歌词
Well respected in this hip-hop lil' Polo be spittin' facts
我年纪轻轻已在嘻哈圈小有声誉
A lot of rappers doin' way more stuntin' than givin' back
许多的说唱歌手他们所炫耀的远比他们做的贡献大
You ain't my color then you don't know the struggle of livin' black
你没过过我的生活所以你不明白我遭受过的磨难
Cops kill us and we protest what type of s**t is that
我抗议他们屠戮黑人同胞的行为
Man if the police shoot at one of my brothers I'm blickin' back
朋友，如果他们向我的兄弟开枪，我一定还一梭子回去
We hate each other so we just wanna score and go tit-for-tat
我们互相憎恶，针锋相对，只为了自己的生活能够变好，你格局小了
All these shorties want is points they ain't chasin' a different stat
所有的姑娘想要的只是心里那点小算盘，她们过于肤浅了
Really riskin' it all what's the point when that n***a rat
我的生活真是危险，还要提防着那些小人
We seventeen got forty years in that court when we gettin' cracked
当我们十七岁时就冒着蹲四十年的风险被迫做看不的人的勾当
Stuck in the system they just watchin' us fail while they sittin' back
被整个歧视体系所禁锢，他们坐在观众席只为了注视我们的失败
The government cuttin' checks but can't cut a n***a some slack
他们可以克扣和压榨我们的劳动价值，但是灭不掉我内心的激进
It's hard to get a job so we hustle and flip a pack
作为黑人，我们难以找到份像样的工作，所以我们不停触碰法律的电网
It's all a set-up no wonder why they call this b***h a trap
这都是那些幕后小人创造出的大环境，难怪我们总觉得这体系就是个美国陷阱
Life was messed up a matter of time 'til that n***a snap
生活糟透了，这样的水深火热总以我们的同胞被捕而悲剧告终
Post-traumatic stress so them triggers keep gettin' tapped
因为创伤造成的焦虑让我们板机扣个不停
R I P Malcolm I promise to conquer and fill them gaps
安息吧Malcolm,我向你发誓我一定会填平种族之间的鸿沟
Them corners leave a n***a boxed in tryna break free
他们把一个企图获得自由的黑人禁锢在阴暗角落
Crazy how I love the same block that tried to break me
我是多么热爱我的街区，但街区上还有小人想要加害于我
Pray that I ain't in my own hood when they take me
祈求我别在自己的家乡丧命
This all we know a life of peace what we can't see
我们都知道平安的生活难得且难见
I'm from where we unheard and we can't speak
我来自一个名不见经传的小地方，我们也对社会毫无发言权
We go to school they try to tell us what we can't be
我到学校里学习，他们说我没法保自己的平安
Profit with a billion-dollar mind like I'm JAY-Z
我有着和Jay-Z一样的伟大思维和宏图计划
They killed Martin for dreamin' and now I can't sleep
他们灭掉了Martin让我们失去对未来的美好期望，现在我不安得睡不着了
Why would the devil take my brother if he close to me
如果我在他身旁，我怎么会让那些人皮恶魔取走他的性命？
Now if you scared take my soul you see my bros in me
现在，如果你惧怕了，那就剖开我的灵魂，我的兄弟们都在里面
We missin' you man this ain't how this s**t supposed to be
我们很想念你Martin，事情不该发展成这个样子
Feel like I'm stuck I wish them streets never proposed to me
我感觉我拘泥于一些无能为力的事了，我希望我的街区永远不要背叛我
Out there posted in the field with them soldiers deep
那里驻扎着他们的士兵
So now the other side wanna put a hole in me
所以另一边为我们挖了填坑
Like every day might be the end of the road for me
每一天对我而言可能都是我向世界的告别
We die young so I couldn't picture a older me
我们大多英年早逝，所以我不敢想自己的未来
Fightin' demons let them d**gs take control of me
与恶魔抗争，他们可别想操控我
All in my head go and kill what they told to me
我的头脑里都是那些早已不存在的人向我传递的“上吧，抗争”的声音
'Member we ain't have a thing same clothes for weeks
过去我们可能几周都买不起一件衣服
Hardbody that's how them situations molded me
我如此努力，是我的家乡塑造的我
Needed money and grew accustomed to this fast life
急需金钱就得适应这生活急切的节奏
Pressure from this way of livin' so we blast pipes
我不得不吸上两口减小自己的压力
S**t got me stressin' three hundred and sixty-five nights
那些可恶的压力365天都在施压于我
Them people workin' against us like we don't have rights
那些人反对我们，就好像我们本就不该有抬头抗争的权利
It don't matter what this money and this fame can give
但这没关系，钱和名誉我都会有
I've been hurtin' tryna smile through the pain and tears
我一直狩猎，在伤痛和眼泪中，我保持微笑
Wish we could go back to them days when we played as kids
希望我们有一天可以回到那个像孩童一样玩乐得无忧无虑的日子
A lot of s**t changed that's just the way it is
这么多糟糕的事每天都在有所变化，但我所走的道路坚定不移
那只是
That's just
那只是生命本该有的活力
That's just the way it is
有的事
有的事或许永远不会改变
Some things'll never
但万一会有那一天呢
Some things'll never change
万一呢
万一会有改变的一天呢
Oh oh that's just the way it is
噢
Way it is
那就是
The way it is
那就是生命该有的样子
Ooh
即使有的事
即使有的事情永远不会改变，即使是这样
That's just
那也是我生命该有的样子
That's just the way it is
那是该有的样子
Some things'll never
就该这样不屈不挠
Some things'll never change no-no-no-no-no
没错
Yeah that's just the way it is
永远永远不要放弃和改变
Way it is
没错
The way it is
即使有的事有的情况可能永远无法被改善
即使有的挫折与磨难我们永远都逃不掉
Yeah
那也永远，永远别放弃
这种骨气是我们生命该有的样子
Never never
即使有的事永远无法被改变
Ayy
Some things will never change
Some things'll never change
Never never
我为我的挚友作此
No that's just the way it is
你是最卓越的那个人
Some things'll never change
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm
You finally made it big brother
You're the G O A T
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