John Legend - Motherless Child Lyrics

My mother left me when I was 1 years old. This song hits home.

What an incredible song!

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from home, a long way from home
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done
And a long, long way from home, a long way from home
True believer
True believer
A long, long way from home
A long, long way from home

Loss of Mother, age 40. Death of relationship, that is .OK? Loss of Father/suicide, me age 3..........affects me more the I live. Selah

Been singing and dancing to this song since i was 12 forgot about it until well

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

this was the first time I heard this guy, when I was watching this show. Been a fan ever since.

I'm a Motherless Child
I was A Bad Boy a Real Wild
Thinking and Missing you Daily Michelle & Grandma Mattie. 💔💯

You should also check this version with a fantastic fEmale voice

https://youtu.be/-9NmBm1AmUo

Yes https://sellfy.com/p/d0S3/

I lost my mother 24 days before my first birthday....I feel like a motherless child every fuckin day! I guess I earned that!

I just love his voice...

It hurts if your motherless child and your mother is still alive.

great performance.. straight from the soul

Must be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Flaweless executed.

2019 Still my song ..

Daymn that piano sounds nasty!

My mom is the angel for my family she cooks for me, buys clothes, birthday things cake all of those days.

My school is performencing the song omg!!

Very sad song im crying😭😓💦💓

I’m 65 and even though my mum and dad died 40 years ago I still miss them dearly.

damn this is good, so good, almost unprecedentedly good. Go listen to Prince's version. You're welcome.

Real life song right here John killed this song! Yes!

So I just heard this rendition last year and I’m hooked

For Elton John

My mother fell asleep in the Lord in 2015, from brain cancer. I get a bit upset that she left us... is it bad that I feel that way?
God, how I love her! She had all the answers... her shoulders were strong for her 6 children and 16 grandchildren. 😢

Blind Willie Johnson !!

dad died when i was 2, mum when i was 8, grandpa i never met alive and grandma 3 days ago. mine is beyond motherless, hrt wrecking song.

Sometime I feel
Like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
And sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
A long...long way...from home

Whooaoo

And Sometimes I feel
Like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel whooaoo
Like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel yeahehe
Like I'm all alone
A long...a looong wayee from home

C'mon, c'mon
Who's got a shoulder when I need to cry
I feel restless and I don't know why
Cry for help, but still feel alone
Like A motherless child along way from home
Lord I'm lost I can't find my way
I'm dealin' with the struggles in my day to day
My soul is weak and I wanna be strong
I try to run away but I've been running to long

I've been running to long...
I've been running to long

Heeyy

Who's got a shoulder when I need to cry
I feel restless and I don't know why
Cry for help, but I still feel alone
Like a motherless child along way from home
Lord I'm lost I can't find my way
I'm dealin' with the struggles in my day to day
My soul is weak and I wanna be strong
I try to run away but I've been running to long

I've been running to long...
I've been running to long
Like a motherless child (X4)
So lost and so long
Like a motherless child

no family here, just feeling numb

Miss you mom. Your son.

TRULY UNDERSTAND THIS SONG TO THE FULLEST LOST MY ♕ LAST YEAR JUNE 6, 2017

I went to foster care as a child. My first child was born this Valentine's Day and 8 days later im writing this. Smh. Life is crazy. Help me Lord

Ive NEVER known the woman that gave birth to me so I feel this song from that aspect very deeply. I ALSO feel this song from the aspect of an Africa being a long way from home. Give it a listen from that perspective.

Every word of this song pertains to me. I lost my mother 16 years ago and I feel every ounce so what are you saying.... Every emotion.
Dealing with the struggle on the day to day....cry for help... lost and alone.... etc.

being lost in the world makes you feel alone. rest in peace Mom. I love you

motherless and fatherless child here biggest issue for me to tackle

LYRICS!

WHOOAOO

Sometime I feel
Like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
And sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
A long...long way...from home

WHOOAOO

And sometimes I feel
Like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel
Like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel
Like I'm all alone
A long...a long way...from home

WHOOAOO, WHOOAOO, WHOOAOO
C'mon, C'mon

Who’s got a shoulder when I need to cry
I feel restless and I don't know why
Cry for help, but still feel alone
Like a motherless child along way from home
Lord I'm lost I can't find my way
I'm dealing with the struggles in my day to day
My soul is weak and I wanna be strong
I try to run away but I've been running too long

I've been running too long
I've been running too long
I've been running too long
Like a motherless child 
Like a motherless child 
Like a motherless child 
WHOOAOO Like a motherless child 
WHOO Like a motherless child 
WHOO Like a motherless child 
Like a motherless child...

There is hope, I promise... sometimes it’s better to be alone.

lost my momma a year ago. miss her every day.

I (Donelle D. Webb Class of "2003") ambvery appreciative of songs like this thanks to Miss. Michelle McGee at David W. Carter Gospel and All city Choir

This song heals a broken piece of me.....

I will song this song for my school choir class but not like that like choir

He killed this! Mahalia Jackson and Nina Simone I know are proud. This dropped like early 2000's. I can't find this CD in my collection anymore.

My mother is alive.
Yes shes my birth Mother and I can relate to every last word 😢😢😢

I have a mother. The song is just powerful and soulful

at least y'all know y'all momma loves y'all my whole family hate me n I'm only 17

Casey Johnsom I love you my dude

I feel like that an have mom

Touching (right 2 the soul), omg. God I so appreciate all music!

he killed this sublime version,,shame on you bitch legend

i sang this at uil

Is he really a pianist? He hits so heavy on low notes.

I dont think I have ever listened to this song without tears falling down my cheeks. I always listen to it when I am on my own, never sharing it with anyone. It is such a personal song.

i love john

This is a great song we sung thos at school for the black history program. This boy named Romon and I had a duet when he sing who got a shoulder that part and we. pth cried. At the end everybody kept saying yall sound good together

powerful song with strong religious and uplifting message.  From the slave quarters to present day, the message still resonate today.

Great rendition of this timeless and powerful song.

when i hear this song im brought to tears.. i lost my mother at the age of 4, never had any memories of my mother.. i tear up at the mention of her name or mere photos of her, mere thought of her and i feel like an infant who cant control his emotions.. most people will never understand what its like... so many taken for granted.... she will be the most influential person i never met.

84 people are crazy

I'm singing this for my 8th grade choir solo

My mom left when I was a baby, although I would see her growing up, I never really knew her. When she died, I felt sad l never really understood her life or reasons for not being there when I was a kid.

Such a piece of art

I believe I've felt like that since I was very young age 😇

SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE... HUMAN

Legendary song and legendary singer.

Beautiful song! John Legend sounds great.

Im a grown woman and still feel motherless; lost her 8 years ago to cancer; no one can replace; no one. No 'mum' caller ID on the phone anymore; no words of comfort that can only come from that unconditional love; my mum would say dont worry, even when she knew she was dying; I hurt and miss her to this very day but her memory keeps me strong.

Maria S I know that feeling 13 yrs later. I too called her mum They are with us.. always. hugs and understanding

Maria S I am a grown woman of 38 sick with brain cancer. I have no mother, father, siblings. But I know it will all b ok wen I kiss my children goodnite b4 bed. I'm very sorry for your loss! & my prayers will include u for the rest of my days, & beyond.

I feel the same after 15 years. I think it's a pain that never passes. And I'm 53...

@amber churchill How very selfless, Amber. God bless you, dear.

allot of artists have covered this song......I must say John crushes it......(heard the live version?..John Stephens Live at SOB's)

j hummer this is live

yes...it is...I guess I meant to say the other live version on "Live at SOB's"

how i feel at this very moment

Easily his most powerful song.

beautiful....however Prince tore and ripped this awesome song

Becky Madrid Prince's version is amazing!

@Becky Madrid...so TRUE...John Sang it beautifully...but Prince tore his heart out and shredded ours along with it....~Prince is Prince ~ incomparable

magnifique

<3 I love my mother

Sometimes you can feel like a motherless child with a mother.

Mane!!!!!!

@heavenly isidore Your NOT alone

@deekat3279 bless u baby

@Latanya Jackson thank you! Blessings to you, as well! 💜

@deekat3279 ALWAYS

I feel like a motherless child as far being a foreigner. I am African American and I don't really identify with the motherland. I've never been there, and all I know as a mother land us America. however, they say I'm not a native. I'm not American, I'm African American. where is my motherland?

Africa. You know you can actually find out exactly where you are coming from by sending your dna to companies who establish which country from you are coming from.

You can't let others choose who you are. You belong here in your heart than you are American.

watched my mom murdered at two, a life long PTSD battle for almost 40 years, this song triggers emotions beyond any control.

Stay strong, Jerome!

+aquariusmarika thanks I am

Jerome Garcia God bless you. I pray strength and peace over you. I hope you receive this

shallom jay I did

my mom always been in my life but she jus hates me A LOT

+tashell button So did mine when she was alive

i can understand u...but it get better...

Same here

a true motherless child

listen to this great cover of this song by a talented girl.. https://youtu.be/-9NmBm1AmUo

+Stergios Ts I just heard it .... wow !!!
I'm really impressed by her !!!

+conbert83 yess..i was also impressed when i recorded her!

oh nice, you work with her? where do you guys live? my brother-in-law  is producer in atlanta :-) if you want, i bring you in contact. she's a big talent and her passion for music is perceptible in every note :-) 

+conbert83 i know her and she just asked me to make this demo...i have a studio and iam also a producer :) yes ,we'd like to get in touch with him.my email is [email protected] you can also use it to find me at facebook(at facebook search)

+conbert83 we live in Athens-Greece

some good plantation blues

lost my mom to cancer when I was 9. this song explains how I feel and I'm 28 now. still weak I just can't get over it she was all I had. I'm lost.

@David Muhammad You Sir are correct. To simply try and comprehend the fact is a serious struggle, much less deal with the impact.

Wow my sister, you have hit the nail on the head. Dealing with impact and comprehending its reality is a doosey.

I was taken from my mom when I was 10 yrs old, placed into foster care, we had no contact until I was 17, she was then murdered when I was 18, died in my arms in the hospital. Her killer got away with it...lots of pain there.

Through the grace of YAH, The Most High I made it through college, got married and have a career and nice home, but I still feel emotionally destroyed most of the time....Thanks for you words of understanding. I really need that today...

Shalom

David Muhammad Indeed brother is reciprocated because knowing that others out here can relate to something that is such a incomprehensionable struggle is of help.

Peace, Love and Light to you

Sister, your words "incomprehensionable struggle" have a healing effect. That's what it seems like; a struggle that is as wide and deep as the ocean, yet as harsh as the desert.

One day at a time...

God will be your mother and father. Abandonment is no joke

this is great

Like a Mother who have made mistakes and try to make it up to her children but they are hurting so bad until they don't understand.

Me right now

For all of us orphans

well said

More Than People Think.

Know the pain of this state and there is just no cure for it...that is unless you can find that unconditional love

solo los negros pueden cantar este blues, pues fuimos los blancos que vendimos sus hijos cuando eran exclavos, arrancados de su tierra original

Touches my soul.

Brilliant version!  Love to sing along with John.

I love this song. And i love your voice!!!!!!!

great song

motherless child for 38 out of 40 years of my  life... I haven't ever been home, not really; but I will be one day soon and I will meet her. John Legend, it's as if he sang straight from my soul.

Sam I feel your pain like very very few can and its a confusing, empty, sometimes hopeless feeling funk that can engulf your spirit if you dont strive to resist. Ive been without my mom 59 out of 60 years. Today is Mothers Day which aids in compounding the ache of the mother n child reunion. But know this Sam I believe as do you that one day we are gonna get to be in the presence of our Heavenly Father n our earthly momma. Until that day Godspeed Sam!

Tears of relevance. There is no worser feeling than that of a child who has yet the benefits of a mothers unconditional love. Although my biological didn't bother I thank God for my Great Aunt and Grandmother whose love I appreciate and so miss. Happy Mothers Day in Heaven to the both of them.

Blessings babygirl😍😍😍

he can sing  no doubt   but its a shame that he has 200000 more hits than Bessie griffins version

@don1carter don't you love youtube  id never heard of her either   and probably never would have  im getting to hear a lot more obscure artists  tonnes of talent out there eh?

Indeed.

@daniel klodt truth and beauty are eternal. and when one carrier puts the light down, it is picked up and passed on by another. i doubt that Ms Griffin would be unhappy that the song continues. just sayin.

ur right ive always loved covers ex sia california dreaming miley cyrus lilac wine tribute albums etc and am glad when new talent recognizes standards but the originals are usually best and my point was newbies are usually unaware that they are even covers

i did and youre right good

great vocal. lots of ways of presenting this lyric. this one is less negro spiritual and more soul. definitely feels along way from home. middle bit works really well. he has been runnin' too long. lord he's lost and he wants to go home. amen 

This is easily his most powerful song! WOW!

the way he sings it he makes it soo passionate and full of angst 

Such a great song but I wish the live version from the Haiti concert was still on YT. I think it was the best performance in the concert.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbz1tz_john-legend-live-hope-for-haiti_music

Much obliged.

@EvanTLReynolds Thank you for the link!   I really enjoyed the live performance!  So much emotion and soul in that song!

this version is much more powerful than haiti performance

love him!

Psalm 27:10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Remind myself on a daily basis...ughh it can get hard but if the word indicates then we should trust in it.

you make me feel like a bird up in the sky yessina,closer to home!

yes he does...

Yessenia Escobar preach it

I love this song

Because It's TRUE!!!!! Believe Me I KNow.