I know you're tired (tired)
I can see it in your eyes (your eyes)
I'm working so damn hard
Just trynna set things right
You keep breaking your back for me
Not sure if you know what it means to me
That no matter the cost, you keep breaking your back for me
I know we'll turn the tables soon
I'll lead the way, enjoy the view
Breaking my back for you
Breaking my back for you
Won't forget all the little things you did
I know it's hard to play two parts but you followed through
Single mom, two jobs, three kids
Didn't have much but at least we had a chance to
Follow your lead and never focused on your wants
Only on our needs
You even quit your job to teach me to read
All of my teachers told ya, that you would never succeed
Look at me now, I threw myself in the fire
And I make a living off the words you inspire
You keep breaking your back for me
Not sure if you know what it means to me
That no matter the cost you keep breaking your back for me
I know we'll turn the tables soon
I'll lead the way, enhoy the view
Breaking my back for you
So let me tell you a story about a lady
Hispanic girl from the west side neighborhood in Chicago
Started working for AT&T, climbing telephone poles when she was 18
At the time, men told her she was crazy
They didn't even have a woman's restroom for her til the 80's
Way before they gave equal pay
Workin' twice as hard just to see a raise
All while raising babies
That nine to five now got her tired
Comin' home and struggling to open her eyelids
But still she gotta go and cook dinner for five kids
I'm talking about the strongest woman I know
That is my mother, the vibrant, most amazing lady alive
I'm telling you mom, you'll never have to grind again
'Cause I promise I got ya, we about to prosper
Started from the bottom but now nobody can stop us
I know you're tired
I can see it in your eyes
I'm working so damn hard
Just trynna set things right
You keep breaking your back for me
Not sure if you know what it means to me
That no matter the cost you keep breaking your back for me
I know we'll turn the tables soon
I'll lead the way, enjoy the view
Breaking my back for you