Me'Shell NdegeOcello - Make Me Wanna Holler Lyrics
My mother used to whore herselfAnd my fatherWould reap the benefits of her laborIt was almost as if she was absentAbsent from her own lifeI rememberShe would scrub the floors for the white folksJust to come homeTo cook and to cleanFor the man who broke herAnd i love to watch her dance to the tunes onThe soul stations, yeahJust to ease her mindBut my motherShe was vindictive in her own fashionSo she passed down to me her traitsLike that of her brown eyes and her dark hairShe passed down to meHer sadnessMake me wanna hollerThe sadness fills my heartMake me wanna hollerMake me wanna hollerMake me wanna hollerBabyMake me wanna hollerMy child will one day ask meWhat will i be?As a child i promised myselfI'd never beLike my mother or my fatherI would ask myself,"did he feel so much painThat it would make him wanna hurt another?"But there was no excuseThere was no excuse to make up for the painThat i knew my mother feltBut somewhere my destiny cameThat i too became a slave, to my heartWanting love so badlyThat i'd do anythingNo matter the shameMake me wanna hollerI...Love meMake me wanna hollerTell meMake me wanna hollerMmm, so sorryMake me wanna hollerSo sorryWhy?I never got the nerveTo ask my father "why?"But my motherShe would say,She stayed for my brother and myselfBut i would have sold my soulJust to share in one dayOf my mother's desired happinessWhen night fellSometimes when night fellI'd close my eyesAnd i'd hideClose your eyesWhen they would yell and screamWhen my father would paint herWith a dark faceOf being belittled, disrespectedAnd set asideHis liquor, the salveFor the unseen woundsI learned so much from himWhat did i learn?How to hurt all of thoseWho try to get too closeMake me wanna hollerMake me wanna hollerSometimes i get so...Make me wanna hollerI just don't understandWhy?Make me wanna hollerTell me whyMmm, so sorrySo sorry for the painMake me wanna hollerSo sorryI'm so sorryJust play for mePlay for meShe would close her eyes and cryHe would close his heart and hideShe would close her eyes and cryAfter all this timeNothing's changedMake me wanna hollerMake me want to hollerYes i doMake me wanna hollerSell my soul just to see ya happySo sorry for the painMake me wanna hollerSo sorry, so sorry, so sorry, yeahMake me wanna hollerSo sorry for the painI always thought my motherDeserved so much moreBut i never knew how to fix thatI drown myself in guiltI just don't know what to doNoMama i love you.
