[Intro:]
Oooooh-yeeeaaaaah (Hilltop, Mosiah Music)
Where's the change mi bound soh
Selassie I (bless my madda)
But di priase weh mi gih har
Mama special request fi you
YES YES!
[Chorus:]
As long as I live...
My madda cya short a nothin
My grandmadda cya walk fi nothin
One way or the other
Cause my baby madda cyaa seh
Me nah give mi baby daughter nothin
My madda cya short a nothin
My grandmadda cya walk fi nothin
One way or the other
Cause my baby madda cya seh mi nah
[Verse 1:]
Mama fi live good life
And yuh nah fii ask it
Fridge well stock, fruits inna di basket
Hilltop we a go hard Mosiah we a nuh fraud
Don't thursday fi come and mama cya go market
Video games fi mi son, mi daughter love chocolate
She call mi and seh her GSAT, She pass it
So mi sing a big song fi mosiah music
Collect a big food an mask it
[Chorus:]
As long as I live...
Renzout madda cya short a nothin
My grandmadda cya walk fi nothin
One way or the other
Cause my baby madda cyaa seh
Me nah give mi baby daughter nothin
My madda cya short a nothin
My grandmadda cya walk fi nothin
One way or the other
Cause my baby madda cya seh mi nah
[Verse 2:]
I done promise myself
Mama haffi live good
She bring mi come and grow mi up
I know she did good
Call har and ask har
"Soh Mama everything good? Di bills dem pay off,
Di grocery inna di fridge good?
Soh weh yuh seh, yuh an yuh neighbour dem a live good?
Mi son a get big now, him stroller and him crib good
We pass the worst now, we cross over the bridge good
Jus memba mi love yuh cause... "
[Chorus:]
As long as I live...
My madda cyaa short a nothin
My grandmadda cyaa walk fi nothin
One way or the other
Cause my baby madda cyaa seh mi naw give mi baby daughter nothin
My madda cyaa short a nothin
My grandmadda cyaa walk fi nothin
One way or the other
Cause my baby madda cyaa seh mi naw
[Interlude:]
I told you, As far as I'm concerned
Everyday is Mothers Day
Gangsta rass representing for mama
Hilltop go hard yuh nuh
Mosiah go hard yuh nuh
We a talk bout from Casha Park go Jackson Town
To Ackee Walk to Hilltop to De la Vega
Islinton St. Mary Come through clearly
We a talk bout Tivoli Gardens, Mi a talk bout Mobay
We a talk bout soverell, High Grade,
We a talk bout west,
All a di gangsta dem go hard fi mama
[Outro:]
As long as I live...
Mummy cyaa short a nothin
How mummy fi hungry
How yuh fi have benz and bimmer
And mama hungry youth
An dat nuh work out
Plan fi di wealth and skettle di riches
Gangsta rass hilltop in St. Anns
Mosiah Mills River
Mamma cyaa short a nothin
As long as I live