歌词
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Dear Slim
亲爱的Slim
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Dear Slim I never wrote you or been calling
亲爱的Slim我从未给你写过信或打电话
My name ain't Stan son, nah we've never met and
我不是Stan，而且我们也从未见面
My name's KJ let me begin by introducing now
我的名字是KJ，现在让我介绍一下
Myself to you and these very reasons I'll be writing
我自己，还有写这封信的种种起因
Why I took the time, the who what where and why and
我会慢慢解答你的所有疑问
The purpose of my verse, the reasons I'm reciting
我写这些的用意，我叙述的原因
What I hope your learning from the truth I pray your finding
我期盼并且祷告或许你能知道些什么
And every word I'm writing down upon the dotted lines and
就从我写在这些细线上的一字一句中
See I heard ya first album, was called Infinite
你知道吗我听了你的第一张专辑，叫《Infinite》
I shook my head cause nowadays you sounding different
现在你听起来不一样也确实让很我吃惊
What drove ya take your whole persona and be flipping it now
是什么让你整个人变得现在这样失控急躁
What makes a man totally change see I ain't getting it
又是什么让一个人彻底改变我真的搞不懂
See was you sick of getting booed when you was ripping it
应该是你受不了嘘声嘲笑【Em曾因白人面孔而不被黑人主领的Hiphop认可】
And sick of never having dough and you your wanted to put an end to it
或许也是你不堪贫穷不想再过那样的日子
What good's all kinds of dough
想要过的富足自在
Plus all kinds of flow
变换出各种flow
To gain a world of fans but suffer the loss of soul
得到了全世界的追捧却迷茫于失去的灵魂
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To whom it may concern*4
给某些关心这些的人
Dear Slim I never wrote you or been calling
亲爱的Slim我从未给你写过信或通过话
This is my 2nd letter cause see son I gots a real problem
这是我的第二封信我可能真的碰上了些麻烦
It's that to you that I'm always catching these comparisons
就是因为你让我总是被抓着拿来比较
And after shows I got these people coming up to me saying
演出结束后经常有人对我说
You sound like Slim Shady son you sound like Eminem
小子你听起来就像Slim Shady，你听起来像Eminem
And I be like now really man, do I gots to go through this again
我跟你那时一样了，要重来一次你的经历吗？【Em发《Infinite》时被说听起来像Nas】
See I used to get mad and sick of people saying that
我总是恼怒不理他们说的话
Till at this one show this one day I met this one cat
直到有一次的演出，我碰到一个人
He told me how he used to listen to you but now he listens to me
他告诉我他以前听你的歌，但现在听我的歌了
Had your LP but threw it out and bought my CD
他买过你的专辑但都扔掉了，又买了我的CD
I'm like for real he's like yeah he said my music made a difference
我说真的假的，他说当然，我的音乐不一样
It got him away from all your words and images
是我让他脱离了你的脏话和可笑图像
I gotta mention this, now what about the effects you have on kids
我突然注意到，你给孩子们传达了怎样的信息
You ever stop to think about the millions you influence
你从未静下来想想你会影响千万人
Or is it just irrelevent is it true life you telling it
也许是随意揭露社会的真面孔
Or just the way for some record companies selling it
也许仅是唱片公司的营销手段
The only thing we got in common is our melanin
我们唯一的共同点就是我们的皮肤的黑色素【KJ和Em都是白人】
Or lack of it but anyway now this is what I'm sayin
或者是缺少它吧，但不管怎样都像我说的
It's for you that I'm on my knees now daily prayin
是为了你我才每天跪下祷告
Praying that God opens your eyes now to what I'm relaying
请求上帝打开你的双眼看到我所说的
Now I'm praying that it's your heart that will soon be changing
现在我又祈祷你的心灵很快就能转变
Praying one day that you'll be calling upon His name and
或许某天你也能呼唤上帝的名字
But anyway I'm signing off now don't keep me waiting
但怎样都别让我一直干等着
This is KJ another cat just trying to make it
这是KJ，另一个想要改变什么的人
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To whom it may concern*4
给某些关心这些的人
Dear Slim I heard about the stuff you's going through
亲爱的Slim我听说了你遇到的一些事
See I could relate to you cause son I'm about as old as you
我想我能理解你因为我的年龄跟你差不多
See we both know what it's like just to be growing up to be in a neighborhood
我们都尝过在某些地方长大的滋味
When you's the only one and only kid that's white
而且当你唯一仅有的孩子也是白人
Or to get booed when you on the mic just because your skin is light
当你手握麦克风时嘘声不尽也仅是因为浅色的皮肤
It ain't right but sometimes you know that's life
这不是你的错但有时你也清楚到这就是现实
But really tell me what you do
但要我说你做了些什么
You just push on with hopes on that someday you'll put on your crew
你就只是寄希望于全力反驳贬低你的一切
I hope you understand that I ain't even dissing you
我希望你能理解我不是在挑衅你
And even though its a song you'll probably never listen to
而或许这首歌你永远也不会听到
See what I send to you is this
我想跟你说的就是这些
Is that a life without Christ is just a life that is never fixed
没有上帝庇佑的生活也是生活
Hope you remember this now a few sentences
希望你能对这里几句词有印象
About a living God who loves you and plus forgives
上帝真正存在并愿给予你宽恕
And I'll be praying for your ex-wife and plus your kid
而我也为你的前妻和孩子祈祷
It's hard to live in a world as crazy as this one is
生活在这个疯狂世界里就已经艰难无比
And even though now it really might sound redundant
尽管我现在听起来啰嗦多余但是
God's got mad love for you up in a mad abundance
上帝仍对你报以无尽的爱
You'll sell a couple mill I'll probably sell a couple hundred
你能卖百万张唱片，我也许也能卖个上百
There's more to life then selling records and just getting blunted
生活不仅只有畅销的唱片和鲁莽的行为
But anyway that's really all I gots to say
但放轻松明白我的用意
Just another word from an MC now around the way
这只是另一个MC给你的不一样建议
Maybe some day we meet each other in some way
也许某天我们能以什么方式见面
Till then one love one God one way
抱着一样的爱与尊敬和信念
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To whom it may concern*4
给某些关心这些的人
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