L'ammore overo – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Rocco Hunt

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt lyrics of 'L'ammore overo' by Rocco Hunt to explore the nuances of Neapolitan dialect and Italian hip-hop. This poignant ballad offers a unique blend of traditional melodies and modern rap, providing an authentic window into expressions of love, longing, and the search for genuine connection.

[English]

You're different, I notice it when I look at you

And if I tell you that you're beautiful, it's not because I'm messed up

The woman puts on her makeup in front of the mirror

For a man who doesn't compliment her all night long

Every love is for convenience, and you can't do anything about it

I would like to look inside you to see what you think of me

But I'm still here, even if it rains or the sun is shining

When I pass by your house and see the light on the balcony

I miss you, and I'd be a hypocrite if I told you

That without you I'm fine and I'm calm with myself

The truth is I can't even sleep at night anymore

I search for you, but I can't find you, I dream of you and wake up suddenly

Simplicity and truth are the things that really matter

Because they come from within and can't pretend if they aren't there

All the things I loved may have been destroyed

And those who said they loved me have either disappeared or left

And those times I suffered, but I never told you

I didn't talk about it with friends and kept it inside

True love doesn't exist if you're with someone else

It's only sincere when it lets down its hair

I think of you always, I think of you almost every night

And I search for you always, without you I can't sleep

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

If you ask me how I'm doing, I reply "I'm fine"

And those times I went down but couldn't find you

I didn't talk to anyone and how I felt bad

True love doesn't exist if it's for convenience

I want to read your thoughts to see what you think

I think of you always, I think of you almost every night

I call you always, but you don't want to answer me

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

I'm tired of running after people

Only those who come from misery know the change

And when life finally changes for real

I remember the mold in the little room, mom always shouting

The same old crap as always, don't ever take me as an example

This life has beaten me, people have exploited me

But if I had listened to others, maybe I would have never left

Success was the price for me to accept

Everything comes nice and good, you can't plan it

I want beautiful times, simplicity, memories

You're so poor that you only have money

And how many things separate us from South to North

We're more carnal and the laborer’s mother never forgets

"Rocco is a seller," "Rocco is a climber"

He already had money and to be there he's recommended"

No, Rocco isn't fine, he doesn't talk to people

But he never tells anyone, he only writes it in songs

How many true friends do I have?

Who gets going and runs away

Who brings the wheel and goes telling

Who in life has ambition is like chickenpox

It comes only once, but a stone doesn't become a star

What you see you can't taste, another drink to sip

I learned that those who are slow can be overtaken

The name written on the face of the wall for graffiti and break

They made us the osses, you that hip hop, bro, listen to Nek

And those times I suffered, but I never told you

I didn't talk about it with friends and kept it inside

True love doesn't exist if you're with someone else

It's only sincere when it lets down its hair

I think of you always, I think of you almost every night

And I search for you always, without you I can't sleep

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

If you ask me how I'm doing, I reply "I'm fine"

And those times I went down but couldn't find you

I didn't talk to anyone and how I felt bad

True love doesn't exist if it's for convenience

I want to read your thoughts to see what you think

I think of you always, I think of you almost every night

I call you always, but you don't want to answer me

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

I'm tired of running after people

...

And those times I suffered, but I never told you

I didn't talk about it with friends and kept it inside

True love doesn't exist if you're with someone else

It's only sincere when it lets down its hair

I think of you always, I think of you almost every night

And I search for you always, without you I can't sleep

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

If you ask me how I'm doing, I reply "I'm fine"

And those times I went down but couldn't find you

I didn't talk to anyone and how I felt bad

True love doesn't exist if it's for convenience

I want to read your thoughts to see what you think

I think of you always, I think of you almost every night

I call you always, but you don't want to answer me

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

I'm tired of running after people

...

[Italian]

Si' diversa, je me ne accorgo se te guardo

E se te dico ca si bell nn'è pecché sto scumbinato

'A femmena se trucca l'ore sane annanze 'o specchio

Pe' n'ommo che tutta 'a serata nun le fa nu complimento

Ogni ammore è a convenienza, e tu nun ce può fa niente

Je te vulesse guardà 'a dint' pe' vedè tu 'e me che pienze

Ma stongo ancora ca pure se chiove o ce sta 'o sole

Quando passo sott"a casa e veco 'a luce dint"o balcone

Tu me manchi, e fossi ipocrita se te dicesse

Ca senza 'e te sto buono e sto tranquillo cu me stesso

'A verità è che nun dormo manco cchiù 'a notte

Te cerco, ma nun te trovo, te sonno e me sceto 'e botto

'A semplicità e 'a verità so' 'e cose che contano overo

Pecché veneno 'a dinto e nun può fingere se nun 'e tiene

Tutte 'e cose che aggio amato po' se so' distrutte

E chi diceva che m'amava o è scumparzo o se n'è jiuto

E chelli vote ca suffrevo, ma nu te l'aggio ditto

Nun ne parlavo ch"e cumpagne e m"o tenevo 'a dinto

L'ammore overo nun esiste se mo staje cu chillo

Ch'è sincero sulo quanno te scioglie 'e capille

Je ce penzo sempe, ce penzo quase tutte 'e notte

E te cerco sempe, senza 'e te nun riesco a dormere

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

Se m'addomande comme stongo, rispongo "sto buono"

E chelli vote che scennevo ma nun te truavo

Nun ne parlavo cu nisciuno e comme stevo male

L'ammore overo nun esiste se vai a convenienza

Te voje leggere dint"o penziero pe' vedè che pienze

Te penzo sempe, te penzo quase tutte 'e notte

Te chiammo sempe, ma tu nun me vuo' risponnere

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

M'aggio scucciato 'e correre aret'e perzone

Sulo chi vene 'a dint"a miseria nota 'o cambiamento

E quando finalmente 'a vita cagna overamente

M'arricordo 'a muffa dint"a stanzetta, mammà ch'allucca sempe

'A stessa capa 'e merda 'e sempe, nun me piglià mai d'esempio

'Sta vita m'ha vattuto, 'a gente m'ha sfuttuto

Ma si steve a sentere a ll'ate forse nun ero mai partuto

'O successo è stato 'o prezzo pe' me fa accettà

Arriva tutto bello e buono, nun 'o puo' programmà

Voglio 'e tiempe belle, 'a semplicità, 'e ricorde

Site talmente puverielle che tenite sulo 'e sorde

E quanta cose ce separano 'a Sud a Nord

Simmo cchiù carnale e 'o zappatore 'a mamma nun s"a scorda

"Rocco è nu vennuto", "Rocco è nu muntato

Già teneva 'e sorde e pe' stà là è raccomandato"

No, Rocco nun sta buono, nun parla ch"e perzone

Ma nun 'o dice mai a nisciuno, 'o scrive sulo 'int"e canzone

Quanta cumpagne overe tengo?

Chi mette in moto e va fujenno

Chi porta 'a rota e 'o va dicenno

Chi 'int"a vita l'ambizione è comme 'a varicella

Arriva 'na vota sola, ma 'na preta nn'addeventa stella

Chello che vide nun ê assaggià, n'atu drink 'a sorseggià

Aggio 'mparato che chi è lento po' l'hê sorpassà

'O nomme scritto 'nfaccia 'e mure pe' graffiti e break

Ce amma fatto l'osse, ate che hip hop, fra', sientete a Nek

E chelli vote ca suffrevo, ma nu te l'aggio ditto

Nun ne parlavo ch"e cumpagne e m"o tenevo 'a dinto

L'ammore overo nun esiste se mo staje cu chillo

Ch'è sincero sulo quanno te scioglie 'e capille

Je ce penzo sempe, ce penzo quase tutte 'e notte

E te cerco sempe, senza 'e te nun riesco a dormere

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

Se m'addomande comme stongo, rispongo "sto buono"

E chelli vote che scennevo ma nun te truavo

Nun ne parlavo cu nisciuno e comme stevo male

L'ammore overo nun esiste se vai a convenienza

Te voje leggere dint"o penziero pe' vedè che pienze

Te penzo sempe, te penzo quase tutte 'e notte

Te chiammo sempe, ma tu nun me vuo' risponnere

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

M'aggio scucciato 'e correre aret'e perzone

E chelli vote ca suffrevo, ma nu te l'aggio ditto

Nun ne parlavo ch"e cumpagne e m"o tenevo 'a dinto

L'ammore overo nun esiste se mo staje cu chillo

Ch'è sincero sulo quanno te scioglie 'e capille

Je ce penzo sempe, ce penzo quase tutte 'e notte

E te cerco sempe, senza 'e te nun riesco a dormere

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

Se m'addomande comme stongo, rispongo "sto buono"

E chelli vote che scennevo ma nun te truavo

Nun ne parlavo cu nisciuno e comme stevo male

L'ammore overo nun esiste se vai a convenienza

Te voje leggere dint"o penziero pe' vedè che pienze

Te penzo sempe, te penzo quase tutte 'e notte

Te chiammo sempe, ma tu nun me vuo' risponnere

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

M'aggio scucciato 'e correre aret'e perzone

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ammore /amˈmoːre/ B1	noun - love
guardà /ɡwarˈdaː/ B2	verb - to look at
pecché /pekˈke/ B2	conjunction - because
femmena /femˈmeːna/ B1	noun - woman
specchio /spɛˈkkiːo/ B2	noun - mirror
serata /seˈraːta/ A2	noun - evening
capa /ˈkaːpa/ A2	noun - head
cambio /ˈkaːmbjo/ B2	noun - change
cuore /ˈkwoːre/ B1	noun - heart
nuvole /nuˈvoːle/ A2	noun - clouds
fiume /ˈfjuːme/ B2	noun - river
notte /ˈnɔtːe/ A2	noun - night