I did this song with my little cousin named Sadie. She is the daughter of my cousin Steve Smith, which makes him, my father Eldon's, Brother David's Son Sadie's grandfather is David Smith.
Bradford is a rap artist and has a band called Dong Bei Lao Wai which means Norheastern Foreigner in Chinese. The band was formed in China. Bradford created a brand new genre of music by mixing hiphop rap with Chinese traditional folk music. Dong Bei Lao Wai's first song ever was Nanniwan.
Nanniwan was performed in front of 10 million people on Liaoning Province TV station on the day of the Chinese New Year.
Story behind the song
When I was with Rose, I wrote her a song called "I Swear" which was my love song for her basically, I also wrote the song "Getting Better" which turned out to be very ironic. See the song says women should leave men if they hit them, and I hit Rose in her leg one time. I was drunk for like the first time in my life when it happened, also Rose totally made it into a bigger deal than it was. Rose is the one who is never there.
You're Never There Line in the Chorus
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"I just wanted you to remember the song "I Swear" you're never there."
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I wrote this song about Rose. In the song I call her Daisy instead of Rose. Its an inside joke basically between me and my cousin Steve, we both got so sick of saying her name in my therapy talks with him that we started calling her Daisy. The first time he said it, I almost died laughing.
Lyrics
If I could say what it was that made me crazy.....
Maybe I could just say it was the way God made me
Lately this hasn't been a safe scene for Jenny Tyson and Halie
And even if, I live with Steve Smith
Believe this, you ain't seen this boy at demolition yet
The pigs say he's missing
But he's in Texas
Then switched to Mesa
When the cops chase
Ya got to face your facts
Bradford is a maniac
Stayed away from coke, smack and crack
But look how I slip on the cracks
When I react to the situation I'm dealt
When people see the pain that I've felt its like....
"How could there be this much heat, and he not melt?"
Well you got to have a heart made of ice
Get your wrist sliced twice
Jump out of a car trying to roll the dice
Turn your back on Christ
And come back with prayers that aren't nice
You got a sweet spirit
Your voice I love to hear it
Your body I want to be near it
Your anger I fear it
I worry you cleat it
Attention you always share it
Competition you tear it
My love I swear it
But no matter what I did
I was just a kid
I never said I didn't do any of the things that I did
I just wanted you to be there
I just wanted you to remember the song "I swear"
You're never there
Look what you did..
How could you do this to me
You're never there.....
