Mama Say – Romain Virgo

Oh, Lord

Dem nah hear
Some a dem seh dem nah no fear
Noo, yah
But mek me tell you this clear
Yeh, alright

Mama say, mama say
Don’t you follow bad company
Mama say, mama say
Don’t trust strangers along the way
Mama say, mama say
The seed weh you sow, you a go reap today
Mama say, mama say
No follow bad company

The devil find work fi idlers
So be progressive
The youths dem now a days
No get no positive message
Everyone a bad man, everyone aggressive
The negativity too excessive
People a weep and moan
Call ‘pon the Father, sit upon the throne
Some a go the wrong way claim
Them a hunt cream fi the cone
Jah Jah bless my own, ‘member

Mama say, mama say
Don’t you follow bad company
Mama say, mama say
Don’t trust strangers along the way
Mama say, mama say
The seed weh you sow, you a go reap today
Mama say, mama say
No follow bad company

So me stay to meself or me real friend them
No entourage fi put me inna problem
Nuff a these guys me no inna nothing with them
Nuff these guys wonder who send them
Hey, me listen to the elderly one
Nuff respect which part me come from
Here I am, as a man
Mama discipline a it, mek me stand strong

Mama say, mama say
Don’t you follow bad company
Mama say, mama say
Don’t trust strangers along the way
Mama say, mama say
The seed weh you sow, you a go reap today
Mama say, mama say
No follow bad company

Oh Lord (oh Lord)
Oh Lord (it dark)
Oh Lord (so please)
Oh Lord (guide my back)
Oh Lord (oh Lord)
Oh Lord
There to guide me along the way
Hey, hey

Oh Lord (we no care)
Oh Lord (not even)
Oh Lord (danger in front of me)
Oh Lord, oh Lord (oh Lord)
Oh Lord
Me a beg you fi guide me along the way
Hey

‘Member mama say, mama say
Don’t you follow bad company
Mama say, mama say
Don’t trust strangers along the way
Mama say, mama say
The seed weh you sow, you a go reap today
Mama say, mama say
No follow bad company

Mama say, mama say
Don’t you follow bad company
Mama say, mama say
Don’t trust strangers along the way
Mama say, mama say
The seed weh you sow, you a go reap today
Mama say, mama say
No follow bad company