“Ibu saya bilang
"It seemed like yesterday my brother
“Sepertinya kemarin saudara saya
Said him was gunna leave here
“Bilang dia akan pergi dari sini
Said he was gunna go and make some money himself"
“Bilang dia akan pergi dan cari uang sendiri”
See my brother wants still to be a rapper
“Lihat, saudara saya masih pengen jadi rapper”
And he can rap real good too
“Dan dia juga bisa nge-rap dengan baik”
He use to have this book he carried around with him all the time
“Dulu dia punya buku yang selalu dia bawa kemana-mana”
He use to call it a diary, He use to take it everwhere he went
“Dia menyebutnya buku harian, dia membawanya kemana pun dia pergi”
One day he took it to church when we went to sunday school
“Suatu hari dia membawanya ke gereja saat kami pergi ke sekolah minggu”
And the pastor asked him "Boy, whats that you got in your hand"
“Dan pendeta bertanya, 'Nak, apa yang kau pegang itu?'”
And he said this is my diary
“Dan dia bilang, 'Ini buku harianku'”
And the pastor told him that sinners couldn't have no diary (sinner)
“Dan pendeta bilang bahwa orang berdosa tidak boleh punya buku harian”
My brother said he was lying, And my brother said if he couldn't have a diary
“Saudara saya bilang pendeta itu bohong, dan dia bilang jika dia tidak boleh punya buku harian”
and he was a sinner, he would just call it a diary of a sinner (diary)
“dan dia adalah orang berdosa, dia akan menyebutnya buku harian orang berdosa”
My momma told him don't worry bout what pastor says
“Ibu saya bilang, jangan khawatir tentang apa kata pendeta”
My momma told him don't worry bout what nobody says
“Ibu saya bilang, jangan peduli dengan apa kata orang lain”
If that was your diary, that's gunna be your diary
“Jika itu buku harianmu, itu akan tetap jadi buku harianmu”
Thats what my mamma said
“Itu yang ibu saya bilang”
He said he gonna turn it into an album, And I believe him too
“Dia bilang dia akan mengubahnya jadi album, dan saya juga percaya dia”
I'm just waiting (One day) one day we gunna turn that radio on ....
“Saya hanya menunggu (Suatu hari) suatu hari kita akan menyalakan radio itu...”
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