It's Not Easy by Lucky Dube
Lord have mercy
I remember the day I called mama on the telephone
I told her mama I'm getting married
I could hear her voice on the other side
Of the telephone she was smiling
And she (1)__________ me a question
That I proudly answered
She said son did you take time
To know her?
I (2)________ mama, she is the best
But today it hurts me so to go (3)________ to
Mama and say
Mama I'm getting divorced
(Oh) I'm (4)______________ divorced
The choice I made didn't work out the way
I thought it would
This (5)____________ I made
It hurts me so mama
This choice I made didn't work out the way
I thought it would
This choice of mine (oh)
Mama said to me
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again
It's not easy to (6)____________________ it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again
I remember in church
When the preacher man read the scriptures
You looked so beautiful, so beautiful
And so innocent
I did not know that behind that beauty
Lies the true colours that will destroy me
In the near future
This choice I made didn't work out to be
What I thought it would be
(Oh) mama (7)________ choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
Now I'm hurting
I remember (8)________ I held you by the hand
Preacher man read the scriptures
Putting words in your mouth
Maybe what the preacher man said
Was not something that was within you
Now I know what they mean when they say
Beautiful woman
Is another man's plaything
(Oh) lord, I'm hurting now
This choice I made didn't work out the way
I thought it would
This choice of mine (oh)
Mama said to me
It's not easy to understand it son
But I (9)________ you'll make it
(You'll be happy again)
I remember the day I called mama on the telephone
I told her mama I'm getting married
I could hear her voice on the other side
Of the telephone she was smiling
And she (1)__________ me a question
That I proudly answered
She said son did you take time
To know her?
I (2)________ mama, she is the best
But today it hurts me so to go (3)________ to
Mama and say
Mama I'm getting divorced
(Oh) I'm (4)______________ divorced
The choice I made didn't work out the way
I thought it would
This (5)____________ I made
It hurts me so mama
This choice I made didn't work out the way
I thought it would
This choice of mine (oh)
Mama said to me
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again
It's not easy to (6)____________________ it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again
I remember in church
When the preacher man read the scriptures
You looked so beautiful, so beautiful
And so innocent
I did not know that behind that beauty
Lies the true colours that will destroy me
In the near future
This choice I made didn't work out to be
What I thought it would be
(Oh) mama (7)________ choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
Now I'm hurting
I remember (8)________ I held you by the hand
Preacher man read the scriptures
Putting words in your mouth
Maybe what the preacher man said
Was not something that was within you
Now I know what they mean when they say
Beautiful woman
Is another man's plaything
(Oh) lord, I'm hurting now
This choice I made didn't work out the way
I thought it would
This choice of mine (oh)
Mama said to me
It's not easy to understand it son
But I (9)________ you'll make it
(You'll be happy again)
Answers:
(1) asked(2) said(3) back(4) getting(5) choice(6) understand(7) this(8) when(9) hope