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Mother’s Day got emotional on “American Idol”.
On Sunday’s show, Chayce Beckham performed his original song “Mamma”, dedicated to his mom Windie.
“All of the pain you’ve felt / I hope you never have to feel it again / And the night that you picked me up from jail and I swore I’d never do it again / I’m sorry Mama,” Beckham sang.
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The song continued, “Mama I miss you and I wish that I could change / Yeah, I’d do anything that I can for the lady that gave me my name / just know that it’s not your fault / without you I’d be nothing at all / cause Mama I love you and I think that I can change.”
After the performance, Beckhams mom remarked, “You make my heart happy Chayce.”
“I mean, listen, you have me crying on your song as a songwriter, i’m going to tell you, put that song out now,” judge Lionel Richie said. “That’s a smash record. That was performed perfectly and you had us from the first… beginning of it. The chords, the words, everything man. Congratulations.”
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Also on the show, Beckham got with the week’s Coldplay theme for a performance of the band’s song “Magic”, which also won praise from the judges.