Ayo!
Somebody call the family meeting!
I got an announcement…
Mom, don’t even interrupt me—I brought the receipts!
I woke up this morning, looked Mom in the eye,
She didn’t say it… but I heard a little sigh.
She was thinkin’, “Wow, this kid’s elite.”
Favorite-child status? Yeah, that’s me.
Got my name written first on the grocery list,
If there’s one last cookie, you know who gets it.
If we both yell “MOOOOM!” from across the room,
She answers me first, that’s how love comes through.
Dad can try, but he knows the truth,
I’m the one with the golden-proof.
Fridge light on, I’m already there,
Her best laugh lives in my hair.
I don’t make rules, I just get the crown,
Every family got one, and I’m holdin’ it down.
Tell me I’m wrong
Tell me I’m not
But the remote keeps landing in my spot
She says, “Be nice,” then hands me the slice
That’s not luck, baby, that’s a life
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
I didn’t ask, it just came in the mail
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
Mom’s little legend, her permanent trail
My sibling runs in with a brand new plan,
“Why do you always get the front seat, man?”
Because I sit there like I pay the rent,
And Mom says “fine” with a half-smile bent.
School picture day? She fixed my collar,
My brother got one nod, I got a holler.
When I lose my shoes, she finds them fast,
When they lose theirs, that search can last.
I get the story with the funny part,
They get the lecture and the stronger heart.
Not that she loves them any less,
She just knows my name hits different, I guess.
If being spoiled was a championship game,
Baby, I’d be hanging up a family frame.
Tell me I’m wrong
Tell me I’m not
But the remote keeps landing in my spot
She says, “Be nice,” then hands me the slice
That’s not luck, baby, that’s a life
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
I didn’t ask, it just came in the mail
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
Mom’s little legend, her permanent trail
Okay, okay, I might share sometimes
I might wash a dish, I might cross those lines
But when she calls, I’m the first one there
She knows that grin, she knows that stare
And if love had a scoreboard, here’s the deal
I’m not the problem, I’m just the real
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
I didn’t ask, it just came in the mail
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
Mom’s little legend, her permanent trail
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
Yeah, I said it, and I said it with style
Certified favorite child
Certified favorite child
Go ahead and hate it, I’m smiling awhile
