Rockabye baby Rockabye baby Rockabye baby Rockabye baby She works the nights, by the water She's gonna stress, so far away From her father's daughter She just wants a life for her baby All on her own, no one will come She's got to save him She tells him, "Oh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" She tells him, "Your life, ain't gonna be nothing like my life You're gonna grow and have a good life I'm gonna do what I've got to do" So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, Rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye Rockabye Single mama you doing out there Facing the hard life, without no fear (yeah) Just so you know that you really care 'Cause any obstacle come you're well-prepared (oh no) And no mama, you never shed tear 'Cause you have to shed things year after year And you give the youth love beyond compare (yeah) You find his school fee and the bus fare (yeah) Mmm Marie, the paps' disappear In the round back can't find him nowhere Steadily you work flow, everything you know You know say you nuh stop the time fi a jear Oh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, Rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry (Oh-badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then) Rockabye Rockabye baby Rockabye baby Rockabye baby Rockabye baby Rockabye baby