Momma Don’t shed a tear

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Title: Momma, Please Don’t Shed Your Tears

Intro (instrumental)

Soft keys breathe in

Strings barely touching the air

Verse 1

Momma, please don’t shed your tears

I know the nights have been heavy this year

I learned strength watching you stand still

Even when the world asked more than it should

You held hope like it was fragile glass

Smiled so we wouldn’t feel the cracks

If love could speak, it’d sound like you

Quiet, steady, always true

Pre-Chorus

I carry your prayers in my chest

Every “be careful,” every breath

I didn’t fall — I learned to bend

Because of you, I rise again

Chorus

Momma, please don’t shed your tears

I’m still here

I’m still here

All the worry you whispered at night

Turned into my fight, turned into my light

Momma, please don’t shed your tears

I’m still here

Standing clear

Every seed you planted then

Is growing now — just look at me

Verse 2

I know you hid the fear away

So I could dream without delay

If love was work, you worked overtime

Never asked for praise, never crossed the line

Your hands taught me how to pray

Not with words — but with the way

You kept going when it hurt

That’s the lesson I carry first

Pre-Chorus

I hear your voice when doubt appears

Telling me I belong right here

Every tear you tried to hide

Turned into my backbone inside

Chorus

Momma, please don’t shed your tears

I’m still here

I’m still here

Every long road, every test

Built the courage in my chest

Momma, please don’t shed your tears

I’m still here

Standing clear

I am everything you hoped

And more than what you feared

Bridge (drop everything but keys + strings)

If you ever wonder if you did enough

If the nights were worth the love

Look at me — breathing, whole

That’s your answer, that’s your soul

Final Chorus (soft, resolved)

Momma, please don’t shed your tears

I’m still here

At peace, sincere

All your love didn’t disappear

It became my future — right here

Outro

Keys fade

Strings hold

Silence stays warm