[Intro]
Yeah
I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
我知道有时候事情并不能如你所愿
But hey, what'd daddy always tell you?
但是嘿,爸爸怎么跟你说来的?
Straighten up little soldier
挺起身来,小战士。
Stiffen up that upper lip
坚强些!
What you crying about?
你哭什么?
You got me?
听懂我说什么了吗?
[Verse 1]
Hailie, I know u miss your mom
海莉(女儿名字),我知道你想你妈妈
And I know u miss your dad when I'm gone
也知道我离开的时候你想念爸爸
But I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
但是我正在努力给你一个我从来没有享受过的生活
I can see your sad
我看到你的悲伤
Even when you smile
就算你微笑时
Even when you laugh
就算你大笑时
I can see it in your eyes
我可以从你眼里看到
Deep inside you wanna cry
你心里很想哭
Cuz you're scared
因为你害怕
I am not there?
可是我不是在这儿吗?
Daddy's with you in your prayers
只要你希望,爸爸就和你在一起
No more cryin'
不要再哭了
Wipe them tears
擦掉眼泪
Daddy's here
爸爸在这儿
No more nightmares
不再有噩梦
We gonna pull together through it,We gon' do it
我们一起度过长夜,我们可以做到
Lainie's uncle's crazy ain't he, yeah
lainie叔叔挺疯狂的吧,嗯(指lainie的叔叔开枪自杀)
But he loves you girl and you better know it
但是你要知道,他很爱你们。(这里的“你们”指“Hailie和Lainie”)
We're all we got in this world
我们都会明白一些道理
When it spins
当世界旋转的时候
When it swirls
快速的旋转
When it whirls
飞快的旋转
When it twirls
急速的旋转
Two little beautiful girls
两个漂亮的小女孩
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze
看得眼花缭乱
I know it's confusing you
我知道这让你们很迷惑
Daddy's always on the move
爸爸总是不在家
Mama's always on the news
妈妈总是出现在新闻上
I try to keep you sheltered from it
我一直试图遮掩不让你接触到
But sometime it seems, the harder that I try to do that,The more it backfires on me
我努力的想让你们远离这些,但是好象我越努力这么做,就越事与愿违
All the things, growin' up
成长时遇到的一切
As daddy, daddy had to see
我是爸爸,爸爸必须去面对
Daddy don't want you to see
爸爸不想让你了解这些
But you see just as much as he did
但是你却知道得跟我一样多
We did not plan it to be this way ,Your mother and me
妈妈和我都不希望这样
But things have got so bad between us
有些事情已经使我们之间的感情恶化
I don't see us ever being Together ever again
我再也不会看到我们在一起
Like we used to be like when we was teenagers
就像我们年轻时候的那样
But then of course
但是当然
Everything always happen for a reason
总是事出有因
I guess it was never meant to be
我从没想过我们会变成现在这样
But it's just something
然而这就是就是那些
We have no control over
我们没办法控制的东西
And that's what destiny is
而这就是命运
But no more worries
但是,不用担心
Rest your head and go to sleep
躺下,睡觉吧
Maybe one day we'll wake up
或许某天醒来
And this will all just be a dream
我们发现这一切只是一个梦
[Chorus]
Now hush little baby don't you cry
嘘,小宝贝, 不要哭
Every thing's gonna be all right
一切都会好起来的
Stiffin' that upper lip up little lady I told ya
我告诉过你,小女士,要坚强些
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸在这儿守护着你度过这夜晚
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
我知道妈妈现在不在这,我们也不知道为什么
We feel how we feel inside
我们只能体会内心的感受
it may seem a little crazy,pretty baby
这也许有点疯狂,漂亮的小宝贝
but I promise, Mama's gon' be alright
我向你保证妈妈一切安好。
[Verse two]
It's funny,
其实挺好笑的
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
我记得有一年,爸爸没有钱
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
妈妈包了圣诞礼物
And stuck 'em under the tree
然后把他们放到树下(这里指的是圣诞树)
And said some of 'em were from me,
然后说有些是我送的
Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em
因为爸爸没钱买它们
I'll never forget that Christmas
我怎样都不会忘记那个圣诞
I sat up the whole night crying
我坐着哭了一晚上
Cuz daddy felt like a bum,
因为爸爸觉得自己像个傻X “屁股”(英文bum就是感觉很差的意思。觉得自己没有用。让别人失望了)
See daddy had a job, but his job
看,爸爸有个工作,但是他的工作
Was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
就是让你和妈妈的桌上有食物
And at the time every house that we lived in
但那时我们每个住过的房子
Either kept getting broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
不然是被人抢了,就是就被别人拿枪打烂
And your mom, was saving money for you in a jar
你的妈妈,曾经在一个存钱罐里存钱
Tryna to start a piggy bank for you
想给你开一个猪银行(存钱罐)(这就是我们存钱罐,因为存钱罐小时候都是粉色猪做的,瓷的)
So you could go to college
你就可以去上大学
Almost had a thousand dollars
就快存到1000快钱了
'Till someone broke in and stole it
直到有个人闯入我们家然后偷走了它
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your mamma's heart
我知道那痛到它打碎了你妈妈的心
And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart
然后所有的事情都开始破碎,散裂
Mom and dad was arguing a lot
妈妈和爸爸总是吵架
So mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat
所以妈妈就搬回查莫斯的住处
One bedroom apartment
一个房间的楼房
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 mile on Novara
然后爸爸搬回了8mile的另一边在诺瓦拉
And that's when daddy went to California with his CD
这时爸爸带着CD去了加利福尼亚
And met Dr. Dre and flew you and Mama out to see me,
然后认识了DR.DRE,让你和妈妈飞过来看我
But daddy had to work, you and mama had to leave me,
但是爸爸要工作,你和妈妈必须离开
Then you started seeing daddy on the TV
然后,你就在电视上看到爸爸
And mama didn't like it
而妈妈并不喜欢
And you and Lainnie were too young to understand it
你和LAINNIE都太小不懂这些,
Papa was a rollin' stone, mama developed a habit
爸爸忙得要死,妈妈就培养了一个习惯(坏习惯。应该是吸毒)
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
而这些我们想阻止但是都发生的太快
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand
我很抱歉你当时要当场看到
Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
因为我只是想让你很荣耀(很有面子)
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house,
而现在我坐在这个空空的家
Just reminiscing. Looking at your baby pictures it just trips me out
在回忆,看着你的婴儿时期的照片让我很惊讶(trips me out 就是很惊讶,震惊)
To see how much you both have grown it's almost like you're sisters now
看到你们两个都长这么多,就跟你们现在像姐妹一样。
Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
wow,看起来你就是,然后爸爸现在还在
Lainnie I'm talking to you too daddy's still here
lainnie,我也在跟你讲话,爸爸还在
I like the sound of that, yeah
我喜欢这个的声音(喜欢他说他自己还在,那个声音。)
It's got a ring to it don't it
有一个ring(这里ring是指拍子,调子,回音)
Shhh, mama's only gone for the moment
嘘,妈妈只是离开一下而已
[Chorus]
Now hush little baby don't you cry
嘘,宝贝现在不要哭
Every thing's gonna be all right
一切都会好的
Stiffin' that upper lip up little lady I told ya
我告诉过你挺起你的上嘴唇(坚强点),小女士。
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸在这抱着你挺过这夜晚
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
我知道妈妈现在不在这,我们也不知道为什么
We feel how we feel inside
我们只能体会内心的感受
it may seem a little crazy
这也许有点疯狂
Pretty baby but I promise, Mama's gon' be alright
但漂亮的宝贝,我发誓妈妈没事的。
[End chorus]
And if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird
如果你问我要,爸爸会给你买一个嘲鸫
I'ma give you the world
我会给你全世界
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you
我会给你买一个钻石戒指
I'ma sing for you
我会给你唱歌
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
我会做任何事情只要能让你笑
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
如果那个模仿鸟不唱歌,那个戒指不发亮(发光)
I'ma break that birdie's neck
我就折断那个鸟的脖子
I'll go back to the jeweler Who sold it to ya
我会去那个卖给你的珠宝商那
And make him eat every carat
然后让他吃下每一克拉钻石
Don't fuck with Dad (ha ha)
别怪爸爸(哈哈)
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