"Hey Mama" lyrics - NATHANIEL RATELIFF

Hey mama, it's me
Say you better wait child
Said you've been a long time running

Hey mama, answer me
Baby boy, you better sit down
Can't listen when the sun's out
My only son, this'll be so hard to hear

C'mon mama, what do you mean
I know you've been knocked down
I know it ain't all been easy
Nothing ever good really is

Why you gotta wait so long
Why you gotta wait so long

She said, "Son let me reason with you
You think you carry such a weight
I know I never beat you, boy
Better start acting like this here's a race"

You ain't gone far enough to say
"At least I tried"
You ain't worked hard enough to say
"Well, I've done mine"
You ain't run far enough to say
"My legs have failed"
You ain't gone far enough
You ain't worked hard enough
You ain't run far enough to say
"It ain't gonna get any better"

You picked a bad time
You picked a bad time to listen to me
You picked a bad time
You picked a bad time to listen to me
You picked a bad time
You picked a bad time to listen to me
You picked a bad time
You picked a bad time to listen to me

You ain't gone far enough to say
"At least I tried"
You ain't worked hard enough to say
"Well I've done mine"
You ain't run far enough to say
"My legs have failed"
You ain't gone far enough
You ain't worked hard enough
You ain't run far enough to say
"It ain't gonna get any better"