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 marijuana 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...