Intro

It was a sun shining day in the 404, that's the A
Back in June 2008
I was a kid I was young
Not even 8, just leaving out of second grade
This is a story bout my momma man
That is my hero made sure every day that we ate
This is the reason I do this shit
Got to get coins to make sure that she living great

So the thing that I said bout my mom being a hero
Not all the hero wear the capes
Helped us walk through the jungle
She struggled we hustled
To get all this food on our plates
I'll act a fool bout my momma
Don't play with me
All the love that she show make it hard to feel hate
We won't even trip bout this story
Cause this happened back in the day

Now back to what happened
Middle child so I act like everything is cool
Really been wondering
Why my mama ain't home every day when I get home from school
Please forgive me, I'm sorry
With all due respect, I ain't tryna be rude
But I be hungry, they ain't feeding me right
I need her to feed us some food

My mom really different
I think she invincible so I think it's all good
Pops told me she at the hospital, she chilling
Then he gon kick back as he would
As long as he cooled out, I ain't worried
As long as she come home as she should
She probably just work there or she probably sick
But that's what I just understood

Now back to the summer, my momma looked me in the eye
And said boy mike, I'm really sick
I can't tell you why
I really thought it'd be better if I got thermometer sticks
She ain't even blowing her nose, she ain't coughing
So I think she tryna play the tricks
She looking real serious
Telling me nah for real, nah calm down I ain't even slick

Two months coming by
And I see my aunt pull up, telling us we gotta go
I say we got school in a few
She telling me sorry, but you won't go here anymore
Are we gonna move outta state
Nah it ain't like that we moving just south of the metro
My sister don't wanna go
Tears flow like the river, she really here letting it go

They say she got cancer
I just learned about cancer
I need some answers
Don't need no prayers
She need to do better
Now we writing her letters
Can't even write letters
Now I'm here tweaking cause it's like a year going by
When we see her then when we see her it's see ya later
We need to go save her

Half a year went by and my aunt sat me down like my dad lost his job
At first it was sunny
Two and two put together we ended up walking in fog
Now what could he do
With all weight on his shoulders, if I was him I would've robbed
Times really got harder and harder
I look back at those days and tell myself I'll never stop

We ended up leaving the city
Whole family coming with me
Never got to say goodbye to my friends or my neighbors
Shout out to Dora, Christian, Rocky, and then Britney
Moving up north but it's still the south
This is the Carolinas if you get me
Momma still strong and pops is now up
So really I don't need none of your pity

It was a sun shining day in the 404, that's the A
Back in June 2008
I was a kid I was young
Not even 8, just leaving out of second grade
This is a story bout my momma man
That is my hero made sure every day that we ate
This is the reason I do this shit
Got to get coins to make sure that she living great
Gone