Breaking My Back

作词 : Sean Haywood

作曲 : Sean Haywood

I know you're tired

I can see it in your eyes

I'm working so damn hard

Just tryna set things right

You keep breaking your back for me

Not sure if you know what it means to me

That no matter the cost you keep breaking your back for me

I know we'll turn the tables soon

I'll lead the way, enjoy the view

Breaking my back for you

Breaking my back for you

Won't forget all the little things you did

I know it's hard to

Play two parts but you're falling through

Single mom, two jobs, three kids

Didn't have much but at least we had a chance to

Follow your lead

Never focus on your wants, only on our needs

You even quit your job to teach me to read

All of my teachers told you, "He would never succeed"

Look at me now, I threw myself in the fire

Now make a living off the words you inspire

You keep breaking your back for me

Not sure if you know what it means to me

That no matter the cost you keep breaking your back for me

I know we'll turn the tables soon

I'll lead the way, enjoy the view

Breaking my back for you

So let me tell you a story about a lady

Hispanic girl from the west side neighborhood

In Chicago, started working for AT&T

Climbing telephone poles when she was eighteen

At the time men told her she was crazy

They didn't even have a woman's restroom for her till the '80s

Way before they gave equal pay

Working twice as hard just to see a raise

All while raising babies, that nine to five now got her tired

Coming home and struggling to open her eyelids

But still, she gotta go and cook dinner for five kids

I'm talking about the strongest woman I know

That is my mother, the vibrant, most amazing lady alive

I'm telling you mom, you'll never have to grind again

'Cause I promise I got you, we about to prosper

Started from the bottom but now nobody could stop us

I know you're tired

I can see it in your eyes

I'm working so damn hard

Just tryna set things right

You keep breaking your back for me

Not sure if you know what it means to me

That no matter the cost you keep breaking your back for me

I know we'll turn the tables soon

I'll lead the way, enjoy the view

Breaking my back for you