The story behind the song: Bounty hunter’s father mistakenly thought he was throwing a “shade” at his head in “Mama”

Bounty Killer’s father was angry with him for a long time after the DJ released the single Mom (not in a good mood)because he thought the lines about a “gambling dad” were unfairly directed at him, said songwriter Angel Doolas.

Doolas said that the song, which Constantine Basil Price felt was unjustified, was addressed to him by his son, was actually based on his (Doolas’) own experiences with his parents in his youth.

“To my mother, I wrote this. One day, my mother came home hungry. And we cooked enough. They just cooked and nobody left my mother enough. And she came with a kitchen load and a full plate. She just wound up a figure and threw it away from me because I was alone in the yard when she arrived; everyone else went to play with their brothers,” the singer/songwriter recalled in an interview with Teach Dem.

“She throws it away from me and I have to duck away from it. I’m probably going to ram it into the wall,” he added.

According to Doolas, the lyrics, which aptly described his domestic situation at the time, came to him not long afterward.

“Look, what do I do, what do I do? I wash the plate and go outside, stand under the ackee tree and start talking: ‘Mama’s not in a good mood/The basket in the kitchen ran out of food/Daddy can’t find an excuse/He drinks up the money and gambles and loses/Mama can’t find the next dime…'” he further explained.

Angel Doolas, to whom Bounty Killer attributed most of his songs, later recorded the song for producer John John on the Cuss, cuss Riddim in 1995.

“And do you know why Killa blamed him? Why does he sing about him and say he ‘gambles and loses’? And does he give nothing to the household and shine? But it’s a pity he never knows. I was at Rae Town, at a party in Rae Town and said ‘nobody, don’t blame it on your son.’ And I write the song. And my husband lets me talk about it. He just says it. And then he calms down,” he recalled of meeting the elder Price, who died in 2008.

He said that in response, Mr. Price said, “Oh, that’s great. That’s great. As I’m checking all this out, I see myself. Oh, that’s great.”

Mother appeared on the 12-track album by Warlord No argument in 1996 on the Greensleeves label.

No argument had achieved great success with hits like Cell Phone, Scare Him, Seek God, More Girls, Miss Ivy’s Last Son And Actions speak louder than words.

The album also contains Search with Sanchez, Woman, I’m leading myself down, oh please, the title track No argument And Mobile number.