When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?
Mama raised a hellraiser why cry, That's just life in the ghetto, do or die.
Mama is funny. She has a great sense of humor and loves a good joke. Loves a practical joke, too.
Simi, why did Acheron send you here? (Astrid) To protect you from Thanatos so that your sisters don’t get all freaky and destroy the world. Or something like that. I don’t know why all of you fear the end of the world. It’s not so bad, really. At least then akri’s mama be free. Then she wouldn’t be so cranky at the Simi all the time. (Simi) Ash’s mother is still alive? (Zarek) Oh, akri get mad whenever I tell that. Bad Simi. I not talk anymore. I need food. (Simi)
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
If you're trying to get somebody and this might be the only time you're going to catch him, but he is holding his baby and with his mama, you ain't gonna let that chance go by. That's the mentality of the streets. If you let that chance go by, he might catch your ass.
Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic?
Mama, why do I always fall for the crazy ones?
I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"
Most children's first words are 'Mama' or 'Daddy. ' Mine were, 'Do I have to use my own money?'
It was a constant source of amazement to Alexia that the only thing she had ever done in her entire life that pleased her mama was marry a werewolf.
Osama, yo Mama didn't raise you right. When you were young, she must have wrapped your turban too tight.
Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.
Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
Mama, humanity is my business.
I'm an amazing mama's boy.
Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.
You can call me Mama T anytime.
Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side—if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.
Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.