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We Live Here by Bob Vylan
Lyrics & Translation
English
Was a lovely area before you come here, lovely
Free school dinners for the poor
Pizza with a side of misery
Teachers said when I leave
No one here will miss me
Didn't know I was a sinner
But if they say so, well I must be
Big lips, wide nose
God knows no one will trust me
Mum don't look like me
But thank God she still loved me
Neighbours called me nigga
Told me "go back to my own country"
Said since we arrived
This place has got so ugly
But this is my fucking country
And it's never been fucking lovely
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
Give it the bigun 'round town
Have a drink and puff your chest out
Not a racist, you're just proud
Why should you be left out?
The fairies get a march
And the nig-nogs get a month
We've got the right to vote
I mean, what more could we want?
Free to go where I like
If I look like I belong
If not, fuck off
Go on boy, move along
Remember Stephen Lawrence
He too was free to roam
Eighteen years old at the bus stop
Murdered on his way home
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
The first time I was called nigga
I was about seven or eight years old
I was playing across the street
And one of the older kids called me it
I went home for bath time a little later
And asked my mum what it meant
My white mum
She told me it was a bad word
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air, mate
We fucking live here, you cunt
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.
Spanish translation of We Live Here by Bob Vylan
We Live Here* (original Bob Vylan)
Was a lovely area before you come here, lovely
Free school dinners for the poor
Pizza with a side of misery
Teachers said when I leave
No one here will miss me
Didn't know I was a sinner
But if they say so, well I must be
Big lips, wide nose
God knows no one will trust me
Mum don't look like me
But thank God she still loved me
Neighbours called me nigga
Told me "go back to my own country"
Said since we arrived
This place has got so ugly
But this is my fucking country
And it's never been fucking lovely
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
Give it the bigun 'round town
Have a drink and puff your chest out
Not a racist, you're just proud
Why should you be left out?
The fairies get a march
And the nig-nogs get a month
We've got the right to vote
I mean, what more could we want?
Free to go where I like
If I look like I belong
If not, fuck off
Go on boy, move along
Remember Stephen Lawrence
He too was free to roam
Eighteen years old at the bus stop
Murdered on his way home
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
The first time I was called nigga
I was about seven or eight years old
I was playing across the street
And one of the older kids called me it
I went home for bath time a little later
And asked my mum what it meant
My white mum
She told me it was a bad word
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air, mate
We fucking live here, you cunt
We Live Here (traducción LyricVerse Team)
Era una zona encantadora antes de que vinieras, encantadora
Cenas escolares gratis para los pobres
Pizza con una guarnición de miseria
Los maestros dijeron que cuando me fuera
Nadie aquí me extrañaría
No sabía que era un pecador
Pero si ellos lo dicen, bueno, debo serlo
Labios grandes, nariz ancha
Dios sabe que nadie confiará en mí
Mamá no se parece a mí
Pero gracias a Dios todavía me amaba
Los vecinos me llamaron nigga
Me dijeron "vuelve a tu propio país"
Dijeron que desde que llegamos
Este lugar se ha vuelto tan feo
Pero este es mi puto país
Y nunca ha sido jodidamente encantador
No aparecimos de la nada
Vivimos aquí
No aparecimos de la nada
Vivimos aquí
Dásela de importante por la ciudad
Toma una copa y saca pecho
No eres racista, solo estás orgulloso
¿Por qué deberías quedarte fuera?
Los maricas tienen una marcha
Y los nig-nogs tienen un mes
Tenemos derecho a votar
Quiero decir, ¿qué más podríamos querer?
Libre de ir donde quiera
Si parezco que pertenezco
Si no, vete a la mierda
Vamos chico, sigue tu camino
Recuerda a Stephen Lawrence
Él también era libre de deambular
Dieciocho años en la parada del autobús
Asesinado de camino a casa
No aparecimos de la nada
Vivimos aquí
No aparecimos de la nada
Vivimos aquí
La primera vez que me llamaron nigga
Tenía unos siete u ocho años
Estaba jugando al otro lado de la calle
Y uno de los niños mayores me lo llamó
Fui a casa para la hora del baño un poco más tarde
Y le pregunté a mi mamá qué significaba
Mi mamá blanca
Ella me dijo que era una mala palabra
No aparecimos de la nada
Vivimos aquí
No aparecimos de la nada, amigo
Jodidamente vivimos aquí, cabrón
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