Yeah
I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey
by Sanderlei Silveira - 12/04/2023 ∞ X
Yeah
I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey
What Daddy always tell you?
Straighten up, little soldier
Stiffen up that upper lip
What you cryin' about?
You got me
[Verse 1]
Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad
When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry
Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's wit' you in your prayers
No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
Lainie, Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it
We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls
When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you
Daddy's always on the move, Mama's always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see
Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'
Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But it's just somethin' we have no control over, and that's what destiny is
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream
[Chorus 1]
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[Verse 2]
Heh, it's funny
I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying
Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom
And at the time, every house that we lived in
Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
And your Mom was savin' money for you in a jar
Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot
So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment
And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD
And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and Mama out to see me
But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me
Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV
And Mama didn't like it
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
Papa was a rolling stone, Mama developed a habit
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand
Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'
Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here
Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here
I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?
Shh! Mama's only gone for the moment
[Chorus 1]
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[Chorus 2]
And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'ma give you the world
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
I'ma break that birdie's neck
I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad! (Haha)
Ja
Včasih vem
Stvari vam trenutno morda niso vedno smiselne
Ampak hej
Kaj ti očka vedno pove?
Poravnajte, mali vojak
Oteži to zgornjo ustnico
O čem jokaš?
Dobil si me
[Verz 1]
Hailie, vem, da pogrešaš svojo mamo in vem, da pogrešaš svojega očeta
Ko me ne bo več, a poskušam dati življenje, ki ga nikoli nisem imel
Vidim, da si žalosten, tudi ko se nasmehneš, tudi ko se smejiš
Vidim ga v tvojih očeh, globoko v sebi hočeš jokati
Ker se bojiš, nisem tam, oče je v vaših molitvah
Nič več joka, obrišite jih solze, očka je tukaj, ni več nočnih mor
Se 'potegnemo skupaj, to storimo
Lainie, stric je nor, kajne? Ja, ampak on te ima rad, punca in bolje veste
Vse, kar imamo na tem svetu, ko se vrti, ko se vrti
Ko se vrti, ko se vrti, dve majhni čudoviti deklici
Videti 'zmedeno, v zamikanju, vem, da je zmedeno
Očka je vedno na poti, mama je vedno na novicah
Poskušam vas zadržati, a nekako se zdi
Težje, da to poskusim, bolj mi
Vse stvari rastejo kot očka, ki ga je moral videti
Očka noče, da vidiš, ampak vidiš ravno toliko kot on
Nismo načrtovali, da bi bilo tako, tvoja mama in jaz
Toda stvari so bile med nami tako slabe, da nas nikoli ne vidim
Skupaj kdaj, kot smo bili nekoč, ko smo bili najstniki
Toda potem se seveda vse vedno zgodi z razlogom
Mislim, da nikoli ni bilo mišljeno
Ampak to je le nekaj, kar nimamo nadzora, in to je usoda
Ampak nič več skrbi, počivajte v glavi in pojdite spat
Mogoče se bomo nekega dne zbudili in to bodo vse samo sanje
[Zbor 1]
Zdaj pa hripa, mali dojenček, ne joči
Vse bo še v redu
Oteži tisto zgornjo ustnico navzgor, mala gospa, sem ti rekel
Očka je tu, da vas drži skozi noč
Vem, da mamica trenutno ni tukaj in ne vemo, zakaj
Čutimo, kako se počutimo v notranjosti
Morda se zdi malo noro, lepo dojenček
Ampak obljubim, da bo mamina gona v redu
[Verz 2]
Heh, smešno je
Spomnim se, da se je eno leto, ko očka ni imel denarja
Mamica je ovojila božična darila in jih zataknila pod drevo
In rekel, da jih nekaj od mene, ker jih očka ni mogel kupiti
Nikoli ne bom pozabil tega božiča, sedel sem celo noč jok
Ker se je očka počutil kot bedak - glej, očka je imel službo
Toda njegova naloga je bila, da hrani hrane na mizi za vas in mamo
In takrat, vsako hišo, v kateri smo živeli
Bodisi se je vdrl in oropal ali streljal na blok
In tvoja mama je za vas zbrala denar v kozarcu
Poskusite začeti s piggy banko za vas, da bi lahko šli na fakulteto
Skoraj je imel tisoč dolarjev, dokler ga nekdo ni vdrl in ga ukradel
In vem, da je tako hudo, da je zlomilo srce tvoje mamine
In zdelo se je, kot da se je vse šele začelo razpadati
Mama in oče sta se veliko prepirala
Tako se je mama preselila nazaj v Chalmers v stanovanju z eno spalnico
In oče se je na Novari preselil nazaj na drugo stran 8 milj
In takrat je očka odšel v Kalifornijo s svojim CD -jem
In spoznal dr. Dre in odletela z vami in mamo, da bi me videl
Toda očka je moral delati, ti in mama sta me morala zapustiti
Potem ste začeli videti očka na televizorju
In mami ni bila všeč
In ti in Lainie sta bila premlad, da bi jo razumeli
Papa je bil rolling kamen, mama je razvila navado
In vse se je zgodilo prehitro, da bi ga kdo od nas zgrabil
Žal mi je, da si bil tam in sem moral biti priča iz prve roke
Ker sem vse, kar sem si kdaj želel, samo ponosen
Zdaj sedim v tej prazni hiši, samo spominjam se '
Če pogledam svoje otroške slike, me samo izpelje
Če želite videti, koliko sta oba zrasla, je skoraj tako, kot da ste zdaj sestre
Vau, ugibajte, da ste precej, in očka je še vedno tukaj
Lainie, tudi jaz govorim s tabo, očka je še vedno tukaj
Všeč mi je zvok tega, ja, to ima prstan, kajne?
Shh! Mama je zaenkrat izginila
[Zbor 1]
Zdaj pa hripa, mali dojenček, ne joči
Vse bo še v redu
Oteži tisto zgornjo ustnico navzgor, mala gospa, sem ti rekel
Očka je tu, da vas drži skozi noč
Vem, da mamica trenutno ni tukaj in ne vemo, zakaj
Čutimo, kako se počutimo v notranjosti
Morda se zdi malo noro, lepo dojenček
Ampak obljubim, da bo mamina gona v redu
[Zbor 2]
In če me vprašate, vam bo očka kupil posmeh
Dam vam svet
Kupim diamantni prstan zate, pojem zate
Naredil bom karkoli, da te vidim, kako se nasmehnete
In če ta posmeh ne poje in ta prstan ne sije
Prelomim vrat tega ptička
Vrnil se bom k draguljarju, ki ga je prodal
In naj poje vsako karat, ne zajebavajte z očetom! (Haha)