3. A Song for Mama, Boyz II Men
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The year was 1997, Boyz II Men reigned supreme and every child in the world served up breakfast in bed while A Song For Mama played on loop in a portable cassette player strategically placed on the tray. Yes, it was a simpler time.
Most mom-tastic lyric:
Mama, mama, you know I love you/ Oh you know I love you/ Mama, mama, you’re the queen of my heart/ Your love is like tears from the stars/ Mama, I just want you to know/ Lovin’ you is like food to my soul
2. Child Of Mine, Carole King
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Child Of Mine is perhaps the one song on this list that touches most sincerely on what it is to be a mother; it isn’t always pat-a-cake and sunshine and rainbows, sometimes being a mother means facing the truth of your situation: that you can’t keep your kids with you forever, and that being a good mother means you shouldn’t want to.
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Most mom-tastic lyric:
You don’t need direction, you know which way to go/ And I don’t want to hold you back, I just want to watch you grow/ You’re the one who taught me you don’t have to look behind/ Oh yes, sweet darling/ So glad you are a child of mine
1. To Zion, Lauryn Hill featuring Santana
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Lauryn Hill’s song to her son Zion has to be one of the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful descriptions of anticipating and growing into motherhood that’s ever been written, which is why it’s squarely at number one on this list. Seriously. Try to listen to it without choking up, especially if you’re pregnant right now.
Most mom-tastic lyric:
How beautiful if nothing more/ Than to wait at Zion’s door/ I’ve never been in love like this before/ Now let me pray to keep you from/ The perils that will surely come/ See life for you my prince has just begun
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