Dear Mama Chords by 2Pac

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[Bbm] You are appreciated
[Ebm] _ _ When _ [B]
[Gm] I was young me and my [Ebm] mama had beef [B] 17 years old kicked [Ebm] out on the streets go [Bbm] back at the time
I never [B] thought I'd see a face ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place [Bbm] suspended from school
He [B] said to go home.
I was the fool with the big boys [Ebm] breaking all the rules
[Bbm] Said cheers with my [Ebm] baby sister over the [Abm] years
We was bored [Eb] enough the little kids [Bbm] and even though we had [B] different daddies the same drama when things went [Gb] wrong
We blame mama.
[Bbm] I reminisce on the [B] stress.
I caused it was hell hugging on my [Ebm] mama from a jail cell
[Bbm] And who [B] think in elementary?
[Ebm] Hey, I see the penitentiary [Db] one day
[Gb] Running from the police.
[B] That's right.
[Abm] Mama [Ebm] Cass we put a woman to my [Bbm] backside
And [B] even as a crack fiend mama you [Eb] always was the black [Bbm] queen mama
I [B] finally understand for [Abm] a woman.
It ain't easy [Ebm] trying to raise a man
It always was [B] committed a poor single mother on [Ebm] welfare.
Tell me how you [Bbm] did it
There's no way I can [B] play it back.
But the [Abm] plan is to show you that I [Ebm] understand you [Bbm] all appreciate
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Dear mama
_ _ [Abm] Lady
Please no [Ebm] one above you
You all appreciate it
_ Don't you know we [Gb] love you
[Bbm] No, ain't nobody [B] tell us it was fair no love for my daddy cuz the coward wasn't there
He passed away and I didn't cry cuz my anger wouldn't let me [Gb] feel for a stranger
[Bbm] They say I'm wrong and I'm [B] heartless, but all along I was looking for a [Gb] father.
He was gone
[Bbm] I hung around with the [B] thugs and even though they [Abm] sold drugs and showed a [Gb] young brother love
[Bbm] I moved out started [Ebm] really hanging.
I needed [B] money on my own.
So I [Ebm] started slinging
I ain't [Bbm] guilty cuz even though I [Gb] sell rocks it feels [Abm] good putting money in your [Ebm] mailbox
I [Bbm] love paying rent when [Gb] the rich to hope you [Abm] got the diamond necklace that I [Gb] sent to you
Cuz [Db] when I was low you was [Gb] there for me
Never [Abm] left me alone because you [Ebm] did for me and I can [Bbm] see you coming home after [Gb] work late
In the [Abm] kitchen trying to fix us a [Ebm] hot plate
[Db] Just smoking with the [Gb] scraps.
She was [B] giving and mama made miracles [Gb] every Thanksgiving
[Bbm] But now the road got [Ebm] rough you're alone [B] trying to raise two bad [Gb] kids on your own
[Bbm] And there's no way I could [B] pay you back.
But my plan is to show you that I [Ebm] understand you all appreciate
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[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] I
Stood a trauma I can always depend on my mama [Bbm] and when it seems that I'm [Ebm] hopeless
You say the [Abm] words that can get me back and [Eb] focus
[Bbm] When I was sick as [Ebm] a little kid to keep me [B] happy, there's no limit to the [Gb] things you did
[Db] And all my childhood [Ebm] memories
[Abm] Full of all the sweet things you [Ebm] did for me [Bbm] and even though I act [Ebm] crazy
I [Abm] gotta thank the Lord that you [Gb] made me there [Bbm] are no words that can [Ebm] express how I feel you [Abm] never kept a secret
[Eb] Always stay real and [Bbm] I appreciate how you [B] raised me and [Abm] all the extra love that you [Ebm] gave me
[Bbm] I wish I could take the [Ebm] pain away if you can [B] make it through the night.
There's a [Gb] brighter day
[Db] Everything will be alright if you [B] hold on it's a struggle every day gotta [Ebm] roll on
There's no way I could pay you back.
[B] But my plan is to show you that I [Ebm] understand [Bbm] you all
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