Lucky Dube calls his mother to confess his marriage has fallen apart. He thought his wife was the best, but now sees her beauty masked a destructive character. He reflects on how he was misled by wealth and appearance, and how his mother's past guidance might have helped him avoid this.
I could hear her voice from the other side of the telephone. She was smiling, then she asked me a question that I doubt the answer. She said, son, did you take time to know her? I said, Mama, she's the best. But today It hurts me so to go back to Mama and say, Mama, I'm getting divorced. Oh, I'm getting divorced. This choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would. This choice I made, it hurts me so, Mama. I did not know that behind that beauty lies that true color that will destroy me in the near future. This choice I made didn't work out to be what I thought it would be. Oh, Mama. I remember when I held you by the hand, rich young men that read their scriptures, holy words in your mind. Maybe what that rich young man said was not something that was within you. Now I know what they mean when they say beautiful woman, you're not another
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming / Madness - Too Hot To Handle ft. UB40 / One in Ten (Live)
