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| Name = Dear Mama | |||
| Cover = Dear MAMA.jpg | |||
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| Artist = [[B Flow]] | |||
< | | Album = Dear Mama | ||
| Released = {{Start date|2016|04|07}} | |||
| Format = {{flat list| | |||
*CD single | |||
* Digital download | |||
}} | |||
| Recorded = 2016 | |||
| Genre = Afro-Pop | |||
| Length = {{Duration|m=04|s=48}} | |||
| Label = Money Music Records | |||
| Writer = [[B Flow]] | |||
| Producer = Killa Beats ‘KB ‘ | |||
| Certification = | |||
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| Last single = | |||
| This single ="'''Dear Mama'''"<br/>(2016) | |||
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{{Featured article}} | |||
"'''Dear Mama'''" is a song by Zambian singer and songwriter [[B Flow]] and the title track from his fifth studio album ''Dear Mama'' (2016).<ref name=Bflow>{{cite web|title= B Flow Releases New Album – Dear Mama |url= http://blog.kalimbaradio.com/index.php/2016/04/14/b-flow-releases-new-album-dear-mama/ |publisher= MWAPE CHISAKA |accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=BRI>{{cite web|title=B-Flow launches ‘Dear Mama’ |url= https://www.africanewshub.com/news/4854476-b-flow-launches-dear-mama |publisher= Africa News Hub |accessdate= 2 May 2016}}</ref> It was written and composed by [[B Flow]] with production handled by Killa Beats 'KB'. It was released in March 2016, as the lead single from the album. | |||
</ | "Dear Mama" is a song where B Flow tells a story of the problems faced during his childhood and he cries out why his late mother – the Genesis of his victory story is not here to dine to the success. He also reminisces about the Kabwe days.<ref name=flow/> | ||
==Composition and meaning== | |||
"Dear Mama" was written and composed by B Flow. It feaures some parts of the President of the United States Barack Obama's speech during the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) in Washington DC where he was also endorsed by the US President.<ref name=BBF>{{cite web|title=Zambia Musician Gets Shoutout From President Obama for Highlighting Article Against HIV/Aids |url= https://globalvoices.org/2015/08/08/zambia-musician-gets-shout-out-from-president-obama-for-highlighting-struggle-against-hivaids/|publisher= Globalvoices.org|accessdate= 16 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=BRIA>{{cite web|title=Brian Bwembya recognized by President Obama |url= http://www.zambiaembassy.org/in-the-news/brian-b-flow-bwembya-recognized-by-president-obama-during-the-2015-mandela-fellowship |publisher=Zambia Embassy |accessdate= 23 April 2016}}</ref> | |||
=== Song meaning === | |||
The song was sang in Nyanja and English where B Flow cries out why his late mother – the Genesis of his victory story is not here to dine to the success. He also reminisces about the Kabwe days where he moved from selling sweets on the streets of Kabwe to rubbing shoulders with Barack Obama. In his own words from the song, B Flow is "dining with Kings and Queens".<ref name=flow>{{cite web|title=B FLOW’S INSPIRATIONAL STORY |url= http://www.times.co.zm/?p=82300 |publisher= Hildah Lumba |accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> | |||
==Track listing== | |||
{{Track listing | |||
| headline = Digital download and CD single | |||
| writing_credits = yes | |||
| title1 = Dear Mama <ref name=BBB>{{cite web|title= B Flow Releases New song – Dear Mama |url= https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/03/16/bflow-releases-new-song-features-us-president-barack-obama/ |publisher= KAPA187 |accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> | |||
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[B Flow]]|Brain}} | |||
| length1 = 3:30 | |||
}} | |||
== Release history == | |||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" | |||
! scope="col"| Region | |||
! scope="col"| Date | |||
! scope="col"| Label | |||
! scope="col"| Format | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2"|{{ZAM}} | |||
| February 2016 | |||
| rowspan="2"| K-Army | |||
| Digital download | |||
|- | |||
| 07 April 2016 | |||
| CD | |||
|} | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
==External links== | |||
* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u2gY5-HUMlE Zambian Artist "B Flow" Recognized By President Barrack Obama] | |||
{{B Flow |state=expanded}} | |||
[[Category:B Flow| ]] | |||
[[Category:2015 songs]] | |||
[[Category:2016 singles]] | |||
[[Category:B Flow songs]] | |||
