Bendah - Mother Lyrics

And go God knows I try
The pain is too much to bare
Ubaba ekhaya too drunk to care
With these hands of mine
I work day and night for them
I slave hard just to feed my fam
God knows I try
I wake up in the early am to make coffee for my white madam
I stand tall and proud for what I have cause life ain't fair
To feed my fam I do what I ever I can
Let's take it back to my youthful years
Before the struggle and the pain began
My hubby was a young good man
We met at school we were twelve back then
Best friends, good lad, man he had a plan
But things changed one night when the cops came through
They took his dad and the kids could see
This is it ngeke abuye aze endlini
They just stared kodwa bebezothini
He was a kid eqeda ukwenza usixteen
He was a kid eqeda ukwenza sixteen
He was on form for, for uform four
But he couldn't perform
Wazinda umthetho nabama uniform
Nanebehaviour wasn't fitting the form
Umzabalazo taught him not to conform
Yes... this is when whites changed him
40 years later ngiwumfazi standing beside him
I still answer when he calls cause I'm all that he needs
God trusted me with him even blessed us with kids
And I try
The pain is too much to bare
Ubaba ekhaya too drunk to care
With these hands of mine
I work day and night for them
Slave hard just to feed my fam
God knows I try
I wake up in the early am to make coffee for my white madam
I stand tall and proud for what I have this life ain't fair
To feed my fam I do what I ever I can
My daughter hates me but I love to death
Uzonda usuku when I brought her to earth
When I would leave her in the early am
She'd look at me ekhala, mama why you leave me with them
Esho her brother and alcoholic dad
But this is the life I chose
Worked hard just to get you clothes
We lost time never saw you grow
I spent it all emakhishini just to get you those
Ngibeke othayela kuloyomkhukhu that we all call home
The sacrifices were to help leave the life that we live
Made all the choices just to help you get all that i could give
The compromises were to map a better life for you kids
And I would do it all again ngoba ngumfazi onesbindi
Your brother , he chose his path a grown man now
And I could never ever save him, he is too deep now
A mother still prays that these kids are safe somehow
Though I can't take the pain away and give you a better life
I'll still try...
The pain is too much to bare
Ubaba ekhaya too drunk to care
With these hands of mine
I work day and night for them
I slave hard just to feed my fam
And God knows I try
I wake up in the early am to make coffee for my white madam
I stand tall and proud for what I have this life ain't fair
To feed my fam I do what I ever I can
You'll know I try
The pain is too much to bare
Ubaba ekhaya too drunk to care
With these hands of mine
I work day and night for them
I slave hard just to feed my fam
You'll know I try
I wake up in the early am to make coffee for my white madam
I stand tall and proud for what I have this life ain't fair
To feed my fam I do what I ever I can
But God knows I try