This song is dedicated to every mother, and to the day a child finally understands that the woman who carried them deserves to have her honor carried by them.
Before I had a name she carried all my frame
Before I saw the light she held me through the night
Before I had a voice she made the harder choice
Before I knew her face she made her heart my place
She carried me before I learned to breathe
She carried me when I was small and weak
Before I had a voice before I had a plea
She carried me she carried me
She heard the smallest cry before I knew the why
She woke before the dawn and kept the blanket on
She gave before she ate she hurried when I’d wait
She held me to her chest and gave away her rest
She carried me before I learned to breathe
She carried me when I was small and weak
Before I had a voice before I had a plea
She carried me she carried me
She carried bags and coats and half-remembered notes
She carried shoes and tears and fevers through the years
She carried every plan the world would never scan
The lunches and the calls the worry in the halls
She carried prayers at night that never reached my sight
She carried dreams for me before I learned to see
She carried every ache I did not know could break
She carried what I hid when I was just a kid
She carried me before I learned to breathe
She carried me when I was small and weak
Before I had a voice before I had a plea
She carried me she carried me
And maybe years went by with words we can’t deny
And maybe hearts can bruise from roads we did not choose
But underneath the pain one truth will still remain
Before I stood alone she carried flesh and bone
Before I judged her ways before my grown-up days
Before I answered back before I saw the lack
Before I found my ground before I wore my crown
Before I learned to stand she carried me by hand
She carried me before I learned to breathe
She carried me when I was small and weak
Before I had a voice before I had a plea
She carried me she carried me
She carried me when I could not stand
Now I carry her honor with my heart and my hands
She carried me before I knew her name
Now I carry her dignity and never call it shame
She carried me when I could not stand
Now I carry her honor with my heart and my hands
She carried me she carried me
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