SIXTEEN — “ahhh mboke ah MaMi” (Epic Metal / Orchestral Version)
Intro (low strings, distant choir, slow war drums)
(spoken, gravelly)
I didn’t come to accuse the past…
I came to tell the truth it tried to bury.
(angelic choir, wordless)
Ahhh… mboke… ah MaMi…
Mhhh… na wa oh…
Verse 1 (clean guitar → distorted drop)
I was born from a child who never knew the road,
Sixteen years old, fear in her eyes, love in her soul.
She was still learning what life even means,
When another life was placed in her trembling hands.
She had no armor, no guide, no plan,
But she held me like the world would end if she let go.
Sleepless nights, tears on her skin,
Trying to protect what she barely understood.
(choir echo)
Ahhh… mboke ah MaMi…
Pre-Chorus (build — toms & rising strings)
Love whispered…
Power shouted.
Her voice was small—
The decision was violent.
One moment.
One command.
Two destinies split
By a grown man’s hand.
Mhhh… na wa oh…
Chorus (FULL DROP — double kick, guitars, choir)
They took me away—
From a mother who was still a child herself.
They took me away—
From the only body that knew my breath.
She was sixteen—
Still fighting just to survive.
I was gone—
Before she learned how to let go of life.
(choir, massive)
Ahhh—mboke—ah MaMi!
Mhhh… na wa oh!
Verse 2 (rap-metal cadence)
My father said, “I know what’s best,”
But nobody checked the girl’s collapsing chest.
Nobody asked how the nights would sound
When the crying stopped
And silence got loud.
They raised me hard.
They raised me strong.
But don’t confuse survival
With the absence of loss.
Some wounds don’t bleed—
They echo.
Some holes in the chest
Never close.
(choir whisper)
Ahhh… mboke ah MaMi…
Pre-Chorus 2 (half-time groove)
Two lives cut by a single call.
One lost a child.
One lost everything.
A boy became a man too soon,
Carrying questions
With no beginning.
Mhhh… na wa oh…
Chorus (anthem version)
They took me away—
From a mother who was still a child herself.
They took me away—
From love that never got the chance to help.
She was sixteen—
Still trying to find her name.
I was gone—
Before she learned how to grieve the pain.
(choir)
Ahhh—mboke—ah MaMi!
Mhhh… na wa oh!
Bridge (breakdown — orchestra + spoken word)
(spoken, raw)
MaMi…
If this sound ever finds you—
(female choir rises)
Ahhh… mboke ah MaMi…
(spoken)
This was never your fault.
You didn’t fail.
You weren’t weak.
You were a child
Standing in front of a world
That didn’t care.
(drums resume, slow and heavy)
Mhhh… na wa oh…
Final Chorus (FULL ORCHESTRA + METAL WALL)
I survived—
But survival had a price.
I survived—
But some pieces never came back.
You were sixteen—
And they took your child away.
I was a child—
And forgiveness still moves slowly today.
(angelic choir, soaring)
Ahhh—mboke—ah MaMi!
Mhhh… na wa oh!
Outro (strings fade, lone drum)
(choir, distant)
Ahhh… mboke ah MaMi…
(spoken)
I’m still standing.
I’m still here
