Hey mama (ha) Hi mama (ha) Oh my oh my Oh mama don't cry Gonna keep you[?], so I Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All those pain and sufferin' No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you Give you all my love oh yea Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All those pain and sufferin' No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you Mama I would never let you down I'll never go away, I'll always be around You know why you do it, such love that you found I'm always gonna let you wear that crown Through the roughest of times you maintain your calm Jah was your only help While shelterin' me from the storm And when its cold you wrap me in a towel so warm Oh ma oh ma, I'm so glad I was born Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All those pain and sufferin' No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you Give you all my love oh yea Oh Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All the pain and sufferin' No one knows the struggle you bare just only you This is my word I'm gonna make you so proud, such good son you have You are the one who teaches me all the good form the bad Even when the system keeps pressurin' my dad You got high hopes, thanks be unto the most high God Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All them pain and sufferin' No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you Give you all my love oh yea Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through No one knows the struggle you bare o da I'm a big man now that's how things go Things you do to survive only Jah he knows Fiercely protecting us while watchin' us grow You been up even when its on the down low Work so hard to see us go to school Blisters on your fingers so they can't take us for fool I'm here for a purpose, I'm here to rule Most high Jah Rastafari will see us through Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All them pain an sufferin' No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you Give you all my love oh yea Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All the pain an sufferin' No one knows the struggleyou bare just only you Oh Now it's my turn to make life, I'm so mature Now I got my kids and my wife and I'm positively sure I'm doing fine and still can be so much more You've prepared me for the future my love you deserve Keeps doing your thing while others not knowing But deep inside your heart mama you know where it was going Can a mother lose her tender care for her child that she's been showin' Some how your star keeps glowin' ow Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through All them pain an sufferin' No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you Give you all my love oh yea Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through