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We love and appreciate Moms everywhere but Black Moms are truly the queens of our hearts!

If you were lucky enough to grow up with a Black Mom, you can most likely relate to these 10 scenarios. And what better way to showcase what its like #GrowingUpWithABlackMom than with TV’s most popular Black Mom, Cookie Lyon!

When you’re done reminiscing, be sure to catch the EMPIRE Marathon starting Sunday at Noon/11c!

1. Your Mom goes on and on to her friends about how great you’re doing and her friends only have horror stories to tell about their kids.

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2. Your Mom finally allows you to date, but is never pleased with any of your choices.

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3. You pissed your Mom off in public but she can’t get to you like she wants to. Instead she gives you this look:

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4. You’ve gotten on your Mom’s LAST NERVE and she does one of these numbers before telling you to “go sit down somewhere.”

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5. It’s dinner time and you haven’t finished your greens. Where did you think YOU were going?

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6. Your Mom has to talk to you over and over again about the same thing and she says this…be prepared to run.

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7. Another adult complains about you and you start to explain yourself:

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8. Your Mom is having the “birds and the bees” conversation with you and is saying EVERYTHING to make you choose abstinence… Forever.

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9. Your Mom gets a weird vibe that something is wrong with you because a Black Mom always knows.

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10. Does this even need a caption?

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