Rae Peltier - Just Like Mama Lyrics

I catch my reflection in the windowpane
A face I swore I'd never see again
The same hard eyes the same sharp tone
I built my life just to feel alone
The echoes of her still fill my mind
Thought I'd left her world so far behind
But here I am my hands clenched tight
Standing in her shadow tonight
I've become my Mama I feel her in me
The anger the hurt the storm in the sea
Every word I swore I'd never say
Spills from my lips and won't go away
Oh I've become my Mama now I can see
The cycle lives on through me
I remember her fists like a thunderclap
The way her voice broke like a worn-out strap
She was always fighting battles inside
But I couldn't see the pain she'd hide
Now I see her in the way I yell
The way I shut down build my own hell
I thought I escaped her heavy hand
But I'm still walking through her land
I've become my Mama I feel her in me
The anger the hurt the storm in the sea
Every word I swore I'd never say
Spills from my lips and won't go away
Oh I've become my Mama now I can see
The cycle lives on through me
How do you break what you never knew
How do you heal when the pain is you?
I see her ghost in the things I do
But I don't want her story to be my truth
I want to love without the fear
I want my voice to sound clear
There's a fight inside that I have to win
So her shadow doesn't pull me in
I've become my Mama I feel her in me
The anger the hurt the storm in the sea
Every word I swore I'd never say
Spills from my lips and won't go away
Oh I've become my Mama now I can see
But this cycle won't end with me
But this cycle won't end with me
I'll teach my hands to hold not break
I'll learn to give more than I take
The cycle stops here with me