歌词
Yup, yup, that's right
哦哦,这正好!(采样自2009年利用黑人的电影《black dynamite》.演员tommy davidson饰演角色cream corn)
I'm runnin' things, I'm runnin' things
我控制一切,我控制一切(他在一家美容院唱着这首歌)
Hold me down, hold me up
征服我,又抬高我(第一段verse来自纽约rapper Navy Blue 这句话指涉白人对黑人的做法)
Hold me close 'cause my times is up
抱紧我,因为我时辰已到(白人对黑人的慈善只是作秀)
Show they true colors, don't know who to trust
我展示英雄本色,却不知道该信任谁(我是黑人,所以无法相信白人是否真的从内心对我好)
Mind workin' like the water when it rush
心清澈如流水般,洗刷我皮肤的污浊
Growin' from my father, bitter to his touch
我的肤色来自父亲,他触碰我,我却感到痛苦
Now I'm solely honor, livin' is a must
我独享这荣耀,生活还得继续
All this for my momma 'til I'm dust
我只是为了母亲而活,否则我愿化为尘土(从肤色到污浊到流水到尘土,这一系列隐喻展示了navy blue高超的写词能力)
God gon' deal the karma, lost my trust
上帝会处理因果报应,我早就不信他了(Navy引用了50美分2003年的歌曲Many men,这首歌讲述了50美分各种濒临死亡的体验,尽管在夜里相信上帝会保护我,但是依然枕头下有gat)
Sayin' "Every man know many men"
“每个人都有一个时刻和我同感吧”(信仰不能让我放松警惕,我因此失去了对神的信仰)
Got me in a jam, I be in my feelings
让我进退维谷,我心谁知?
On the other hand, I just need a moment
另外,我只是需要一个时刻
Offer my condolence, smokin' 'til the mornin'
给出我的哀悼,整夜抽烟
Brodie on the corner with a piece on his hip
我的兄弟腿上都别着家伙(Brodie可能指Vince Staple,这句开始earl的verse)
Give a warning 'fore you blow it in the sky
要小心不要走火
Tiptoein' over mortar and the brick
我在成功和失败之间游走/我在炮火和药之间游走(brick另一个意思大家都知道吧)
Bumpin' shoulders with the devil in disguise
我背负违禁品,朋友给我带来无尽危险(devil in disguise和brick是一个意思)
Shoulder-level water on the rise
无穷的压力漫过我,就像全球变暖海平面上升
Twist, 40s in the morning in the winter
我痛苦,就像在冬天早晨饮用40oz
I heard you got your sauce at the Enterprise
我听说你签了新公司(Enterpise是一个跨国商业租赁公司,Earl批评那些签约大公司,炫耀珠宝的rapper,)
Evidently, it was rented but it's mine
你出卖灵魂,我坚持自己的灵魂(Earl嘲笑那些租车来炫耀自己富有的rapper)
Evidently, it was written like Nas
我写词就像nas,公鸭的词是别人写的(it was written是纽约nas 的专辑,这句也力挺pusha t 在infared中攻击公鸭)
I was in the kitchen with that ***** Mike
我和兄弟在厨房里(Mike是Earl 的好朋友也是纽约rapper)
Gotta listen when I tell ya simmer down
你要好好听听我们的歌(simmer也指在厨房里制作白药)
Two years I've been missin', livin' life
我失踪了两年(最近一次earl的feature贡献给了两年前的danny brown的歌曲really doe)
You was wildin', every day was trash
上一张专辑是两年前的,两年来我每天抑郁
Crackers pilin' in to rape the land
白人建立国家玷污了这片土地(crackers指白人 Earl是环保主义者)
Early morning, wash my swollen hands
每天早晨,洗我的肿胀的手(吃酒过多会导致体内存水过多,手脚肿胀,Early man也是他的早期mixtape)
Hit the showers, cleanse my soul and crash
洗个澡,洁净灵魂
Tiptoein' over glass, brodie go too fast, told him slow up
减少危险,兄弟开的太快,我要他慢点(此句呼应前几句)
Know I use too much of everything at hand
我把手里的好牌都打完了
Except the difference is now I control it, I be
我现在能尽量控制自己少喝点,(earl的父亲是影响力巨大的非裔美国诗人Keoraptse Kgositsile)
In the crib and in the moment, stuck sippin' out the flask
但有时在棚屋里,我还会沉溺于酒精(父亲去世让他痛苦)
Feet up on the dash, I hit the spliff but don't promote it
我放松的时候会抽两口,但是我不会支持粉丝也抽(Earl说他录专辑时会抽,会喝红牛,会吃chi fil a like)
Under overpass, no cap
天冷路滑,衷心提醒您,开车别抽烟 / 抽烟让人意志消沉
Sand fallin' out the hourglass
时光在沙漏中流逝,
Grand total, it's a whole lotta raps
回首往昔,我只留下一些说唱小曲
Quicksand, scramblin' outta that
在流沙中爬行,我想摆脱以往的枷锁,我想做新的音乐
Go behind the back, switch hands
我在背后换球,
The fare's high, ****** know they outta wack
生代价高昂,活所迫,我们认识到自己的无能
Sterilize your clique, paralyze maritime ****** when
让你的圈子干净起来,水手们失去知觉(少一些无关紧要的朋友,你就能自由跳舞让别人晕船般目眩)
Every time Wavy Don tappin' in
当弄潮儿托球入篮/跳起踢踏舞(少一些将你带坏的朋友,你就能投篮命中实现成功)
Savion Glover caught a couple Ls
但有人依然进了监狱(savion Glovar是踢踏舞演员,他开车抽烟,最后被抓了)
Took 'em to the neck, ************
把他们单独关在一起(to the neck 意思是单独呆着)
Lotta blood to let, peace to make, **** a check
太痛了,我需要更多血,钱不能治愈我
Uh-uh, lotta blood to let, peace to make,
(放血疗法是欧洲一种古老的医学技术,通过放血来治愈疾病)
Give a **** about a check
(Earl在outro总结了这首歌 他认为他自己的心理疾病太重,以至于需要更多血来流)
Lotta blood to let, peace to make,
(Earl呼吁人们面对自己的心理和情感,而不是宣扬金钱和酒精的价值)
Give a **** about a check
(Lotta blood to let 也可以理解为Earl坦诚自己的痛苦,勇敢面对自己的本质)
Uh-uh, lotta blood to let,
(这首歌是本专辑的第二首首发单曲,这也是earl和navy的首次合作,Navy也很强)
Peace to make, give a **** about a-
(这收首的钢琴采样来自The Ghostwriters的单曲Rococo Rondo,出自他们1986年的专辑Remote Dreaming)
*****, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, maybe
我会面对自己的痛苦的,或许吧,或许吧
专辑信息
1.Shattered Dreams
2.Red Water
3.Cold Summers
4.Nowhere2go
5.December 24
6.Ontheway!
7.The Mint
8.The Bends
9.Loosie
10.Azucar
11.Eclipse
12.Veins
13.Playing Possum
14.Peanut
15.Riot!