Baby Girl
Your smile is my ray of hope
The light at the end of my tunnel
The rainbow on my cloudy day
Your smile my daughter
It’s the overwhelming tightness of joy in my chest
You fill my thought now
It is your future I dream about
All the great things you are yet to achieve
Put unwavering smiles on my face
Yours star is my only guiding light to the future
I wrote you a song not long after you were born in my mother tongue
E bami ki Wuraola omo ola
E bami ki Wuraola omo la
E bami ki Wuraola omo mi
Omo to ni iwa to rewa
E bami ki O
My sisters laughed and said it has no rhythm
But yet you dance when I sing it to you
Smile on your lips, sparkle in your eyes
And I fall for you all over again
Bend easily to your will
Baby girl
You are fast growing
And that weigh heavily on chest
The world I know now is different from the one I knew as a child
For you my daughter I will hold the world at bay
Fill your childhood with memories of comfort and love
So you will always have a safe haven to go too
I will sing to you in all sort of manner
Run wild, bare footed, arm stretch in open field with you
With you I will be young again, be silly again,
I be a vibrant memory you can't shake loose, won't want to shake loose
Baby girl
I fear for you
But for now I keep my fear at bay
Carrier you in my arms
And sing to you songs my grandmother, my mother, aunts, sisters sang to me
Songs filled with loved and promises of a bright future ahead
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