Dear Mama

                             Dear mama, I remember the tears

                        The pain and suffering, for so many years

                        Hearing your cries, clearly through the wall 

                       Trying to walk to you, but to my knees I fall 

                             No heat in the house, it's so cold 

                           "It'll be alright", I remember you told 

                           Me that day, sitting out on the stoop 

               As we watched my friend in the court yard, shooting hoops 

                    Somehow your words, always made it seem better

                    But the tears continued to fall, my shirt got wetter 

                   Remember when you heard, I was selling those drugs 

                    When the neighbors said, I was one of those thugs 

                      In the detention center, you were always there 

                         For every visit, always showed you cared 

                           Doing my best, to fight back my tears 

                     Scared thinking of the case, but showed no fears 

                           Admiring you, for the strength you had 

                       Already my mother, and standing in as a dad

                            Never did I, want to let you down 

                  So I keep my head to the sky, my feet on the ground

                       Even now I'm successful, you see me through 

                           Unconditional love mom, I love you