Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
I told my mom

Not to swim in the Nile
She got attacked by a hungry crocodile
Now I'm a motherless child


Lord, why did she splash so?
Why did she have to go

Get eaten by that crocodile
Now I'm a motherless child
I may never smile


We worked for Ben laden
On his grass farm

There by the Nile
Where I was born
Now I'm feelin' forlorn


Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child

I told my mom
Not to swim in the Nile
She got attacked by a hungry crocodile

Now I'm a motherless child

Lord, why did she splash so?

Why did she have to go
Get eaten by that crocodile
Now I'm a motherless child

I may never smile

Could have been born in Haiti

Where the money rolls in
Like wave after wave
People drink cola and gin

Get cornrowed hair
And America's their friend


But we worked for Ben laden
On his !@!@&& farm
There by the Nile

Where I was born
Now I'm feelin' forlorn


Now I just feel
Like a motherless child
I told my mom

Not to swim in the Nile
She got attacked by a hungry crocodile
Now I'm a motherless child


Gimme money and make me smile...