L'ammore overo

• By: Rocco Hunt

Lyrics:

[Italiano]

[English]

Si' diversa, je me ne accorgo se te guardo

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

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

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

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

The woman puts on her makeup in front of the mirror

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tu me manchi, e fossi ipocrita se te dicesse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Simplicity and truth are the things that really matter

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

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

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

All the things I loved may have been destroyed

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

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

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

And those times I suffered, but I never told you

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

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

L'ammore overo nun esiste se mo staje cu chillo

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

Ch'è sincero sulo quanno te scioglie 'e capille

It's only sincere when it lets down its hair

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

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

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

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

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

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

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

E chelli vote che scennevo ma nun te truavo

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

Nun ne parlavo cu nisciuno e comme stevo male

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

L'ammore overo nun esiste se vai a convenienza

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

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

I want to read your thoughts to see what you think

Te penzo sempe, te penzo quase tutte 'e notte

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

Te chiammo sempe, ma tu nun me vuo' risponnere

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

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

M'aggio scucciato 'e correre aret'e perzone

I'm tired of running after people

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

Only those who come from misery know the change

E quando finalmente 'a vita cagna overamente

And when life finally changes for real

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

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

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

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

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

This life has beaten me, people have exploited me

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

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

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

Success was the price for me to accept

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

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

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

I want beautiful times, simplicity, memories

Site talmente puverielle che tenite sulo 'e sorde

You're so poor that you only have money

E quanta cose ce separano 'a Sud a Nord

And how many things separate us from South to North

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quanta cumpagne overe tengo?

How many true friends do I have?

Chi mette in moto e va fujenno

Who gets going and runs away

Chi porta 'a rota e 'o va dicenno

Who brings the wheel and goes telling

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

Who in life has ambition is like chickenpox

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

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

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

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

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

I learned that those who are slow can be overtaken

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

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

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

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

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

And those times I suffered, but I never told you

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

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

L'ammore overo nun esiste se mo staje cu chillo

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

Ch'è sincero sulo quanno te scioglie 'e capille

It's only sincere when it lets down its hair

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

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

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

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

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

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

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

E chelli vote che scennevo ma nun te truavo

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

Nun ne parlavo cu nisciuno e comme stevo male

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

L'ammore overo nun esiste se vai a convenienza

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

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

I want to read your thoughts to see what you think

Te penzo sempe, te penzo quase tutte 'e notte

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

Te chiammo sempe, ma tu nun me vuo' risponnere

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

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

M'aggio scucciato 'e correre aret'e perzone

I'm tired of running after people

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

And those times I suffered, but I never told you

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

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

L'ammore overo nun esiste se mo staje cu chillo

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

Ch'è sincero sulo quanno te scioglie 'e capille

It's only sincere when it lets down its hair

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

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

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

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

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

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

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

E chelli vote che scennevo ma nun te truavo

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

Nun ne parlavo cu nisciuno e comme stevo male

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

L'ammore overo nun esiste se vai a convenienza

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

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

I want to read your thoughts to see what you think

Te penzo sempe, te penzo quase tutte 'e notte

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

Te chiammo sempe, ma tu nun me vuo' risponnere

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

E vulesse n'occasione pe' vendicà chistu dolore

And I would like a chance to avenge this pain

M'aggio scucciato 'e correre aret'e perzone

I'm tired of running after people

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Vocabulary in this song:

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