Never forget where you come from
When you leave
When you leave
Mama said to me
When you leave don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
Don't forget about your family
When you leave don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
When your away
Don't forget about your saviour
When mama called auntie Thelma
Told her what you did remember
Shamed you on both ends you changed then
When you got paper don't forget about your family
When your at war don't forget Uncle kwesi
Got a mean streak he'll be round to kill what's weak
Blood ain't needed as much as water
But every drop is the puzzle of us walking to eternity
We got so much fight
My mate mike ain't spoken to his mum in like 10 years
I don't wanna know how that feels
I know blood can be infected bad seeds resurrected
Mama said when your at sea don't judge cos they all lay in you
I feel guilty that I can't save you all
Knowing them they praying I fall
I just take it like I'm a mirror and a brick wall
When your weak don't forget about your family
When you leave
When you leave
Mama said to me
When you leave don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
Don't forget about your family
When you leave don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
Stay safe keep calm walk in a way that I taught you
I got you I know you'll fight through my sister said to me
Auntie Mabel always told me I'd breeze
Soon as she saw the bumps through my T
Been through fire to build a woman
Daddy was gone too soon
No silver spoons round here
We played on the dump
Now even that has been demolished
Families the only ones who never abolished I keep it polished
When you leave
When you leave
Mama said to me
When you leave don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
Don't forget about your family
When you leave don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
When you leave
When you leave
Don't forget about your family
Mama said to me when your at sea
Don't forget about your family
When you leave