A Quick 16 for Mama - De La Soul/Killer Mike.mp3

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Dominick Lamb/Kelvin Mercer/Michael Render/Vincent Mason
[00:01.125] Alright, y'all, I need y'all to kick a quick verse on this for your moms
[00:05.386] Nothing long, like a 16, you know?
[00:08.302] Shoutout and honor Mrs. Mercer and Mama Niecy
[00:12.145] Merce, you got your 16? (Yeah, I'm ready)
[00:14.804] Mike, you ready? (Man, I gots 34)
[00:17.346] Nah, king, keep it short and sweet
[00:20.446] So Merce, you go first
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[00:22.069] Well, see, my mama was from Waynesboro, Georgia
[00:25.485] Where a glass of struggle life'll sure, pour ya
[00:28.351] So she migrated up to New York where I was born
[00:31.531] The BX where burning buildings seemed to be the norm
[00:34.401] Her heart was filled with love and kindness
[00:37.077] And kept family in front, never behind us
[00:40.094] And her words had a compass in 'em
[00:42.149] To help course correct the foolish 'round the world without venom in her heart
[00:46.747] It ain't no surprise
[00:48.650] She made us walk with humbleness in our eyes
[00:51.356] She said, no wantin' this and that, be clear on what you need
[00:54.608] And knowin' sweat and tears may accompany the bleed
[00:57.427] And she would rather us not
[00:59.466] Send prayers up for things our own hands could gather
[01:02.509] And since we all sprouted up from out of God's good dirt
[01:06.237] She valued getting dirty if God was in the work
[01:09.129] Thank you, mama
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[01:10.867] No doubt, yo, that's love
[01:14.512] Love and miss you, Mrs. Mercer
[01:17.289] Let me take this moment to show my mama some love
[01:20.863] I love you, mommy
[01:24.683] Alright, Killer
[01:26.354] You got that 16 ready, fam? (You already know, King shit)
[01:29.894] Let's get it
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[01:32.025] I'm rollin' and smokin' easy, I'm thinkin' 'bout Mama Niecy
[01:35.091] I told her that I'ma be and them see it, mommy, believe me
[01:37.888] Smokin' a joint, makin' a point, she tell her friends
[01:40.715] "My baby gon' be a rapper", point at me, say, "Go again"
[01:43.671] Shit, I was tryna be Brother Marquis from 2 Live
[01:46.420] I grabbed the microphone, tell my tall tales and my true lies
[01:49.219] I was a gangster and a scholar and I ran my own world
[01:52.139] I had the money and the power and the cars and the girls
[01:55.014] My mommy told me, "One day, baby, but right now you just nine
[01:57.868] And when you finally find a girlfriend, make sure she more than fine
[02:00.761] Make sure she got a beautiful heart, intelligent mind
[02:03.699] A caretaker, not just a taker, gotta take care of mine
[02:06.565] You see, Niecy was my Afeni, my Voletta and more
[02:09.374] She was mama, wait, I was Rico, in my cup, she would pour
[02:12.321] I thank the Lord for her, only 16 when she had me
[02:15.106] Had to be hard for her
[02:16.479] So I moved like a man on a mission from God for her
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[02:19.102] There it is (There it is), nice and quick (Indeed)
[02:22.888] But not lacking in the love (Love you, mama)
[02:25.176] I know you both have for your lovely mothers (Word up)
[02:28.328] Know that they both looking down proud, my brothers
[02:31.938] Salute, salutery, salutations
[02:37.049] Love your mothers, y'all, because they mother
[02:41.508] Yeah, my mama wasn't no saint (Ha, word?)
[02:45.945] They didn't call my mama "Mrs." nothing
[02:47.689] They called my mama OG Mama Niecy, ha, yah' mean? (Ha, no doubt)
[02:50.614] And I love her (Dope)
[02:52.450] You know, all that sinnin', man, can't use the women 'cause she raised them children filled with integrity
[02:57.592] Oh, indeed, brother, indeed