(Intro — soft vinyl crackle, distant humming, gentle guitar) Mmmm… Mama… Even when mi grow old… Mi still your child… ⸻ (Verse 1) Late nights, candle light, bills pon di table Still yuh mek di whole place feel stable School shoes tear but yuh find a way Now mi realize di price yuh pay Every sacrifice hidden in silence You gave me peace inside the violence And every little prayer yuh say for me Still follow me like melody ⸻ (Pre-Chorus — catchy rising melody) And when life get rough And mi feel weak inside One call from yuh voice Turn darkness into light ⸻ (Chorus — HOOK ) Mama… mi still your child Still hear yuh voice when life get wild When di rain fall down pon me Yuh prayers pull me from di sea Ohhh-ohhh No matter where life goes Part of me still walks home Mama… mi still your child… ⸻ (Post-Chorus ) “Don’t cry, don’t break…” That’s what yuh always say “Stand tall, keep faith…” Now dem words live in mi brain (Replay Section ) ⸻ (Verse 2) Now mi older, mi finally know Strong people hurt too but never show Yuh carry pain in designer disguise Still put sunshine in our eyes If love had a face If grace had a name Everybody would call yuh Again and again ⸻ (Bridge — patois rap) See mi mother fight wars wid a gentle hand Whole life she a build while di world a demand Never had much but she still give enough Teach mi seh kindness stronger than tough So if yuh mama still deh yah, hold her close Some flowers too precious fi wait till ghost Every success, every stage, every mile Started from a woman and her only child ⸻ (FINAL CHORUS — bigger drums, choir, layered harmonies) Mama… mi still your child Still hear yuh voice when life get wild Even if di whole world change on me Yuh love still feel like home to me Ohhh-ohhh No matter where life goes Part of me still walks home Mama… mi still your child… ⸻ (Outro — fading choir hums) Even when mi old and gray… Mama… mi still your child…
