歌词
Now let me tell you bout this rap ***** who would never blow
现在我来讲讲这个从来不抽的说唱小子的故事
He got all the ******* talent yea the kid is hella ****
他有着所有的才能，他简直太酷了
Couldn't see through all phoneys should've bought a telescope
幻像曾将他笼罩，他后悔没有早点看清目的地的方向
He was aiming too high so he had to settle low
他有着远大的目标，所以脚踏实地
Shopping label after label
像逛街一样在许多厂牌短暂地停留过（label双关：即可指厂牌又指街上各个牌子的店铺，与shopping对应）
Never signed him a deal
却从没有一个给他表现自己的机会
So retarded couldn't find the appeal
他们太蠢了，看不到我的闪光点（但最后Cordae还是出人头地了嘛）
Didn't matter bout the work or how he rhyming with skills
不在乎我工作多么卖力或是我写歌词多么厉害
Just another young ***** tryna grind for the bills
在他们看来我只是另一个急于赚钱的年轻人罢了
I mean I never was too tall or skilled to go shoot ball
我长得不高、技术也不好，没法去打球（暗指很多黑人除了搞体育和说唱无路可选）
I know i'm a move far
我知道我会走得起来（这里歌词应该写为 ima， 口语表达I‘m going to，“我将要...”）
But dammit it's too hard
但这也太难了
Imagined if you starved
想像一下你连饭都吃不饱
But dreaming of shoes cars
目标却是奢华的物质生活
And everyone around you is just wishing that you'd fall
你身边的人都不看好你，想让你沦为和他们一样
But nah I refuse see a ***** came to carry a mission
但不，我不要，我肩上带着自己的使命
People all from different places come with varied intentions
看着街上的行人来自不同地方，他们的目标也各不相同（参考MV）
I'm a great and I knew that from the very beginning
我从开始就知道自己能行
But barely ambitious
却不曾踌躇满志
Not to mention the larry I'm piffin
更不用说那些我曾抽过的狠货了
Ain't no friends people wanna you buried or prison
我没有朋友，他们都觉得我应该在械斗中丧生或者落入狱中
Me and all these others man it's scary the difference
但我和这些其它rapper的差别不可估量
I'm too ahead
我想得比他们更远
Plus I alway kill tracks and I shoot em dead
并且我终日钻研着怎么完善自己的作品
The difference is blue and red
不像他们在街上搞事被popo抓走（红蓝既是警灯，又是下句所指的旗帜的颜色）（参考MV）
And I never salute the Fed
我也绝不会像联邦政府致敬
Cause the system so corrupt they just after the loot and bread I rather just lose my head
因为这个系统太腐败，只顾着掠夺利益，我宁愿失去生命也不愿成为他们
Think shay would pastor do instead
再让那最美丽的女孩做我的牧师
My guidance when I'm arriving
她将引领我
Through all of the flashing lights and
不受灯红酒绿的诱惑
Love for the passion writing
保持我对写作歌词的热爱
But dying a crashing Viking
但却像维京人一样挣扎而死（接着上面shay那里指最美丽的女孩，因为刻板印象里维京女孩很好看.参考urban dictionary）
They never love you for real
他们从未真正爱过你
They never love you for real
他们从未真正爱过你
Keep it subtle and chill on my way to top about the bundles and mills
保持着微妙且放松的感觉直到我达到顶端（在这些之上）（above the and ）
Oh how what a wonderful feeling
那该多么棒
They never love you forreal
他们从未爱过你
Keep it subtle and chill on my way to top about the bundles and mills
保持着微妙且放松的感觉直到我达到顶端（在这些之上）（above the and ）
I'm thinking back to into time before my life was obsene
真想回到从前，我的生活还不是如此不堪
At times I be the only enemy just fighting my dreams
当时我是唯一一个阻止我为梦想奋斗的人
This rap **** is whole my life it's like a pipe to a fiend
成瘾者对烟斗的依赖
Or better no metaphor it's like a mic to a me
就像是我对麦克风的依赖
I Reminisce my childhood and I ride my bike in the street
我想起童年时在街上骑着单车
And we go straight to Marcus he get to slicing a beat
直奔着Marcus家，因为他有极好的beat
And we in school till 2
我们刚上学一年
But **** was writing by 3
就开始写歌词
But that was back when it was fun it was enticing at least
当时写歌只是因为觉得有意思
And then I almost lost it all and used to cry in my sleep
直到发生了那件事（Cordae后面的专辑里说的），让我几乎失去了所有，只能躲在被子里哭泣
And lay awake And always pray something the righteous could beat
我久久不能入睡，祷告着希望好运能降临
Take me back to the days when I used to work at the mall
再回到我曾在商场工作
Take me back when I wasn't perfect at all
回到我根本就不完美的时候
And when you climbing from the bottom it never hurts when you fall
当你一开始就身在底层时，跌落根本就不算什么
Got some problems I been hiding but I'm working to solve
我隐瞒着一些问题，但从未逃避他们
Don't let me blow and realize it wasn't worth the recalls
不要让我抽，因为当回过神来会发现这并不值得
Lay a verse and into the earth and pop a perk till I'm off
写完这段诗，把它埋藏等人挖掘，我要先服用止痛剂了，直到它药效过去（指Cordae很痛苦）
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