SHE CAME HOME CRYING, MY CALABASH IS BROKEN
MY WATER POURED AWAY
MY FOSTER MOTHER WILL KILL ME
WHOM DO I RUN TO
WHO WILL SAVE ME TONIGHT
WHO WILL CONVINCE MY FOSTER MOTHER THAT IT WAS OHAFIA
WARRIORS THAT CAUSED IT
WHO WILL CONVINCE HER THAT I USED MY CALABASH TO EXCHANGE MY
HEAD FROM OHAFIA WARRIORS
HOW DO I REPLACE MY CALABASH
OH IF ONLY EMEKA WAS NOT DECEIVED INTO HATING ME THAT I AM A
WITCH
HE WOULD HAVE HELPED ME TO REPLACE THIS CALABASH
HE WAS READY TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME
HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT LOVES ME IN THIS WHOLE WORLD
UNTIL MY STEP MOTHER DISABUSED HIS MIND
WHO WILL SAVE AN ORPHAN LIKE ME FROM THE WRATH OF MY FOSTER
MOTHER
WHO WILL STOP HER FROM POURING HOT WATER ON ME TONIGHT
WHO WILL STOP HER FROM PUTTING PEPPER INTO MY WOMANHOOD
WHO WILL STOP HER FROM OSTRACING ME FROM THE HOME TONIGHT
WHO WILL STOP HER FROM STARVING ME TONIGHT
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE
WHICH WAY FOR A POOR ORPHAN LIKE ME
WHO WILL SPEAK FOR ME
WHO WILL BE MY VOICE
WHO WILL STAND BY ME
LORD WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE
I WISH THE EARTH COULD OPEN AND SWALLOW ME ALIVE
WHY HAS LIFE BEEN THIS CRUEL TO ME
MOTHER WHERE ARE YOU
WHY DID DEATH TAKE YOU AND DAD AWAY FROM ME
AND LEFT ONLY ME IN THIS COLD AND WICKED WORLD TO SUFFER
LORD INTO THY HANDS I PUT MY SOUL TONIGHT.
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