Key: B
Introduction:
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Looking through your photos I imagine all of your dreams,
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I will always wonder who you really were before me.
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What did you lose? I hope, nothing too soon.
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Mama, who were you before your man,
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know you had some of those bigger plans.
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1989 on 85th and Lefferts Ave,
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CVS lipstick, you would go to school and work at the bank.
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Many men were chasing but you'd never have it that way,
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what kind of tears did you cry on your wedding day?
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Mama, who were you before your man,
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know you had some of those bigger plans.
Outro 1
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Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh.
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Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh.
Outro 2 (Repeat and Fade Out)
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