| Oh my oh my |
| Oh mama don’t cry |
| Gonna keep you, so I |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All those pain and sufferin' |
| No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you |
| Give you all my love oh yea |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All those pain and sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you |
| Mama I would never let you down |
| I’ll never go away, I’ll always be around |
| You know why you do it, such love that you found |
| I’m always gonna let you wear that crown |
| Through the roughest of times you maintain your calm |
| Jah was your only help While shelterin' me from the storm |
| And when its cold you wrap me in a towel so warm |
| Oh ma oh ma, I’m so glad I was born |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All those pain and sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you |
| Give you all my love oh yea |
| Oh Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All the pain and sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggle you bare just only you |
| This is my word |
| I’m gonna make u so proud, such good son you have |
| You are the one who teaches me all the good form the bad |
| Even when the system keeps pressurin' my dad |
| You got high hopes, thanks be unto the most high God |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All them pain and sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you |
| Give you all my love oh yea |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| No one knows the struggle you bare o da |
| I’m a big man now that’s how things go |
| Things you do to survive only Jah he knows |
| Fiercely protecting us while watchin' us grow |
| You been up even when its on the down low |
| Work so hard to see us go to school |
| Blisters on your fingers so they can’t take us for fool |
| I’m here for a purpose, I’m here to rule |
| Most high Jah Rastafari will see us through |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All them pain an sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you |
| Give you all my love oh yea |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All the pain an sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggleyou bare just only you |
| Oh |
| Now it’s my turn to make life, I’m so mature |
| Now I got my kids and my wife and I’m positively sure |
| I’m doing fine and still can be so much more |
| You’ve prepared me for the future my love you deserve |
| Keeps doing your thing while others not knowing |
| But deep inside your heart mama you know where it was going |
| Can a mother lose her tender care for her child that she’s been showin' |
| Some how your star keeps glowin' ow |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |
| All them pain an sufferin' |
| No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you |
| Give you all my love oh yea |
| Thank U mama for the nine months u carried me through |