MAMI Lyrics

You were my universe after bidding farewell to my celestial home

And choosing your temple to rebirth

Perfection was not in the spaces between rich and poor

It was in the heart that beat lullabies to me

As memories of utopia faded to the new unknown

You comforted me in your labored womb

Relocated vital organs to make room

For the long awaited son you desperately desired

Son of a man you despised

Yet, you did not see his darkness in me

You saw the last verse of God's poem to you

And I saw the first verse of God's poem to me

Epic poetry

Imbued in love

Though adrift above troubled water

Mamí

Our life was not all flower showers and fragrant paths

We had little to claim, hardship and pain

And I place no blame on you

You

Forever a shrine

Revered matriarch

All that I am are blossomed seeds of you

Living your life

Surviving your struggles

Is only possible for the courageous

The strong

Your emotions were not tattooed on your sleeve

But your love was rivers long

Your strength was made monument before my eyes

Each time you made clothing and meals appear

You're hands were made healer

Each time you wiped my dirty tears

And kissed the pain away

Mamí

You sheltered me from insecurity

With masks of certainty

While poverty pressed against the back of your tongue

What I am trying to tell you

May sound cliché

It may be cliché

But also simple is the raindrop

Who holds majestic universe within

Simply but deeply

Mamí, I appreciate you

Mamí, I love you