歌词
Good God Almighty. Like back in the old days.
美好全能的神啊 就像回到旧时光
You know, years ago they had the A&R men to
你知道几年之前你还需要唱片公式的人来
tell you what to play, how to play it and you know
教你该表演什么如何呈现
whether it's disco and rock but we just went in the
无论是迪斯科还是摇滚 只要我们
studio and we did it. We had champagne in the studio,
一进录音棚就能搞定 我们品着香槟
of course, you know, compliments of the company,
当然我们受到唱片公司的赞美
and we just laid back and did it.
我们轻松录制完一首作品
So we hope you enjoy listening to this album
所以我希望你们欣赏这张专辑时
half as much as we enjoyed playing it for you.
像我们创作它时一样享受
Because we had a ball. Only real music is gonna last,
因为我们的创作过程非常愉快 只有真正的音乐流芳百世
all the other bulls*it is here today and gone tomorrow
其它的只不过是昙花一现罢了
Cash rules everything around me
金钱操控着我身边的一切
C.R.E.A.M. get the money
C.R.E.A.M 赚取金钱（取样自武当派）
Dolla dolla bill y'all
为了大肆挥霍
After hours of Il Mulino
在IL Mulino 和 Sotto Sotto（分别为在NYC和英国的高档意式餐厅）
Or Sotto Sotto, just talkin' about women and vino
待上几小时只为了谈论女人和美酒
The contract like '91 Dan Marino
我的合同价值堪比91年的Dan Marino（橄榄球巨星）
I swear this got Michael Rapino boostin' my ego
我认为是Michael Rapino使我的自我价值感增加（音乐制作人）
Overly focused, it's far from the time to rest now
付出加倍的努力 没空休息
Debates growin' 'bout who they think is the best now
他们总是在争论谁是最好的rapper
Took a while, got the jokers out of the deck now
不久之后 那些没实力的就会出局
Holdin' all the cards and ****** wanna play chess now
手握一手好牌但人们却想和我下棋
I hear you talkin', say it twice so I know you meant it
我听到你们谈论 而且不止一次 所以我知道你们是有意的
**** it, I don't even tint it, they should know who's in it
随他吧 我甚至不在乎 他们知道我在这个圈子里是谁
I'm authentic, real name, no gimmicks
我是真实的 用着真名 没有花招
No game, no scrimmage, I ain't playin' with you ****** at all
不玩游戏 不加入混战 不与乌合之众玩
My classmates, they went on to be chartered accountants
我的同学都去当了会计
Or work with their parents, but thinkin' back on how they treated me
或是跟他们的父母一起工作 但想想他们是如何对待我的
My high school reunion might be worth an appearance
高中同学聚会可能值得我出面
Make everybody have to go through security clearance
但要让每个人都过安检才行
Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn
十年河东十年河西，你得活到老学到老
With the ink, I could murder word to my ***** Irv
拿起笔我就能给我的兄弟Irv Gotti写一首词
Yeah, I swear s*it just started clickin' dog
我肯定那是我作词时笔沙沙的声音
You know it's real when you are who you think you are
你知道这是真的而你认为你是谁？
Cash rules everything around me
金钱操控着我身边的一切
C.R.E.A.M. get the money
C.R.E.A.M 赚取黄金
Dolla dolla bill y'all
随意挥霍
I had Benzes 'fore you had braces
在你买得起手表前我就有了一台奔驰
The all black Maybach but I'm not a racist
就算坐着全黑的奔驰迈巴赫 我待人也友善
Inside's whiter than Katy Perry's face is
车里内饰比水果姐的脸还要白
Yellow diamonds in my Jesús
黄色的钻石镶嵌在我的项链上
I just might learn to speak Mandarin
可能我会学讲普通话
Japanese for the yen that I'm handlin'
我手中握着日元
International Hov, that's my handle
全世界跑业务对我来说就是小菜一碟（Hov：Hova的简称 Jay-Z绰号）
My saint's Sean Don, light a candle
我信仰Sean Don 点上一支蜡烛
El Gran Santo on the mantle
大圣人在曼托
'Case y'all didn't know, I speak Spanish too
因为你们不懂 所以我也说西语
Shoutout to Worldwide Wes
致敬影响全球的Kanye West
Everywhere we go we leave a worldwide mess
无论我们去到哪都能引起风潮
Yes, still Roc La Familia
是的，我仍是Roc-A-Fella厂牌的一员
Says a lot about you if you not feelin' us
我们不在时你才敢吹嘘自己
The homie said "Hov, there ain't many of us"
我的兄弟说：“Hov，没什么人跟我们一样成功”
I told him less is more, ***** it's plenty of us
我告诉他不管多少对于我们来说都已经足够
Cash rules everything around me
金钱操控着我身边的一切
C.R.E.A.M. get the money
C.R.E.A.M 赚取金钱
Dolla dolla bill y'all
肆意挥霍
Cake, cake cake cake cake cake
金钱 金钱 金钱
500 million, I got a pound cake
五百万美元做成的蛋糕
****** is frontin', that's upside-down cake
那些人就像要把蛋糕颠倒过来才知道烤的如何一样道貌岸然
Get 'em a red nose, they clown cakes
加个红鼻子 像小丑一样的蛋糕
They shoulda' never let you 'round cake
我不会让你靠近我的蛋糕
Look at my neck, I got a carrot cake
看我的脖子 一条项链
Now here's the icing on the cake
项链上有珠光宝气的钻石
Cake, cake cake cake cake
金钱 金钱 金钱
I'm just gettin' started, oh yeah we got it *****
我准备好了 一切我都掌握
I've done made more millionaires than the lotto did
我赚到的钱比中大乐透得到的还多
Dame made millions, Bigg made millions
Dame Dash 赚得盆满钵满 Kareem“Biggs”Burke挣了上百万（两位和Jay-Z共同创办了前文的Ric-A-Fella厂牌）
Ye made millions, Just made millions
Kanye West赚得了金山银山 Just Blaze赚得了上百万（Just Blaze为厂牌rapper）
Lyor made millions, Cam made millions
Lyor 赚得了上百万 Cam'ron赚得腰缠万贯
Beans tell you if he wasn't in his feelings
Beans早就告诉你了是否他还耿耿于怀
I'm back in my bag
我带上包返程
My eyes bloodshot but my jet don't lag
我的双眼布满血丝 但是我的私人飞机不会晚点
A pair of Jordan 3's tryna chase this cash
脚踩乔丹三代球鞋追名逐利
Gucci air bag just in case we crash
Gucci 的安全气囊为了防止出事
Uh, last night was mad trill
昨晚十分疯狂
Fresh out of advil, Jesus grab the wheel
刚用完镇痛药 上帝帮我握紧方向盘
**** all that happy to be here s*it that y'all warned me on
很开心到这来 你们都期待我的到来
I'm the big homie, they still tryna lil bro me dog
我现在是大人物 但他们仍把我看成无名小卒
Like I should fall in line, like I should alert ******
我会陷入困境 我该对一些人警觉
When I'm 'bout to drop somethin' crazy and
当我在说一些疯狂的话
I say I'm the greatest of my generation
说我是这一代人里最杰出的那个
Like I should be dressin' different
而我就该被区别对待吗
Like I should be less aggressive and pessimistic
就该没那么有冲劲和悲观吗
Like I should be way more nervous and less dismissive
就该放轻松和不那么轻蔑吗
Like I should be on my best behavior
就该循规守矩吗
And not talk my s*it and do it major like the ******
不要在背后议论我 像那些人一样替我做决定
who paved the way for us
你们就像为我铺路的父母一样
Like I didn't study the game to the letter
就像我不会在书上学习所谓的规则一样
And understand that I'm not doin' it the same,
要知道我是独一无二的
man, I'm doin' it better
兄弟 我会做得更好
Like I didn't make that clearer this year
我也不会再澄清什么
Like I should feel, I don't know, guilty for saying that
我就是这么想的 对此我丝毫不会感到愧疚
They should more mirrors in here so I can stare at myslef
他们应该放置更多的镜子所以我能更好得审视我的内心
These are usually just thoughts that I share with myself
这些想法我通常都不与他人说
But I thought **** It its worth it to share it with
但是管他呢 这值得跟分享
someone else more than Paris for once
除了Paris之外的其他人
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