Mama Doh Cry Lyrics - Singles - Calypso Kerr

Speech: (Mama, I love yuh mama, I just want to tell you unconditional love to you all the time.) 

1. 

As a boy, mama you did warn mih still my life went down the drain; 

Having fun, terrorising people with mih gun causin endless pain; 

Since mih daddy drift away I choose to roam and go astray and join up with a gang; 

Ma you stayed at home and pray, so Ill see a brighter day, not in prison sentenced to hang. 

CHORUS 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

I know how much you care, your love for me sincere Im just a tragic story; 

I am a victim now, so dont you feel no how, Jah shed his blood for me; 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

2. 

As a boy mama yuh did warn mih; my life now is a mess; 

Knock about with Tom Dick and Harry, theres no doubt-them boys is real pest; 

Since ah passed mih S.E.A; ah choose to bling and go astray, living a life of crime; 

Ma yuh plead with me and pray, that Ill will see the light someday, not in prison serving life time. 

[CHORUS] 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

I know how much you care, your love for me sincere Im just a tragic story; 

I am a victim now, so dont you feel no how, Jah shed his blood for me; 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

3. 

As ah boy mama yuh did warn mih, as ah boy yes I have been scold; 

Troublesome-fire coulda burn mih, now prophesy unfold; 

Is my daddy I used to blame but I brought the family to shame, pure hate mih heart get hard; 

Ma yuh toiled and toiled and pray for me to chant a psalm a day not to be in the Remand Yard 

[CHORUS] 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

I know how much you care, your love for me sincere Im just a tragic story; 

I am a victim now, so dont you feel no how, Jah shed his blood for me; 

Mama dont cry for me (x 2) 

4 

As a boy I wanted mih own way; as a boy I was too harden; 

I would cuss and refuse to obey my elders I didnt listen; 

But grad-u-ally I notice mih own family avoided me, they watched me and pass me strait; 

But mama you never gave up yuh cried and cried and prayed non-stop--just to save this reprobate. 

[CHORUS] 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

I know how much you care, your love for me sincere Im just a tragic story; 

I am a victim now, so dont you feel no how, Jah shed his blood for me; 

Mama dont cry for me (x 4) 

NB. Yuh means You; Mih means My; Ah means I; Jah means God; Ma means Mama; Cuss means Curse.