Too Late for Mama
Tragic Echoes: A Mother's Desperate Journey
Lyrics
Too late
Expressing a sense of regret or missed opportunity.
Too late for mama
Indicating that it's too late for the speaker's mother.
Ten kilometres barefooted in the bush
Describing a challenging journey of ten kilometers without shoes in the bush.
Started raining on the way to fetch some water
Encountering rain while on the way to fetch water.
Poor woman had a baby on her back
Depicting a woman with a baby on her back facing difficult conditions.
Was struck by lightning on her way, to fetch some water
The woman is struck by lightning while fetching water.
She tried hiding under a tree to save her child
Attempting to seek shelter under a tree to protect her child.
Poor woman had no place to go
Highlighting the woman's vulnerability with no safe place.
Lightning caught her with her baby on her back
Tragically, the lightning strikes the woman with her baby.
Friends, relatives ran for her
People close to the woman rush to help.
But it was too late
Reiterating that assistance came too late for the mother.
Too late for mama
Emphasizing that it's too late for the speaker's mama.
Too late
Repeating the sentiment of regret or missed opportunity.
Too late for mama
Restating that it's too late for the speaker's mother.
Husband came running to the scene yeah
The husband arrives at the scene upon hearing the news.
Poor man held his dead wifе in his arms
The man holds his deceased wife in his arms.
Eyes full of tears, not beliеving the nightmare
Describing the husband's disbelief and sorrow.
Knelt down and prayed for this, was a painful loss
The man kneels down and prays, acknowledging the painful loss.
Too late
Repeating the notion that it's too late for the mother.
Too late for mama
Reaffirming that it's too late for the speaker's mama.
She's gone
Stating that she is gone, indicating her death.
It was too late
Reiterating that the assistance or intervention came too late.
Too late
Restating the sense of regret or missed opportunity.
She tried hiding under the tree to save her child
Recalling the woman's attempt to protect her child under a tree.
Poor woman had no place to go
Reiterating the woman's lack of a safe place.
Lightning caught her with her baby on her back
Describing the tragic event of lightning striking the woman with her baby.
Friends, relatives ran for her
People close to the woman rush to her aid.
But it was too late
Reaffirming that the help arrived too late for the mother.
Too late
Repeating the sentiment that it's too late.
Too late for mama
Reiterating that it's too late for the speaker's mama.
Mama with a little baby (Too late for mama)
Highlighting the mother's connection to a little baby.
She's gone
Affirming that she is gone, and it was too late.
It was too late
Reiterating the sense of regret or missed opportunity.
Oh yeah yeah
An expression of sorrow or lamentation.
Oh, yeah
Repeating the expression of sorrow or lamentation.
Yeah yeah
Another expression of sorrow or lamentation.
(Too late)
Reiterating that it's too late for the speaker's mama.
Too late for mama
Emphasizing once again that it's too late for the mother.
It's too late
Concluding by reiterating that it's too late for the speaker's mama.
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