In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Hey mama (ha) Hi mama (ha)
Oh my oh my
Oh mama don't cry
Gonna keep you[?], so I
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All those pain and sufferin'
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All those pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Mama I would never let you down
I'll never go away, I'll always be around
You know why you do it, such love that you found
I'm always gonna let you wear that crown
Through the roughest of times you maintain your calm
Jah was your only help While shelterin' me from the storm
And when its cold you wrap me in a towel so warm
Oh ma oh ma, I'm so glad I was born
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All those pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Oh Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All the pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare just only you
This is my word
I'm gonna make you so proud, such good son you have
You are the one who teaches me all the good form the bad
Even when the system keeps pressurin' my dad
You got high hopes, thanks be unto the most high God
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All them pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
No one knows the struggle you bare o da
I'm a big man now that's how things go
Things you do to survive only Jah he knows
Fiercely protecting us while watchin' us grow
You been up even when its on the down low
Work so hard to see us go to school
Blisters on your fingers so they can't take us for fool
I'm here for a purpose, I'm here to rule
Most high Jah Rastafari will see us through
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All them pain an sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All the pain an sufferin'
No one knows the struggleyou bare just only you
Oh
Now it's my turn to make life, I'm so mature
Now I got my kids and my wife and I'm positively sure
I'm doing fine and still can be so much more
You've prepared me for the future my love you deserve
Keeps doing your thing while others not knowing
But deep inside your heart mama you know where it was going
Can a mother lose her tender care for her child that she's been showin'
Some how your star keeps glowin' ow
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All them pain an sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
Oh my oh my
Oh mama don't cry
Gonna keep you[?], so I
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All those pain and sufferin'
No one knows the pressure you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All those pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Mama I would never let you down
I'll never go away, I'll always be around
You know why you do it, such love that you found
I'm always gonna let you wear that crown
Through the roughest of times you maintain your calm
Jah was your only help While shelterin' me from the storm
And when its cold you wrap me in a towel so warm
Oh ma oh ma, I'm so glad I was born
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All those pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Oh Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All the pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare just only you
This is my word
I'm gonna make you so proud, such good son you have
You are the one who teaches me all the good form the bad
Even when the system keeps pressurin' my dad
You got high hopes, thanks be unto the most high God
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All them pain and sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
No one knows the struggle you bare o da
I'm a big man now that's how things go
Things you do to survive only Jah he knows
Fiercely protecting us while watchin' us grow
You been up even when its on the down low
Work so hard to see us go to school
Blisters on your fingers so they can't take us for fool
I'm here for a purpose, I'm here to rule
Most high Jah Rastafari will see us through
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All them pain an sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All the pain an sufferin'
No one knows the struggleyou bare just only you
Oh
Now it's my turn to make life, I'm so mature
Now I got my kids and my wife and I'm positively sure
I'm doing fine and still can be so much more
You've prepared me for the future my love you deserve
Keeps doing your thing while others not knowing
But deep inside your heart mama you know where it was going
Can a mother lose her tender care for her child that she's been showin'
Some how your star keeps glowin' ow
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
All them pain an sufferin'
No one knows the struggle you bare a just only you
Give you all my love oh yea
Thank you mama for the nine months you carried me through
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Thank U Mamma Lyrics as written by Kirk Andre Bennett Paul Crossdale
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