MA FRIDA — SPOKEN WORD VERSION
(Soft. Bare. One voice. Long pauses. Let silence speak.)
Intro (whispered)
Ma Frida…
Before I knew my name,
I knew yours.
Verse 1
Ma Frida,
I called your name
before I knew my own.
I learned how to stand alone
before I learned what it meant
to be held.
They said you loved me
more than life could show—
yet everywhere I went,
your absence walked beside me.
Pause
Chorus (spoken, steady)
Ma Frida,
the mother I never knew.
The love I was born into
but never touched.
Even when you weren’t there…
I carried you.
Everywhere.
Verse 2
Ma Frida,
I saw the world through different eyes.
I learned strength
before I learned how to bend.
Late at night,
I asked God questions
He never answered out loud—
searching for you
in every light.
Chorus (lower, aching)
No voice.
No memory to hold.
Still…
your love never grew old.
Verse 3
Ma Frida,
I turned pain into purpose.
I turned silence into survival.
Every step I take
is proof
I lived.
Through your blood,
I learned how to fight.
Bridge (direct, upward)
Ma Frida,
if heaven can hear this—
know this:
your love
made me strong.
Time could not erase
the way
you live
in my face.
Final Chorus (resolved, calm)
Ma Frida,
the mother I never knew…
I still feel close to you.
Life pulled us apart—
but you live forever
in my heart.
Outro (soft whisper)
Ma Frida…
my beginning.
My truth.
My name.
Loving you…
was never in vain.
Ma Frida,
I called your name before I knew my own.
I grew up learning how to stand alone.
They said you loved me more than life—
yet I felt your absence
everywhere I went.
Chorus (Strings swell gently)
Ma Frida,
the mother I never knew.
The love I was born into.
Even when you weren’t there—
I carried you.
Everywhere.
Verse 2 (Piano returns, strings minimal)
Ma Frida,
I saw the world through different eyes.
I learned my strength
before I learned to bend.
Late at night,
I asked God questions—
searching for you
in every light.
Chorus (Strings fuller, warmer)
No voice.
No memory to hold.
Yet your love…
never grew old.
Verse 3 (Percussion enters – slow heartbeat)
Ma Frida,
I turned my pain into a reason to rise.
I built my faith from unanswered whys.
Every step I take
is proof I survived.
Through your blood,
I learned how to fight.
Bridge (Choir pad fades in — celestial)
Ma Frida,
if heaven can hear this song
know your love
made me strong.
Even time
could not erase
the way
you live in my face.
Final Chorus (Full orchestra, restrained—not loud)
Ma Frida,
the mother I never knew.
I still feel close to you.
Though life pulled us apart
you live forever
in my heart.
Outro (Piano alone again — full circle)
Ma Frida…
my beginning.
My truth.
My name.
Loving you…
was never in vain.
