If Only Mama Knew

(Soft piano)

Mama... if you only knew

The pain wey dey my heart

I dey remember small pikin wey you raise

With prayers for my head every single day

You tell me say make I follow God, stay for the right way

But mama, I no listen, I don follow bad company

The street don change me, the boys don poison me

Cultism, drugs, and crime, na wetin I dey see

Every night you dey pray say your son go make am

But mama, your son don lost, I dey inside darkness kam

If only mama knew

The life wey I dey live for street

If only mama knew

Say your son don lose him way complete

Mama, I dey cry for inside

But I no fit show you my pain

If only mama knew

I for beg you make you save me again

I see the way you dey smile when you see me

You think say your boy still dey pure and holy

But mama, the blood wey dey for my hand

The things wey I don do, you no go understand

I wan come back home, I wan feel your love

I wan hear your prayer reach heaven above

But the cage wey I enter, e don lock me tight

Mama, I dey lost for this terrible night

If only mama knew

The life wey I dey live for street

If only mama knew

Say your son don lose him way complete

Mama, I dey cry for inside

But I no fit show you my pain

If only mama knew

I for beg you make you save me again

I remember your voice when you sing for me

Your hands when you touch me with purity

But I throw everything for gutter, mama

Now I dey beg God say make e forgive me, sha

If only mama knew

The life wey we dey live for street

If only mama knew

Say her children don lose their way complete

Mama, we dey cry for inside

But we no fit show you our pain

If only mama knew

We for beg you make you save us again

(Crying vocals, soft piano fade)

Mama... forgive me

If only you knew...

If only... you knew