歌词
Everything costs something bro
兄弟 每一件事都有它的代价
Winning somewhere, somewhere else you just lost something though
你获得了什么 那意味着你同时会在某方面失去什么
The cost of opportunities is always good to know
每个机会的代价你永远都值得了解
But if you know that then you're good to go
如果你知道了这个代价 那么放手去做吧
Yea, no dreams too big
是的 没有你实现不了的目标
Chase anything you have the passion to do
你要有热情去追逐一切
Only a dream 'till it happens to you
一心想着一个目标 直到在你的身上实现
Finally seeing money now I'm acting a fool
终于看到钱了 我手舞足蹈得像一个傻瓜
Never thought touring the world all year would be something I might actually do
从未想过在全世界巡演是我即将会做的事
Friends came through got me so high
朋友们传着烟把我抽High了
I forgot who I was passin' it to
我不知道要传给哪一位
Party in a mansion splash in a pool 在一个大厦顶Party中跳下泳池
Reminiscing '06 back in the school
想起06年我还在学校的时候
When my whole crew would come through and rap with us too
当我想Rap的时候 我的兄弟们会过来跟我一起说
Couple of them been goons, packin in a tool
有些人还是帮派的 带着家伙来
Go ahead try and talk shit on me
有胆站出来说我的坏话
I squad up come back with a crew
我会叫我的团队回来反击
Call me a bitch see what that's gonna do
叫我娘炮 等着我会怎么做
Fights in the streets like that shit was cool
在大街上打架 就像这事儿很酷
Yea, We used to do dumb shit daily
对 我们每天做这些傻事
Dreamed since I was just a baby
我还是个小屁孩的时候梦着壮大后的自己
Now I'm here its "Fuck you, pay me"
现在我说:“小样 吃了我的给我吐出来”
I just had enough of waiting
我已经忍耐了很久
I worked hard, they stuck with lazy
我努力工作 他们却混着日子
If I stayed I'd have just went crazy
再这样下去我会疯掉
People change
每个人都在变
Everything's in constant motion
所有的一切都在不断运动和发展
My old girl's across the ocean
如今我的前女友远在海外
Some stuff fades thats lost devotion
一些东西早已逝去 早已失去对她的爱
Some folks stay some come and go
有一些人来到你的心里 又愤愤离去
Ain't what you think it's what you know
人生不是你所想的一帆风顺 这关于你对它的认知
I must run fast you're running slow
而我只知道我必须跑的越来越快 而你却像蜗牛
Smoke, break down some kush and roll a dutch
把烟草卷起来 吸上一口
Right now my vibe's so alive so please
我顿时感到十分舒心
When we smoke just hush
我们在飞的时候 你别过来扫兴
Me and some of those who's closest to me haven't spoken much
我跟我最好的朋友都没有讲过多少次话
Crazy when you learn the cost of blowing up
等你明白实现这一切的代价 你会十分抓狂
I know I should keep in better touch
我知道要多陪陪自己的兄弟和家人
But that door it never shuts
但通向成名的大门可不会关上
Even when we chilled I never said that much
我和兄弟们在一起的时候也不会多嘴
Sometimes it be worth the bullshit sometimes you should let it flush
这有时会引发一些屁事儿 你得闭上嘴 把这狗屎冲掉
Yea, but when I'm on tour now I just get a rush
每次我在舞台上我High的像嗑药了一样
Everything is hella plush
一切如此平坦
Get caught up in all the girls I get and stuff
舞台气氛上来了舞台下的妹子们围着我转
Meanwhile I see some girls I used to know are getting wed and stuff
期间我看到一些认识的妹子已经结了婚
Having kids with full salary jobs while I'm just getting drunk
当我买醉的时候她们陪着孩子们做着全职工作
Missing every birthday anniversary
错过每一场生日
Yesterday my moms got out of surgery
昨天母亲才刚从医院外科出来
Wasn't even in town
但我甚至不在那个小镇
Shows and after parties what I've been 'round 我周围都被Party和表演环绕着
Finding out the news late
才知道这一切已经发生
Imagine how that shit sound
想象这一切合起来对我造成多大的动荡
Sit down priorities are all over the place and shit
坐下来有太多的东西要想
Stress levels rise and that J gets lit
挤压在心的压力等级不断飙升 只能吸一口
Try on shoes that Jay Z fit 试着模Gay-Z那一套打扮
Fuck all that complacent shit
去他妈的那一群自恋狂
I'm just dropping crazy shit
我只默默的制造那些一捆又一捆的炸药
Trying to outdo those fool who think they can spit
想让自己燥到能让人们知晓我的名号
But I can't even lie
但我自己不能欺骗自己
All this real life shit is passing me by
现实总是这么骨感
Talking to myself and I'm asking me why
与自己对话 问着自己
Would I feel better as an average guy?
如果我做回了普通人 我感觉会不会好些呢
But I know that's just a lie
但我知道那只是一个借口
Pour up a glass and get high 倒下一杯酒 High起来
Rockstar life taking a toll on me like I'm asking to die
想知道自己这宛如摇滚巨星般酒醉金迷的生活会不会让我英年早逝
Going on tour for 6 months, hug moms right after she sigh
经过6周的巡演 在妈妈叹气的时候抱住她
Look up wish me luck when you see that plane pass in the sky
看到飞机划过天空 请你许个愿祝我好运
No Stress bullshit gets passed to the side
压力什么的都给我放到一边
Working hard to make sure I'mma be the man when I die
努力工作 只求死时我能成为真正的传奇
Hey Gerald I just wanted to leave a message 我只想给你留个言 Gerald
Just to talk about with you
我只想跟你说说话
You have risen to the peaks of A. behavior
不管是你对这一切的努力和态度
And creativity, and its just the begging Gerald
你已经成功登上一个很棒的顶峰
And it's going to be your life by the sounds of it, and I'm just so proud
这一切只是开始 这即将成为你生活的全部 而作为一个旁观者的我 我真的为你感到骄傲
I just wanted to call and sound like my cheery self when I'm happy
我只是想给你打电话的时候让自己开心的想在吃樱桃一样
So it's just the beginning your going to be blown away
所以 这一切只是开始 你要开始漂泊远方了
And you have your grounding, and yourself and thats so rare
你有自己的底子 这一切才让你变得如此独特
So I'll talk to you soon and
我等会会找你聊聊 还有
Play on
别让那你心中的音乐停下
Ok sweetie I love you bye
好的宝贝 我爱你 拜
专辑信息
1.These Things Happen
2.Far Alone
3.I Mean It
4.Interlude
5.Opportunity Cost
6.Almost Famous
7.Lotta That
8.Factory Girl (Skit)
9.Downtown Love
10.Complete
11.Let's Get Lost
12.Shoot Me Down
13.Been On
14.Remember You
15.Tumblr Girls
16.Just Believe