mommy's in the kitchen
steam rising from the stove
by her feet a cookie sheet

we draw our names in Jell-O

I'll never know what it was like not to have a man

to raise these children on your own with no plan
God you're crazy but I love the way you raised me


we never had much to speak of
but I never wanted for love
you said we are here together

and honey that is all that matters

I'll never know what it was like not to have a man

to raise these children on your own with no plan
God you're crazy but I love the way you raised me


I got a brother for a dad that's more than you ever had
got another in the ground peace he never found
got a way to live my life got a way to feel myself

and I?

I'll never know what it was like not to have a man

to raise these children on your own with no plan
God your crazy but I love the way you raised me and
oh you're crazy but I love the way you raised me and

oh you're crazy but I love the way mmmm
mom your crazy but I love the way you raised me
love the way you loved me

love the way mmmm
I love the way you raised me