歌词
It was always me versus the world
我总是与世界对抗
Until I found it's me versus me
直到我发现这只是与自我斗争
Why why why why
到底是何原因
Why why why why
到底是何原因
Just remember what happens on earth stays on earth
世人都说 日光之下 并无新事
We gon' put it in reverse
我们偏要反其道而行之
Darling I told you many times and I am telling you once again
亲爱的我已经告诉过你很多次了 那我就再重复一遍
Just to remind you sweetheart that my
亲爱的我已经告诉过你很多次了 那我就再重复一遍 这就是我的忠告
Oh Lamar hail Mary a marijuana times is hard
我信奉着圣母玛利亚和大麻 人生是如此艰难
Pray with the hooligans shadows all in the dark
与小混混厮混在一起 黑暗的角落里污秽横流
Fellowship with demons and relatives I'm a star
在这污秽的乱世中 我是一颗璀璨的明星
God is one funny mothaf**ka
生活是如此滑稽可笑
A true comedian you gotta love him you gotta trust him
芸芸众生不过是行走世间的小丑 你要给予他爱与信任
I might be buggin' infomercials and no sleep
我要为了富足的生活努力奋斗
Introverted by my thoughts
我的思想独树一帜
Children listen it gets deep
孩子们听着 其中的含义深邃悠远
See once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects
曾经住在贫民区中的救济房里
The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect
在那里 我身边充斥着形形色色的人
Adaptation inevitable gun violence crack spot
适者生存 身边随时会爆发枪战
Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals
警察们经常会突袭这里 与毒贩们交战
Anthony was the oldest of seven well respected calm and collected
安东尼曾经名震一方 我们要给予他尊重 并学习他的闪光之处
Laughin' and joking made life easier
偶尔的欢声笑语会让生活变得轻松一些
Hard times momma on crack a four year old telling his nanny he needed her
但是当毒瘾发作 生活又会变得艰难 一个幼小的儿童告诉保姆说 他需要关爱
His family history pimpin' and bangin' he was meant to be dangerous
他的家庭就是一场灾难 他生来就背负着危险的因子
Clocked him a grip and start slangin'
随身配枪 私下交易
Fifteen scrapin' up his jeans with quarter pieces
15岁时就从事毒品交易
Even got some head from a smoker last weekend
上周与一个瘾君子进行了交易
Dodged a policeman workin' for his big homie
躲避警察的追击 为了他的头目而卖命
Small time hustler graduated to a brick on him
从一个不起眼的小弟成为了帮派中的肱股之臣
Ten thousand dollars out of a project housing
现在每日都在进行一万美元以上的交易
That's on the daily seen his first mil twenty years old
在他20年的毒品生涯中
Had a couple of babies
发展了无数兄弟
Had a couple of shooters caught a murder case
拥有自己的武装队伍
Fingerprints on the gun
即便在枪支上留下指纹
They assumin' but witnesses couldn't prove it
也没有目击者可以证明他的罪行
That was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin
当警察击毙了他的兄弟 他释放出心中的狂怒
He beat the case and went back to hustlin'
他更加疯狂的交易来对抗无常的人生
Bird shufflin' Anthony rang
不停的增大交易量 是他的财富暴增
The first in the projects with the two tone mustang
购入豪车 声名大噪
That 5.0 thing
引起警方的注意 别人都说他会引火自焚
They say 5-0 came circlin' parkin' lots and parking spots
在稽查点的包围里 肆意畅游
And hoppin' out while harrasing the corner blocks
肆意梭巡 挑战着警方的忍耐力
Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it
警察局中的内线告诉他 你要小心一点
He brushed them off and walked back to the kentucky fried chicken
他对此根本不屑一顾 径直去肯德基品尝炸鸡
See at this chicken spot there was a light skinned nigga that talked a lot
瞧瞧 在肯德基里 有一些高谈阔论的白人
With a curly top and a gap in his teeth
头发卷曲 口无遮拦
He worked the window his name was Ducky
他走向橱窗 报上自己的姓名
He came from the streets the robert taylor homes
他来自街头 居住在贫民窟里
Southside projects chiraq the terror dome
住在芝加哥南区 犯罪泛滥之地
Drove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollars
与他的女人来到加州 赚到人生中的第一桶金
They had a son hoping that he'd see college
他们生育了一个儿子 希望有朝一日他可以金榜题名
Hustlin' on the side with a nine to five to freak it
努力干着朝九晚五的工作 每日奔波劳碌
Cadillac seville he'd ride his son around on weekends
终于买下了凯迪拉克 他带着他的儿子在周末出游
Three piece special with his name on the shirt pocket
穿着写有他名字的文化衫
'Cross the street from the projects Anthony planned to rob it
在街上游行 安东尼计划去抢劫一番
Stuck up the place before back in '84
在1984年之前 都逗留在此地
That's when affiliation was really eight gears of war
当战争来袭
So many relatives telling us selling us devilish works
邻居们都告诉我们说战争恶魔们会把我们贱卖出去
Killing us crime intelligent felonious prevalent proposition with nines
如此穷凶极恶 罪大恶极 人人都拿着枪自卫
Ducky was well aware they robbed the manager and shot a customer last year
Ducky却很清醒 他们去抢劫了肯德基的经理 并射杀了一些游客
He figured he'd get on these niggas good sides
他发现自己要洗心革面
Free chicken every time Anthony posted in line
安东尼每次都排队等着领取免费的炸鸡
Two extra biscuits Anthony liked him and then let him slide
有时还会有人再给安东尼额外的两个馅饼 然后他才会离开
They didn't kill him in fact it look like they're the last to survive
他们不会射杀他 事实上 他们看起来如此坚强
Pay attention that one decision changed both of they lives
一个决定有可能会改变所有人的人生
One curse at a time
曾经心怀愤懑
Reverse the manifest and good karma and I'll tell you why
即便站在不同的角度上 事情还是不会发生任何改变 让我来告诉你原因
You take two strangers and put 'em in random predicaments
你随机挑选两个陷入贫困中的陌生人
Give 'em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it
给他们自主的意识 让他们自由地选择生活方式
Twenty years later them same strangers you make 'em meet again
让他们度过20年的光阴 你让他们再次相遇
Inside recording studios where they reaping their benefits
记录下他们提起的那些过往生活中的美好
Then you start reminding 'bout that chicken incident
然后你试图提醒他们那场发生在肯德基中的事故
Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence
他们会异口同声地说出谁是这个世界上最伟大的说唱歌手
Because if Anthony killed Ducky top dawg could be servin' life
因为我可以赌上性命 安东尼绝对赢不了ducky
While I grew up without a father and die in a gun fight
当我的生命中没有父亲的指导 终会死于枪战
So I was taking a walk the other day
当我几天前完成了这张惊世之作的时候
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