歌词
Ey yo x3
诶 唷
I hate rich niggas goddammit
我讨厌那些有钱的黑哥，干
Cause I ain't never had a lot dammit
因为我从来没有过很多钱，干
Who you had to kill, who you had to rob
你要去杀谁，你要去抢谁
Who you had to fuck just to make it to the top dammit.
你要去干谁，最后才能爬到顶端？干
Or maybe that's daddy money,escalator no ladder money
或者，这是你老爹的钱，轻轻松松来的而不是辛苦赚的钱（电梯和梯子的比喻，电梯你站上去就会自己走，而梯子需要你自己爬）
Escalading new caddy money
存着买卡迪拉克的钱（还有个梗，Escalade是凯迪拉克的一款车）
Crookest smile nigga momma never had the money damn
笑起来一口坏牙，我妈没钱给我去整牙（也是对专辑里面另一首歌crooked smile的呼应）
Worst fear going broke cause I'm bad with money.
最怕的就是破产，因为我理财一塌糊涂
I ain't trippin'
但是我也不抱怨
A nigga Jordan I ain't Pippen yeah
黑哥我是乔丹，不是皮蓬（当年公牛队皮蓬是二当家，乔丹是大当家）
Up the steps I ain't slippin'
加快步伐，我不会滑倒
Tears blood sweat I ain't crippin, Pierce
（我的成就都是）泪水鲜血和汗水（换来的），我不是哪些跛脚货色（还有个双关，bloods 和crips是LA最大的两个对立的黑人帮派）
A song you can sing along with when you down
当你失落因为某些事情失落的时候，你可以跟着唱起这首歌
On some let you know you ain't alone shit
让你知道你并不是一个人
When your momma ain't at home cause she got a second job
你妈妈不在家，因为她在打第二份工
Delivering pizzas you think she out there getting robbed
她在送披萨外卖，而你担心她在外面会不会被抢
Please God watch her I know how niggas do
上帝啊请看好她，我知道那些黑哥哥们会做什么
Half cracker but a nigga too
虽然我是半个白人，但我仍然是个黑哥
Talking all that shit 'bout your step-pops
让我们来谈一下我继父的那些破事儿
How he was a dog now look at you
他就像个狗一样，现在看看你（是不是也跟狗一样）
I ain't bad as that nigga plus dawg I'm a grown man now
我并不像他一样糟糕，而且我也已经是个大人了
I ain't mad at that nigga
我并不是跟他多大仇
But if a plane crash and only it killed his lame ass
但是如果飞机坠毁，干掉了那个傻逼
I'd be glad its that nigga, nigga
我会很高兴飞机上的人说他的，黑哥
Did Kay dirty now it's back to broke
他对我妈（J Cole的妈叫Kay Cole）很恶毒，现在好点了，但是只是从恶毒到糟糕
Refund check she used that to float.
她靠着那些退税单勉强维持生计
Momma gets depressed falls in love with the next maniac
妈妈生活在压抑中，于是又爱上了另一个疯子
On crack use that to cope
靠着吸毒来解决问题
Make a nigga smoke a whole sack of dope
这些让我不得不抽一整管叶子（来逃避）
Writing rhymes tryna bring back the hope
写着歌词，希望借此带来希望
Try to ride the storm out and crashed the boat
想要乘风远航，却撞烂了小船
Could've drowned, but I grabbed the rope
本来会被淹死，但是我抓住了绳子
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
Selling me dreams and telling me things you knew
告诉我你的梦想，告诉我你知道的事情
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
Selling me dreams and telling me things you knew
告诉我你的梦想，告诉我你知道的事情
Sing,
长起来
You got what I want
你有我想要的
I got what you need
我有你想要的
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
You got what I want
你有我想要的
I got what you need
我有你想要的
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
I hate rich niggas goddammit
我讨厌有钱的黑哥，干
Cause I ain't never had a lot dammit
因为我从来没有过很多钱，干
Niggas can't front on the flows you got
那些黑哥哥们不能在你的flow面前装腔作势
But every fucking verse how much dough you got
但是（现在一些说唱歌手）他妈的每一段都是唱自己多有钱
Homie, don't quit now hear my shit and tried to switch now.
兄弟们，别退出，听我的歌，换到我这边
Know you felt the shit just now, know you felt the shit just now
现在你能感觉到歌里面的东西了，现在你能感觉到歌里面的东西了
Ain't it more to you? Don't it ever get boring to you?
你们就没有什么更多要说的了？难道你们（总唱自己多有钱）从来不觉得无聊？
I realize deep down you a coward getting high off of power
我知道在你内心深处，你只是被权利弄HIGH神志不清的懦夫
Fuck it more to you, saw through you
干他的你还有什么其他的，我已经看穿你了
And it made me ashamed that I played the game
我跟你在一个圈子（说唱）都觉得很丢脸
Not for more money like Damon Wayans
不是为了要像Damon Wayans一样赚更多钱（Damon Wayans演过一个电影名字就叫 mo money）
Wanted the respect but it came with fame
我只是需要尊重，但是它总是随着名声而来
I just wanted love but it just ain't the same
我只是想要爱，但是这种爱不是现在的这样
I took a train down memory lane
我乘着的火车走在回忆的铁轨上
And watching little Jermaine do his thang before he made a name
看着小Jermaine （J Cole的名字）在他成名之前做着自己的事情
It's like Sony signed Basquiat
就像Sony签了Basquiat（一个早逝的黑人艺术家）
He gave it all he got now the nigga don't paint the same thang.
他对世界倾其所有，现在人们都画不出跟他的作品一样的东西了
I guess he can't complain
我猜他也不能抱怨了 （他去世了）
All the money that be raining in
所有的钱像下雨般涌进来
Spend a hundred thou for the chain again
又花了100美元买了条链子
Thinking old school niggas like Dana and Dane
想象一下那些old school的歌手，比如Dana Dane，
Probably kill for another claim to fame, my brain the same
可能为了成名会去杀人，我脑子里也想过这样
Yeah, nigga, at least he ain't insane
是的，黑哥们，但是至少他还没疯
At least he ain't insane
但是至少他还没疯
You ain't crazy, motherfucker, you're just afraid of change.
你也没疯，小婊砸，你只是害怕改变
That's new, maybe that's true
这听起来很新鲜，也许事实就是这样
But listen here I got a bigger fear Of one day that I become you.
但是听着，我现在更害怕，有一天我会变得跟你一样
And I become lost and I become heartless
我迷失了自己，我变得没心没肺，
And numb from all the M茅nages
因为那些三角关系变得麻木
Just one bitch don't feel the same no more
只有一个女人已经不像以前一样（让你感到满足了）
And Henny don't really kill the pain no more
轩尼诗酒并不能真正的治疗痛苦
Now I'm Cobain with a shotgun aimed at my brain
现在我就像Cobain一样拿这霰弹枪指着自己的头（Cobain，涅槃的主唱，因为药品和抑郁症，用枪爆自己头自杀）
Cause I can't maintain no more.
因为我快撑不下去了
Tad bit extreme I know.
这个听起来有点极端，我知道，
Money can't save your soul.
钱也不能拯救你的灵魂
But there go you
但是现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
Selling me dreams and telling me things you knew
告诉我你的梦想，告诉我你知道的事情
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
And there go you
现在到你了
Selling me dreams and telling me things you knew
现在到你了
Sing,
唱起来
You got what I want
你有我想要的
I got what you need
我有你想要的
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
You got what I want
你有我想要的
I got what you need
我有你想要的
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
How much for your soul and uh
你的灵魂值多少钱？
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