Here We Are

I was born into a family of four brothersNací en una familia de cuatro hermanos

But my mother and my father never liked each otherPero mi madre y mi padre nunca se llevaron bien

My mother always said that she was sick of itMi madre siempre decía que estaba harta de eso

When I was eight years old my father just splitCuando tenía ocho años, mi padre simplemente se fue

Never heard from him again until I was tenNunca supe de él hasta que tuve diez

I got a letter from down in TexasRecibí una carta desde Texas

in the state penen la penitenciaría estatal

Everybody said "those boys won't get very far"Todos decían 'esos chicos no llegarán muy lejos'

I said "what would you know about where we are"Yo decía '¿qué saben ustedes de dónde estamos?'

Here we areAquí estamos

Where we areDonde estamos

and you know it's been a long way downy sabes que ha sido un largo camino hacia abajo

But I took the fallPero asumí la caída

And I learned to climbY aprendí a escalar

Before I could crawlAntes de poder gatear

With my R-E-S-P-E-C-TCon mi R-E-S-P-E-T-O

And they never cuold take that from meY nunca pudieron quitármelo

I had to get out of the house when I was sixteenTuve que salir de casa cuando tenía dieciséis

There was nothing there for me, if you know what I meanNo había nada para mí allí, si entiendes a lo que me refiero

There was a deeper shade of soul I could not relate toHabía una sombra más profunda de alma con la que no podía relacionarme

Just lie back and let your song medicate youSolo recuéstate y deja que tu canción te medique

and life is sad but it's beautifuly la vida es triste pero es hermosa

I heard a voice from far away sayEscuché una voz desde lejos decir

"Every word is true"'Cada palabra es verdad'

That's is why I try to give it away to youPor eso intento regalártela

here we areAquí estamos

Where we areDonde estamos

And you know it's been a long way downY sabes que ha sido un largo camino hacia abajo

But I took the fallPero asumí la caída

And I learned to climbY aprendí a escalar

Before I could crawlAntes de poder gatear

With my R-E-S-P-E-C-TCon mi R-E-S-P-E-T-O

And they never could take that from meY nunca pudieron quitármelo

Well, I was born into a family of four brothersBueno, nací en una familia de cuatro hermanos

We learned to laugh, we learned to cryAprendimos a reír, aprendimos a llorar

To sing all night . . . rise with the sunA cantar toda la noche... levantarnos con el sol

and you know I never wanted to be the one to tell youy sabes que nunca quise ser el que te dijera

Everything would be all rightQue todo estaría bien

And would you believe me if I did?¿Y me creerías si lo hiciera?

Or didn't turn around and come backO no dar la vuelta y regresar

to holy grounda tierra sagrada

Cuz' life ain't much of livin'Porque la vida no es mucho vivir

when you gron up on this side of towncuando creces en este lado de la ciudad

And the wind was all I wantedY el viento era todo lo que quería

But we can't ge that around herePero no podemos conseguirlo por aquí

I won't stand here foreverNo me quedaré aquí para siempre

Weighed down by my fearAtrapado por mi miedo

and oh, say it isn't so...y oh, que no sea así...

That I'm just like you,Que soy igual que tú,

you're just like metú eres igual que yo

But that ain't so badPero eso no es tan malo