歌词
Born Sinner - J. Cole James Fauntleroy
Spinning in circles, live my life without rehearsal
不停在旋转和迷失之中，我毫无准备的面对生活
If I die today my n*gga was it business?
如果今天离开这个世界，那我的死亡背后是商业黑手？
Was it personal?
还是个人情仇？
Should this be my last breath
如果这是我最后的气息
I'm blessed cause it was purposeful
我将因在世的执着追求而被上苍庇佑
Never got to church to worship Lord
虽然我从来未真正追求信仰
But please be merciful
但恳请天父对我眷顾和饶恕
You made me versatile, well-rounded like cursive
你让我成为货真价实的才子，自由书写的篇章里有着别人不可比拟的财富
Now you chose me for a purpose
我明白你的选择必有缘由
I put my soul in these verses
故我将才华倾尽在我的歌词之中
Born sinner, was never born to be perfect
我生来就是罪人，罪人必不会毫无瑕疵
Sucka for women licking their lips
在女人润湿的双唇间一场无形的战争
And holding these purses
面对种种诱惑我该如何抵抗
Back when we ran the streets
那时我们只是在街上玩闹
Who would think we grow to be murderers
谁又想到今天的你们成为陨人性命的凶手
Teachers treated n*ggas as
还有学校里道貌岸然的老师
If they totally worthless
你们眼中的黑人注定一无是处
And violent, and hopeless
悖逆暴力，看不到一丝希望？
I saw but never noticed that the
我耳闻
College point is right to
但从未在大学生活中发现它存在的意义
"Be All That You Can Be" posters
“竭尽全力追求人生的极限”，是真言还是狗屁？
Rest in peace to Tiffany
Tiffany愿你安息
I don't know if this is the realest sh*t I wrote
搞不清楚这是否是我写下的最真挚言语
But know the realest n*gga wrote this
但是要知道，我是真真切切的献上这一切
And signed it, and sealed it in a envelope
我会誊写这些句子并一一邮寄给你们
And knew one day you'd find it
相信你们有一日可以发现它们
And knew one day you'd come back
相信有一日你们会回头重新回味我的歌
And rewind this, singing...
它唱道：
I'm a born sinner
我生来就是罪人
But I'll die better than that; swear.
但我定要带着改变结束生命
You were always where I needed you to be
感谢你（指音乐）永远不离不弃的守候
Whether you were there or not there (I was there)
不论你是否真的发出了声音
I was born sinning but I live better than that
我生来就在犯罪，但我现在要弃绝这种混乱的歌手生活
(better than that, better than that)
And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care.
不管你是否认同我的观点，我都将继续努力改变
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, this music sh*t is a gift
对的，我拥有了上天赐予的横溢才华
But God help us make it cause
但全然是上帝的保护
This music business is a cliff
我们在世风日下的音乐界找到真实的自我
I got a life in my grip
我要掌控自己的生活
She holding tight to my wrist
而她（指歌迷）紧紧抓住我的手腕
She screaming: "Don't let me slip"
她在尖叫：别让我跌倒
She see the tears in my eyes
她看到我眼中闪烁的泪水
I see the fear on her lips
而我看到她惊慌的唇齿
True when I told you, you the only reason why
但我告诉她，你才是我能独善其身
I don't flip and go insane
全然而退的原因
My roof in the pouring rain
因为你是我遮风避雨的港湾
You knew me before the fame
早在成名之前我们就已经认识许久
Don't lose me the more I change, no
而你永远不会放弃我
Just grow with me, go broke you go broke with me
不，就跟我一起成长吧，跟我一起经历挫折
I smoke you gon' smoke with me
或是跟我一起放荡形骸
Woman's curse since birth
你知道女人所受一生之诅咒
Man lead her to the hearse
-—需要男人来指引命运
I go Bobby you go with me damn
如果我是Bobby你就要像Whitney一样么？见鬼！
Listen here, I'll tell you my biggest fears
听着，我要对你说出我最大的担忧
You the only one who knows them
而只有你会了解这种恐惧，我相信你
Don't you ever go expose them
但你绝对不要说出去
This life is harder than you'll probably ever know
因为这种生活绝非你所能想象之艰难
Emotions I hardly ever show
那里也有我从不展现的一面
More for you than for me
我给予你们的更多，但不会要求同样的回报
Don't you worry yourself
因为我不想让你们为我担心焦虑
I gotta do this for me
为了我自己，我必须如此抉择
They tell me life is a test but where's a tutor for me
他们说生命就是一场试炼，但没有人为我指明前方的道路
Pops came late I'm already stuck in my ways
我已被那些贪婪、嫉妒和淫欲绊倒，仍需要自己爬起来走出泥沼
Ducking calls from my mother for days
已经许久不接母亲的电话，因为我不想让她担心
Sometimes she hate the way she raised me
她痛恨抚养我时所需要面对的艰险
But she love what she raised
但深爱着她的孩子
Can't wait to hand her these house keys
我已迫不及待想要回报她
With nothing to say
那时我会告诉她的
I'm a born sinner
只有我生来是罪人
But I'll die better than that; swear.
但我定要带着改变结束生命
You were always where I needed you to be
感谢你永远不离不弃的守候
Whether you were there or not there (I was there)
不论你是否真的发出了声音
I was born sinning but I live better than that
我生来就在犯罪，但我现在要弃绝这种混乱的歌手生活
(better than that, better than that)
And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care.
不管你是否认同我的观点，我都将继续努力改变
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm a born sinner
我生来是罪人
But I'll die better than that; swear.
但我定要带着改变结束生命
You were always where I needed you to be
感谢你永远不离不弃的守候
Whether you were there or not there (I was there)
不论你是否真的发出了声音
I was born sinning but I live better than that
我生来就在犯罪，但我现在要弃绝这种混乱的歌手生活
(better than that, better than that)
And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care.
不管你是否认同我的观点，我都将继续努力改变
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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