Momma, I'm really sorry for these last few years
Momma, I'm really sorry I made you shed them tears
Momma, I can't say why I do the things I do
But I wish you really knew, that I never meant to hurt you
Ooooh, it eats me up inside, every time i make you cry
So I try to live right, and give you one peaceful night
But right there it's a fight, because the street life got me crazy
I chose to live this life, I know it's not the way you raised me
You ashamed of me momma?
For all that I've done
Don't give up on me momma, better days will soon come
I try to run from the liquor, but the bottle keeps calling
I love to make money quicker, so I gotta keep balling
The methamphetamine's got the best of me
Momma dont think less of me
I know that's why you're stressing me
Cause you want to see the best for me
They say my destiny is six feet deep
They way I live it just might be
I wanna change, please believe
But until then, don't cry for me
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma tried and uh, Momma cried and uh
Momma I'm sorry I put them tears in your eyes and uh
You wonder why, I ended up this way
I ask myself sometimes, when did I go astray?
They say the longest river is the river of tears
You feel my death could be near, so now you're drowning in fear
You stare into my eyes, and my pops is what you see
And that his generational curse, has fell upon me
You don't want to believe, what your son has become
You don't want me to leave, you think I may not return
I've done learned from my burns, my mistakes that I made
But what it take to get strength, and make your pain go away?
I say Imma' change but those words you don't trust
But then you've never given up that unconditional love
From a son to a mom is the bond you can't break
Too much love for you mom that your tears won't go in vain, No way!
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma something happened today, that I just can't explain
But all I can really say is that I'm not going to be the same
I know I say this all the time, to you it's just a line
But this peace I can't deny, I accepted the Lord into my life
That's right momma, still can't believe it myself
If you could feel just what I felt, you would never have no doubt
I don't know how, or why, I ended up in church
I don't know how, or why, God took away this hurt
But I stood in front of the altar, with my hands up in the air
I didn't think that God was there, or if he really cared
But out of now where, from my head to my feet
I was filled with the chills, and something overtook me
Then I dropped to my knees, and tears fell like the rain
Then I asked the Lord please, for my evil ways to be changed
As strange as it seems, I felt it all go away
My addictions, my guilt, my sorrow, my pain
Today I was saved, it's like I am born again
I got a second chance at life, plus a reason to live
I wish now, you'd be proud and not hurt like before
Your son's in God's hands now so you don't have to cry no more
Momma!
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more
Momma don't you cry no more
You don't have to cry no more