Hey Mama -- Kanye West

I want everybody to put they hands together for me
I want to talk about somebody real special tonight  come on

Hey Mama, I want to scream so loud for you 'Cause I'm so
proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to do I know I act
a fool, but I promise you I'm going back to school I appreciate that you alive for me, I just want you to be proud of me 

I want to tell the whole world about a friend of mine
This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine I'm feelin' take
y'all back to them better times I'm feelin' talk about my momma
if y'all don't mind I was 3 years old when you and I move to
the Chi Late December, harsh winter gave me a cold
You fix me up something that was good for my soul
Famous homemade chicken soup, can I have another bowl 
You work late nights just to keep on the lights
Mommy got me training wheels so I can keep on my bike
And you would give me anything in this world
Michael Jackson leather and the glove, but didn't give me a
curl And you never put no man over me, and I love you for that mommy can't you see  Seven years old, caught you with tears in your eyes  Cause a cheat and telling you lies, then I started to cry 
As we knelt on the kitchen floor, I said mommy I'm a love you 'till you don't hurt no more And when I'm older, you ain't got to work no more And I'm a get you that mansion that we couldn't afford 
See your unbreakable, unmistakable, highly capable, lady that's making loot A living legend too, just look at what heaven do,
send us an angel, and I thank you

Forest Gump momma said, life was like a box of chocolates
My momma told me go to school, get your doctorate
Something to fall back on, you can profit with  but still supported me when I did the opposite Now I feel like there's things I gotta get, things I gotta do Just to prove to you, you was getting through Can the choir please, gimme a verse of you, eyes so beautiful, to me Can't you see, you're like a book of poetry,
Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni Turn one page and there's my mommy Come on mommy just dance with me, let the whole
world see you dance with thee Now when I say hey, y'all say mama  Now everybody answer me

Kanye was very close to his mother, who ran his charity foundation was his guest at many events, including the Grammy Awards. Donda West was a single mother, and Kanye was her only child. She became a professor at Chicago State University, eventually chairing the Department of English and Speech.          (songfacts)

                                                             Kanye West and his mother