Call it love and devotionCall it a man's adorationFoundation, a special bond of creationHa!So all the single moms out thereGo through frustrationClean bandage, shine a bowI'mma raise them, make them hearShe works the night by the waterShe's gonna stray so far away from her father's daughterShe just wants a life for her babyAll on her own, no one will comeShe's got to save himDaily struggleShe tells him, ooh loveNo one's ever gonna hurt you, loveI'm gonna give you all of my loveNobody matters like youShe tells him, your lifeAin't gonna be nothing like my lifeYou're gonna grow and have a good lifeI'm gonna do what I got to doSaid rockabye, baby, rockabyeI'm gonna rock youRockabye, baby, don't you crySomebody's got toRockabye, baby, rockabyeI'm gonna rock youRockabye, baby, don't you cryRockabyeRockabye-rocka-rocka-rockabyeRockabyeRockabye-rocka-rocka-rockabyeSingle mama you doing out thereFacing the hard life without no fearJust so you know that you really careCause any obstacle come you well prepared, rightNo, mama, you never shed tearNow you have to shed things year after yearAnd you give the youth love beyond compareYou find the school fee and the passportMmm, marry the path disappearIn a roundabout you can't find him nowhereSteadily you work for every little noseSo you must have no time, no time for your dearNow she got a six-year-oldTrying to keep him warmTrying to keep out the coldWhen he looks in her eyesHe don't know he's safe when she says, ooh, loveNo one's ever gonna hurt you, loveI'm gonna give you all of my loveNobody matters like youSo rockabye, baby, rockabyeI'm gonna rock youRockabye, baby, don't you crySomebody's got youRockabye, baby, rockabyeI'm gonna rock youRockabye, baby, don't you cryRockabyeRockabye, rocka, rocka, rockabyeRockabyeRockabye, rocka, rocka, rockabyeRockabye, don't bother cryLift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yeahRockabye, don't bother cryAngels around you just dry your eyeNow she got a six-year-oldTrying to keep him warmTrying to keep out the coldWhen he looks in her eyesYou don't know he is safe when she saysShe tells him, ooh, loveNo one's ever gonna hurt you, loveI'm gonna give you all of my loveNobody matters like youShe tells him, your lifeAin't gonna be nothing like my lifeYou're gonna grow and have a good lifeI'm gonna do what I got to doSo rockabye, baby, rockabyeRockabye, rocka, rocka, rockabyeI rock you, rockabye, babyDon't you cryI got you, rockabye, babyRockabyeI rock you, rockabye, babyDon't you cryRockabye, don't bother cryLift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yeahRockabye, don't bother cryAngels around you just dry your eyeRockabye, don't bother cryLift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yeahRockabye, don't bother cryAngels around you just dry your eye