O'hene Savant - Mama Said lyrics

BEGINNING CHORUS: (Nina Simone recording): If I had only listened to what my mama said If I had only listened to what my mama said I'd be at home today If I had only listened to what my mama said If I had only listened to what my mama said If I had only listened to what my mama said [?] VERSE 1: My mama would say stay from the brothers that hang on the street Claiming to see some of the dangers that waited for me But I was a teen, all of my friends was havin' a ball They stand on the wall laughing at cats who would pa** in they cars While sipping the brew some of the others would puff on the blunt But I wasn't one for all the drinking and smoking and such I'm tired of mom, how she gon' tell me to stay in the crib Man she must think I'm a kid, next she gon' take out a bib Besides, what could go wrong, none of my homies is dumb We out here only for fun, ain't like I'm holding a gun I ain't selling d**, I ain't the one that be pushing the weight Yeah I know some of us do but ain't like it's pushed in my face Anthony hustles a bit but he got a couple of kids He ain't just selling to sell it, my man got to struggle with his Man these are my friends and you don't know them the way that I do Why you so worried with me? I ain't complaining ‘bout you but man MIDDLE CHORUS: Nina: If I had only listened to what my mama said O'hene: If I just listened to what my mama said Nina: If I had only listened to what my mama said O'hene: If I just listened to what my mama said Nina: If I had only listened to what my mama said O'hene: If I just listened to what my mama said Nina: I'd be at home today O'hene: man I would be home, man I would be home Nina: If I had only listened to what my mama said O'hene: If I just listened to what my mama said Nina: If I had only listened to what my mama said O'hene: If I just listened to what my mama said Nina: If I had only listened to what my mama said O'hene: If I just listened to what my mama said O'hene (plays during second part of middle chorus): Mama said clean your room, mama said go to school Mama said while at school never to act a fool Mama said do your work, mama said God is first Mama said love the Lord[?] never to fake[?] in church Mama said watch your back, don't be involved in crap Always avoid the d**, I mean except for [?] Mama was always right, now what she spoke was clear Man, if I had listened to what my mama said VERSE 2: One day we was all on the wall like, like 11 or 12 Wait, mama was sleep, it was a definite 12 We was just laughing and stuff, Anthony cracking us up 'til one of his customers came and they stepped to the back of the truck I was like Ant is a nut, dude just be baggin' on us He should be a comedian instead of in back of that truck That's when I heard someone cuss, one of my homies said hush One of the others still talking until I was like, ‘man shut up' That's when I heard someone say, ‘this is for my homie Trae' (*two gunshot blasts*) Now all my homies is running away I was like, ‘y'all is chumps, ain't none of y'all got a gun Anthony probably got shot and all y'all gon' do is just run' That was when Anthony yelled, ‘yo man you need to get help' I was so worried ‘bout him I completely forgot of myself That's when I turned to my left, pistol pointed at my head Thought to myself, if I had listened to what mama said (*single gunshot blast*)