- Votes:
- Composer:
- Lennie Bennett / Lemar Bennett / Lance Bennett / Willard Smith / C. Wilson
 
- Genres:
- Hip-Hop
- Pop
 
- Tags:
- pop rap
- rap
- will smith
 
- See also:
Will Smith - Momma Knows lyrics
[ Tra-Knox - Singing ]:
 "Ew, ew, ew, ew, ewww"
 * Sang in Intro, and picks up for the last two lines of Verse 1 *
 [ Verse 1 : Will Smith ]
 Yo, at 17 years old I started runnin' the streets
 Man I had some fun in the streets
 11, 12, sometimes 1 in the streets
 By 18, I started seein' the sun in the streets
 My mom started trippin' on me like "Will, you gotta choose your friends carefully
 Like I trust you, but please call me
 And when you have kids of your own, you'll see
 I'm gonna be here when all your friends won't"
 But I was busy hollerin' "Parents Just Don't Understand"
 Now here I am with the family, runnin' the lines she ran on me
 We ain't always see eye to eye, but Ma on your principles now I rely
 You got me tastin' my toes
 [ Chorus - Tra-Knox (Will Smith) ]
 You go to trust in moms (haha) all day long (haha, haha)
 I didn't know (didn't know but)
 When my momma told me, don't go down that road (she told me don't go)
 Don't go down that road, (but, but) but I gotta go, go (gotta go), where I gotta go, go
 So thank you for not tellin' me I told you so
* Singing: "ew, ew, ew," goes from last line of chorus, into 1st line of Verse 2
 [ Verse 2: Will Smith (Tra-Knox) ]
 I used to roll hard with this dude named Chuck (Chuck)
 Rollin' in my car, with this dude named Chuck (Chuck)
 My mom ain't really liked this dude named Chuck (Chuck)
 She thought that he was really impolite (Chuck)
 Chuck and me used to roll out faithfully
 Inevitably you see Chuck, you gonna see me
 Like we on TV, the bosomest of buddies
 Share food, clothes, and money (ewww)Will Smith - Momma Knows - http://motolyrics.com/will-smith/momma-knows-lyrics.html
 And hunnies (ewww) flocked like we was players from the NBA
 Still hurts to recall the day, I heard him say
 To this girl named Mya, I was datin'
 He told her I was a liar, joker hatin'
 He told her I be cheatin' on women
 Breakin' hearts and grinnin'
 He told her, her life would be better with him in it
 That's the friend I chose
 [ Chorus - Tra-Knox (Will Smith) ]
 You go to trust in moms all day long (ew)
 I didn't know (but)
 When my momma told me, don't go (uh) down that road (she told me don't go)
 Don't go, don't go down that road, (but, but) but I gotta go, go, where I gotta go, go (uh)
 So thank you for not tellin' me I told you so (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
* Solo of Tra-Knox singing: "ew, ew, ew" is mixed together with the beat *
 [ Verse 3 - Will Smith ]
 Momma used to say, "take your time young man
 I ain't gonna always be there holdin' your hand
 But you'll always know exactly where I am
 And when I'm not there, in my place, the lord will stand
 Will study the world, only the wise succeed
 And when your eyes tell lies, your heart should leave
 You gonna do dirt, we all gonna sin
 But when you realize and apologize, and never do it again"
 Ma told me, "don't rush to get old
 If you got youth, the truth clutched in your hold
 It's like possibilities too much to behold
 An emotional shield, from life's blustery cold"
 Ma all the stuff was hard, you said was hard
 Childish disregard, because my head was hard
 Now no question to pose
[ Chorus - Tra Knox ]















