Rockabye (Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)
Clean Bandit · Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)
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Rockabaye (yeah)
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Rockabaye (yeah)
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She works at nights, by the water
She's gone astray, 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, "Ooh, 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 gon' 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
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock 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
Rockabye
Mh, Marie, the paps' disappear
In the wrong bar, can't find him nowhere
Steadily your workflow, heavily you know
So your non-stop, no time, no time for ya dear
Now she got a six-year-old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep out the cold
When he looks in her eyes
He don't know he is safe
She tells him, "Ooh, 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 gon' 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
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock 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
Rockabye
No, oh-oh-oh, rockabye
Yeah, yeah, rockabye
No, oh-oh-oh, rockabye
Yeah, yeah
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Yeah
Rockabaye (yeah)
Yeah, na, na, na, na, na
Oh, na
Yeah, na, na, na, na, na
Yeah
Rockabaye (yeah)
Yeah, na, na, na, na, na
She works at nights, by the water
She's gone astray, 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, "Ooh, 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 gon' 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
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock 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
Rockabye
Mh, Marie, the paps' disappear
In the wrong bar, can't find him nowhere
Steadily your workflow, heavily you know
So your non-stop, no time, no time for ya dear
Now she got a six-year-old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep out the cold
When he looks in her eyes
He don't know he is safe
She tells him, "Ooh, 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 gon' 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
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock you
I'm gonna rock 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
Rockabye
No, oh-oh-oh, rockabye
Yeah, yeah, rockabye
No, oh-oh-oh, rockabye
Yeah, yeah
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About Rockabye
"Rockabye" is Clean Bandit's collaboration with Sean Paul and Anne-Marie, and it stands out for pairing a bright dancehall-pop rhythm with a lyric about a single mother's resilience. Anne-Marie gives the song its emotional center, while Sean Paul's interjections add rhythmic lift and Caribbean pop flavor. Clean Bandit's production keeps the track polished and radio-friendly, but the story gives it more weight than a standard club single. The lullaby reference in the title is important: beneath the beat, the song is about protection, work, and devotion. Its worldwide success came from combining social empathy with an immediately memorable pop chorus.