Ma

Rich Brian menutup sisi personalnya dalam lagu “Ma”, track ke-8 dari album Where Is My Head?. Lagu ini menjadi salah satu karya paling emosional dan jujur dari Brian, di mana ia mencurahkan kerinduannya terhadap keluarga, perasaan bersalah karena jarang pulang, serta tekanan dari perjalanan karier internasionalnya. Dengan lirik yang lugas, “Ma” menghadirkan kisah nyata tentang keluarga, pengorbanan, dan introspeksi diri.

Lirik Lagu Rich Brian – Ma

[Verse 1]
Sorry, I might be single ’til forty
Couple of months, I might just take it back
Because all of these hoes can be boring
Say what you want and it’s yours (For real)
That’s an advice from my daddy (Yeah)
She wanna f-ck me for sure (Yeah)
I just been wanting some balance (Aye)
I do not f-ck with the pills and the powder
I don’t do the cinnamon challenge (Nah)
I don’t vacay when I need to chill
Man, I just go home to my parents (Uh)
But I ain’t been home in three years (Mm)
‘Cause of some visa sh-t (Mm)
My daddy been growin’ some greys (Dad)
I feel like a piece of sh-t (Sh-t)
Please don’t ask me to go to your wedding, I missеd my sister’s, b-tch (I’m so sorry)
And matter of fact, I missed my brothеr’s too, and that sh-t looked lit
Flew too close to the sun, but I keep going back, man, I’m a dead fiend
B-tch, I’m a deadbeat uncle, my niece think I live in that screen

[Chorus]
I was tryna make it back home, ma, I promise
You never gave me hard time, but I’m sorry
I should’ve been there for my sister’s daughter
I should’ve been home for my brother’s son
I’ve been working, b-tch, I’m no one and done
My daddy always said I’ll be number one
They not touchin’ me if I could be so blunt, uh
I’ma run this b-tch as long as I’m around, yeah

[Bridge]
Aye, yeah, aye, yeah
Aye, aye, aye, aye
Yeah
Yeah

[Verse 2]
Finally flew back to Jakarta since that first verse
Not linkin’ up with friends, all I got left to meet is serpents
I went back to the house I grew up in, I feel too big
My dog used to run out the house, but now I’d have to dig
I been in this b-tch, my nephew looking tall as sh-t
Told the world this my home, but I feel so the opposite
Yeah, I’m outside, lil’ b-tch, but I’ve been outside lookin’ in
I ain’t touch a drink in months, but if my dad pour one, I’ll sip
I’m twenty-five, got the prefrontal cortex
I was nineteen, my last project
Sharpen my pen, soundin’ perfect
They like where he been, y’all was upset
I mean to be real, I lost my mind
That manic episode ain’t kind
I went right back, I’m in my prime
I can’t go home, I don’t got the time

[Chorus]
I was tryna make it home, ma, I promise
You never gave me hard time, but I’m sorry
I should’ve been there for my sister’s daughter
I should’ve been home for my brother’s son
I’ve been working, b-tch, I’m no one and done
My daddy always said I’ll be number one
They not touchin’ me if I could be so blunt, uh
I’ma run this b-tch as long as I’m around, yeah

[Outro]
As long as I’m around, yeah
As long as I’m around
As long as I’m around, yeah
As long as I’m around
Too f-cked up, two fingers on the blunt
Two bad hoes, yeah, they like to call a bunch (Woo)
I might be tough, I used to cry a bunch
I feel better now, I was on a run

Deskripsi

“Ma” adalah lagu yang sangat personal, di mana Rich Brian menyinggung soal hubungan dengan orang tua dan keluarganya di Jakarta. Ia menceritakan kesulitan untuk pulang karena masalah visa dan karier yang menyita waktu, hingga melewatkan momen penting seperti pernikahan saudara dan tumbuh kembang keponakannya.

Chorus lagu ini menyoroti rasa bersalah dan penyesalan Brian terhadap ibunya, yang meski tidak pernah memberi tekanan, tetap membuatnya ingin menjadi anak yang lebih hadir untuk keluarga. Lagu ini memperlihatkan sisi rapuh Rich Brian, jauh dari persona publiknya sebagai rapper muda sukses.

Secara musikal, lagu ini memiliki nuansa rap melankolis dengan alur storytelling yang kuat. “Ma” bukan hanya sekadar lagu, tetapi juga surat terbuka Brian kepada keluarganya, terutama sang ibu, tentang perjuangan, pengorbanan, dan cinta yang tak terucapkan.

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