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Lyrics
(Birds don’t, birds don’t, birds don’t, birds don’t)
– (Aves non faciunt, aves non faciunt, aves non faciunt)
Lost in emotion, mama’s youngest
– Di me perdant — melhores servidores do brasil
Tryna navigate life without my compass
– Tryna navigare vitam sine circino meo
Some experience death and feel numbness
– Aliquam experientiam mortem et torpor sentiunt
But not me, I felt it all and couldn’t function
– Sed non me, sensi omnes et non potui munus
Seein’ you that day
– Vamos fazer seu dia lindo
Tellin’ you my plans but I was leavin’ you that day
– Tellin ‘consilia mea tibi eram, sed leavin’ tu illo die
It was in God’s hands, Ye was at Elon’s waiting to get with me
– In se Habitabat Deus; Apud Te habitat, Et apud Se est.
On my way to Texas, that’s when Virginia hit me
– Cum in Italiam venisset, virginem me percussit
And I realized in that instant
– In illo momento cognoscuntur
Our last conversation, you was against it
– Postremo colloquium nostrum, contra illud eras
Told you I was going to Turks for Thanksgiving
– Dixi Vobis quia Ego eram iens Ut Turcorum Gratiarum Actio
I heard what I wanted to hear but didn’t listen
– Et loqueris ( … ) et non audient
You said you told Gene that Bup needed forgiveness
– Et Dixit: si in aliquo dubitaveritis,
I see you went to DD’s and stuffed both her fridges
– Videbo vos ad dd ‘ s et utrumque eius fridges saginati
You even told Dad you wished y’all never splitted
– Et dixit paterfamilias quia voluisti nunquam divideretur
See, you were checkin’ boxes, I was checkin’ my mentions
– Ecce tu checkin ‘greges, ego eram checkin’ meam commemorat
Sayin’ you was tired but not ready to go
– Et dixit: si in aliquo dubitaveritis, non potueritis solvere
Basically was dying without letting me know
– Plerumque mori sine me scire
I loved you met Nige, hate that he won’t remember you
– Odio quis Ut Neque. odio quia non et
Two things that break my heart is what Novembers do
– Duo quae conteram cor meum est quod novembres faciunt
And T follows you, now mind you
– Et T sequitur te, nunc mentem tibi
DD calls you, Gene finds you, was that your vision?
– Dd vocat te, gene invenit te, eratne visio tua?
Precision, while I’m reminiscin’
– Subtilitas, dum ego reminiscin’
It all hits different, Ma, listen
– Omnes hits diversis, Ma, audi
The birds don’t sing (Yeah)
– Iulia: cur aves non cantant (Yeah)
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain, pain
– Aves non cantant, dolore strident, dolore
The birds don’t sing (Oh)
– Iulia: cur aves non cantant?
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain (Oh, they screech in pain)
– Aves non cantant, strident in dolore (O strident in dolore)
The birds don’t sing
– Iulia: cur aves non cantant
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain
– Aves non cantant, in dolore strident
Your car was in the driveway, I knew you were home
– Currus tuus in gestatione erat, sciebam te domum esse
By the third knock, a chill ran through my bones
– In tertio nocturno [an] ut vidit beatus.
The way you missed Mama, I guess I should’ve known
– Et cum matrem tuam perdidisses, spero me habiturum
Chivalry ain’t dead, you ain’t let her go alone
– Militia non est mortuus, non solum dimittet eam
Found you in the kitchen, scriptures in the den
– “Coca erat in culina, scripturae in lacu
Half-written texts that you never got to send
– Dimidium-scripta texts ut nunquam got mittere
Combin’ through your dresser drawer, where do I begin?
– Combin per cultorem tuum perscriptorem, ubi incipio?
Postin’ noted Bible quotes, were you preparin’ then?
– Postin ‘attendendum Biblia quotes, erant igitur parare’?
I can hear your voice now, I can feel your presence
– Nunc vocem tuam audire possum, praesentiam tuam sentire possum
Askin’ “Should I rap again?”, you gave me your blessing
– Askin ‘ ” num iterum rapere Debeo?”, benedictionem tuam mihi dedisti
The way you spelled it out, there’s an L in every lesson
– Et cum similiter adorassent, L in omni lectione Est
“Boy, you owe it to the world, let your mess become your message”
– “Puer, debes mundo, fiat pulmentum tuum nuntium tuum”
Shared you with my friends, the Pops they never had
– Et in tali sede quiescunt amici mei, I Piccoli doni non ha mai
You lived for our fishin’ trips, damn, I had a dad
– Vixisti pro piscibus nostris ‘ tag: cum for daddy
Mine taught discipline, mine taught structure
– Disciplinam meam docuit, structuram meam docuit
Mine didn’t mind when he had to pull a double
– Et non erit dubium quin dupliciter accipiatur
Mine worked overtime, smiled through the struggle
– Meum tempus subsicivum laboravit, throughit per certamen
‘Cause mine wouldn’t let us feel what he had to suffer
– ‘Causa mea non sit nobis sentire quod habuit ad pati
See, mine made sure he had every base covered
– Vide, mea facta est certus quod omnis basis operuit
So imagine his pain findin’ base in the cupboard
– Et quia eius dolor inventore ‘ base en el trochlea
Birds don’t sing if the words don’t sting
– Aves non canunt si verba non pungunt
Your last few words in my ear still ring (Oh)
– Ultima verba tua in aure adhuc circulum (O)
You told me that you loved me, it was all in your tone (Oh-oh)
– Et dixit ad me: quia tu amas me, tutto diventa vecchio, Forse anch ‘ io
“I love my two sons” was the code to your phone, now you’re gone
– “Amo duos filios meos” erat codex telephonici tui, nunc abiit
Oh, and the birds don’t sing (No, they don’t)
– Aves non cantant (Non)
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain (Don’t the truth ruin it?), pain (Now it feels different, when they doin’ it)
– Aves non cantant, strident in dolore (an vero non perderent?), dolor (nunc aliud sentit, cum faciunt)
The birds don’t sing (No, they don’t, and they won’t)
– Aves non canunt (Non, Non, non faciunt)
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain (They don’t sing, they just screech in pain), pain (It’s a cycle, they do that shit over and over again)
– Aves non canunt, strident in dolore (non canunt, modo strident in dolore), dolorem (Suus cyclus, faciunt quod stercore etiam atque etiam)
(Oh) The birds don’t sing
– Iulia: cur aves non cantant
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain (Oh the birds, they screech in pain, oh-oh)
– Aves non canunt, strident in dolore (O aves, strident in dolore, oh-oh)
The birds don’t sing
– Iulia: cur aves non cantant
The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain (Oh no, they’re comin’ back again, oh no)
– Aves non canunt, strident in dolore (Oh non, rursus comin, o nullus)
Remember those who lost their mothers and fathers
– Memento eorum qui matres et patres suos amiserunt
And make sure that every single moment that you have with them
– Et fac ut omne momentum quod habes cum illis
You show them love
– Et amore dirigas
You show them love
– Et amore dirigas
You’ll see
– Quod verum est
