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dear mama

from 333 by d'bi.

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about a young woman who contracts hiv

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I hope you are happy and well. mama I have something I have to tell you. how is auntie sarah and uncle mike, cousin ivan and the next door neighbor. what’s her name again mama? yeah miss bulah. I hope they are hapy and well. mama please tell them that I miss them. mama I have something I have to tell you…

mandie
I think I better write a letter and tell you how I feel
though it doesn’t matter. this disease is real for me
this disease is real for me
d’bi.
dear mama dear mama
dear mama dear mama

mama I know yuh sent me to canada to learn a trade
yuh send me to canada to make a good grade
yuh send me to canada to get a betta life
no more struggles and strife inna wi life right?

well you know my friends and them they used to laugh
they say the gay white people have no class
and that is why god punish them and give them aids
right inna dem ass

mandie
I think I better write a letter and tell you how I feel
though it doesn’t matter. this disease is real for me
this disease is real for me
d’bi.
dear mama dear mama
dear mama dear mama (repeat)

nine months ago today mama
I went to the doctor
to get the results of an hiv test mama
I really really really did try mi best mama
but I know yuh won’t be impressed with the news

the doctors say I am positive

my friends and them they used to laugh
they say the gay white people have no class
and that is why god punish them and give them aids
right inna dem ass

but I have a boyfriend mama
it’s not only gay people white people
poor people poor people poor people get this mama
I’m black and straight mama
I am black and straight mama
this disease don’t discriminate mama
this disease don’t discriminate (repeat)

mandie
I think I better write a letter and tell you how I feel
though it doesn’t matter. this disease is real for me
this disease is real for me
d’bi.
dear mama dear mama
dear mama dear mama (repeat)

one day I felt lonely
I called up charmaine
and told her the story
she told michael
michael told linda
linda told john
now the whole of them
treating me like a dirty diseased womban

now my friends and dem won’t talk to me
won’t drink from my cup won’t hug me
won’t kiss me goodbye won’t love me
won’t let me baby-sit their pickney

mama I want to come home
only you alone can love me
but yuh haffi promise me
yuh won’t tell nobady
just keep this our little secret

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from 333, released September 23, 2023
dear mama featuring mandiemafu
lyrics & vocals b d’bi.
backup vocals by mandiemafu
produced & arranged by jakofire pro
inspired by lkj’s sonny’s lettah

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d'bi. is a global dub poet jamaican-dancehall-diva-womxnist-warrior-chanting-conscious-fyah on the mic. their lyricism stems from the socio-political genre of dub poetry fused with dancehall reggae, hiphop, punk rock, blues & performance art; producing a pepperpot of theatricality that crosses cultural boundaries, reconfigures social norms & inspires r/evolution. ... more

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