Na Lettera

In the Letter

Na Lettera

Born into fearSong nato rind a na paura
A night in the darkNa notte ind o scure
I took my dadPigliaiene a papà
At six years old I heard the sirensIo sei anni sentev e sirene
Mom crying in povertyMammà ch chiagnev rind a povertà
I grew up among lawyersSo crisciut miezz a l'avvocato
Absence of a fatherN'assenza e nu pate
A sea of sinsNu mare e peccati
But I'm hereMa stong cà
Dear dadCaro papà

These thirty years have passedSti trentann ormai so passat
I'm no longer a childNun so chiu creatur
I grew up, dadSo crisciut papà
That letter you left behindCh'ella lettera lagg astipat
Said to be good, everything will passScriviv fa o brav tutt adda passà
This life always brings fearChesta vita fa semp paur
And even in the dark, I'm not sureE pure ind o scur nun song sicur
But I stay here like my dadMa rest ca come il mio papà

These walls scare meA me sti mur fann paur
Thinking of you in the darkPensann a te ca stai rind o scur
Mom crying and still waiting for youMammà ch chiagn e t'aspett ancor
But I'm thirty and can't wait any longerMa so trentann e nun ver l'ora
Now I've grown up, I'm no longer a childMo so crisciut nun so chiu creatur
But I remember when I went to schoolMa me ricord quand iev a scol
A statement from the teacherN'affermazzion fuje ro professor
Your dad, I still don't know himAl tuo papà nun o cunosc ancor

Since that dayRa chillu iuorn
I never went back to schoolNun so gliut chiù a scol
Then it happened that the teacherPo la capit chi er o professor
I am the son of a man of honorIo song o figl e n'omme d'onore
Today I'm here, I won't stop for anyoneOgg stong io nun me ferm nisciun
Even if I know it's all wrongPur si sacc ca e tutt sbagliat
I tell all my brothers on the streetCiò dic a tutt e frate mij ra strad
Change your life, it's not as you thinkCagnat vit nun e comm pensat
This isn't a movie, this road is wrongNun è nu film sta strada sbagliat
You can save yourselves.Ve putite salvà