Oh Mother

You remind me of my mother's greatest fear, mmm

Gave her life for my protection

Through the years, from my tears

Then you came along and tore it down

With your deception, you let me drown

And all the tears my mother saved hit me like a wave, mmm

Let's go, bitch

Oh, beware the woman scorned

She would move a mountain for me

Cross the driest desert for her child

Like a hurricane, her pain would rip the roots out from the ground, oh

Sing for me

What you holding onto?

Momma''s coming for you

Keep your head up, baby

I will hold you steady

And, oh, it hit me like a wave

I have been betrayed

Sing for me, girl

Baby, I know he cut you bad

You can run away, save what you had

Maybe there's a world where you can let him stay

Boys stay boys, but men can change, yeah

Keep the sunshine on your face

This is real life god knows love ain't perfect

God knows love ain't perfect, trust me, mother

Mother, I don't know where to start

If I stay, will he break my heart?

Maybe there's still time to explain

But I'm too tied up in my pain now

Start to sweat, it's hard to breathe

I cry for help, could you get here any faster?

Any faster

Sing for me

What you holding onto? (Sing for me)

Momma's coming for you (Momma's coming)

Keep your head up, baby (Keep my head)

I will hold you steady (Hold me steady)

What you holding onto? (I'm so heavy, mother)

Momma's coming for you (Hold me steady)

Keep your head up, baby (Oh, whoa)

I will hold you steady

And, oh, it hit me like a wave

I have been betrayed, mmm

I need your protection, I need your protection, you (You have my protection, you have my protection)

Come on, give me your protection (You have my protection)

I need your protection (You have my protection)

You, you