GREY

The best song is probably on the B-Side
最好的曲子总是在B面
Won't be surprised when the label deny
被厂牌拒绝时也不会惊讶
Disagree—grey
不被认可——灰色
The best song is probably on the demo
最好的歌曲总是在试录之时
But that's not the one that got you your limo
但它不会给你带来豪车
Limousine—grey
豪华轿车——灰色
The single the one that wasn't as honest
那些人并不那么诚实
But this is what they say
但也是他们的话让你在圈子里最火
Make you the hottest in the game—grey grey
圈子之中——灰色
Sometimes I think about the pressures of a artist
有时我会想到作为艺术家的压力
And what it takes to be called a
而所谓的
Success, even with no college we barely even considered
没上过大学便能获得成功，我们几乎从未考虑过 (Saba曾在哥伦比亚大学学习了三个学期，但因奖学金被取消而被迫离开，但他的音乐事业还是很成功)
Don't label me with them ******
别把我和别人贴上相同标签 (label双关，贴标签/签入厂牌，Saba一方面说自己不走主流音乐路线，一方面在说自己不需要厂牌的束缚，因为他曾独立发行三张专辑)
Infatuation with plastic, I wanted it to be realer
迷恋胶质，我想要真实些
First they wanted the hip-hop
一开始他们想要嘻哈 (指嘻哈音乐在70年代末刚开始打入主流)
Then they wanted guerilla and then they wanted drug dealer
然后他们想要游击队，再然后他们想要毒贩子 (前者指80年代初黑人运动后借说唱为种族发声，像是游击队；后者指80年代末的匪帮说唱)
And then they wanted a dancer
之后他们想要个舞者 (指21世纪初的夜店音乐)
Now they want a drug addict, infatuation with plastic
现在他们想要个瘾君子 (指如今的说唱歌手总是滥用药物)
White girl want to be sister
迷恋胶质，白人女孩想当黑妹 (指的是整容手术已经相当普遍，大量白人女孩为获得黑人特征而去整容)
Driver want to be walker and walker want to be sitter
开车的想走着，走着的想坐车 (指有车族希望通过走路变得更健康，而没车的人想要车来通行四方)
The best song is probably on the B-Side
最好的曲子总是在B面
Won't be surprised when the label deny
被厂牌拒绝时也不会惊讶
Disagree—grey
不被认可——灰色
The best song is probably on the demo
最好的歌曲总是在试录之时
But that's not the one that got you your limo
但它不会给你带来豪车
Limousine—grey
豪华轿车——灰色
The single the one that wasn't as honest
那些人并不那么诚实
But this is what they say
但也是他们的话让你在圈子里最火
Make you the hottest in the game—grey grey
圈子之中——灰色
Sometimes I think about the pressures of the label
有时我会想到厂牌的压力
And what it take to get paid for discoverin' art, they ain't no
以及发掘艺术需要付出什么代价，这并不存在
Existin', I know it ain't yo, intention to try and change me
我知道它不存在，想要尝试改变我
Multi-million, your children, private school, they attendin'
为供孩子上私家学校，花上成千上万
And album sellin' what did it, I shuck and jive, a good *****
专辑销量上下浮动，好小子
Split the pot and I'm silent
扔掉叶子，我沉默不语
I'ma give you your single and you just give me the finest
我把你的单曲给你，你只要把最好的给我
"Saba, if it's so bad then, hey why the hell are they signin'?"
“Saba，如果真那么糟糕，他们为什么要签约呢?”
'Cause sitter want to be walker and walker want to be drivin'
因为开车的想走着，走着的想坐车
The best song is probably on the B-Side
最好的曲子总是在B面
Won't be surprised when the label deny
被厂牌拒绝时也不会惊讶
Disagree—grey
不被认可——灰色
The best song is probably on the demo
最好的歌曲总是在试录之时
But that's not the one that got you your limo
但它不会给你带来豪车
Limousine—grey
豪华轿车——灰色
The single the one that wasn't as honest
那些人并不那么诚实
But this is what they say
但也是他们的话让你在圈子里最火
Make you the hottest in the game—grey
圈子之中——灰色
Care for me, carefully, back with more clarity
细心呵护我，我以明了的话语回报
Back like consecutive,
不断回报
I told you ************s like Oedipus
我跟你们这帮俄狄浦斯一样的人说过 (俄狄浦斯王的故事涉及忽略真相。这里指Saba在警告人们，但他们只是当耳旁风，而这里的MF可能也是个双关，因为俄狄浦斯与她母亲结了婚)
Heather B, Sway in the Morning,
Heather B，在《Sway的早晨》 (Saba在此电台节目中接受过几次采访。Heather B是Saba第一次采访的主持人)
Painter that paint like a portrait
像画像一样绘画
Action, I ain't for the talking
行动，我并不空谈
Ain't for the fame but the fortune cool
不是为了名望，而是为了财富
Alterin' the altitude, offerin' the thought for food
改变高度，提供思想换取食物 (Saba将“food for thought”这一短语颠倒，说他必须通过音乐来表达自己的想法，这样才能获得食物)
Offerin' that art that move, hmm
创作动人的艺术
Carefully editing every word, everything got to be charity
字斟句酌，只为表达明了
Give it my all, these melodies therapy
全力以赴，这些旋律会疗伤
I keep it thoroughly PIVOT the legacy
我把它彻底保存起来，作为遗产的支点 (PIVOT双关，支点/说唱组合PIVOT gang，该组合由Saba和他的兄弟Jerrel Chandler以及他已故的堂兄Walter Long共同创建)
How could you not be moved? I don't give them an option to
你怎么能无动于衷呢？我没有给他们选择
Don't nobody want to be great, everybody want to be seen
没有人不想卓越，所有人都想站在舞台中央
And nobody want to be quiet, everything is
没人想要闭口不言
Everything is, everything is, everything is
一切都是(灰色的)，一切都是(灰色的)，一切都是(灰色的)
Care for me, carefully, back with more clarity
细心呵护我，我以明了的话语回报
Back like consecutive, I told you m- look
不断回报，我告诉过你，看
Everything is grey, everything is grey
一切都是灰色的，一切都是灰色的
Everything is grey, everything
一切都是灰色的，一切都是