i 歌詞
Is this mic on? (Hey, move this way, this way)
這麥克風開了嗎?
Hey, Hey! Hey! Turn the mic up, cmon, cmon
嘿把這麥調大聲點快快快
Is the mic on or not? I want the mic
這只麥開了嗎?我想用這只麥
Were bringing up nobody, nobody...
Kendrick一路成長
Nobody but the number one rapper in the world
從無人知曉蛻變到家喻戶曉
He done traveled all over the world
他已周遊全球
He came back just to give you some game
他回到家鄉只為帶來福音
All of the little boys and girls, come up here
大家都來這裡!
(One two, one two, whats happening, fool?)
咋了 老哥?
Come right here, this is for you, come on up
來來來 這是獻給你們的
Kendrick Lamar, make some noise, brother
這是大名鼎鼎的Kendrick Lamar!燥起來!
I done been through a whole lot
我已經歷無數苦難
Trial, tribulation, but I know God
經歷審判與苦難但我仍深信上帝
The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie
惡魔無時無刻不想把我拉入地獄
Pray that the holy water dont go dry
我雙手祈禱祈禱聖水永不枯竭
As I look around me
睜開雙眼環繞四周
So many motherfuckers wanna down me
有無數人想把我拉下王座
But an enemigo never drown me
但敵人從來都不能擊垮我的意志
In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me
雙面鏡映著我不光彩的過去但我找到了真正的自我
And (I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
When you lookin at me, tell me what do you see?
當你凝視著我你看到了什麼?
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully
面對邪惡我毫無畏懼伸張正義
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy dont seem shy
上帝之手將我照亮
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
One day at a time, uhh
總有一天陽光將普照大地
They wanna say its a war outside, bomb in the street
他們說衝突在街上爆發炸彈在街上爆炸
Gun in the hood, mob of police
街頭槍械橫行警察幫派勾結在一起
Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend
癮君子在街角排著隊做毒品交易
And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme uh
止咳水混蘇打一杯又一杯模特們都在搔首弄姿
These days of frustration keep yall on tuck and rotation (Come to the front)
這些黑暗困住了我們並一日又一日地循環
I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis
我告別了冷漠的面孔為大家傳播積極的東西
Dreams of realitys peace
夢想著現實的安寧與和平
Blow steam in the face of the beast
大麻的煙霧照映著惡魔的嘴臉
Sky could fall down, wind could cry now
無論風刮天塌
Look at me motherfucker I smile
我仍保持微笑積極樂觀
And (I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
When you lookin at me, tell me what do you see?
當你凝視著我你看到了什麼?
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully
面對邪惡我毫無畏懼伸張正義
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy dont seem shy
上帝之手將我照亮
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
One day at a time, uhh
總有一天陽光將普照大地
(Crazy)
快要發瘋
(What you gon do?)
你將會做什麼?
Lift up your head and keep moving, (Keep moving) turn the mic up
抬起頭繼續前行(把麥開大聲點)
(Haunt you)
邪念追逐著你
Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart
讓“時尚警察”消停點我只穿我自己愛穿的
On my sleeve, let the runway start
穿自己的鞋走自己的路
You know the miserable do love company
我的痛苦經歷總會引起共鳴
What do you want from me and my scars?
而你們又想從中得到什麼呢?
Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence
好像每個人都缺乏自信
How many times my potential was anonymous?
有多少次 我的潛力被忽視
How many times the city making me promises?
有多少次這座城市讓我許下諾言
So I promise this, nigga
所以我承諾我自尊自愛
And (I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
When you lookin at me, tell me what do you see?
當你凝視著我你看到了什麼?
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully
面對邪惡我毫無畏懼伸張正義
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy dont seem shy
上帝之手將我照亮
(I love myself)
我潔身自好一塵不染
One day at a time, uhh
總有一天陽光將普照大地
Huh (Walk my bare feet) huh (Walk my bare feet)
赤腳行走無憂無慮
Huh ( Down, down valley deep) huh (Down, down valley deep)
即使在人生的低谷也不低頭
(I love myself) huh (Fi-fie-fo-fum) huh (fi-fie-fo -fum)
樂觀向上積極開朗
(I love myself) huh (My heart undone) one, two, three
心中永不失落
I went to war last night
昨晚捲入一場衝突(指內心與邪惡的鬥爭並非真正的械鬥)
With an automatic weapon, dont nobody call a medic
鬥爭慘烈但無人叫救援
Imma do it till I get it right
在正義到來前我不會放棄
I went to war last night (Night, night, night, night, night)
昨晚捲入一場衝突
Ive been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent
自從青少年時期我一直在與內心的邪惡抗爭(也指家鄉Compton的種種邪惡)
Duckin every other blessin, I can never see the message
就像所有的祝福都躲著我也難以看到上帝的旨意
I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave
難以抓住機會也難以躲避災難
From a negative and letting them annihilate me
總有人想抹殺毀滅我
And its evident Im moving at a meteor speed
而我像流星一般向他們衝去
Finna run into a building, lay my body...
最終功成名就..
Not on my time, Not while Im up here
別在這時鬧別鬧
Noton my time, kill the music
別鬧把音樂關了
Not on my time
這不是個好時候
We could save that shit for the streets
停止內鬥為了我們生活的街道
We could save that shit, this for the kids bro
停止內鬥為了我們的孩子
2015, niggas tired of playin victim dog
已經2015了我們已厭倦互相殘殺
Niggas aint trying to play vic— TuTu, how many niggas we done lost?
告訴我我們已有多少兄弟無辜犧牲?
Yan-Yan, how many we done lost?
告訴我(在以前的歌裡提過Tu Tu和Yan-Yan是喇嘛的兄弟)
No for real, answer the question, how many niggas we done lost bro?
講真回答我的問題我們身邊已有多少人無辜犧牲?
This, this year alone
對就今年
Exactly. So we aint got time to waste time my nigga
對所以我們不能浪費時間了
Niggas gotta make time bro
黑人群體要抓緊時間
The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right?
上帝的審判外界的質疑它們從來都沒有停過
The judge make time so it ain't shit
這些質疑和審判不停所以內鬥就是個錯誤
It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dawg
內鬥不應出現我們應該站出來欣賞生活中的美好
On the dead homies. Charlie P, you know that bro
看在死去的兄弟份上Charlie Parker(死於吸毒過量) 對你認識吧
You know that
你知道吧
It's mando. Right, its mando
對我們必鬚髮現並欣賞生活中的美好(mando=mandatory)
And I say this because I love you niggas man
我說這個的原因是因為我愛你們
I love all my niggas bro
我愛所有人
Exac- enough said, enough said
夠了夠了
We gon get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty my nigga
我們該回到表演了剛才這事根本不該發生
Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check
麥克風檢查
We gon do some acapella shit before we get back to-
在正式表演開始前我先來無伴奏Rap一段
All my niggas listen
大家聽好
Listen to this:
聽好聽好
I promised Dave Id never use the phrase 'fuck nigga'
我曾向Dave(喇嘛一個因槍擊死去的弟兄)承諾永遠不用這詞“去他媽的黑鬼”
He said, 'Think about what you saying: Fuck niggas
他說想想你在說什麼
No better than Samuel on Django
這不比在《被解救的薑戈》中的Stephen要強(Samuel Jackson在電影中扮演黑奴角色Stephen)
No better than a white man with slave boats'
也不比運奴船上的白人船長要強
Sound like I needed some soul searching
這聽起來我需要探尋自己的內心
My Pops gave me some game in real person
我的父親教給我做人的道理
Retraced my steps on what they never taught me
就像學校從沒教過我的:回顧我在人生走的每一步
Did my homework fast before government caught me
在政府抓到我之前盡快完事
So Ima dedicate this one verse to Oprah
所以我把這段Verse送給Oprah Winfrey(黑人女演員從自己開始不用N-word)
On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us
一個不起眼的N-word 就足以控制我們
So many artists gave her an explanation to hold us
所以不少藝術家用她的解釋來hold住我們
Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia
這是我來自埃塞俄比亞的關於N-word的見解(Negus意為埃塞爾比亞皇帝)
N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty; King royalty - wait listen
NEGUS五個字母代表:對自己血統的忠誠與驕傲
N-E-G-U-S description: Black emperor, King, ruler, now let me finish
NEGUS五個字母代表:黑色肌膚的皇帝君主統治者
The history books overlook the word and hide it
歷史書總是試著忽略和隱藏它
America tried to make it to a house divided
美國則試圖將自己分裂(A house divided暗指林肯當年演講談到的一個“半奴隸制半自由的美國社會”)
The homies dont recognize we been using it wrong
一直沒有註意到我們也自己用錯了這個詞
So Ima break it down and put my game in a song
我給你們分析分析並把其中的教育意義寫入歌裡
N-E-G-U-S, say it with me
N-E-G-U-S 跟我一起說
Or say no more. Black stars can come and get me
或再也不說黑人們團結起來
Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time
告訴Oprah Winfrey 她說的對
Kendrick Lamar, by far , realest Negus alive
Kendrick Lamar 至今以來最Real的Negus