Now that your out of my life
I don't cook dinner
You thought I wouldn't eat without you
but I'm bigger
You thought that I'd be rich without you
but there is college
You thought I'd be sad without you
I watch Bob Barker
You thought I wouldn't grow without you
now I'm older
You thought I'd be helpless without you
I took karate
You thought I'd be stressed without you
I have a recliner
You thought I would be bored without you
I'm playin bingo

I'm a provider
Provide for my children
gonna work harder
to pay for your dinner
if ya wanna act up
I will just slap ya
cus I am ya momma
I am a provider
keep on providing

thought I couldn't breathe without you
I raised you better
thought I couldn't see without you
what this dogs for
You thought I couldn't walk without you
I got a rascal
You thought I would die without you
I take vitamins
Thought I would fail without you
I won the lotto
Thought it would be over by now
Im not your daddy
Thought my hearing would self destruct
What the aids for
Even in my years to come
I'm still gonna be hearin

I'm a provider
Provide for my children
gonna work harda
to pay for ya dinna
if ya wanna act up
I will just slap ya
cus I am ya momma
I am a provider
keep on providing


I raised you the best
pray you will pass MCATS test
with much success, no stress, but no snobbyness
(I raised you better than that)
You best not blast me on the radio
(I raised you better than that)
don't be a playa, get a family
(I raised you better than that)
better not show up in any nudy magazines
(I raised you better than that)
You better not comprimise your Christianity
(I raised you better than that)
Don't look at trash on the internet
'Cos your mama taught you better than that

I'm a provider
Provide for my children
gonna work harda
to pay for ya dinna
if ya wanna act up
I will just slap ya
cus I am ya momma
I am a provider
keep on providing

oh(oh)oh(oh)....

After all of the diapers and bottles
so on past school
if you work hard and get through college
you can support me, yeah

I'm a provider
Provide for my children
gonna work harda
to pay for ya dinna
if ya wanna act up
I will just slap ya
cus I am ya momma
I am a provider
keep on providing