A Song for Mama
"A Song for Mama" is the title of a number-one R&B single by the American R&B group Boyz II Men. The tune, which was written and produced by Babyface, served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture Soul Food, and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart. To date, it is their last top 10 pop hit, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also appears on the group's album Evolution.
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US Single
US Live Version Single
Europe Promo CD
Europe Single
Europe Maxi-CD
Europe Maxi-CD 2
A Song for ××
A Song for ×× (the "××" is silent) is the major-label debut album and second album overall by Japanese pop artist Ayumi Hamasaki, released January 1, 1999 by Avex Trax. Primarily a rock-pop album, it features musical composition and arrangements by Yasuhiko Hoshino, Mitsuru Igarashi, and others. Hamasaki acted as the album's sole lyricist, a notable feat for a pop artist her age at the time.
"Poker Face" was released as the album's lead single on April 8, 1998. Entering the Oricon chart at number twenty, it became her first charting single. Four further singles were released to promote A Song for ××: "You", "Trust", "For My Dear...", and Depend on You". All of them were top twenty hits in Japan, with the latter three reaching the top ten.
The album debuted atop the Oricon Charts with first week sales of 548,210 copies; it topped the chart for five weeks, a remarkable feat for a debut album. Its high first week sales were partly due to its debut sales being the first and second week sales combined (Oricon only has 51 weeks instead of 52). The album charted for 63 weeks and was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments exceeding one million copies in the country. As of 2008, A Song for ×× is Japan's 139th best selling album of all time.
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A Song for Mama
by: BabyfaceWritten by babyface (1997)
Performed by boyz ii men
You taught me everything
And everything you've given me
I always keep it inside
You're the driving force in my life, yeah
There isn't anything
Or anyone I can be
And it just wouldn't feel right
If I didn't have you by my side
You were there for me to love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there to comfort me
And no one else can be what you have been to me
You'll always be you always will be the girl
In my life for all times
Mama, mama you know I love you
Oh you know I love you
Mama, mama you're the queen of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mama, I just want you to know
Lovin' you is like food to my soul
You're always down for me
Have always been around for me even when I was bad
You showed me right from my wrong
Yes you did
And you took up for me
When everyone was downin' me
You always did understand
You gave me strength to go on
There was so many times
Looking back when I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say to me I can face anything
And no one else can do
What you have done for me
You'll always be
You will always be the girl in my life
Hook
Never gonna go a day without you
Fills me up just thinking about you
I'll never go a day without my mama
Hook
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Un canción por mamá
(spanish)
Me diste todo
Y mas que todo me ensenaste tu
Te llevo dentro de mi
Y tu fuerza me hace vivir, si
Cuando a mi lado
No te siento ya no se quien soy
Ni se lo que voy a hacer
Todo sin ti me sale mal
Tu estuviste alli
En cada nube gris
Cuidandome
Y si una vez cai
Tu estuviste alli
Alzandome
Que nadie sabe amar nadie puede dar
Un carino asi
Y por siempre el gran amor
De mi vida eres tu
Mama
Mama te queiero tanto
Te quiero tanto tu sabes cuanto
Mama
Reina de mi vida eres tu
Ll uvia de una estrella es tu luz
Cuando estamos juntos los dos
Solo me alimenta tu amor
Conmigo siempre tanto al frente como tras de mi
Y si algo hice mal
Tu perdonaste mi error
Siempre asi
Y cuando otros me fallaron, me enganaron, tu
Me llegaste a salvar
A darme fuerza interior
A veces miro atras
Y alli mismo estas
Hablandome
Me dices ten valor
Y ya
Asi todo esta bien
Yo se que otra igual
Yo nunca encontrare
Ya nunuca mas
Pues el gran amor
Solo tu lo das
Coro
No puedo estar un dia sin ti
Y sin ti no puedo ser feliz
No puedo estar ni un dia sin mi mama