歌词
Flashback, '88
那年是1988
Copped my first tape
刚把第一盘磁带弄回家
Third Grade
才上小学三年级
Young girl banking Roxanne Shante
喜欢搜集Roxanne Shante的唱片
Around my way
想尽了办法
Called McKay
还给McKay打了电话
Disarray
那时生活还是处处狼藉
Langston's a dark hues get bruised
女孩深色皮肤上满是淤青,像极了兰斯顿的诗(典故:兰斯顿·休斯的诗作Song For A Dark Girl)
Stored away, hey
她的同胞们被当成货物
Caught in cage
被关进笼子
Fought in the maze, gave up
黑人曾经在泥淖中挣扎,也曾经放弃
And now I got dreams of being live on stage
而我现在却胆敢有着登台的希冀
What
是又怎样
Turn up the volume, me and my cousin
音量调大,我跟在堂兄身后
Doing the wop
跟着他跳街舞
Dreaming about the Salt-N-Pepa haircut
那时很想剪Salt-N-Pepa那样的头发
Speakers bump like the rock pumps
音响里的鼓点震耳欲聋
The rhythm of my next double-dutch jump
就着节奏我在一旁跳绳
What you want? At once
到底想要的是什么?
...and we love the
曾经我也和Pecola Breedlove一样(Toni Morrison小说The Bluest Eye中的主角,一个一心想要一双白人那样的蓝眼睛的黑人女孩)
We dreamed of ourselves
自顾自地胡思乱想
Knew when Latifah showed us what a queen was
直到Queen Latifah告诉我们什么才是榜样
Went from invisible to seen on the Smooth tip
从一开始的默默无闻到跟着Sweet Tee的节奏开始说唱(致敬80年代女rapper Sweet Tee的作品On the Smooth Tip)
Sweet Tee, to follow Monie in the Middle on the scene
再跟着Monie的脚步向前,站到舞台(致敬Monie Love的作品Monie In The Middle)
So then saw myself, I'll drop mics when I'm over
直到那时我才找到了自我,表演完会把麦扔到地上
Pick up a pen and like Antoinette
拿起笔来,写出的句子像Antoinette的那样
"Lights Out, Party's Over"
“把灯关了,都别玩儿了(致敬女MC Antoinette的作品Lights Out, Party's Over)
This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy(Foxy Brown)
This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
For those never seen
写给那些陌生人
On the search for female emcees
寻找女性MC的人
The microphone fiends
拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人(引自Eric B & Rakim的经典作品Microphone Fiends)
Stomped in the '90s
时间到了九十年代
After school you could find me
一放学就往后院跑
In the backyard begging for a beat box, rhyming
求着别人给我个beat
U-N-I-T-Y and Heather B Blues
跟着U-N-I-T-Y(Queen Latifah的代表作)和Heather B的调调练习
Claim the news of the death of Phyllis Hymen
得知了 Phyllis Hymen(美国女歌手演员,95年逝世)去世的消息
I rap to keep from crying
难过得要哭,情绪只能通过说唱释放
Taking Mine, now I'm the Bo$$
最后终于出人头地,说话有了分量
Recipe for a show
演出也开始得心应手
They say no girls in the cipher, so I rock solo
但他们说干这行女的不行,所以我向来单打独斗
Then on the Blackstreet, Ill Na Na get me home, though
在居住的黑人社区里(Blackstreet也是一个黑人r&b乐队),Ill Na Na(Foxy Brown的首张专辑)伴我成长
I rap along to every song
每一首歌我都跟着唱
And ain't no playing with my Yo-Yo
把玩的时间用来进步(致敬Yo-Yo的代表作You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo)
Check, how I hit every note, though
瞧瞧这音我唱的准不准
Even sung along with patois
连牙买加黑话都学得有模有样
Like in the joint she did with Patra
Yo-Yo和Patra合作的那首这样唱
I'm on a Romantic Call...
“我在甜蜜蜜地打给他”
(Talkin' to my baby Down ah mi yard)
(“给我的小情人打电话,就在我家”)
Blank page calling, a ...[??]
(这句听不清,翻不出来......sorry)
The crowd yes ya'llin'
台下的人大声喝彩
Nonchalantly in the trees at five o'clock in the morning
早晨五点起来抽根叶子,心情平静
Sported he Kim hardcore wig, then came Lauryn
听着Lil Kim的硬货,接着是经典的Lauryn名作
She showed me the beauty and the natural cut
是她让我明白什么是美,让我爱上了natural cut(Lauryn Hill的标志发型)
Amplify my Rage, growing out my afro puffs
是她让我保持愤怒,长出了自己的afro puffs(afro puffs也是一种黑人发型,同时也是The Lady Of Rage的代表作)
This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy( Foxy Brown)
This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
For those never seen
写给那些陌生人
On the search for female emcees
寻找女性MC的人
The microphone fiends
拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人
New millennium, came of age
2000年以后,年岁渐长
While things stayed the same
但我身边的事物都还是原样
Media forms changed
传媒的形式已经变了
New name, from What-What? to Jean Grae
新名字一串串,从那谁谁到 Jean Grae
We bootlegged, the bootleg
可我们私底下磁带还是照样录
Put away cassette and VHS tapes in vinyl crates
把磁带、录影带、黑胶唱片都放在一处
Fast forward album release dates
要是按发行时间顺序快进播放
Hip-hopalizing what we buy or objectify
会发现Hip-Hop已经变了模样
In these days
正被当作商品摆上橱窗
Tell me what's the plight of a female MC's fate?
再不知,女MC如何让命途多舛生活艰辛
Or what's the worth of a woman's story to a DJ?
一个女人成为DJ的故事也再无人听
Downloading everyone and now my heroes seemingly gone
下载热门歌曲五花八门,而我的偶像似乎已经沉寂
Search and found Lauryn Hill Unplugged
找了半天才找到Lauryn Hill的不插电版唱片
Guess I lost one
之前有过,好像给丢了
Some come and go
万事云烟,来来去去
Self-labeled ***** and ho
有些人管自己叫叫鸡
A heretic of discourse
嘴里的话根本没法听进去
I turn off the radio
我把电台关掉
I can't relate, nor can I hate
完全没办法和这些音乐产生共鸣,但也不能说讨厌
For the ways we negotiate
因为本就异路殊途
The ***ist spaces we navigate
我们对抗性别歧视,无论艰难困苦
I stay reppin'
我始终高举手中的旗帜
Vaunted by the crest of hip hop's crescent
但新一代的Hip-Hop红人却为虎作伥
It seems...
似乎(下句是Lauryn Hill名言:Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need)
"Fantasy's what people want reality to be"
“幻想里的人人都想要,而现实中的才是我们需要面对的”
This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy( Foxy Brown)
This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
For those never seen
写给那些陌生人
On the search for female emcees
寻找女性MC的人
The microphone fiends
拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人
The world is listening
世界在聆听
The world is listening
世界在聆听
The world is listening
世界在聆听
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