Call it (F)love and de vo tion,

call it a mum’s a do (Am)ra tion, foun da (F)tion, a spe cial bond of cre a tion, hah.

For (F)all the sin gle mums out (G)there going through frus (C)tra tion, Clean (Am)Ban dit, Sean da (F)Paul, Anne Ma rie (E)sing, make them hear.

She works the nights,

by the wa ter.

She’s gon na stress, so far a way from her fa ther’s daugh ter, she just wants a life

for her ba by.

All on her own, no one will come, she’s got to save him.

(Dai ly strug gle.) She tells him; (Am)‘Oh, love, no one’s ev er gon na hurt (G)you, love, I’m gon na give you all of (Am)my love, no bo dy mat ters like (G)you.’

She tells him; (Am)‘your life ain’t gon’ be noth ing like (G)my life, you’re gon na grow and have a (Am)good life, I’m gon na do what I (G)got to do.’

So, (Am)rock a bye ba by, rock a bye, I’m gon na rock you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, don’t you cry,

some bo dy’s got you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, rock a bye,

I’m gon na rock you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, don’t you cry,

rock a bye,

no.

Rock a bye

yeah.

(Rock a bye, rock a, rock a, rock a bye.) Sin gle ma ma you (F)do ing out there, (G)fac ing the hard life (Em)with out no fear.

(Am)Just so you know that (F)you real ly care, ’cause (G)a ny ob sta cle come, (Em)you’re well pre pared.

And no, ma ma, you (F)nev er shed tear, ’cause (G)you have to set things (Em)year af ter year.

And (Am)you give the youth love (F)be yond com pare, (G)you find his school fee and the bus fare.

(Am)Mmm, Ma rie, the (F)pap’s dis ap pear (G)in the round back can’t (Em)find him no where.

(Am)Stead i ly you work flow (F)ev ’ry thing you know, so you (G)nuh stop, no time, no time fi a jear.

(Am)Now she got a six year (F)old, try’n’ to (G)keep him warm, (Em)try’n’ to keep out the (Am)cold.

When he (F)looks in her eyes, he don’t know he is (Em)safe, when she says; (Am)‘Oh, love, no one’s ev er gon na hurt (G)you, love, I’m give you all of (Am)my love, no bo dy mat ters like (G)you.’ (Stay out there, stay out there.) (Am)rock a bye ba by, rock a bye,

I’m gon na rock you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, don’t you cry,

some bo dy’s got you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, rock a bye,

I’m gon na rock you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, don’t you cry,

rock a bye,

no.

(Rock a bye, rock a, (Em)rock a, rock a bye.)

yeah.

(Rock a bye, rock a, rock a, rock a bye.) Sin gle ma ma you (F)do ing out there,

(Yeah.) (Am)Just so you know that (F)you real ly care, ’cause

(Yeah.)

(Yeah.) (G)you find his school fee and the bus fare.

(Am)Mmm, Ma rie, the (F)pap’s dis ap pear (G)in the round back can’t (Em)find him no where.

(Am)Stead i ly you work flow (F)ev ’ry thing you know, so you (G)nuh stop, no time, no time fi a jear.

(Am)Now she got a six year (F)old, try’n’ to (G)keep him warm, (Em)try’n’ to keep out the (Am)cold.

When he (F)looks in her eyes, he don’t know he is (Em)safe, when she says; Rock a bye, (F)don’t bo ther cry.

(G)Lift up your head, lift it (Em)up to the sky, yo.

Rock a bye, (F)don’t bo ther cry.

(G)An gels sur round you, just dry your eye.

(Am)Now she got a six year (F)old, try’n’ to (G)keep him warm, (Em)try’n’ to keep out the (F)cold.

When he looks in her eyes, he don’t know he is safe.

When she says…

She tells him; (Am)Rock a bye ba by, rock a bye,

I’m gon na rock you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, don’t you cry,

some bo dy’s got you.

(Am)Rock a bye ba by, rock a bye, (Rock a bye, rock a rock a rock a bye.) (Am)Rock a bye ba by, don’t you cry, (Rock a bye, rock a rock a rock a bye.)

Rock a bye, rock a bye, (F)don’t bo ther cry.

Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo.

Rock a bye, don’t bo ther cry, an gels sur round you, just dry your Rock a bye, rock a bye, (F)don’t bo ther cry.

(Rock a bye,

yeah, yeah.)