"My Momma" is a song by Lana Del Rey, written and recorded under her previous stage name May Jailer. It is the fourth track from her unreleased album Sirens. It leaked online on May 31, 2012, alongside the other contents of Sirens. The song's title is unconfirmed due to the lack of metadata attached to the file when it leaked.
Cross-references[]
- A man with an addiction is also referenced in "Heroin" and "Off to the Races".
- Del Rey sings about a man with long hair in "For K, Pt. 2", "Gangsta Boy", "Is It Wrong", and "I Was in a Bad Way".
- Del Rey's mother is also mentioned in "A&W", "Aviation", "Black Bathing Suit", "Fingertips", "Old Money", "Raise Me Up (Mississippi South)", "Wildflower Wildfire", and in the poem "LA Who Am I to Love You".
- Direct reference to "Is It Wrong".
- The lyric "Me and my momma, we don't get along" is similar to the lyric "Me and God, we don't get along" from "Gods & Monsters".
- Money is also mentioned in "Money Hunny" and "Money Power Glory".
- The theme of being or feeling crazy is also mentioned in "Ride".
Lyrics[]
My momma wouldn't say you were a nice guy
But you're under forty and you have a job
My momma wouldn't say you was a good boy
But you're making money and you're working hard
So, I'm gonna take you on
I don't feel like it's wrong
Me and my momma, we don't get along
My momma, she would say your hair was too long
But your hair exactly is what I like the best
And my momma, she would say you was a hoodlum
But I don't know no hoodlum and you don't pass the test
I'm gonna take you on
I don't feel like it's wrong
Me and my momma, we don't get along
Oh, baby, you're standin' so close, I can't back down
You're smilin' and I know I'm over and done now
I am done now
My momma'd say that it was wrong to see you
I lie just to meet you, I lie to get in
And my momma, she would say that I deceived you
But that's the only way I knew how to begin
So, maybe you got your own problems, who doesn't?
I'm crazy, you're addicted, we are all of a sudden
My momma, she would love you like I love you
If she ever met you, if she ever knew
My momma, she would fall right on top of you
If she ever saw you, she'd be smitten, too
I'll never take you home
I want you all for my own
Don't let my momma hear your pretty song
I'm gonna take you on
I don't feel like it's wrong
Me and my momma, we don't get along
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