[00:00:00] (feat. Dru Hill) [00:00:03] Yeah, this one's dedicated, to my grandmother, and your grandmother [00:00:12] It's all love, let's not forget who raised us, word up [00:00:20] Big Mama, my grandmother, my main girl [00:00:23] I love you much more than the scandalous world [00:00:25] As a young boy you gave me whoopings to save my life [00:00:28] Cursed me out, to keep me out the streets at night [00:00:30] Cause my momma had me when she was young [00:00:32] So you took on the responsbility to raise your grandson [00:00:36] You taught me if a task is once begun, Todd [00:00:39] Never leave it 'til it's done, Todd [00:00:41] Be thy labor great or small Todd [00:00:44] Do it well or not at all, God [00:00:46] Big Mama, my blood is your blood [00:00:48] When the whole world's against me, I know I got your love [00:00:51] If I was in a cell for the rest of my life [00:00:54] I know I'd hear your prayers in the middle of the night [00:00:56] Used to sit me on your lap and teach me mother wit [00:00:59] Early Sunday morning for them salmon and grits [00:01:01] I love you baby, you the one and only, that's a fact [00:01:04] 'Til death do us part, I'ma always have your back [00:01:07] You beefed cause you heard that I was cursin in my raps [00:01:09] Eighty-six, still you wanna run and get the straps [00:01:12] I love you, I promise you I care for you deep [00:01:14] Cause when I had bronchitis you would rock me to sleep [00:01:17] Rub me down with green alcohol [00:01:19] Little brown-skinned lady bout five feet tall, Big Mama [00:01:22] Early one Sunday morning [00:01:27] Breakfast was on the table (you gave me unconditional love) [00:01:32] There was no time to eat, she said to me [00:01:39] Boy hurry to Sunday school (you gave me unconditional love) [00:01:42] I remember when you told me certain friends wasn't real [00:01:45] I didn't wanna listen, I swore I knew the deal [00:01:48] Come to find out, everything you said was true [00:01:50] Who I end up goin to for advice? You [00:01:53] I love you, that's why you got nurses and maids [00:01:55] Ever since I got paid, you ain't never been afraid [00:01:58] That's granddaddy wife, she taught me how to think [00:02:00] How to navigate through life, you made the sacrifice [00:02:03] You kept on livin, cause when my granddaddy died [00:02:06] It took all your might, but you ain't quit on life [00:02:08] We took trips down South, biscuits and chicken [00:02:11] Me you granddad and Alison, trippin [00:02:13] Remember, you used to pick me up from junior high [00:02:16] And classmates laughed when the Buick rolled by [00:02:19] Remember, I pulled my privates out in class [00:02:21] And from Farmers to Dunkirk you straight whooped my (woo!!) [00:02:24] The best cookin a man could ever taste [00:02:26] It's written in my heart, it can never be erased [00:02:29] Thank you so much, you taught me well [00:02:31] How to not get souped up, because I'm LL [00:02:34] How to walk the street, and hold my head real high [00:02:36] How to live with Christ and not be afraid to die [00:02:39] We sipped daquiris, but you never told moms [00:02:42] We even shared beers, Big Mama my dear [00:02:44] A toast to a woman that raised a man [00:02:47] In popular demand all across the land [00:02:49] You're my lawyer, my teacher, my doctor, my friend [00:02:52] My mother, my father, you with me 'til the end [00:02:54] I love you, I mean that from the bottom of my heart [00:02:57] That's the reason why my record's #1 on the charts [00:02:59] I'ma tell it like it is, I love you forever [00:03:02] Dead or alive, we'll always be together [00:03:04] Big Mama I love you [00:03:05] Early one Sunday morning [00:03:10] Breakfast was on the table (you gave me unconditional love) [00:03:15] There was no time to eat, she said to me [00:03:21] Boy hurry to Sunday school (you gave me unconditional love) [00:03:24] I dedicate this to the Big Mama's everywhere [00:03:27] The ones who raised us - when nobody else was there [00:03:30] The ones who held us and told us it'll be alright [00:03:33] When gunshots was goin off every night