Hourglass

What is an hour glass? time is like an overpass
沙漏是什么?时间就像一座天桥
Driving I'm grabbing moments that vanishes when I start to gas it
当我开始加油的时候，我抓住的瞬间就消失了
Then a casket starts to come up close and really quickly
接着，一道棺材开始迅速靠近我
Thinking bout the past and my people and will they really miss me
想想过去，想想我的亲人，他们真的会想念我吗
Did I touch a life and love them while I’m here?
当我活着的时候，我是否真正的活过并爱着身边的人
Did I stack up all my chips only to dip and disappear?
难道我把所有筹码都堆起来只是为了一触即逝吗
Was this really bout the fame and how we're chasing it
这真的是为了名誉和我们的追求吗
Facing it, only dip your toe but never bathe in it - hating it
面对它，只是漫过了你的脚趾，但从来没有被淹没-也没有厌恶它
I'll never know who this music really touches
我永远不知道这音乐真正触动了谁
Hope it brushes on your soul hope you grab a hold
希望它拂过你的灵魂 希望你抓住它
And make it lovely I’ve been in moments where my heart was in love
让它变得可爱 我曾有过心醉神迷的时刻
At least it felt like that at present but was never enough
至少现在感觉是这样，但还远远不够
And so I paint it in a frame just to claim it and keep around
所以我把它画在一个框子里，只是为了得到它并保存下来
Document my travels I'm reaching you through a sound
记录我的旅行，我通过一个声音到达你身边
Hoping that you're vibing and living in all your moments
希望你每时每刻都在感受和生活
We could leave up out this earth in a second and we may never know it
我们可以在一秒钟内离开这个地球，我们可能永远不会知道
We all wake up with the same amount of minutes
我们醒来时都有同样多的时间
We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it
我们每天都在为24小时的生活而努力
How you choose to move is your legacy, entity
你如何决定你的遗产，私物
Loving those around you keep it heavenly, symmetry
爱你周围的人，保持天堂般的公正
We all wake up with the same amount of minutes
我们都用同样的时间醒来
We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it
我们每天都在用24小时生活导航
Choose your own direction, not just to impress
选择自己的方向，不要只是为了打动别人
You never know when we are leaving with a few minutes leftry
你永远不知道我们什么时候会离开，只剩下几分钟的时间
I never really needed much to feel alive in life
我从不需要太多的东西来感受生命的活力
A cup of coffee and a sandwich got me feeling right
一杯咖啡和一个三明治让我感觉良好
In the tightest window with a breeze up from the sunrise
在最狭小的窗户里，迎着朝阳吹来的微风
I'm turning CBS on while I'm navigating one-eyed
我打开电视机听着CBS
Barely half awake but the mocha will get me woke
勉强半醒，但摩卡可以让我精神起来
Next thing that I know is that beat on is kinda dope
接下来我知道的是，这节奏有点酷
So I slowly make way to my papers I'm always writing
所以我慢慢地转向我一直在写的论文
About the beauties of our life and the moments that keep us smiling
关于我们生活中的美好和那些让我们微笑的时刻
Looking through my feed I’m reading current events
通过浏览我的动态，我正在阅读时事
A stock ticker on the banner got my plan to invest
广告上的股票行情让我有了投资的计划
If success is really monetary why do wealthy people
如果成功真的是因为金钱，为什么有钱人
Never feel at peace with their pieces they starve for c-notes
总是对自己的人生感到不满，渴望赚到更多的钞票
So I’m aiming to be grateful with what God has given out to me
所以，感激上帝赐予我的一切
I've been a starving artist in my past that’s part of me
我过去是个吃不饱饭的艺术家，那是我的一部分
Walking upon the oddities, rapping as my commodity
漫步在奇怪的地方，把说唱当作我的商品
Capturing all my images I'm finishing what ought to be
捕捉我所有的影像，做我应该做的
We all wake up with the same amount of minutes
我们醒来时都有同样多的时间
We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it
我们每天都在航行，有24小时的时间来生活
How you choose to move is your legacy, entity
你如何决定你的遗产，私物
Loving those around you keep it heavenly, symmetry
爱护你周围的人，保持天堂般的公正
We all wake up with the same amount of minutes
我们都用同样的时间醒来
We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it
我们每天都在用24小时生活导航
Choose your own direction, not just to impress
选择你自己的方向，而不仅仅是为了打动他人
You never know when we are leaving with a few minutes left
你永远不知道我们什么时候会离开，只剩下几分钟的时间
I drive around to places that used to mean a lot to me
我开车去那些曾经对我意义重大的地方转转
To see the life that changes age’s like a novelty
看见物是人非的变化，好似新鲜事物一样
Like back in college I would walk around the campus
就像在大学的时候，我会在校园里散步
Now the buildings represent a certain distant type of language
现在这些建筑代表了一种遥远的语言
I hear the chatter from the younger in me
我听到年轻的我在喋喋不休
Who used to go to every open mic to kill an MC
谁曾经搞坏了一个又一个麦克风，当一个MC
Who used to hustle all their music using downloaded beats
谁曾经用下载的beats来制作他们所有的音乐
Defeat was not a part of dialogues that I would just speak - peep
失败不是对话的一部分，我只会说-peep
Let's take it further down to memory lane
让我们再深入回忆一下
I'm parked in front of south lake union flashing back through the waves
我把车停在南湖联合公园前，在海浪中闪烁
The graves of all my past mistakes and placed in front of my face
我过去所有错误的坟墓，摆在我的面前
I'm forced to look 'em in the eyes, and try to not look away
我被迫看着他们的眼睛，并试图不移开目光
We've all been there no point in despair
我们都经历过，没有必要绝望
Hit the wrong attack but canceled out of it in midair
做错了事，但半路悔改
As long as we alive we got the night to make the most of it
只要我们还活着，我们就有足够的时间利用它
Playing all my local hits, I'm chilling by the coastal tip
放着我所有的本地歌曲，在海边放松
We all wake up with the same amount of minutes
我们醒来时都有同样多的时间
We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it
我们每天都在为24小时的生活而奔波
How you choose to move is your legacy, entity
你如何决定你的遗产，私物
Loving those around you keep it heavenly, symmetry
爱护你身边的人，让它保持天堂般的公正
We all wake up with the same amount of minutes
我们都用同样的时间醒来
We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it
我们每天都在用24小时生活导航
Choose your own direction, not just to impress
选择你自己的方向，而不仅仅是为了打动他人
You never know when we are leaving with a few minutes left
你永远不知道我们什么时候离开