Mama You're My Daddy Too - Smokey Robinson

Mama, you’re my daddy too

I have never known a man

Any stronger than you

Gave me breakfast every morning

Got me off to school

Then you’d run and catch the 'cross town bus

To go and do your day job and provide for us

Come home tired and weary

Sometimes barely able

But you always manage

To put supper on the table

Mama, you’re my daddy too

I have never known a man

Any stronger than you

Daddy left us long time ago

Before I can recall

Ask me what he’s done for me?

Nothing at all

We wouldn’t recognize each other

If I walked by an old avenue

Thank God, all dads are not like him

But then all moms are not like you, oh Mama

People sometimes think that it’s a shame

When they ask me what’s my daddy’s name

And I say, «Mama, my daddy’s name is Mama»

And I say it with a real sense of pride

You’ve been my doctor, been my nurse

Through my better and my worse

You’ve always been by my side

Oh Mama, you’re my daddy too

I have never known a man

Any stronger than you

Gave me wisdom, gave me knowledge

Gave me every tool

Let me know I don’t know everything

But I’m nobody’s fool

The main thing that you gave me

Was life’s golden rule

Taught me how to love somebody

I love you, Mama

And I’ll always be thankful for you

And I don’t ever want a child of mine

To ever have to say

Mama, you’re my daddy too

You’re my daddy too