Mama, Can You Hear Me?

Lyrics

[Call – Solo Voice, Bare and Raw] Ohhh Mama… can you hear me? I was only eighteen when you left me. [Response – Ghostly Choir] Precious child, I still hold you. Precious child, I still know you. ⸻ [Verse 1] You coughed your breath into the night, smoke of sorrow, lung’s last fight. I held your hand, I prayed you’d stay, but heaven stole your breath away. Mama, you were my home, my song, now I don’t know where I belong. ⸻ [Chorus – Stomps & Claps, Crying Harmony] Ohhh Mama, can you hear me cry? The earth took your body, but your soul won’t die. Ohhh Mama, can you see my face? I’m still your child in this broken place. ⸻ [Verse 2] You called me precious, said I was light, but I lost my flame when you closed your eyes. The house grew cold, the days grew long, I carry your name in every song. They tell me “time will ease the pain,” but Mama, I still call your name. ⸻ [Call & Response – Spiritual Style] [Call:] Mama, Mama, why’d you leave? [Response:] Precious child, I still believe. [Call:] Mama, Mama, I’m alone! [Response:] Precious child, you’re never gone. ⸻ [Chorus – Rising, Desperate] Ohhh Mama, can you hear me pray? I talk to the sky every night and day. Ohhh Mama, can you hold me near? I reach for your voice but it disappears. ⸻ [Bridge – Slow, Chanting] Cancer stole you, breath by breath, left me standing in your death. But love don’t fade, and love don’t lie, I see your face in the midnight sky. Mama, Mama, don’t let go, I’m still that child you used to know. ⸻ [Final Chorus – With Cracked Hope] Ohhh Mama, can you hear me sing? My sorrow’s a chain, but your love’s my wing. Ohhh Mama, I’ll see you again— where the river stops, where pain finds end. ⸻ [Outro – Whispered Response, Like Her Voice] Precious child… I still hold you. Precious child… I still know you. Precious child… you’re not alone.