Sweet Mother By Prince Nico Mbarga 1976 Sweet mother I no go forget you for the suffer wey you suffer for me. Sweet mother I no go forget you for the suffer wey you suffer for me. When I dey cry, my mother go carry me--she go say, my pikin [1] wetin you dey cry ye, ye, stop stop, stop stop make you no cry again oh." When I won sleep, my mother go pet me, she go lie me well well for bed, she cover me cloth, sing me to sleep, "sleep sleep my pikin oh." When I dey hungry, my mother go run up and down. she go find me something when I go chop [2] oh. Sweet mother I no go forget you for the suffer wey you suffer for me When I dey sick, my mother go cry, cry, cry, she go say instead when I go die make she die. O, she go beg God, "God help me, God help, my pikin oh." If I no sleep, my mother no go sleep, if I no chop, my mother no go chop, she no dey tire oh. Sweet mother I no go forget you, for the suffer wey you suffer for me. You fit get another wife, you fit get another husband, but you fit get another mother? No! And if I forget you, therefore I forget my life and the air I breathe. And then on to you men, forget, verily, forget your mother, for if you forget your mother you've lost your life.