Mockingbird
Letra:
[English]
(film reel spinning)
- Hi, Papa.
(slow rap music)
- [Eminem] Yeah.
I know sometimes
things may not always make sense to you right now.
But hey
what'd Daddy always tell you?
Straighten up, little soldier.
Stiffen up that upper lip.
What you cryin' about?
You got me.
♪ 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 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 with you in your prayers ♪
♪ No more cryin' wipe them tears ♪
♪ Daddy's here no more nightmares ♪
♪ We gonna pull together through it ♪
♪ We gonna do it Laney Uncle's crazy ain't he ♪
♪ Ya 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 confusing 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 being ♪
♪ 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 something we have no control over ♪
♪ And that's what destiny is ♪
♪ So 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 ♪
♪ Now hush little baby don't you cry ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ 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 gonna be all right ♪
♪ 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 cryin' ♪
♪ '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 ♪
♪ Till 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 arguing a lot ♪
♪ So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat ♪
♪ One bedroom apartment ♪
♪ And Dad moved back to the other side ♪
♪ Of Eight Mile on Novarra ♪
♪ 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 Laney were too young to understand ♪
♪ That Papa was a rollin' 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 I ever wanted to do was just make you proud ♪
♪ Now I'm sittin' in this empty house ♪
♪ Just reminiscing looking 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 ♪
♪ Laney 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 ♪
♪ Now hush little baby don't you cry ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ Stiffen that upper lip up little lady ♪
♪ I told ya Daddy'd 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 gonna be all right ♪
♪ 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 f-- with Dad ♪
Ha ha.
Vocabulario en esta canción:
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cry /kraɪ/ A1 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A1 |
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miss /mɪs/ A2 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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tears /tɪərz/ A2 |
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nightmares /ˈnaɪtˌmɛərz/ B1 |
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crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A1 |
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puzzled /ˈpʌzəld/ B2 |
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move /muːv/ A1 |
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news /njuːz/ A2 |
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dream /driːm/ A2 |
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money /ˈmʌni/ A1 |
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job /dʒɒb/ A1 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A2 |
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proud /praʊd/ B1 |
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Gramática:
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I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
➔ Cláusula relativa con "that"
➔ La palabra "that" introduce una cláusula relativa que describe el tipo de vida que el hablante nunca tuvo. Se utiliza para proporcionar información adicional para especificar el sustantivo "life".
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Even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes
➔ Cláusula adverbial de tiempo con "when", inversión con "I can see it"
➔ La palabra "when" introduce una cláusula adverbial de tiempo, explicando cuándo el hablante puede ver algo en los ojos del oyente. Ligera inversión: "I can see it" en lugar de un más estándar "I can see *it*."
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Daddy's with you in your prayers
➔ Posesivo (Daddy's) y frase preposicional (in your prayers)
➔ "Daddy's" muestra posesión, lo que significa que pertenece a Daddy. "In your prayers" es una frase preposicional que indica dónde está Daddy.
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We're all we got in this world
➔ Cláusula relativa reducida: "We're all [that] we got"
➔ La oración significa "Somos todo *lo que* tenemos en este mundo". El pronombre relativo "that" a menudo se omite en el habla informal.
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I try to keep you sheltered from it
➔ Infinitivo de propósito: "to keep"
➔ La frase infinitiva "to keep you sheltered from it" indica el propósito de la acción "I try". Explica por qué el hablante está intentando.
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The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
➔ Estructura comparativa "The...the"
➔ Esta estructura muestra una correlación directa entre dos cosas. "The harder I try" conduce a "the more it backfires".
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It's almost like you're sisters now
➔ Modo subjuntivo (you were/are)
➔ Usar "were" (o el presente simple are) después de "like" para mostrar situaciones hipotéticas o algo contrario a los hechos. Aquí implica que tal vez no sean literalmente hermanas, pero el vínculo es fuerte.
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And if that mockingbird don't sing, And that ring don't shine
➔ Concordancia negativa no estándar ("don't sing", "don't shine")
➔ En inglés estándar, sería "doesn't sing" y "doesn't shine". Este es un ejemplo de dialecto o habla coloquial.
