this is for mom miss linda harwood miss cathy hill this is for you i respect my mother with every step i take she was there for my first step in the first place everybody wants out on their own now that i m grown i wanna be back home in a world full of vipers only my mother s love was righteous i feel i ve been to hell and back three times i could never sum it up with these rhymes looking for a story to share with somebody but they never seem to care while i m looking for this person everywhere i m slippin cause my mom is right here life moves along so fast when i see real love at last it s past that ain t gonna happen to me i can hear my conscience rapping to me it s like hey you ve only got one real friend from the cradle to the grave and back again with unconditional love that s my mother i m speakin of that s just the way it is my love will never change that s just the way it is and i know it s true even in my darkest time in my darkest hour when my heart is blind and i m giving nobody respect my mother s there to put my ass in check cause she don t play that mister famous trash she was putting them diapers on my ass she s seen every side of me it don t matter how thuggish i d try to be naw every week in the back yard now i m in the big time trying to act hard what mattered when i looked the years back was mamma bringing the chairs back supportin every dream i got you best believe man i dreamed a lot me and rude boy i m trying to tell ya not a day goes by in life we don t feel ya we ain t taking nothing for granted mom s lasagna is so good i can t stand it mrs hill always greets me with a hug now i see where rudy got all his love that s just the way it is my love will never change that s just the way it is that s just the way it is my love will never change that s just the way it is everybody around me they use me and go for self they want cash equity bank and wealth mom puts that on the shelf all she cares about is my health it all seems too good to be as i m battling life mamma s backin me and she only really wants one thing of mine just a little time mother in this world of scars money and snakes and label wars whatever else life puts me through it s all number two when it comes to you and your love is all i treasure my real father just didn t measure he was gone without a thing to say i know he would have failed in comparison anyway you gave me three times the love enough for you him and the god above rude boy his daddy was strong stayed holding on when the ease was gone now a days everything s all right millionaire rocking these microphones all night makin all of our dreams come true and we re full of love mamma thanks to you i m still sorry about the china cabinet wish i could bring it all back now dammit linda ron cathy and raul we want you to know that we love you that s just the way it is my love will never change that s just the way it is that s just the way it is my love will never change that s just the way it is 