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PINK

Interview

Is Pink your real name ?
No, my real name is Alecia Moore.

When were you born ?
I was born on the eighth of september 1979.

How old are you ?
I am twenty-five years old.

Where were you born?
I was born in Pennsylvania.

What's your nationality ?
I'm American.

What kind of music do you play ?
I play R&B/POP.

When did you begin music ?
I began music ten years ago.

Do you write your songs ?
Yes, I do

Meaning of the song

Pink is telling about her childhood. She suffered from the fact that her parents were quarrelling all the time. In the song, she asks her father not to leave. She has the run away from school several times. But each time, she has come back to her family because as they are, they still remain her own family.
She ends up by not being able to stand her life. One day she watches TV and she sees a peaceful, rich family and she thinks it's the ideal family. And she imagines herself going throught the screen oven to this family. It shows Pink is torn between her love for her parents and her wish to have a peaceful happy family life. I like the song because I like the style and the story. I feel the sadness in it and it moves me.

Lyrics : Family Portrait

Mama please stop cryin'
I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it's
Tearing me down

I hear glasses breaking
As I sit up in my bed
I told god you didn' mean
Those nasty things you said
You fight about money
About me and my brother
And this I come home to
This is my shelter

It ain't easy, growin up'in
ww3
Never knowin' what love
Could be
You'll see, I don't want love
To destroy me
Like it has done my family

Chorus
Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better
Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better
Daddy please don't leave


Daddy please stop
Yelling
I can't stand the sound
Make mama stop cryin'
Cause I need you around
My mama she loves you

In our family portrait
No matter what she says is true
I know that she hurts you
But remenber I love you too

I ran away today'ran
From the noise
Ran away
Don't wanna go come back to
That place
But don't have no choice
No way

It ain't easy, growin up
In ww3
Never knowin' what love
Could be
But I've seen' I don't
Want love to destroy me
Like it did my family

Chorus

Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better
Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better
Daddy please don't leave

We look pretty happy
Let's play pretend' let's act like it
Comes naturally
I don't wanna have to
Slipt the holidays I don't
Want two adresses
I don't want a
Stepbrother anyaway
And I don't want my
Mom to have to change
Her last name!

In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal
Let's go back to that

In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend that
like it goes naturally

In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal
Let's go back to that