歌词
You know what free is nigga?
兄弟，你知道什么是自由吗？
What's free?
什么是自由？
Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be
自由就是没有人能指使你做任何事情
Free is when the TV ain't controllin' what we see
自由就是当电视无法控制我们所看到的一切
Told my niggas "I need you"
和我的兄弟说 "我需要你"
Through all the fame you know I stay true
在我扬名立万后，我还依旧保持初心
Pray my niggas stay free
虔心祈祷我黑人兄弟保持自由
Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be
犯下一些错误，但我的初心并非如此
Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V
在我被判刑12年之前，把我的V加上一个12【V12引擎，豪车的标配】
Told my niggas, "I need you"
和我的兄弟说 "我需要你"
Stay up I know these times ain't true
别屈服，我知道这时机不对
Real life, what's free
真实的生活，什么才是自由？
Since a lad, I was cunning
从我记事起，我就开始变得狡猾
Just got a pad out in London
刚在伦敦买了一套别墅
I keep stackin' my money, I need a ladder by summer
我一直在攒钱，在夏天前我需要搬一个梯子【因为钱太多了】
AK shots, niggas duckin' stray shots
AK开火，人们都四处逃窜
Been a Top Dawg, that's before the K.Dots
我也曾称霸一时，那也是Kendrick Lamar(喇嘛)前的事了
Crackin' in '06, immaculate showmanship
2006年风靡一时，这出色的表现【Rick Ross第一张专辑Port of Miami，在Billboard名列前茅】
Talk it like you Mitch, disastrous on the strip
你说话时就像一个碧池，走在路上，地面都会出现裂缝
Holdin' on your bitch, coulda never sold you a brick
死缠烂打你的碧池，也不会卖给你一块“板砖”
With them people you never been on a list
和他们在一起时，你从没出现在这名单之上
Mona Lisa to me ain't nothin' but a bitch
蒙娜丽莎对我来说也只是一个碧池
Hanging pictures like niggas swinging from his dick
墙上挂着这些名画，就好像他能掌控全局【 swinging from his dick 自己很厉害】
We so different you thought these didn't exist
我们是如此不同，你以为这种生活不复存在？
The Megalodon never seen on his wrist
Megalodon从没在他手腕上见过
I'm from the South where they never make it this rich
我来自南方，那的人可没有这么富裕
God is the greatest, but Satan been on his shit
上帝是最伟大的，但撒旦也在“不断作恶”
Walkin' the pavement, I pray I'm illuminated
走在人行道上，我祈祷我被照亮
Over a decade and never nobody's favorite
十多年已经过去，从没人不喜欢我
Pot and kilo go hand in hand like we gamblin' huf
暗中卖毒，好像我们是Gamble and Huff
My amigo, a million grams and we countin' 'em up
我的朋友，100万克，来清点一下
You was dead broke, I let you hold a pack
你破产了，我送给你一包(拿去卖)
You paid for it, but I ****ed around and stole the track
这就是因果报复，但我就如此猖狂，还强占了你的地盘
Screaming "gang gang" now you wanna rap
大喊着“我是黑帮”，现在你想偷偷告密
Racketeering charges caught him on a tap
敲诈勒索使他陷入困境之中【在说6ix9ine】
Lookin' for a bond lawyers wanna tax
想被保释出来，律师却还在坑他
Purple hair got them faggots on your back
紫色头发会让那些gay找你麻烦【69有彩色头发】
What's free? (Maybach music)
什么是自由？
Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be
自由就是没有人能指使你做任何事情
Free is when the TV ain't controlling what we see
自由就是当电视无法控制我们所看到的一切
Told my niggas "I need you"
和我的兄弟说 "我需要你"
Through all the fame you know I stay true
在我扬名立万后，我还依旧保持初心
Pray my niggas stay free
虔心祈祷我黑人兄弟保持自由
Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be
犯下一些错误，但我的初心并非如此
Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V
在我被判刑12年之前，把我的V加上一个12
Told my niggas "I need you"
和我的兄弟说 "我需要你"
Stay up I know these times ain't true
别屈服，我知道这时机不对
Real life, what's free?
真实的生活，什么才是自由？
Fed investigations, heard they plottin' like I trap
联邦调查，听说他们像我一样策划阴谋
20 mil' in cash, they know I got that off a rap
2000万的现金，他们知道这是我说唱得来
Maybe it's the Michael Rubins or the Robert Krafts
或许与Michael Rubins或Robert Krafts这两人相同
Or the billionaire from Marcy ain't no way they got my back
或者来自Marcy的亿万富翁，他们与我同一战线【Marcy是Jay-z投资的房地产项目】
Seein' how I prevailed now they try to knock me back, uh
看看现在我是如此成功，他们却想把我打回到过去
Lock me in the cell for all them nights and I won't snap, uh
就算把我锁在牢里，我也绝对闭口不言
Two-fifty a show and they still think I'm sellin' crack
一场250英镑的演出，他们却仍然认为我在“卖毒”
When you bring my name up to the judge just tell em' facts
当你想法官提起我的名字时，只需告诉他们事实
Tell em how we fundin' all these kids to go to college
告诉他们，我是如何资助这些孩子们上学
Tell him how we ceasin' all these wars, stoppin' violence
告诉他，我们是如何呼吁停战，停止暴力
Tryna fix the system and the way they designed it
试着修改这些体制，以及他们设计它的方式
I think they want me silenced (Shush)
我想他们想让我闭嘴(嘘)
Oh say can you see
喔，你能看见吗？【美国国歌第一句话】
I don't feel like I'm free
我觉得我没有自由
Locked down in my cell, shackled from ankle to feet
把我锁在牢房里，脚踝到脚全被牢牢铐住
Judge bangin' that gavel turned me to slave from a king
当法官敲下木槌，就把我从国王变成了奴隶
Another day in the bing, I gotta hang from a string
在牢里多待一天，我想我就要上吊自杀
Just for poppin' a wheelie, my people march in the city
只是为了那沙滩车，我的人民在城市里游行【许多孩子喜爱】
From a cell to a chopper view from the top of the city
从监狱里直接跳上直升机，到达城市顶端
You can tell how we rockin' soon as I pop up we litty
当我降临，你就知道我们有多疯狂了，嗨起来吧
Poppin' like Bad Boy in '94, Big Poppa and Diddy
像94的Bad boy、Big poppa还有Diddy一样嗨
And niggas counted me out like my accountant ain't busy
许多人不把我放在眼里，好像我的会计不忙一样
That's five milli' in twenties,
一张张500万银行卡
Sit up and count 'til I'm dizzy
坐在那数到我头晕为止
Phantom, five hundred thousand, hundred round in a stizzy
幻影50万，枪里装着百发子弹
Is we beefin' or rappin',
我们在Rap还是Beef
I might just pop up with Drizzy like
我可能会与Dreak一样突然出现【Dreak曾与Meek Mill有过Beef】
What's free?
什么是自由？
Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be
自由就是没有人能指使你做任何事情
Free is when the TV ain't controlling what we see
自由就是当电视无法控制我们所看到的一切
Told my niggas 'I need you'
和我的兄弟说 "我需要你"
Through all the fame you know I stay true
在我扬名立万后，我还依旧保持初心
Pray my niggas stay free
虔心祈祷我黑人兄弟保持自由
Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be
犯下一些错误，但我的初心并非如此
Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V
在我被判刑12年之前，把我的V加上一个12
Told my niggas 'I need you'
和我的兄弟说 "我需要你"
Stay up I know these times ain't true
别屈服，我知道这时机不对
Real life, what's free?
真实的生活，什么才是自由？
In the land of the free, where the blacks enslaved
在这片自由的土地，黑人全被奴役
Three-fifth's of a man I believe's the phrase
把一个人分成五分之三，我相信这句话【美国宪法曾有人提议把黑人成为五分之三】
I'm 50% of D'usse and it's debt free (Yeah)
我有D'usse50%的股份，而且没有债务
100% of Ace of Spades, worth half a B (Uh)
100%的Ace of Spades股份，市值好几个亿
Roc Nation, half of that, that's my piece
拥有一半Roc Nation的股份，这仅是“冰山一角”
Hunnid percent of Tidal to bust it up with my G's
100%的Tidal股份，与我的兄弟共同经营
Since most of my niggas won't ever work together
因为我的太多数朋友都不会在一起工作
You run a cheque up but they never give you leverage
你帮助了他们赚钱，他们也不会给你筹码
No red hat, don't Michael and Prince me and Ye
不要给我带着红帽子了，我不想和迈克以及Prince一个下场【红帽子是MAGA帽子，川普支持者所戴】
They separate you
他们排斥你
When you got Michael and Prince's DNA, uh
是因为你带有迈克和Prince的DNA【迈克和Prince都是黑人】
I ain't one of these house niggas you bought
我可不是你能随意购买的黑人管家【在电影《被解救的姜戈》中，黑人管家安全被主人奴役】
My house like a resort, my house bigger than yours
我的别墅就像度假胜地，我的房子远比你的大【Jay-z回应了川普在推特所言】
My spou- (C'mon man)
我的爱人(比你的漂亮多了)【拿川普的老婆说事】
My route better of course
我走的路线永远最好，这是肯定的
We started without food in our mouth
当初我们在一起时，嘴里都没一口吃的
They gave us pork and pig intestines
他们给我们吃了猪肉和猪肠子【黑人只能吃剩下的饭】
Shit you discarded that we ingested,
你丢弃了我们的食物
We made the project a wave
我们的低价房项目混动一时
You came back, reinvested and gentrified it
你回来了，重新投资并使中产阶级化【将旧房屋拆除建造新的，再重新提高房价】
Took nigga's sense of pride
拿走了黑人的自尊
Now how that's free?
这就是你所谓的自由？
And the people stole their soul and hit niggas with 360's
夺走了他们的灵魂，逼迫签下360协议【全方位合同】
I ain't got a billion streams, got a billion dollars
我没有10亿播放量，但我有10亿美金
Inflating numbers like we 'posed to be happy about this
这样夸大数字，好像我们会对此感到高兴
We was praisin' Billboard but we were young
从前我们称赞Billboard，但当时我们太年轻了
Now I look at Billboard like 'Is you dumb?'
现在看着Billboard，好像在说“你是不是傻”？
To this day, Grandma 'fraid of what I might say
直到今天，我奶奶还在害怕我说的话【Jay-z奶奶经历过白人压迫黑人的年代】
They gon' have to kill me Grandmama,
奶奶，他们得把我杀死，我才会停止
I'm not they slave (Ha-ha-ha)
我不是他们的奴隶
Check out the bizarre rappin' style used by me the HOV
这些并不是荒谬，我现在的说唱风格，叫HOV
Look at my hair free, care free
看看我的头发，从不用修剪【头发也是白人歧视黑人的象征】
Niggas ain't near free
黑人从没自由过
Enjoy your chains,
享受你脖子上的锁链吧
Whats your employer name with the hair piece?
剪你头发的那人是你的老板？
I survived the hood, can't no Shaytan rob me
我幸免于难，撒旦也夺取不了属于我的东西
My accountant's so good I'm practically livin' tax free
我的会计如此优秀，我实际可以免税的
Factory, that's me
这个工厂，就是我的
Sold drugs, got away scot-free
也曾买过毒，现在已逍遥法外，没人有任何证据
That's a CC, E-copy
抄送，电子拷贝
Guilt free, still me
无罪，还是我
And they expect me to not feel a way to this day
还想让我没有当初被关押时的那个感觉？
You would say y’all kill me
你会说，还是把我杀死吧
Sucker free, no shuckin me
没人能够制裁了我
I don't jive turkey
我从不吃火鸡
Say “Happy Thanksgiving"
说着“感恩节快乐”
Shit sound like murder to me
对我而言，这听起来像是谋杀
Smoke free
我已经戒烟了
All of y'all calling out toll free
你们却还在打那免费电话【接电话的人付电话费】
Labels rob you for millions yet you wanna put a hole in me
厂牌抢了你几百万，而你却想在我身上挖个洞
Sugar free, seasoned but I'm salt free
我吃的食物无糖，无味，也不用带盐，却有味道【seasoned双关，经历了许多】
Lay a hand on Hov, my shooter shoot for free
你只要威胁到我，我的枪手立马就会开枪击倒你
I promise World War three
我保证和第三次世界大战一样
Send an order through a hands free,
随意下达一个指令
Kill you in 24 hours or shorter
在24小时之内打死你
You can't ignore the hand speed
你不能忽视我的手速
On god, it's off the head this improv
上帝啊，这是从我头脑出来的即兴表演
But it's no comedy
但这不是喜剧
Sign I fail, hell naw (Ha-ha-ha)
像Jerry Seinfeld一样，该死的【Jerry Seinfeld是美国著名单人脱口秀喜剧演员】
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