Lyrics Yanahuari Nin - Lila Downs

Yanahuari Nin

Yeah, it’s my life
My own words I guess
Have you ever loved someone so much
You’d give an arm for?
Not the expression
No, literally give an arm for?
When they know they’re your heart
And you know you are their armor
And you will destroy anyone
Who would try to harm 'em
But what happens when karma
Turns right around and bites you?
And everything you stand for
Turns on you, despite you?
What happens when you become
The main source of a pain?
«Daddy look what I made
Dad’s gotta go catch a plane»
«Daddy where’s mommy?
I can’t find mommy, where is she?»
I don’t know, go play, Hailie
Baby, your daddy’s busy
Daddy’s writing this song
This song ain’t gonna write itself
I’ll give you one underdog
Then you gotta swing by yourself
Then turn right around on that song
And tell her you love her
And put hands on her mother
Who’s a spitting image of her
That’s Slim Shady, yeah baby
Slim Shady’s crazy
Shady made me
But tonight Shady’s rocka by baby
And when I’m gone
Just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear
The sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down
On you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing
So, baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back
And when I’m gone
Just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear
The sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down
On you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing
So, baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back
I keep having this dream
I’m pushin', Hailie on the swing
She keeps screaming
She don’t want me to sing
«You're making mommy cry, why?
Why is mommy crying?»
Baby, daddy ain’t leaving no more
«Daddy you’re lying»
«You always say that
You always say this is the last time
But you ain’t leaving no more
Daddy you’re mine»
She’s piling boxes in front of the door
Trying to block it
«Daddy please, daddy don’t leave
Daddy, no stop it»
Goes in her pocket
Pulls out a tiny necklace locket
It’s got a picture
«This'll keep you safe, daddy, take it withcha'»
I look up, it’s just me
Standing in the mirror
These fuckin' walls must be talking
'Cause, man, I can hear 'em
They’re saying
«You've got one more chance to do right»
And it’s tonight
Now go out there and show
That you love 'em before it’s too late
And just as I go to walk out
Of my bedroom door
It’s turns to a stage
They’re gone
And the spotlight is on
And I’m singing
And when I’m gone
Just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear
The sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down
On you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing
So, baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back
And when I’m gone
Just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear
The sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down
On you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing
So, baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back
Sixty thousand people
All jumping out their seat
The curtain closes
They’re throwing roses at my feet
I take a bow
And thank you all for coming out
They’re screaming so loud
I take one last look at the crowd
I glance down
I don’t believe what I’m seeing
«Daddy it’s me, help mommy
Her wrists are bleeding»
But, baby, we’re in Sweden
How did you get to Sweden?
«I followed you daddy
You told me that you weren’t leavin'
«You lied to me dad
And now you make mommy sad
And I bought you this coin
It says, 'Number One Dad'»
«That's all I wanted
I just want to give you this coin
«I get the point, fine
Me and mommy are gone»
But, baby, wait, «It's too late dad
You made the choice
Now go up there and show 'em
That you love 'em more than us»
That’s what they want
They want you Marshall
They keep screamin' your name
It’s no wonder you can’t go to sleep
Just take another pill
Yeah, I bet you, you will
You rap about it
Yeah, word, keep it real
I hear applause
All this time I couldn’t see
How could it be
That the curtain is closing on me?
I turn around
Find a gun on the ground, cock it
Put it to my brain and scream
«Die Shady» and pop it
The sky darkens