Mamma, you always told me to open my eyes and see
I opened them, I guess not wide enough
That way I let people use me
Making me believe this world is not mine.

I know I will hurt you momma, sure I will
I have fallen to treachery, love con artists
I have given my all for nothing
And now I have nothing mine.

Don’t you ever hurt momma
I made half a dozen grand children
I leave them with a dream, a dream to love
To love worthy people, and make you proud.

I am writing you this prose, to say I love you
It's a lullaby to take you to sleep, and tell you
That I am strong and will persevere
I am strong momma, it's all that you gave me.

I am hurting mamma, hurting real badly
I haven't done a thing for you in a long time
I know you cry and never complain, I feel you mamma
Forgive me dear, I want to do better for you.

I know what Shingi did to you, it broke your heart
I called him a coward, and that makes me strong
I am not going to give up, I am going to face the world
I will go through it, I will stand up like a man.
You told me mamma that this world is full of evil
I have seen it, I have slept with it
I have sold my heart to it
But I know it's never too late to turn my back to Satan.



I always thought love was free, I give it for free
I paid for love, I paid for it with my life
Because I became bad, loving at someone's peril
Bad people pay for their deeds, I am paying for my sins.

Now all I have is a new hope for life
I have run away from God all my life
I can’t run no further, I surrender in strife
I am a bad man no more, God gave me a new life.