Mama's Pride and Joy
by X-Raided

Its been on ever since the day
they cut through your medical cord
been on a mission since my circumcision
destined to be hardcore
74 minnesota
momma had a soldia
my big sisters older than me wow by four years
fed me when i was hungry and dried up all my tears
but i was a mama's boy spoiled to the core
15 years later i became X-Raida
hard headed and no regret it
my mama told me to chill
but I ignored her when she said it
cuzz by the time i was 15 i felt like i was 20
always wanted more even do i had pleanty
I was anari anarea no matter what mama say
kicking it with joshua and johny gray
had been crazy cuzz crazy was my nature gangsta

sometimes its scary cuzz i think i hate ya
what could i have done to give my self a better life
go to college and have kids after i met a wife
im a non-believer beliving
because in the neighbor hood i grew up
being
it was nothing but a gang of niggas like me
one foot in the grave and the other in the penintatury
it was nothing else to destroy except for my self
the creation of my mamas pride and joy
(Verse 1)

(Chorus1 2x)
1974 the president was nickson
they cut thru your medical cord
and did the circumcision
I was 8 pounds 8 ounces
a bouncy baby boy
americas nightmare
my mamas pride and joy
(Chorus1 2x)

(Verse 2)
Now mama I never ment to cause so much pain
get suspended from school
stealing cars and running with gangs
I only wanted to be a man but never knew how
only if i knew then what i know now
It will be a diffrent story you will be gloryfied
treated like a queen and put up in a pelastale way high
I cant deny I did wrong but mama I tryed to be strong
but i didnt fit in didnt belong
and papa didnt stick around to keep us safe and sound
disfunctional family and nobody can handle me
down to do whatever thaught I was clever
but I ended up stuck in the penetaintury when for ever
and a minute dont go by i reminise about the days
when momma held me in her arms keeping me out of harms way
can you tell me how did mamas baby become a killa
who turned this african into enemy
so much rage in my soul tearing me apart
got me mad at the world
so much pain in my heart since the start
Columbus sent his boys on a mission
to seak and detroy
mammas pride and joy
(Verse 2)


(Chorus2 2x)
1974 the president was Nickson
they cut thru your medical cord
and did the circumcision
I was 8 pounds 8 ounces
a bouncy baby boy
americas nightmare
my mommas pride and joy
(Chorus2 2x)

(Verse 3)
I wish my life didnt turn out the way it had
if I only can do it again but it will last
but its too late for all that coulda woulds shit
and im way to strong for me to walkin around
sad and depressed
but i get mad when i think about the way it is
and the way it was when me and my big sister was kids
whos to blame its a shame
im so confused and deep in my soul i feel the pain
mamma its true i dont know where i came from
where am i headed when will it all
my childhood was non-excistint
my sister had to be a woman
at 16 with no assistance
where was your god
when my life was going down the drain
late at night didnt he hear me call out his name
or was it meant for me to be a black sheep
when all i wanted to be was happy
now how hard could that be
for mamas pride and joy
(Verse 3)

(Chorus3 2x)
1974 the president was Nickson
they cut thru your medical cord
and did the circumcision
I was 8 pounds 8 ounces
a bouncy baby boy
americas nightmare
my mommas pride and joy
(Chorus3 2x)
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