Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Zip up your coat, baby, hold my hand tight
News on the screen turn a good day white
Backpack bigger than your little shoulders
World feel colder as your heart grows bolder
I trace your freckles like a secret map
Say a quick blessing when you take your nap
Every school drop-off feel like a risk
Kiss on your forehead, a cross on your wrist
I pack your lunch with a quiet plea
Guard your mind, God, keep them free
Notes in your box just to say “I’m here”
Fighting my panic, folding my fear
I’m smiling wide so you don’t see
How loud this world screams at me
Tiny shoes by the front door wait
I talk to heaven while you chase your fate
[Chorus]
This is a mother’s prayer
“Keep you close, keep you safe out there”
When I can’t go where you go
Cover you more than I’ll ever know
I give you all that I can prepare
And the rest, I send up in the air
In every fear, every tear I share
Is a mother’s, a mother’s prayer
[Verse 2]
Screen in your hand like a loaded mind
Scroll one time, see another headline
Every alert feel like a warning bell
I want you here, far away from hell
Teach you “stranger danger,” “speak up, speak loud”
But how I shield you from the silent crowd
From pressure pressing you to fit that frame
From whispers twisting up your name
You ask, “Why you wait in the parking lot?”
I just shrug, say, “I like this spot”
But I count cars, exits, faces
Mapping all the hidden places
I’m your first guard dog, front-line shield
But someday I step off the field
So I plant truth deep where the roots can grow
When the wind blows hard, hope it still will show
[Chorus]
This is a mother’s prayer
“Keep you close, keep you safe out there”
When I can’t go where you go
Cover you more than I’ll ever know
I give you all that I can prepare
And the rest, I send up in the air
In every fear, every tear I share
Is a mother’s, a mother’s prayer
[Bridge]
I want you brave, not scared of the dark (uh)
But I stay up late, guarding your spark (yeah)
Teaching you love in a world that’s harsh
While I talk to God on this midnight march
“Let their heart stay soft, spine stay strong
Let ‘right’ ring louder than the pull of ‘wrong’
If they ever get lost, meet them there
Be the answer in a mother’s prayer”
[Chorus]
This is a mother’s prayer
“Keep you close, keep you safe out there”
When I can’t go where you go
Cover you more than I’ll ever know
I give you all that I can prepare
And the rest, I send up in the air
In every fear, every tear I share
Is a mother’s, a mother’s prayer
Style
rapwarmreflective hip-hop ballad with intimate piano loopsoft padsand head-nod drums; verses sit in a conversational pockethook lifts with layered female vocals in octaves and subtle gospel harmonies; gentle sub basslight rimshotsand airy ad-libs create a protectivehopeful glowworld
Prompt
A mother’s prayer about how you want to keep your kids close and safe in today’s scary world and everything around them., rap
Credits
Prompt by
MamaBear18
MamaBear18GeneratedFeb 18, 2026
ModelAria v5
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