Big Mama (Unconditional Love)-LL Cool J/Dru Hill

[00:00.12](feat. Dru Hill) [00:01.12] [00:03.12]Yeah, this one's dedicated, to my grandmother, and your grandmother [00:12.50]It's all love, let's not forget who raised us, word up [00:17.64] [00:20.69]Big Mama, my grandmother, my main girl [00:23.35]I love you much more than the scandalous world [00:25.80]As a young boy you gave me whoopings to save my life [00:28.33]Cursed me out, to keep me out the streets at night [00:30.91]Cause my momma had me when she was young [00:32.83]So you took on the responsbility to raise your grandson [00:36.22]You taught me if a task is once begun, Todd [00:39.09]Never leave it 'til it's done, Todd [00:41.67]Be thy labor great or small Todd [00:44.24]Do it well or not at all, God [00:46.87]Big Mama, my blood is your blood [00:48.99]When the whole world's against me, I know I got your love [00:51.66]If I was in a cell for the rest of my life [00:54.15]I know I'd hear your prayers in the middle of the night [00:56.62]Used to sit me on your lap and teach me mother wit [00:59.49]Early Sunday morning for them salmon and grits [01:01.63]I love you baby, you the one and only, that's a fact [01:04.52]'Til death do us part, I'ma always have your back [01:07.10]You beefed cause you heard that I was cursin in my raps [01:09.45]Eighty-six, still you wanna run and get the straps [01:12.18]I love you, I promise you I care for you deep [01:14.55]Cause when I had bronchitis you would rock me to sleep [01:17.65]Rub me down with green alcohol [01:19.82]Little brown-skinned lady bout five feet tall, Big Mama [01:22.99]Early one Sunday morning [01:27.80]Breakfast was on the table (you gave me unconditional love) [01:32.97]There was no time to eat, she said to me [01:39.10]Boy hurry to Sunday school (you gave me unconditional love) [01:42.96]I remember when you told me certain friends wasn't real [01:45.69]I didn't wanna listen, I swore I knew the deal [01:48.11]Come to find out, everything you said was true [01:50.55]Who I end up goin to for advice? You [01:53.39]I love you, that's why you got nurses and maids [01:55.77]Ever since I got paid, you ain't never been afraid [01:58.50]That's granddaddy wife, she taught me how to think [02:00.95]How to navigate through life, you made the sacrifice [02:03.58]You kept on livin, cause when my granddaddy died [02:06.16]It took all your might, but you ain't quit on life [02:08.46]We took trips down South, biscuits and chicken [02:11.53]Me you granddad and Alison, trippin [02:13.99]Remember, you used to pick me up from junior high [02:16.46]And classmates laughed when the Buick rolled by [02:19.00]Remember, I pulled my privates out in class [02:21.58]And from Farmers to Dunkirk you straight whooped my (woo!!) [02:24.53]The best cookin a man could ever taste [02:26.72]It's written in my heart, it can never be erased [02:29.23]Thank you so much, you taught me well [02:31.63]How to not get souped up, because I'm LL [02:34.39]How to walk the street, and hold my head real high [02:36.92]How to live with Christ and not be afraid to die [02:39.55]We sipped daquiris, but you never told moms [02:42.13]We even shared beers, Big Mama my dear [02:44.68]A toast to a woman that raised a man [02:47.16]In popular demand all across the land [02:49.68]You're my lawyer, my teacher, my doctor, my friend [02:52.41]My mother, my father, you with me 'til the end [02:54.90]I love you, I mean that from the bottom of my heart [02:57.50]That's the reason why my record's #1 on the charts [02:59.98]I'ma tell it like it is, I love you forever [03:02.43]Dead or alive, we'll always be together [03:04.48]Big Mama I love you [03:05.75]Early one Sunday morning [03:10.57]Breakfast was on the table (you gave me unconditional love) [03:15.67]There was no time to eat, she said to me [03:21.80]Boy hurry to Sunday school (you gave me unconditional love) [03:24.77]I dedicate this to the Big Mama's everywhere [03:27.52]The ones who raised us - when nobody else was there [03:30.63]The ones who held us and told us it'll be alright [03:33.22]When gunshots was goin off every night [03:36.55]Taught us how to lock the door and check the peephole [03:39.02]And how to swallow Vicks when we had a chest cold [03:41.68]How to stay proud, and represent hard [03:44.13]Eat plenty baby, but first say grace for God [03:46.80]Big Mama, I'ma miss you [03:48.85]When one of us leave this earth [03:50.81]But baby for what it's worth, I love you since the date of my birth [03:53.84]And if it wasn't for my children, I would wanna go first [03:56.49]You're the reason I'm the man I am today [03:58.93]The inspiration, for me to be LL Cool J [04:01.68]When you told me "Knock 'Em Out," I brought you home a Grammy [04:04.35]I learned to be tough from Big Mama and Aunt Cammy [04:07.21]A black man that was raised by black women [04:09.33]On tour, sippin your special honey and lemon [04:11.77]You told me, gargle with vinegar water and salt [04:14.67]The concert was hot, thanks to your support [04:17.17]Girl - you're the one I love [04:19.57]Whether right here with me or smilin from up above [04:22.25]Trouble or no trouble, you always had my back [04:24.76]So I had to let you know your son appreciates that, Big Mama [04:48.38][04:27.78]Early one Sunday morning [04:53.38][04:32.72]Breakfast was on the table (you gave me unconditional love) [04:58.48][04:37.76]There was no time to eat, she said to me [05:04.69][04:44.05]Boy hurry to Sunday school (you gave me unconditional love) [05:10.15]