[ mother ]
(What the hell is wrong with ya?
I send you to school
You won`t do your homework
You won`t clean up your room
I`m sick of cleanin up behind you
What the hell is wrong with ya?
I wish you`d get your ass outta here and get a job!)
[ Bobby Womack ]
Mother
Mother, mother
Why do you hurt me like you do?
I can`t understand it, mother
[ VERSE 1 ]
Can`t seem to get life straight, but I`m strivin
Fastin every day cause of money, but I`m survivin
I`m havin problems tryin to concentrate
Cause of this devil, this cold-blooded white man
Mama, I know that she don`t hear me though
She said, Pack yo shit, nigga, your broke ass gotta go
And now I`m runnin after lost time
Tryin to clean up around the house, cause I`ma try and keep mine
They say us youth all defective
Careless and wreckless
They want our ass up out of Texas
And now I`m feelin somethin missin
Farrakhan said he care, and so I`m listenin
Tryin to decide who`s right or wrong
I need to get myself together, cause I know I`m not gon` last long
A co-defendant age 23
Blamin the world for my problems, but never takin a look at me
[ Bobby Womack ]
You me going round in circles
Just like a seesaw goin up and down
(Mama said I`m goin in circles
But she don`t know me, gee)
You got me going round in circles
All around and round
Like a seesaw going up and down
[ VERSE 2 ]
As a kid I used to ride in the backseat
Seen the Fruit in the street, she wouldn`t even buy a paper
A little baby wasn`t breast-fed
She stuck a cold-ass bottle in my mouth and laid me in the bed
Mama, I needed you to bond with
But you were busy fussin and fightin that fool we were livin with
Now that I`m grown you say I`m trippin out
Well, I`m trippin too, you made this monster, gotta feed him too
Jackin and bangin, my life`s in a warzone
In the streets, cause you know mama wasn`t at home
And daddy, I can`t find him
I`m ashamed of him, walkin 12 paces behind him
He beat the shit out of my mommy dear
I had to raise on up outta there and left mommy live in fear
She asked me why I`m in the game, they can`t see
She said I`m goin in circles, but you don`t know me, gee
[ Bobby Womack ]
You me going round in circles
Round and round and round
And I can`t seem to come down
You got me going in circles
Going up and down, all around
(Mama said I`m goin in circles, but she don`t know me, gee)
