Track · Apr 25, 2026 · English

Where Were You

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Duration

3:55

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I learned to tie my shoes alone

By the front door light

Got my little heart in my hands

Too big for my size

You missed the dance, missed the call

Missed the tears I hide

I kept saying, “I’m okay”

But I lied, I lied

[Pre-Chorus]

And I looked for you in the crowd

Every time I fell

Little girl with a heavy chest

Learning to help herself

I needed arms, I needed time

I needed you to stay

But the house stayed quiet

And the ache would not go away

[Chorus]

Mama, where were you?

I just wanted you

Mama, where were you?

I needed you

Hold me like you said you would

Stay like a mother should

Mama, where were you?

I just wanted you

[Verse 2]

Lunch money folded in my palm

For a phone that rang no more

Birthday cake with one small slice

Still waiting by the door

I got good at saying less

And smiling through the pain

Every “maybe next time” broke

Like summer in the rain

[Pre-Chorus]

And I looked for you in the crowd

Every time I fell

Little girl with a heavy chest

Learning to help herself

I needed arms, I needed time

I needed you to stay

But the house stayed quiet

And the ache would not go away

[Chorus]

Mama, where were you?

I just wanted you

Mama, where were you?

I needed you

Hold me like you said you would

Stay like a mother should

Mama, where were you?

I just wanted you

[Bridge]

I’m not mad at the girl

Who still reaches out in the dark

I’m just tired of the wishing

And the holes inside my heart

If you hear this from the distance

Know I loved you all along

But a child can only wait so long

Before she learns to be strong

[Chorus]

Mama, where were you?

I just wanted you

Mama, where were you?

I needed you

Hold me like you said you would

Stay like a mother should

Mama, where were you?

I just wanted you

Style

smooth hip-hop r&b with a mid-tempo swung groovewarm sub pulses and dusty drum snaps; verse stays intimate with sparse keys and finger snapspre-chorus opens with rising chords and breathy stackschorus lands on layered harmony with a short chantable anchor. female lead vocal close-mic’d with silky doublesad-lib echoesand a few whispered fills; reverse swellsglassy chime liftsand delayed vocal throws mark transitions. polishedemotionalchest-forward mixheartfelthip-hopsmoothstrongr&bemotionalenglish

Prompt

A heartfelt emotional song about a girl who just wanted her mother to be there for her, female smooth, hip-hop, R&B, emotional strong

Credits

Prompt by

iamkaylee

GeneratedApr 25, 2026

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