productofthe80s, I think the whole song is from the perspective of the woman who is the widow of a living man. When she talks to "mama", she is referring to her mother, not Ben Harper's. There's no mention of a child, and no particular reason to think there is one. Not everything is literally nonfictional.
productofthe80s, I think the whole song is from the perspective of the woman who is the widow of a living man. When she talks to "mama", she is referring to her mother, not Ben Harper's. There's no mention of a child, and no particular reason to think there is one. Not everything is literally nonfictional.