歌词
[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, hold up
耶 耶 好的
KD2 shit (Hit-Boy)
本专辑名(King's Disease II)
Ayy hold up, come on, whoa
哎 好吧 来呀 哇
Right back at this
回到正题
Right back
来吧
Right back, hold up, whoa
来了 等等 喔
[Chorus]
High on life, drunk off dark liquor
享受着生活 喝光了瑰红酒
Shit gettin’ eerie like I threw on Thriller
这慢慢变得诡异 像是我穿梭在惊悚片当中
*****, I'm a hard hitter, Rolex clocks and killers
弟弟 我是重击手 是戴着劳力士表的黑手
Holdin’ the order, I’m prayin’ God delivers
握着待执行的命令 祈祷上帝保佑并遵循他的意志
I had run-ins with Suge, niggas would've been shook
我和Suge有过一些纠纷 有些人应该畏惧
At the height of the beef, they started Death Row East
在剑拔弩张之际 他们开始Death Row东征
Damn, I even saw their tees on some of my Gs
麻蛋 我甚至看到他们的准星瞄着我的兄弟们
Notorious label the story was made in the streets
但臭名昭著这标签的故事可是在街头诞生的(The Notorious B.I.G)
[Interlude]
Now it’s real life movies
这就是用现实生活演绎的大片吧
Rest in peace Ill Will
恶意 安息吧(Ether和Halftime都有这样的表述)
[Verse 1]
Let’s talk about it
来谈谈
We the smartest, not the loudest, came up out the project houses
我们算是最聪明的但不一定是声响最大的 从那Project Houses里出来
Where they resort to violence
他们在那儿诉诸武力
Hennessy bottles on the curb, lil’ niggas tryna serve
轩尼诗酒瓶扔在路边 新入伙的开始行动 效忠于兄弟们
Let’s talk about it
来聊聊
Back when Jungle told Pac, "It's on" soon as we walk up out this
回到那会儿Jungle告诉Tupac"好戏正在上演" 一当我们丢掉这个和事佬标签时(Jungle是Nas的哥哥)
Picket signs, Outlawz outside the music hall
Outlawz就走出了音乐殿堂(Outlawz是Tupac的团体,成员都以历史上著名的独才者名字为艺名,如拿破仑、卡斯特罗)
Bunch of ghetto superstars really down to lose it all
一堆的贫民窟巨星到最后失去了所有
Both sides was thuggin'
双方都处于水深火热之中
But when you in my city, you know how we comin’
但你来我的城市你就能知道我们是怎么应付这些的了
Animals in the field and most of ‘em clutchin’
原始森林中的野兽们 紧盯着猎物 紧绷着神经
When you livin’ this rugged, that come with repercussions, look
当你处于这种困境时 这样做才能得到应得的 听着
[Chorus]
High on life, drunk off dark liquor
享受着生活 喝光了瑰红酒
Shit gettin’ eerie like I threw on Thriller
这慢慢变得诡异像是我穿梭在惊悚片当中
*****, I'm a hard hitter, Rolex clocks and killers
弟弟 我是个重击手 是戴着劳力士表的黑手
Holdin’ the order, I’m prayin’ God delivers
握着待执行的命令 祈祷上帝保佑并遵循他的意志
I had run-ins with Suge, niggas would've been shook
我有过和Suge的纠纷 有些人应该要畏惧
At the height of the beef, they started Death Row East
在剑拔弩张之际 他们开始Death Row东征
Damn, I even saw their tees on some of my Gs
麻蛋 我甚至看到他们的准星瞄着我的兄弟们
Notorious label the story was made in the streets
但臭名昭著这标签的故事可是诞生在街头的
[Interlude]
History lessons
历史教训
Keep it on record
在歌词中铭记
[Verse 2]
Let’s talk about it
来讲讲
'Cause when you got a story real as mine, you can’t leave nothin’ out it
因为当你也有我这么真实的故事时 你也很难遗漏这样的情节
Let’s take you back to ‘9-6, diamonds and MAC 10’s
让我带你回到钻石闪烁、明枪暗箭的1996年(96年7月Nas发布专辑《It Was Written》,9月Tupac被枪杀)
Lookin’ through a fresh lens
通过新的视角去看待
Everything I know now, wish I knew back then
现在我所了解的一切真希望当时也知道
Like it was only so much time left
但好像那时只剩下那么点时间了
Before Machiavelli the Don left
在唐·马基雅维利逝世前(Machiavelli是意大利政治思想家和历史学家,也是Tupac的艺名.Don是对意大利黑手党教父的尊称,而Tupac在Outlawz中是教父的地位)
Booked a flight, flying out West
预订个航班 远飞到拉斯维加斯
We was tryna squash the whole shit in Vegas
我们打算在那儿化解东西海岸之争
No media to eat it up and leak it in the papers
没有媒体透露风声并肆意歪曲
Eric B, Big D and 'Preme was affiliated
Eric B,Big Daddy Kane和DJ Premier都在那儿
Peace to Edi, Napoleon, and all the innovators
愿Edi,Napoleon等革新者们安息(Outlawz团体成员)
We had respect before we was ever some entertainers
在成为名声远扬的歌手前 我们就赢得了尊重
See Suge, he was a dangerous threat
Suge这人 他是一个危险人物
M.O.B almost turned half of New York red
M.O.B几乎血洗了半个纽约城
Brothers I grew up with threw up they sets
和我一起长大的兄弟放弃了他们的团体
Some even had them Death Row chains hang off their necks
有的人甚至将Death Row的大金链子从脖子上扯下来
There's a rumor that spread I’d like to address
这里有个传言我想要辟谣
Pac was never set up by Stretch (Let it rest)
Stretch从未算计过Tupac(Stretch是东海岸说唱歌手,95年被枪杀)
I stepped to him at Bryant Park so we could speak direct
在纽约布莱恩特公园 我走近Pac以便能把话说明白
He didn’t disrespect, we planned to reconnect
他没有不尊重我的意思 我们打算冰释前嫌
[Outro]
I flew to Vegas to shoot the Street Dreams video and link with 2Pac
我飞去拉斯维加斯去拍摄《Streets Dreams》的MV 顺道拜访一下Pac
Tried to squash the East Coast/West Coast beef
还想着去化解东西海岸之争
We didn’t talk, but he was still alive in the hospital
我们没聊成 他在医院时还活着 一息尚存便临危不惧
And it rained that day in Vegas
那天拉斯维加斯下起了雨
Rest In Power
逝者安息 生者更将奋勇前行
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