Mama Don’t Take No Mess

"There are a few things I
Wanna explain to you and I'll try to define
To the best of my ability"

"Mama don't take no mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm
Mmm" "Mama mama don't take no mess!"
"I'ma tell you one more thing
And won't tell y'all nothin else"

"Mama"

Growin up was crazy
In my days we got our ass kicked
Mama didn't play no? cause talkin
Back is foul play
She had her own way of gettin across
Which was a belt of steel
She'd tell us from the work
We could all but kneel
Gettin nasty in front of guests was the
Way she'd like to do it
She'll say straighten your shit up
Or you can stop em from comin
And yo guys knew what time it was
Even they was checked i got a down ass mama
("that's right") mama don't take no mess
Now shit got hectic, cause mama was tipped
She'll tell you in a minute don't let
Your mouth get yo' ass whipped
Mama did it all by herself
King and Queen of this house
Yellin, "I want my Daddy" would
Get your ass thrown out
Now when it came to partyin, moms got wild
Don't nuttin get old but clothes
And they come back as styles
("that's right that's right") Yo
I got a down ass mama!

"Mama don't take no mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm
Mmm" "Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no mess!"
"Can you dig it?"

Beings it was all girls
Shit was always missing
From panties to makeup
If it was gone then she was bitchin
She wants to know
"Who's been in the house?" I said no company
Checkin her dresser sayin
"What happened to my money?"
If it was on then it was on
Cause money don't walk somebody better talk
Find the stuff she done lost
I got my butt whooped for
Everything I did wrong and it was ON
Cause niggas kept playin on my phone
Don't let moms go to a
Conference and the teacher confess
Man I'm tell you, mama don't take no mess
Why watch me go down, fight to keep it goin
But really not knowin cause the
Truth is what they're showin
You don't have a friend
"friends come and go" is what she'll say
"Never tell your deepest secret
You'll get hurt that way
Love is a game, and it's okay if you play
But they're dogs dressed as men
Tryin to be your friend and baby watch out
Don't take a step unless you
Know which way you're goin
Times are gettin lonely but I'll be a honey
I'll never leave ya
Believe that love is in the air
No matter what you done, moms'll be there"
I got a down ass mama!
"Mama don't take no mess!"

"Because I'm aware that you have
To use what you have
To get what you want this is the reason I'm
Asking you to tighten up your
Shit be proud of your black body and use it
That's your natural gift
So girls use it but you got
To get yo' shit together!"

"Mama don't take no mess!"

"I'm beggin you please do like I told you"

Moms, didn't play the okey doke
Oke can get choked, huh
Fuck around and get yo' neck broke
Tellin your friends, "Hold up, wait man
Moms'll let me go"
Walk in the house and mom straight say NO!
The type of moms to whup you
In the store if she hasta
Just to let you know, you're the child
She's the master livin it to the fullest
Playin 40 like she's 20 y'know
Some old tricks from a young pro
Brought up in a church house
And every Sunday was a must
When moms couldn't make it
We rode the church bus
Don't say you couldn't fade it
Cause that was plannin yo' week
No church, no runnin the streets G!
("That's right")
We didn't neglect our chores
That was number one
For thirty on the dot, we was on the run
She used to pull up at the dance
Have the DJ to call us out
After two o'clock, wasn't no hangin out
Sometimes she waited in the batterram or
Stood at the front do'
People used to ask what she came fo'
Hell wasn't nuttin get close, moms was loc
No joke ("Right on) " I got a down ass mama
"Mama don't take no mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm
Mmm" "Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no mess!"
"Mama mama don't take no mess!"

"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no
Mess!" "M-m-m-m, mmm, mmm"
"Mama mama don't take no mess!"

"Get them drive-by shooters out
Of my living room and off my couch you
Know we expecting company!"

"Is that it? I gotta go"
"hell naw that ain't it!"