🎵 Rockabye // by Clean Bandit

166 ContributorsTranslationsEspañolΕλληνικάPortuguês Rockabye Lyrics “Rockabye” is a dancehall song about all of the single and struggling mothers in the world. The track is the second single released from Clean Bandit’s second studio album What Is Love?, and their first… Read More  [Intro: Sean Paul] Call it love and devotion Call it a mom's adoration, foundation A special bond of creation, ha For all the single moms out there Goin' through frustration Clean Bandit, Chanderpaul Anne-Marie, sing, make them hear [Verse 1: Anne-Marie & Sean Paul] She works the 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) [Pre-Chorus: Anne-Marie & Sean Paul] 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 nothin' 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) [Chorus: Anne-Marie] 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 Rockabye [Post-Chorus: Sean Paul, Anne-Marie] (No, oh) Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rockabye (Rockabye, yeah, yeah) Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rockabye [Verse 2: Sean Paul, Anne-Marie, Both] Single mom, how you doin' out there? Facing the hard life without no fear (Yeah) Just so you know that you really care (Uh) 'Cause any obstacle come, you're well prepared (Oh no) And no, mama, you never shed tear 'Cause you haffi 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) Mm, already pops disappear Inna rum bar, can't find him nowhere Steadily your workflow heavily, you know So you nah stop, no time, no time for ya dear [Refrain: Anne-Marie] Now she got a six-year-old Tryin' to keep him warm Tryin' to keep out the cold When he looks in her eyes He don't know he is safe when she says [Pre-Chorus: Anne-Marie] "Ooh, love No one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" [Chorus: Anne-Marie & Sean Paul] 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 (Bada-bang-bang-bang, alright then) Rockabye [Post-Chorus: Sean Paul & Anne-Marie] (No, oh) Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (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 [Refrain: Anne-Marie] Now she got a six-year-old Tryin' to keep him warm Tryin' to keep out the cold When he looks in her eyes He don't know he is safe when she says [Pre-Chorus: Anne-Marie & Sean Paul] 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 nothin' like my life (Straight) You're gonna grow and have a good life I'm gonna do what I got to do" (Yeah) [Chorus: Anne-Marie & Sean Paul] So, rockabye, baby, rockabye (Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rockabye) I'm gonna rock you Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rockabye) Somebody's got you Rockabye, baby, rockabye (Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rockabye) I'm gonna rock you Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (Bada-bang-bang-bang, alright then) Rockabye [Post-Chorus: Sean Paul & Anne-Marie] Rockabye, don't bother cry Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (Rockabye) Rockabye, don't bother cry (Yeah, yeah) Angels surround you, just dry your eye (Rockabye) Rockabye, don't bother cry (No, oh) Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (Rockabye) Rockabye, don't bother cry Angels surround you, just dry your eye