Masterminds - 2 Moms Lyrics
[Verse 1: Kimani]Dear MomFirst let me just apologizeFor the foolish lies and all the times that you've criedFor the times that I said things I really didn't meanBasically for my entire existence as a teenIt's been 27 years since my birth here on the planetAnd I know that at times you think I've taken you for grantedAnd granted, at times, I don't show my appreciationBut know, everyday I give thanks for my relation-ship with youEven the times that I've *****ed at youFor nagging me, I know that there's only love behind itLike the time freshmen year that I came home in tearsAs you whispered those words that helped to lessen my fearsYou put your faith in meYou could relate to meYou gave me love when I saw the world was hating meSo now I'm giving you thanks for the thousands of hugsAnd those times that you told me not to play on the rugBecause sometimes I burned my kneesI learned decreaseMaturing from a boy to manYou know my chosen planIs thanking you, for the love and supportSaying sorry for the pain that I causedThank you for all those times that you took me around the world travelingAnd stirred me with hope when my world was unravelingHelped me with bills, when my shit wasn't happeningAnd taught me how to stand like a manUp on my own twoI guess I thought it a lot, but never told youI hold you in the highest esteemYou're my inspirationWhen this world is causing me frustrationI rely on the gleam in your eyes to help surviveThank youFor being both my mom and my dadAnd I'm sorry if this world ever treated you badIf I said the wrong things, or wrote the wrong wordsFor the things you never had in life I know you deserveYou make me proud, I pray to God I make you the sameSpirit of the warrior, it runs strong in my veinIt's all in my nameThank you for loving my wifeMost importantly thanks for giving me lifeI love you momI remember (I remember)A warm December (a warm December)Through the cold times you nurtured us with sunshineNo need to worry no more, I think you done fineWe give thanks that we were fashioned after you're designYou're one of a kind, you're love keeps us all alive (3 times)[Verse 2: Oracle]The year was 1576A little young boy was put on a slave shipHow could he know that soon he would beThe most important link in my entire family tree?Skin like burnt brass, hair like lamb's woolLooked like young Jesus trapped in shacklesWatching his mother get tackledBy some Portuguese merchantsAs she screamed out African curses and spellsCondemning them to HellFor thinking they could sell her first born child across ocean tidesShe yelled out to the people from her tribe,"Make sure my little boy can stay alive"Cause she planned to die right in front of his eyesSo the warrior spirit would forever cryInside his heart and soul and he'll break the moldOf living timidly for the sake of reaching an old-Age. That wasn't the way she was raisedShe'd rather pass on this day than be a caste awayGetting hit by bare fists and leather whips"May I feel no pain" were the only words from her lipsShe gave her son a glare, that of a lionessAnd began to wrestle the merchants like she was tirelessBiting, punching, kickingBeing guided by spirit and intuitionCould you imagine this vision this boy had to bear?Trying to tear apart the chainsBut it was all in vain, he just screamed her nameOver and over againTrying to send angels of God to go and protect his momHis voice penetrated the musty airAnd cleared the atmosphere for three spirits to appearAnd they hovered above his motherThe boy cried to them how much he'd love herAnd he couldn't live without the hugs she gaveHe'd be a slave foreverAs long as they took her to a better placeHis heart began to raceAs he saw his mother's spirit leave her dying body with graceAnd her essence shined in the presence of the divineAnd she looked down at her body getting beaten at the same timeA look of disbelief was on the son's faceAs his mother's spirit came over to him and gave him an embraceThe boy felt as if he was in paradiseAll the other people on the ship saw bright lightsThe merchants ran in frightCalling for the captainThere was no logic to explain what had happenAll the Africans in chains started clappingCause the boy helped his mother's spirit find HeavenI remember (I remember)A warm December (a warm December)Through the cold times you nurtured us with sunshineNo need to worry no more, I think you done fineWe give thanks that we were fashioned after you're designYou're one of a kind, you're love keeps us all aliveYou're one of a kind, you're love keeps us all aliveYou're one of a kind, you're love keeps us all alive(2 times)
