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Yes mama! Give thanks for all

the things you had done for me

never let I go astray and end up ina tragedy

mama no cry no more

jah love is for sure

glenn washington, mek dem know seh we ina secure

a one thing I desire

only on that will I seek

to see the children prosper

there is so many mouth to feed

Jah Jah bless all dem babymothers

give them children food to eat

with no help from their fathers

man it wicked deh out on the street

Refrain

give her what she deserve long time

mama earth is here to love and preserve mankind

I do my very best and reserve what's mine

keep the woman and the children dem fine-one more time

mama no worry everything it will be better now

you will get everything that you prefer now

you see your son a grow up to be a stepper now

dem never know me woulda be a goalgetter now

and I can buy you bedslippers and sweater now

to keep you warm through all those cold wheather now

and make your burden get light like a fedder now

keepin' it real and forever now

much respect is due to you mama

who raised me without a father

who teached me how to see myself

without any outside help

I will pray the blessings of the father

who's uplifting to all babymothers

teach the children how to show respect

let their actions be circumspect

Refrain

give her what she deserve long time

mama earth is here to love and preserve mankind

I do my very best and reserve what's mine

keep the woman and the children dem fine-one more time

one thing I desire

only on that will I seek

to see the children prosper

there's so many mouth to feed

monday to monday

sunday to sunday

you catch me working you'll find me down there

hafi be there fi me daughter and me son deh

I am not the daddy who run weh

you talk bout poverty well we have been deh

you set a race and still we win deh

me know me family dem hafi in deh

a strictly culture we bring deh

Refrain

give her what she deserve long time

mama earth is here to love and preserve mankind

I do my very best and reserve what's mine

keep the woman and the children dem fine-one more time