Yeah I know sometimes
我知道现在的你们
Things may not always make sense to you right now
对很多事情都无法理解
But hey what'd Daddy always tell you
但是 爸爸经常跟你说什么来着
Straighten up little soldier
挺直腰板来 我的小士兵
Stiffen up that upper lip
不要再撅着嘴唇了
What you cryin' about you got me
有什么好哭的 有我在
Hailie I know you miss your mom
女儿我知道你想妈妈
And I know you miss your dad when I'm gone
我知道你也想爸爸 爸爸离开了你们
But I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
是为了让你们过上我从未有过的生活
I can see you're sad even when you smile even when you laugh
我知道你很难过 即使你在笑着
I can see it in your eyes deep inside you wanna cry
你的眼神却告诉我 你是想大哭一场的
Cause you're scared I ain't there
你们害怕 是因为爸爸不在吗
Daddy's with you in your prayers
要知道爸爸的心永远和你们在一起
No more crying wipe them tears
所以再也不需要哭了 来把眼泪擦干
Daddy's here no more nightmares
爸爸就在你们身边 再也不会有噩梦了
We gon' pull together through it we gon' do it
我们会撑过这一切的 我们能做到的
Lainie Uncle's crazy ain't he
兰尼你看姨父真是疯疯癫癫的 是不是
Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
是吧 但他是爱着你们的 你们可记好了
We're all we got in this world
我们是彼此在这世间的唯一
When it spins when it swirls when it whirls when it twirls
这个飞速旋转的世界 让人晕眩
Two little beautiful girls
我美丽的两个小姑娘
Looking puzzled in a daze I know it's confusing you
看上去困惑不已 我知道这些事情对你们来说还太复杂
Daddy's always on the move
爸爸一直东奔西跑
Momma's always on the news
妈妈又总是上新闻
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
我一点也不想让你们听到这些事情 但很多时候
The harder that I try to do that the more it backfires on me
我的努力往往是欲盖弥彰
All the things growing up as Daddy that he had to see
你们成长中经历的那些事情 都是爸爸以前不得不经历的
Daddy don't want you to see
爸爸并不想让你们像我一样长大
But you see just as much as he did
可你们还是有了和我一样的成长
We did not plan it to be this way your mother and me
现在的生活可不是妈妈和我计划过的
But things have got so bad between us
但是这一切已经无法挽回
I don't see us ever being together ever again
我想我和妈妈再也不会在一起生活了
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
像我们年轻时那样
But then of course everything always happens for a reason
但是当然了 每件事情都有它发生的理由
I guess it was never meant to be
即使我们从未试图让它发生
But it's just something we have no control over
但这就是不可抗力
And that's what destiny is
我们终归无法抵抗宿命
But no more worries rest your head and go to sleep
还是别想那么多了 放轻松去睡觉吧
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream
也许有一天当我们如梦初醒就会发现 这一切都不过是梦一场
Hook
那么
Now hush little baby don't you cry
嘘亲爱的宝贝 不要哭了
Everything's gonna be alright
一切都会过去的
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady I told ya
别再嘟着嘴了 我的小小姐 爸爸告诉你了
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸会一直抱着你入睡
I know Mommy's not here right now
我知道妈妈离开了
And we don't know why
我们不知道她去了哪里
We fear how we feel inside
我们都在担心着
It may seem a little crazy pretty baby
担心着一些恐怖的事情 我的漂亮宝贝
But I promise Momma's gon' be alright
但我向你担保 妈妈会没事的
Heh it's funny
有件很好笑的事
I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
我记得有一年 在爸爸身无分文的时候
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
妈妈给你们包好了圣诞礼物
And stuck 'em under the tree
放在圣诞树下
And said some of 'em were from me
还说其中一些是我送的
Cause daddy couldn't buy 'em
因为爸爸没有钱
I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night cryin'
那是让我永生难忘的圣诞夜 我哭着僵坐了一整夜
Cause Daddy felt like a bum see Daddy had a job
爸爸觉得自己像个废物 你知道爸爸是有工作的
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom
但他真正的职业则是保证你和妈妈不至忍饥挨饿
And at the time every house that we lived in
那段时间 我们住过的每一个房子
Either kept getting broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
不是被偷就是被抢
And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
要么就被子弹打在墙上 你们的妈妈呢 还在一个罐子里存钱
Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
想自己存够能让你们上大学的钱
Almost had a thousand dollars
都快有一千美元了
'Til someone broke in and stole it
结果却被小偷窃走
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart
我知道那有多难过 妈妈的心都碎了
And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart
似乎从那时候起 我们的生活就变得支离破碎
Mom and Dad was arguing a lot
妈妈和爸爸整天都在吵架
So Momma moved back on to Chalmers
妈妈独自搬去了
In the flat one bedroom apartment
那个单人公寓
And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
爸爸则搬回了诺瓦拉八英里街的另外一头
And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD
也是在那个时候 爸爸去了加州遇见我的老师安德烈
And met Dr. Dre and flew you and Momma out to see me
你和妈妈坐飞机来看我
But Daddy had to work you and momma had to leave me
爸爸却忙着工作 你们只好又飞了回去
Then you started seeing Daddy on the TV
接着你就开始在电视上看到爸爸
And Momma didn't like it
妈妈很不开心
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
你和兰尼还什么都不懂
Papa was a rolling stone Momma developed a habit
爸爸颠沛流离 妈妈又染上恶习
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
这一切都发生的太快 快到让我们反应不及
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
我只是对于你们不得不作这些事情的第一目击者感到万分抱歉
Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
我从来都只是想要你为我骄傲
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house
现在我却坐在这空荡荡的房子里 独自回忆
Just reminiscing looking at your baby pictures it just trips me out
看着你们小时候的照片 好像就能忘记现在的一切
To see how much you both have grown
你们俩都长这么大了
It's almost like you're sisters now
看上去像亲姐妹一样了
Wow guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
我想你们差不多就是亲姐妹并且爸爸和你们同在
Lainie I'm talking to you too daddy's still here
兰尼这话也是对你说的 爸爸与你们同在
I like the sound of that yeah it's got a ring to it don't it
爸爸这听上去这不错 是吧 我也是你的爸爸 就这样决定了
Sssshhh Momma's only gone for the moment
嘘 妈妈只是离开一小会儿而已
Now hush little baby don't you cry
那么 嘘 亲爱的宝贝 不要哭了
Everything's gonna be alright
一切都会过去的
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady I told ya
别再嘟着嘴了 我的小小姐 爸爸告诉你了
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸会一直抱着你入睡
I know Mommy's not here right now
我知道妈妈离开了
And we don't know why
我们不知道她去了哪里
We fear how we feel inside
我们都在担心着
It may seem a little crazy pretty baby
担心着一些恐怖的事情 我的漂亮宝贝
But I promise Momma's gon' be alright
但我向你担保 妈妈会没事的
And if you ask me to Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
然后如果你想要的话 爸爸会给你买只知更鸟
I'ma give you the world
爸爸要给你整个世界
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you I'ma sing for you
爸爸要给你买钻戒 还要为你唱歌
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
我愿意付出任何代价 只要能看到你真心的微笑
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
如果那知更鸟唱不了歌 钻戒也不闪耀
I'ma break that birdie's neck
我就把那小鸟的脖子拧掉
I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
还要把那假钻石摔成碎片 回去找那个卖假戒的珠宝商人
And make him eat every carat don't f**k with Dad ha ha
逼他吞掉每一粒碎片 让他长长记性 别惹你爸爸