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Splendidyang
还记得Don't Let Me Fall吗？这次的So Hard To Breathe是B.o.B在前所未有的大火后的一段时间里他的心境。
从白手起家的第一天，我说：“去他妈的成名和它带来的所有一切”
Since day 1 I said f-ck the fame and everything it dealt
但它就在这里，的的确确给我带来不少财富
But the fame is really here just to facilitate the wealth
但它就在这里，让黑子们的攻击弱如蚊叮
But the wealth attracts you haters like you mosquitoes to a well
也让这蹚浑水越来越深，我必须乘船远航
And the waters getting deeper so I'm well set out to sail
有人打电话给我，留了一串话
Someone called my cell and left a voicemail
说着恭喜你的专辑成功达成百万销量
That said congratulations on the million record sales
但一次我一气之下把柜子上的东西掀翻在地，翻遍了整个公寓后
As I'm flipping over furniture knocking sh-t off the shelf
我告诉我自己不要沉浸在这趟浑水里无法自拔
I told myself I'll never get too deep not to take a breathe
但我已经开始逐渐沉没...干
But I'm sinking
这令我难以呼吸
更让人难以接受的是开始没有人会在意我
And it's so hard to breathe yeah
这本来是我所期盼的一切
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
但我已经深深沉浸在这趟名为压力的浑水中
It was all I can eat
无力浮出水面...
But now I'm sinking
我曾目睹那死阴的幽谷（这里出自圣经）
So deep I can't come up for air
我在童年里攀登过一座又一座由困难与挫折组成的大山
我为此而唱
Yeah I've seen the valley of the shadow of death
我只为了自己能继续前行而唱
I've seen the mountains the wild childhood
但回想起来我度过的那些数不清的日日夜夜，那些饿着肚子，寻找着一处地方可供度过的日子
Thats why I sing about it
这就是为啥我平时一直笑着，但在录音室里如此凶残的原因
I just try to move on and keep my peace about it
不信你可以用我说过的任何一段Verse来问我那时到底在想些什么
But Come to think about it I can't even count the days that I've spent starving tryna find some decent housing
时光飞逝，我想这就是我站在这里唱着的理由
That's why I'm always smiling but on this beat I seem so violent
跟着亲戚们一起说的日子仿若昨日
So ask me 'bout the music scene and what the f-ck I think about it
如果你有炉子和面包机但你没有烤箱（暗示那时贫困）
Time flies I guess thats why I'm bugging
我们知道那个时候我们奋力挣扎，只是装作没事儿的样子
Just yesterday I was rapping with my brother and my cousin
要么玩儿说唱，要么在街上谋生
If you had the stove or toaster on you couldn't use the oven
所以我现在看到的是圈子里的各大杂志封面
We knew that we were struggling we just acted like we wasn't
不成功便成仁
It's either make it rapping if not that than hustlin'
这俩者之间的界线很狭窄，而我只是努力的把头浮出水面
So all I see is magazine covers in this game
该死....
You either surface or you plummet
这令我喘不过气
It's a thin line and I'm just tryna keep my head above it
更让人难以接受的是发现没有人会在意我
Damn...
这本来是我所期盼的一切
但我已经深深沉浸在这趟名为压力的浑水中，无力浮出水面...
And it's so hard to breathe
空气..
And even more so to sleep when no-one cares
我逐渐下沉
It was all I can eat
我缓慢沉没
But now I'm sinking so deep I can't come up for air
（逐渐沉没）我...（该死..缓慢下沉）
我迷失了自我...迷失了自我..啊！！！！！！！
Air I-I-I
这令我喘不过气
I sink away cause I sink away
更让人难以接受的是开始没有人会在意我
I sink away
这本来是我所期盼的一切
I sink away I sink away
但我正逐渐下沉至汪海深处....
Get carried away get carried away
该死，这永远不在计划之中，但是听着，我从敲打着铁锅和盆子的漫漫长路中一路走来
但我已经深深沉浸在这趟名为压力的浑水中，无力浮出水面...
And it's so hard to breathe
And even more so to sleep when no-one cares
It was all I can eat
But now I'm sinking so deep
Damn it's never in the plans but hey it's a long way than beating pots and pans (x3)
But now I'm sinking so deep I can't come up for air ai
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