Mamma Loves You So Much

[Verse 1]
Woke up reaching for your faces
Just a quiet room, crowded with your traces
Tiny socks still in my drawer
Cartoons paused, you running through my thoughts once more
Photos on the fridge, I touch your smiles
Talk to your shadows, walk these miles
Court dates, cold chairs, I sit and pray
Every ticking second steals another day
[Chorus]
To my children
Even if we’re not together, I’m right here
Mamma loves you so much, that’s clear
Feel me in your heartbeat, feel me in your prayer
To my children
Every night I say your names, one by one
You my moon, my stars, my sun
I’m holding on to you till this fight is done
[Verse 2]
My pain hurts deep, it don’t fade
Like a bruise on my soul that they made
I smile for the world, but I break inside
’Cause I can’t wipe your tears when you cry
I save your drawings in a box by the bed
Every crayon line, every word you said
If you wonder did I leave, did I choose this way?
Baby, I’m still on my knees every single day
[Chorus]
To my children
Even if we’re not together, I’m right here
Mamma loves you so much, that’s clear
Feel me in your heartbeat, feel me in your prayer
To my children
Every night I say your names, one by one
You my moon, my stars, my sun
I’m holding on to you till this fight is done
[Bridge]
One day that door’s gonna open wide (open wide)
You gon’ run to these tired eyes (come inside)
Till then, when the wind touches your face
That’s me, that’s me
Kissing you from a distance, wrapped in grace
[Chorus]
To my children
Even if we’re not together, I’m right here
Mamma loves you so much, that’s clear
Feel me in your heartbeat, feel me in your prayer
To my children
Every night I say your names, one by one
You my moon, my stars, my sun
I’m holding on to you till this fight is done

rap, Intimate, emotional boom-bap with warm piano loop, soft strings, and deep, head-nod kick; verses in a confessional, close-mic rap voice, hook half-sung with airy female vocals and stacked harmonies. Subtle vinyl crackle, distant choir pad in the chorus to lift the emotion, sparse bass that swells under the most painful lines.