Mamá Poem by Ghost Legend

Mamá

Mamá—Má—Mamá—
Aguantano' pa' ‘tra.
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
Vamo' pa' encima.
Si viento aguantara,
Si el pudiera,
Yo me lanzaría
A la ma' profunda
Cueva que encontrara
En esta tierra
Pa' esconderme de aquella
Asesina vida.

Mamá—Má—Mamá—
Aguantano' pa' ‘tra.
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
Vamo' pa' encima.
Mamá—Má—Mamá—
¿Qué de nosotros será?
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
Somos colonia.

Mamá—Má—Mamá—
Viene' pa' ‘ca.
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
Vas a goberna'.
Mamá—Má—Mamá,
Hubiera' vota'o po' Obama.
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
Parece que nos odia'.

Mamá—Má—Mamá,
Vuelo pa' ‘lla.
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
Regreso una vez ma'.
Mamá—Má—Mamá,
No me quieres en na'.
Mamá—Mamá—Mamá—
No tengo hoga'.

Translation:

Mama—Ma—Mama—
Hold us back.
Mama—Mama—Mama—
Let's move on.
If the wind would hold me,
If it could,
I would launch myself
Into the deepest
Cave I could discover
On this land
To hide from that
Killer life.

Mama—Ma—Mama—
Hold us back.
Mama—Mama—Mama—
Let's move on.
Mama—Ma—Mama—
What will become of us?
Mama—Mama—Mama—
We're a colony.

Mama—Ma—Mama—
You're coming here.
Mama—Mama—Mama—
You'll govern.
Mama—Ma—Mama—
We should've voted for Obama.
Mama—Mama—Mama—
It looks like you hate us.

Mama—Ma—Mama—
I'll fly over there.
Mama—Mama—Mama—
I'll come back here.
Mama—Ma—Mama—
You don't want me anywhere.
Mama—Mama—Mama—
I don't have a home.

Friday, May 20, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: colonialism
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