and never get tired Roll 'em up it's time to go Slaved into brittle and worked for days Only thing that paves your stay Look behind you see what you've made We'll be back before it's too long Shaved into