Rockabye – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Call it love and devotion
Call it a mom's adoration (foundation)
A special bond of creation, hah
For all the single moms out there, going through frustration
Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie
Sing, make them hear
She works at nights, by the water
She's gone astray, so far away
From her father's daughter
She just wants a life for her baby
All on her own, no one will come
She's got to save him (daily struggle)
She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"
"I'm gonna give you all of my love"
"Nobody matters like you" (stay up there, stay up there)
She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life" (straight!)
"You're gonna grow and have a good life"
"I'm gonna do what I've got to do" (stay up there, stay up there)
So, rockabye, baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry
Somebody's got you
Rockabye, baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry
Ah, rockabye, no
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (oh)
Rockabye (yeah, yeah)
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye
Single mum, how're you doing out there?
Facing the hard life, without no fear (yeah)
Just so you know that you really care
'Cause any obstacle come, you're well-prepared (oh, no)
And no, mama, you never shed tear
'Cause you have to shed things year after year (na, na, na, na)
And you give the yout love beyond compare (yeah)
You find his school fee and the bus fare (yeah)
Mmh, all when di pops disappear
Inna rum bar, can't find him nowhere
Steadily your workflow, heavily you know
So your non-stop, no time, no time for ya dear
Now she got a six-year-old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep out the cold
When he looks in her eyes
He don't know he is safe
When she says, "Ooh, love no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"
"I'm gonna give you all of my love"
"Nobody matters like you"
So, rockabye, baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry
Somebody's got you
Rockabye, baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then)
Ah, rockabye, no
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (oh-oh)
Rockabye (yeah, yeah)
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye
Rockabye, don't bother cry
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo
Rockabye, don't bother cry
Angels surround you, just dry your eye
Now she got a six-year-old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep out the cold
When he looks in her eyes
He don't know he is safe when she says
She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"
"I'm gonna give you all of my love"
"Nobody matters like you" (stay up there, stay up there)
She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life" (straight!)
"You're gonna grow and have a good"
"I'm gonna do what I got to do" (yeah)
So, rockabye, baby, rockabye (rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
Somebody's got you
Rockabye, baby, rockabye (rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then)
Ah, rockabye
Rockabye, don't bother cry
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (ah, rockabye)
Rockabye, don't bother cry (yeah)
Angels surround you, just dry your eye (yeah, ah, rockabye)
Rockabye, don't bother cry (no)
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (oh, rockabye)
Rockabye, don't bother cry
Angels surround you, just dry your eye
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Key Vocabulary
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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baby /ˈbeɪ.bi/ A1 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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cry /kraɪ/ A1 |
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hurt /hɜːrt/ B1 |
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single /ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/ A2 |
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work /wɜːrk/ A1 |
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struggle /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ B2 |
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angels /ˈeɪn.dʒəlz/ B1 |
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school /skuːl/ A1 |
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good /ɡʊd/ A1 |
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far /fɑːr/ A1 |
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water /ˈwɔː.tər/ A1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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She's gone astray, so far away From her father's daughter
➔ Present Perfect Continuous / Adjective Order
➔ "She's gone astray" uses the present perfect continuous indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present. "Far away from her father's daughter" shows the typical adjective order, although flexible. Adjective order usually: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose noun. In this case 'father's' is an possessive adjective.
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She just wants a life for her baby
➔ Simple Present / Infinitive of Purpose
➔ "She wants" is in the simple present tense to express a general truth. "a life for her baby" is expressing her purpose or desire, for her baby.
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Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life
➔ Future Tense (informal) / Double Negative (non-standard)
➔ "Ain't gon' be" is a very informal and non-standard way of saying "is not going to be" (future tense). "Nothing like my life" in combination with "ain't" creates a double negative, which, while grammatically incorrect in standard English, is used for emphasis in some dialects.
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I'm gonna do what I've got to do
➔ Future Tense (informal) / Present Perfect / Modal Verb (have to)
➔ "I'm gonna do" is an informal contraction for "I am going to do" (future tense). "I've got to do" uses present perfect of 'have' combined with the modal verb 'have to' to indicate obligation or necessity.
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How're you doing out there?
➔ Present Continuous / Contraction
➔ "How're you doing" is a contraction of "How are you doing", using the present continuous tense to ask about someone's current state or situation.
