America

歌词
If all I saw was gangsters
如果我看到的都是黑帮暴徒景象
Coming up as a youngster
那对我而言作为一个年轻人来说
Pussy and money the only language I clung ta
妹子和钞票就是我唯一的明信片(ta:tah dah。用来点缀或加重语气 )
Claim ta, unrolled myself up to become one
抱怨的同时 还要迫使自己成为其中的一员(指帮派成员)
Ain't ya happy I chose rap
这使我并不开心 所以我选了入行来做说唱
I'm amongst tha
我渐渐融入其中(变得成熟)
Streets deceiving
街头的灰暗生活
Can't believe my achievements
不敢相信自己现在所达到的成就(指现在回望过往的感慨之情)
Cultural strata
在文化阶层底蕴当中
Persona's that of a non-needer
人们都变得及其虚伪(我受够了其中的生活)
Because I don't need nada except for Prada beaver
因为我除了Prada之外对其他东西都不感兴趣(Prada:1913年成立于意大利的著名潮流店)
For cold winters, tattoos got my summer's sleeveless
在冬天的时候我还穿着露出纹身的短袖
To my g's on the flee from the coppers
和我的兄弟们躲避条子穷追不舍的追捕(g's =gangsters s在这里是复数)
Stiff bodies on freeze in funeral parlors
冰冷的尸体停在殡仪馆里(指死去的帮派兄弟)
From the slums I come up a phoenix
而我就是那从贫民窟里修炼而成的一只金鸟
Caked up, tryna take what I'm eating
做好的食物,但有人却要在我吃的时候抢走
Came up a dismissive kid
而出现在我眼前的居然是个不屑一顾的孩子
You lucky if you allowed to witness this
你很幸运你能亲眼目睹眼前发生的这些屁事(这句及其讽刺贫民窟里的悲哀贫穷生活)
Savvy mouth
他口齿伶俐(指那个孩子)
Wild, hardly
他狂野中又带着坚强不羁
A man's man
他是个真正爷们中的爷们
Who woulda knew the beach houses and wild parties
此时此刻谁还会想去沙滩别墅和疯狂的聚会
Jezebel's and Stella McCartney's
哪怕这里有Jezebel和Stella McCartney在场(前者是圣经当中一个人物,后者为英国著名设计师)
For years, all that
多年以后,所有所发生的
How could I not be dead
我还没真正意义死的时候
This old German
一个德国老人讲述这一切
Said I was a thug with a notty head
故事中他说我就是已个无恶不作的无耻混蛋
Looked at my Benz and called that a Nazi sled
指着我的奔驰车给我说那是纳粹的低俗产物
With a face like he wonder where I got my bread
然后他还特想知道我那些钱都是怎么赚来的
Probably all these stones he see
可能当他知道我的亲身经历时候他就明白了
From my shows overseas
海外(全国性)巡演也好
From crime to rhyme
在监狱里面写的歌词也罢
My stories is I'm from the home of the thieves
我的的故事其实就是一些混社会时的见闻
Blessed
上帝保佑我
The lord is a g, he gotta be
前方的路就是上帝,我知道他其实特明白
Who's the God of suckers and snitches
但谁他妈的天生就是心理变态和告密者呢
The economy
经济条件
Lipstick from Marilyn Monroe
哪怕你用了玛丽莲梦露的口红(接引下一句,一个比喻)
Blew a death kiss to Fidel Castro
也是会被卡斯特罗处以死刑的(Fidel Castro:古巴总统)
He'd want me to spit this
他要是知道了肯定让我闭上嘴
Only the strong survive
只有强者才能生存
Nas bear witness
我经历的已经够多(Nas是歌手本身)
The hypocrisy is all I can see
目睹的人类的的本质(美丽与罪恶)
White cop acquitted for murder
白人警察把白人真正犯罪的罪犯给释放
Black cop cop a plea
黑人警察却把应该得到的辩护搁置一旁
That type of shit make me stop and think
这些事情让我停住了脚步不禁动脑思考
We in chronic need of a second look of the law books
我们真的都是法盲,需要二次看看律书上的洗脑教育
And the whole race dichotomy
看看当时把两个种族区别对待的恶心法规
Too many rappers, athletes, and actors
黑人中有很多的说唱歌手,运动员和演员
But not enough niggas in NASA
但美国宇航局这种国企当中却没有几个是(继续讽刺)
Who give you the latest dances, trends, and fashion
驻足思考,谁带给了你们最新潮流的舞蹈,流行趋势和时尚精神(继续替有原则的黑人抱不平)
But when it comes to residuals, they look past us
除了这些正能量你们利用之外,剩下的就把黑白种族的人士分化的这么明显
Woven into the fabric, they can't stand us
好像我们是一种不能编制到你们国家体系的材料一样,白人就是不承认我们
Even in white tee's, blue jeans, and red bandanas
白色T恤,牛仔裤还有红头巾上面,你们难道都忘了么(因为这三样都是黑人推广到世界上来的,这里代指黑人文化)
Assassinations
你们白人通过暗杀指令和行动
Diplomatic relations
外交(指上面的领导,说白了就是社会关系)
Killed indigenous people
杀死本地原住黑人居民
Built a new nation
建立一个新的体质国家
Involuntary labor
强迫黑奴做不公平劳务
Took a knife split a woman naval
拿刀刮开一个孕妇肚子
Took her premature baby
活生生血淋漓拿出她还没出世孩子
Let her man see you rape her
当着他的丈夫给她看,让他知道是你强奸了她
If I could travel to the 1700's
如果我他妈的能够回到1700年的话
I'd push a wheelbarrow full of dynamite
我一定推个装满炸药的手推车过来
Through your covenant
通过你们弄的盟约条例
Love to sit in on the Senate
让我在参议院有个位置
And tell the whole government
然后告诉政府的所有人
Y'all don't treat women fair
你们都没公平对待妇女
She read about herself in the bible
她们在圣经上读到自己
Believing she the reason sin is here
相信你们不公平的对待是因为有所谓的不可饶恕的原罪
You played her, with an apron
让她们带上围裙,然后再把她们给强暴
Like bring me my dinner, dear
就像给我上顿晚餐一样,天呐我的上帝(此时此刻情感已几近暴走状态,不是自己亲身写词或许根本感受不到)
She the nigger here
她们也是黑人
Ain't we in the free world
和谐社会里为什么我们却遭受如此的不平等待遇
Death penalty in Texas kill young boys and girls
在不光明的地方杀死年轻的孩子只要交罚款就行
Barbarity, I'm in the double-R casually
太残暴!我现在在我的double-R漫无静心地坐着(double-R:劳斯莱斯标志)
Bugging how I made it out the hood, dazzle me
在想着怎么把副歌写出来,这真难倒我了
How far we really from third world savagery
我们作为第三世界的野蛮人还要持续多久
When the empire fall, imagine how crazy that'll be
当这个国家瓦解的那一刻,请好好想想到时候会出现什么匪夷所思的事情
专辑信息
1.Queens Get The Money
2.You Can't Stop Us Now
3.Breathe
4.Make The World Go Round
5.Hero
6.America
7.Sly Fox
8.Testify
9.N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)
10.Untitled
11.Fried Chicken
12.Project Roach
13.Y'all My Ni**as
14.We're Not Alone
15.Black President
16.Like Me - Bonus Track (Edited)