Mama

(Intro – soft pads, respiro)
Mm…
I hear you in my heartbeat

Verse 1 (English):
I learned to be strong in silence
to carry weight with a calm face
they see the fire in my eyes now
but they don’t know where it came from

I’ve been fragile, I’ve been fearless
I’ve been lost in between
but every time I almost fall
I feel something pulling me in

I don’t pray like I used to
I don’t cry like before
but when the night gets heavy
I still knock on that door

Pre-Chorus:
There’s a voice in my memory
soft but unbreakable
when the world tries to own me
it reminds me who I am

Chorus (Spanish – ONLY Spanish, emotional, central):
Mama, mírame ahora
todo lo que soy es por ti
cuando el miedo me llama
yo regreso a ti

Mama, no estoy sola
aunque camine sin ti
en mi sangre, en mi sombra
siempre vives en mí

Post-Chorus (ad libs, soft):
Mm…
siempre en mí…

Verse 2 (English):
I don’t belong to easy stories
I was made from deeper scars
I carry warmth from distant places
and thunder from another heart

They call me complicated
but I know where I began
I’m not broken, I’m translated
from a different kind of land

I learned love without softness
I learned pride without gold
I learned how to be a woman
from a story never told

Pre-Chorus 2:
When I doubt my reflection
when I forget my name
there’s a language in my chest
that brings me back again

Chorus (Spanish – repeated, stronger):
Mama, mírame ahora
todo lo que soy es por ti
cuando el miedo me llama
yo regreso a ti

Mama, no estoy sola
aunque camine sin ti
en mi sangre, en mi sombra
siempre vives en mí

Bridge (English – intimate):
I don’t need heaven above me
I carry heaven inside
in the way I stand back up
every time I survive

I don’t say your name out loud
but I breathe it when I’m scared
every woman I’m becoming
started with your prayer

(short instrumental pause – breath, pads)

Final Chorus (Spanish – most emotional):
Mama, si me escuchas
sabe que sigo aquí
con tu fuerza en mis manos
yo aprendí a vivir

Mama, en cada paso
yo te llevo en mí
no te digo adiós
te digo gracias por mí

Outro (English – whispered):
I’m not lost anymore.
I’m home in myself.

Pop/Latin Pop/Alternative R&B/Female vocal/Contemporary Pop/ Minimal Electronic, female