Mama used say she gotta go before i do,

Cause if tha Lord take me first he might as well take her too,

She would say i was her heart as she spoke to me thru her stomach,

I jus listened as she told me that my drop would be atomic,

No disaster but dynamic, how i would make tha women frantic,

Yeah tha mothers would surely love me but tha fathers would go in panic,

She would tell me sweet dreams, but my dreams where neva sweet,

She said be nothin like ya father stand up on ya own two feet,

She said tha streets aint what yu want and tha women aint what yu need,

I was 2 yung to understand so i jus listened but couldnt take heed,

In tha middle of the summer she would tell me tha world was cold,

She would say do unto other because we all reap what we sow,

Dont burn bridges ,echoes in my mind, as i let another burn,

Still she said theres no mistakes jus knowledged gained and lessons learned,

With this instilled in me tha greatness im so destined to see ,

She was right when she said tha fruits dont fall far from tha tree,

Got a sister near and dear to me ,for which i have to teach,

Tha ends and outs tha rights and wrongs ill keep talkin til her soul i reach,

Got a brother whipped on tha "p" another dabbling with tha "d",

I got nothin for tha first but tha other's always been there for me,

I jus wanna see him thru but tha solution i have yet to find,

Though my father and other brother say they cant help him in this state of mind,

That sounds about right seeing that birds of a feather flock together,

They loved him at his best but at his worst they dont want better,

But me i love him dearly and wait for the day his soul is free,

yea i love him ,good or bad, i guess that to was instilled in me,

Mama said all we are is reflections , reflections of how our life has been,

She also said tha way we start is usually tha way we end,

Daddy said, naw he didnt ,guess thats cuz he wasnt round,

But no tears drop about it, the first maybe when he's in tha ground,

Yea its harsh, but its real, i jus call it how i feel,

We was suppose to be a family but i guess he broke tha seal,

I used to cry with my mama but neva knew what made her sad,

Til tha day she wiped my eyes and said yu cant miss what yu neva had...