VERSE 1: My daddy was a good old man But he died since I was one So you see it was my mother alone With the responsibility in her hand She shook her heart to food and send us to sc hool She didn't want us to go like fools And now I've got to give thanks For the good things she has done Know mama I love you true And I know you love me too
BRIDGE 1: Oh mama, mama I won't make you blue I wish that every mama was as sweet as you a re I know I know I know you’re my shining star Stay by me never go too far
CHORUS Oh mama, you can depend On me now, cause I see You've tried your best, now it's up to me To do the rest
VERSE 2: Mama taught us how to pray I can remember hear mama say yeah Our father give us this day Our daily bread And all our necessary needs Oh Jah I beg you please
BRIDGE 2: Oh one day I saw mama with a bible in her ha nd Reading and praying tears rolling from her eye s I hushed when saying mama please don't cry Just to member God is standing by
CHORUS: See mama, you can depend On me now, cause I see You've tried your best, now it's up to me To do the rest
VERSE 3: I'm gonna work until I’m old and grey Because mama is depending on me It doesn’t matter what I do now I just to got to get her bread somehow Lord make me capable To put food on mama's table
BRIDGE 3: Oh mama, mama I won't make you blue I wish that every mama was as sweet as you a re I know I know I know you're my shining star Stay by me never go too far
CHORUS: Oh mama, you can depend On me now, cause I see You've tried your best, now it's up to me To do the rest
Mama, you can depend On me now, cause I see You've tried your best, now it's up to me To do the rest
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Oh mama, you can depend On me now, cause I see You've tried your best, now it's up to me To do the rest