Note to Self
J. Cole
Note to Self 歌詞
And wherever we go
無論我們要去何方
And whatever we do
無論我們要做什麼
And whatever we see
無論我們看到什麼
And whoever we be
無論我們將成為誰
It dont matter
其實都無所謂
It dont matter
真的無所謂
I dont mind cause you dont matter
我不在乎是因為你並不重要
I dont mind cause I dont matter
我不在乎是因為我也不重要
(And dont shit matter)
不要緊
Ive got a feeling that theres somethin more
我能感覺到這裡有些什麼
Something that holds us together
一些讓我們在一起的東西
Something that holds us together
一些讓我們在一起的東西
The strangest feeling but I cant be sure
這感覺非常奇怪但我並不確定
Something thats old is forever
古老的東西才是永恆的
Something thats old is forever
古老的東西才是永恆的
Love
是愛
Love
愛
Love
愛
Love
愛
And wherever we go
不論我們去哪
And whatever we do
去做什麼
And whatever we see
看到什麼
And whoever we be
又成為什麼
It dont matter
其實都不重要
It dont matter
真的不重要
I dont mind cause you dont matter
我不在乎是因為你不重要
I dont mind cause I dont matter
我不在乎是因為我也不重要
(And dont shit matter)
不要緊
Youll see in the end
你會在終點看到答案
Love
是愛
Yeah nigga , Forest Hills Drive.
yeah 黑鬼Forest Hills Drive
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, thats it.
耶耶耶就是這個
We made it, baby! As we speak the last sample just cleared.
我們做到了寶貝我們所說的最後一個音樂樣品已經完成了
Thank you to whoever in Japan, just cleared that shit.
不管是誰在日本謝謝你完成了這個樣品
Turn my vocal up and turn the headphones down a little bit.
把我的聲音調高一點把耳機放下來一點
I gotta do my thankyous man.
我必須謝謝你所作的一切兄弟
I didnt have enough time to turn my thank yous for the artwork, so fuck it. Imma do it right now
我沒有足夠的時間把我對你的感謝之詞變成一件藝術品所以去他媽的我現在就做
This is the credits.
這是榮譽
This is role credits nigga,
這是全部的榮譽黑鬼們
if you dont wanna sit through the credits get your ass up and walk out the movie theatre.
如果你不想听到最後請你挪動屁股離開影院
First and foremost my entire Dreamville team, thank you man.
首先感謝我整個Dreamville團隊
Before that Im buggin, thank you God!
那是我人生的起點感謝上帝
Oh my God. Everything happened too perfectly and in line, this whole thing
我的天所有事都非常完美並且井井有條所有的事
Thank you God. Thank my Dreamville family.
感謝上帝感謝我的Dreamville大家庭
Mez who fuckin sleep right now, that nigga aint even recording this thing right now.
Mez現在肯定他媽睡著了那個黑鬼現在甚至都不記錄這件事了
Niggas been working hard man, Mez Im proud as fuck of you man, for real you killed this shit.
黑鬼一直是個努力的人Mez 我真他媽為你感到驕傲真的你完成了件大事
Ib what up. El Presidente what up!
lb怎麼了El總統又怎樣
We killed this shit nigga, we killed this shit nigga!
我們做到了黑鬼我們做到了黑鬼們
I dont give a fuck if we sell 3 copies nigga, we killed this shit nigga!
如果我們只賣了三種我他媽才不在乎
My nigga Adam, Im proud of yall man, for real.
我的黑鬼Adam 我為你感到自豪真的
Ron Gilmore, my nigga. Yes, Camille, yes thats my sister.
Ron Gilmore 我的黑鬼噢對Camille 我的姐姐
Casey, thats like a father figure right there, Casey.
Casey 坐的像個慈父一樣的Casey
My brother Ced, wow, we done came a long way from the Ville, my nigga Gray Street.
我的兄弟Ced
My nigga Felton, you killed it,
我的黑鬼Felton 你也做到了
you killed that Friday Night Lights shit nigga and you killed this one too man.
你不僅在勝利之歌裡表現優異你在這裡也做的很出色兄弟
I shoulda been coming to you man.
我想我應該來到你身邊
You only do the classics though, thats what it is, for real.
雖然你只做經典的東西但經典的東西就是真實
My nigga Mike Shaw shiggity, you already know where he at right now posted up somewhere in D.R.
我的黑鬼Mike Shaw shiggity 你們肯定都知道他現在被張貼在D.R的某個地方
My nigga RJ Trump Trump gettin that motherfuckin bread, you know what it is man.
我的黑鬼RJ Trump得到了那他媽的什麼麵包你知道我在說什麼吧兄弟
My nigga Diz, I see you, I see your vision, I believe in you.
我的黑鬼Diz 我懂的我懂你的願景我相信你
I love yall niggas. Big D, thank you man for real.
我愛你們這些黑鬼Big D 真的很謝謝你
(Teddy what up ) (Shotgun) We believe in yall,
Teddy又怎麼了用槍射擊吧我相信你們
(Proof!) you and the fiends, my nigga Bassy Badass, Bas, Bas, Bas, I cant believe it nigga!
證明你和你的朋友們我的黑鬼Bassy Badass Bas Bas Bas 我簡直不敢相信這樣一切黑鬼們
(Marquis Jones) You changed your life, man, keep goin. Keep goin , the sky is the limit.
Marquis Joned 你改變了你的人生兄弟繼續前進吧一直走下去天空也是有盡頭的
Fuck that, man, Super Mooking Fiends. Its Super Mooking Fiends nigga!
去他的吧兄弟Super Mooking Fiends 這是黑鬼Super Mooking Fiends
My nigga Depp, you know what I mean? Razzle Dazzle, Elite, Elite, Elite, Elite what up!
我的黑鬼Depp你知道我想說什麼吧Razzle Dazzle Elite Elite Elite Elite 燥起來吧
What up man, my nigga Reagan put in them hours!
嘿兄弟我的黑鬼Reagan
My nigga Omen, man, Elephant Eyes, that shit is a confirmed classic, man. Dreamville,
我的黑鬼Omen 大象眼睛這是不變的傳統Dreamville
we only did confirmed classics so far, thats all we doin. Yo Elijah!
我們到目前為止只早就經典這也是我們正在做的事yo Elijah
Aye if we go diamond, nigga you got the triple crown, man. First 50, then Usher,
是的如果我們去冠軍賽你們奪得桂冠先是50 然後是Usher
nigga you fuckin out of here.
黑鬼們離開這吧
But we might go wood though. Nervous Wreck, man, congratulations to you, brother, I love you.
但我們可能會穿過森林Nervous Wervous 兄弟祝賀你我愛你
(At least go silver) Filthy,
至少得到銀色獵物filthy
I love you too, man . I know you feel a way about me right now but I love you.
我也愛你兄弟我知道你現在對我是另一種感覺了但我還是愛你
Yo shout to the young niggas , man. Forreal, we blessed to have yall on board, man, we feel so grateful
你們對著年輕的黑鬼們大喊大叫Forreal 我們如此幸運能在船上遇見你感恩
Cozz, that Cozz and Effect is a mothafuckin classic, nigga.
因為因為這些成就都是他媽的經典
I be ridin my bike through Manhattan listenin to that shit, man.
我會騎著我的單車去曼哈頓聽的
Ive been livin with that shit for like the past 4 days, I finally got a chance to slow down.
我從過去四天到現在都在和這一切作鬥爭現在我終於有機會讓它慢下來了
That shit is a classic, my nigga.
這些作品都是經典啊
Congratulations to you. We dont give a fuck what it sold,
祝賀你反正我們也不在乎到底賣出去了什麼
I dont even know what that shit sold to tell you the truth, man.
我甚至不知道什麼東西被賣給了你告訴你真相
And Im proud of you, man.
我為你感到自豪
Im proud of you and your homeboys.
我為你還有你的成員們感到自豪
Yall its really gon be great to watch yall grow.
看見你的成長我真的很開心
Im appreciatin watchin yall grow more than we did!
你的成長速度甚至超過了我們做的事情我非常欣慰
I get to relive it all again and actually appreciate it this time.
我把這些事情又重新體驗了一遍然後真切的感激這段時光
Shout out to the whole committee, man. Tone, Meez, what up.
向委員會大喊怎麼樣Tone Meez
My nigga Money Makin Matt, what up man? Treat them boys right, man
我的黑鬼Money Makin Matt 好好對待那些男孩兄弟
Everybody that was involved in makin this album,
剛剛提到的每一個人都包含進了這張專輯裡
my nigga Jack whos at the board right now, whats up man!?
我的黑鬼Jack 現在肯定在船上了
Yo you made the album, man!
你的專輯大獲成功了兄弟
We gon live forever, man!
我們會永生的
You gotta loop the beat up right now though cause it cant...
你會使這些毆打成環儘管它並不能
okay Raff, Rugged Raff, Perfect Sound Studios, LA we couldnt have did it without you.
好了Raff Rugged Raff 完美音質工作室沒有
My nigga Dave Linaburg, Nate Jones, Yolanda, TS, Kaye Fox came through and killed it.
我的黑鬼Dave Linaburg Nate Jones Yolanda TS Kaye Fox
My nigga Quick with the clean versions, Vinylz killed that beat!
我的黑鬼來自Clean version 的Quick Vinylz 來點節奏
My nigga Phonix, oh that beat is hard!
我的黑鬼Phonix 噢現在的節奏很帶感了
Dahi brought that beat, who does that?
Dahi 帶來了節奏誰能帶來這樣的節奏
Pop & Oak, my nigga Pop, thank you man, and Willie B I never met you but you did the beat. !
Pop & Oak 我的黑鬼兄弟謝謝你還有Willie B 我從來沒見過你但是是你創造了這些節奏
llmind you killed the beat, Social Experiment, my nigga Jeff on the guitar, you know what I mean?
llmind 你的節奏太棒了社會實驗我的黑鬼兄弟彈吉他的Jeff 你們知道我在說什麼吧
Nunodid the mothafuckin strings, I appreciate that shit, man!
是Nuno彈出了這些他媽超酷的的旋律謝謝你兄弟
We gon pay you. Hey, the horn players that came through,
我們會付錢給你的嘿所有從頭到尾負責喇叭的演奏者們
I dont know yall names but yall killed that shit, man, we was lovin that shit!
我不知道你們的名字但是你們做到了兄弟們我們都很愛這些音樂
Shout out to all the girls on the mothafuckin strings.
對負責弦樂的女孩兒們大喊
We appreciate it. Guess that shit a little wild, I aint gon lie.
我們非常感謝我想那會有些奇怪我沒說謊
Uh, maybe that was my fault, I set yall up with Wreck-It Ralph. But its all good, we still killed it though.
噢也許那是我的失誤我給你們提供了Wreck It Ralph 但是那還是很棒我們仍然做到了
And all the mothafuckin samples that cleared, thank you,
所有這些他媽的樣本都完成了謝謝你們
yall be tryin to give a nigga a hard time on the samples, man!
你們都很努力的在樣本製作上給我製造了麻煩
Ima go to the fuckin Supreme Court and try to make this shit easier for niggas like me to clear these samples, man.
我會去他媽的Supreme Court 去努力使這些東西在那些黑鬼前變得和我處理樣本一樣輕鬆
If you made the fuckin music, and you made the art, and you put it into the world,
如果你他媽想做音樂那你就把它變成一件藝術品然後把它帶向全世界
I should be able to use it however the fuck I want.
我想他媽怎麼用我就怎麼用這些音樂
Ima pay you, Ima give you a percentage, but you shouldnt be able to tell me
我會付錢給你給你一些機會但是你不能告訴我
I cant use it. Ya, thats fuckin... thats fucked up nigga.
我不能用是的那就玩完了黑鬼們
You was inspired by the world allow the world to be inspired by your shit, and to use your shit.
世界給你帶來靈感那你同樣要將這些靈感放進你的音樂里並且運用它
So all them people like [?] or whoever that dont let niggas use they shit, fuck that man.
所以去他媽的那些不如黑人用這些靈感的人們
Its 2014, 2015 by the time you might hear this shit. Fuck that man we movin on
今年是2014年2015的這個時候你們也許會聽到這些音樂他媽的我們一直在努力前進啊
Man, shout out Drizzy Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Wale,
對著Drizzy Drake大喊Kendrick Lamar Wale
Im so happy to be peers with yall niggas and consider yall niggas friends.
能成為你們的同事我非常開心我把你們視為朋友
And Im sorry I had to come snatch the crown right quick.
我很抱歉我現在要馬上去抓穩我的王冠了
I had to do it to show niggas it aint no more motherfuckin crowns man.
我這樣做的原因是我要向那些黑鬼們表示這裡沒有多的王冠了
We gotta be the example, we gotta show these niggas man, its love at the top.
我們會成為先例我們向那些黑鬼們展示在頂端有多棒
Cant you believe, its crazy to believe we sitting right here in these mother fuckin seats right now.
你無法想像很難相信我們現在就坐在這裡在這些他媽的椅子上
15 years ago we was lookin at these niggas like ' man we gotta be these niggas!'.
15年前我們僅僅是望著那些黑鬼想著我們會成為那樣的人
Now we those niggas, but its our responsibility to show these niggas man its love up here.
現在我們成為了他們但是我們更有責任讓那些黑鬼們知道在這上面有多棒
Niggas want beef, niggas want drama, fuck that we comin together
黑鬼們想要牛肉黑鬼們想要戲劇媽的我們聚在了一起
Shout out to everybody in Ferguson right now still ridin, still ridin.
向今天所有Ferguson的所有人大喊就是此刻就是此刻
Everybody else asleep, yall still ridin.
其他人入睡的時候你還在策馬加鞭
And its bigger than Ferguson,man that shit is fuckin nationwide man.
這比Ferguson更大它是全國性的
We gotta come together, look at each other, love each other.
我們要聚在一起注視著彼此愛著彼此
We share a common story nigga thats pain, struggle.
我們分享共同的故事包含著痛苦與奮鬥的故事
And guess what nigga, we can come together, and thats one things thats gon do it, thats love.
讓我們猜猜和黑鬼們一起我們一起我們還要做一件事那就是去愛
Im just telling yall, thats a Public Service Announcement
我剛剛還在告訴你麼公共服務的通告
Back to this shit, yo.
我們回來繼續感謝
By Storm, I love yall niggas man, no matter what.
我說話橫衝直撞的但我愛你們所有人管他是什麼呢
Wayne, Just, Mark, Gucci you my big brother forever, it dont even matter about business, nigga its bigger than that.
Wayne Just Mark Gucci 你們永遠是我的大哥哥這不關商業的事比這些東西更偉大
MK thank you man you came on board and killed it.
MK 謝謝你能來幫我完成了音樂
Natalya, whats up!
Natalya 嘿
My nigga Julius Garcia, I already shouted you out but I shouted out your alias
我的黑鬼Julius Garcia 我已經朝你喊過了但是我喊的是你的別名
and I just put your whole government on record and this gon live forever.
而且我已經把你們整個政府都記錄下來並且永久保存了
Tisha, Tisha, you know I love you Tisha!
Tisha Tisha 你知道我愛你Tisha
Future the prince, thank you for those conversations man I needed that.
Future the prince 謝謝你和我的那些談話我非常需要它們
Roc Nation daamnn, we feel like a family now man, forreal.
Roc Nation daamnn 我們現在像一家人了真的
It was always family but its so ill to see us come together on this album, thank yall very much man.
其實以前就是一家人但是幾乎很少看見我們聚在一起合作專輯非常感謝你們
Thank yall for believing, I know this is a scary idea,
謝謝你們的信賴我知道這是一個很恐怖的想法
I dont know if its gonna work or not, as I speak, I dont gove a fuck!
我也不確定它會不會奏效但就像我說的我又不在乎
Fuck man, Im just happy we did this shit
我他媽只是覺得我們做了這些東西真讓人高興
Shout out to Nelly, [?], Christina, Chaka I love you, Def what up, Jay-Z, Hov, holla!
對著Nelly大喊Christina Chaka 我愛你們Def 嘿Jay -Z Hov holla
Jake Brown what up! Rich Climate, Tata, my nigga [?], you know what it is
Jake Brown 嘿Rich Climate Tata 我的黑鬼們你們懂的
Shout out to Interscope. Yeah, Joey [?], preciate you, Janet, Gary, Steve Berman, yeah.
對著Interscope大喊yeah Joey 我很感激你anet Gary Steve Berman yeah
Columbia, we love yall man , damn. Im runnin out of breath and shit.
Columbia 我們愛你兄弟媽的我快要喘不過氣了
Im sad this is my last album with Columbia, its not my fault its all contractual,
我很難過這是我最後一張和Columbia合作的專輯了這不是我的原因是合同的問題
but I love the fuck out of yall, we made relationships there that aint never going away
但我他媽還是愛你們我們的關係不會因此瓦解
(Lisa Wiggins!!). Aint never know what the future holds man.
Lisa Wiggins 我們永遠不知道未來會發生什麼
We hope we can do business some day.
期待未來也許會有合作
April, thank you very much my baby, [?], you are a legend, we fuckin love you
April 非常謝謝你寶貝你就說個傳說我們都他媽愛死你了
CJ same to you man, yall been killin this shit for years, thank you man, thank you.
CJ 你也是你一直致力於幫我完成這張專輯謝謝你謝謝
Rob Stringer, thank you sir, Joe [?], yes sir.
Rob Stringer 謝謝你先生Joe 是的先生
The whole sales team, production, marketing team.
整個營銷生產市場管理的團隊
My man B Nolan who drove us around in a fuckin van and a SUV and showed us all about the radio game, man.
我的兄弟B Nolan 他開車帶我們去了他媽的Van和SUV 讓我們看了整個redio game
And we aint had no hits, all we had was fuckin 'Who Dat.' Tryin figure this shit out man and I figured it out.
B Nolan I finally figured it out. I know you like 'damn this nigga talking to me', Im talking to you man.
B Nolan 我終於解決了這些問題我知道你現在在想媽的這個黑鬼在和我說話我現在就在和你說話
Cause you used to hear us stressin over this shit, and I finally figured it out man.
因為你一直聽我們不斷強調這張專輯我最後還是解決了所有問題老兄
Dont none of that shit matter yo.
但是這些事情都不重要
I came all this way, all the way from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
我們一路走來從北部卡羅萊納州的Fayetteville
Went to New York City got this motherfuckin record deal.
最後到紐約達成了夢想
Put out some classics, put out some singles .
發布了一些優秀的音樂培養了一些歌手
Had my ups, had my downs.
見證我人生的高峰與低谷
Came all this way just to learn one thing man, and only one fuckin thing matters and thats your happiness.
所有發生的一切只是教會我一件事這件事也是他媽唯一重要的就是你的幸福
And the only way you gon get to that happiness is through love, real, geniuine, motherfuckin love man.
你得到幸福的唯一途徑就是通過愛真誠的發自內心的去愛
Not the fake shit, not the Hollywood shit, not the niggas giving you props so you think you the shit.
不是來自虛假的好萊塢的或者黑鬼們給你的支持你才認為你能做到
Not motherfuckers knowing you so you think you famous.
沒有誰他媽的真正懂你所以只有你自己去想變得出名
Not niggas seeing your whip andthey want your whip so you feel good cause they want your whip.
沒有黑鬼們看見你徹底失敗他們只是想讓你失敗所以你應該感覺良好音樂有人想看你失敗
Or they want your bitch , so you feel better, fuck that, real love.
或者他們想奪走你的馬子所以你應該感覺更良好一些去他媽的要真正的去愛
Where your crib is at nigga where your heart is at, where your home is at, where your mom is at, where your girl is at
黑鬼們在的地方是你的安樂窩你的心你的家你的媽媽你的女孩兒都在那裡
Mimi what up!
Mimi 嘿
Im fuckin up my words, I dont care.
我他媽都快詞窮了但我不在乎
How am I not gon shout out Mimi man, fuck that shit keep the tape rollin.
我怎麼可能不向Mimi man大喊他媽的是他們讓膠帶保持轉動啊
We still goin. Wassup man! Forest Hills Drive we gon do this shit , if you aint listening to this shit,
我們仍在前進Forest Hills 讓我們進步
I dont give a fuck, nigga its the fuckin credits.
我他媽才不在乎這就是屬於我們的榮譽
Dont nobody stay for the movie credits anyway man
少了你們任何一個這個榮譽就不復存在了
My Mama OOOOOOOOOOOH, I love you!
我的媽媽噢我愛您
Im so grateful, blessed to have you.
我感激一切感謝上帝讓我擁有你
Still in my life, a lot of people aint got their mothers in they life still and I recognise that Im blessed.
其實我的一生中見過很多人沒有母親陪伴所以我更認識到我是如此幸運
Mama I love you. Zach I love you. My pops I love you. James Cole I love you, Jackie I love ya.
媽媽我愛您Zach也愛您我的兄弟們也愛您James Cole 我愛你Jackie 我也愛你
My whole family I love ya. Im so grateful man, thank yall.
我愛我的家庭我感激一切
It all came full circle and I had to put this shit out in 2014.
這一切太圓滿了我只是想把它們在2014年都說出來
We barely made, yo Ib we barely made it nigga.
我們最後還是勉強做到了黑鬼們
We barely fuckin made it but we fuckin made it man.
做到這一切很難但是我們做到了
Fuck yall, but I love yall at the same time man
去他媽的但是我永遠愛你們
Man look, yall really wanna know who did it?
你們真想知道誰做到了這些嗎
Imma tell yall who did this shit man.
我會告訴你誰做到了這些兄弟
Man, Dale Earnhardt jr dawg.
兄弟Dale Earnhardt jr dawg
Im never gon forget, this is gonna sound crazy but Im never gonna forget that shit you told me yo.
我永遠不會忘記這聽起來很瘋狂但我永遠不會忘記你們給我說的一切
Forreal Dale Earnhardt jr man, thank you dawg.
Forreal Dale Earnhardt jr 謝謝你老兄
From the bottom of my heart. That shit you said to me changed my life man.
我發自內心的認為這一切改變了我的一生
And I aint never gon forget, ever forreal.
而且我永遠不會忘記永遠
For real Dale, form me to you, you my nigga man, forreal. I love you boy.
講真Dale我們之間不言而喻我永遠的兄弟我愛你
And Jonah ! Oh Jonah Hill! How could I forget Jonah Hill!
然後是Jonah 噢Jonah Hill 我怎麼可能忘了Jonah Hill
Yo, that shit you told me when we was in the elevator, nigga that shit changed my...
你在電梯裡跟我說的話改變了我
Im just fuckin playin, I dont know either one of those two dudes .
我他媽還在演出我不知道這兩個人是誰
I dont know either one of them niggas, I was in the moment. I just lied,
我不認識他們中的任何一個黑鬼我只活在當下其實我在撒謊
I dont give a fuck
我他媽才不在乎這些
2014 Forest Hills Drive. Cole World man. Thank yall for listening.
2014 Forest Hills Drive頒獎典禮上感謝所有人的聆聽
If you made it this far then I really fuck with you.
如果你真能走到這一步我會和你乾一架的
Until thenext time, I dont know when thats gonna be but, One love baby!
直到下一次我不知道接下來會發生什麼但我愛你們寶貝們
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