Intro 
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[Verso 1]

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Looking through your photos I imagine all of your dreams, 
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I will always wonder who you really were before me. 
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What did you lose? I hope, nothing too soon. 

 
[Refrão]

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Mama, who were you before your man, 
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know you had some of those bigger plans. 

 


[Verso 2]

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1989 on 85th and Lefferts Ave, 
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CVS lipstick, you would go to school and work at the bank. 
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Many men were chasing but you'd never have it that way, 
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what kind of tears did you cry on your wedding day? 

 
[Refrão]

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Mama, who were you before your man, 
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know you had some of those bigger plans. 

Outro 1 
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Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh. 
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Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh. 

Outro 2 (Repeat and Fade Out) 

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