F G C Em Am Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry. F G C Em Am Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky; G G F I am glad to be alive. >G F C G F G Em (STRUM Em SLOW) It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry; F G C Em Am my brother and sister cling to Mama's side. F G C Em Am She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide; G G F someone weeps, I fall asleep. >G F C G F G Em (STRUM) It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore; F G C Em Am I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry. F G C Em Am Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky; G G Am why is there nothing now to do but die?