歌词
Yeah, most of my life's full of sad days
Yeah,我的人生绝大部分被悲伤回忆所填充
Started at a young age
年纪轻轻便踏上了说唱这条路(NF12岁就开始做音乐,在2016年AMBY的采访中表示自己早年深受Eminem的影响)
Yeah, bought a house but I've been livin' on stage
Yeah,早就购置了房子却一直在舞台上生活(房子对NF来说只是一个建筑,没有家人的陪伴并不能算是一个家,这也是为什么他不愿回到冷冰冰的家中,而选择漂泊在外)
Tryna find the real me, I ain't found it yet
尝试找到真正的自己,可我还是一无所获
Wake up every morning feelin' like I'm guilty
每天早上醒来都感觉我是一个罪人
Talk to God, "Can you hear me?"
向上帝祈祷,"主啊,你能听见我的呼喊吗?”
Lately, I'm a mess
就在不久之前,我的生活还是一团乱麻
I don't want no one to help me
我不乞求别人的帮助
Yeah, I don't want no one to help me and
Yeah,我不乞求别人的帮助,
If you think that I make decisions
并且如果你认为我会照着你的想法
Based off of what you think, then you're wrong
来做决定,那么你大错特错
Can't nobody think for me, I got my own thoughts
根本没有人能为我着想,我也有我自己的想法
Sometimes you don't know what you had
有时你不明白你所拥有什么
Until it's all gone, 'til it's all gone
直到一切离你而去,直到一切离你而去...
If I took the hand that was dealt me
如果我当初接受了老天给我安排的命运(hand指手牌,引申为命运)
Then I would be nowhere in life
那么我现在该是一事无成
Yeah, I had to think smart
Yeah,我不得不深思熟虑
Threw away the deck and got my own cards
掀翻这该死的桌子并且拿到我该拿的牌(打破局面,做自己真正想做的事,追逐自己的Dreams)
Long before I had the money to afford a car
我奋斗了不知多久才能买得起车(NF辛酸的奋斗史)
I–I've been doin' me (yeah)
我一直在做我自己(yeah)
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己(NF就是NF,很多人谈到NF就说像Eminem,怎么怎么样eminem,其实没有任何意义,NF就是独一无二的NF)
Yeah, I've been doin' me
Yeah,我一直在做我自己
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己(NF就是NF,很多人谈到NF就说像Eminem,怎么怎么样eminem,其实没有任何意义,NF就是独一无二的NF)
Followin' my dreams
追逐我自己的梦想
Yeah, I've been doin' me
Yeah,我一直在做我自己
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
Yeah, I've been doin' me
Yeah,我一直在做我自己
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
Followin' my dreams
追逐我的梦想
Yeah, I've been doin' me
Yeah,我一直在做我自己
Most of my life's full of regrets
我的生活大部分被懊悔所占据
Things I wanna take back, yeah
那些另我懊悔不已的事情,yeah(想要回到过去,改变一切)
Wrote you a letter
那写给你的信
Wish that I had never sent that
多么希望我从未将其寄出
Didn't even make sense, I don't even know
其实早就没有意义了,可我就是不能明白(其实NF是明白的,过去的已经过去,无力改变,这也突出了他的纠结心态)
All I know is I get lower on the weekends
我所知道的只是在周末自我沉沦
They tell me I should make friends
他们告诉我要走出去多交朋友
I just sit at home
可我只是兀自呆坐在家中
Lately, I've been off the deep end, yeah
就在不久之前,我终于脱离了这该死的困境(大彻大悟)
I've been off the deep end and
我终于我终于脱离了这该死的困境
If you think that I'm 'bout to change who I am
并且如果你认为我会因为你
Just for you then you're so wrong
而改变我自己,那么你荒谬至极
As I kid I built a house around my broke heart
当我还是个孩子时遍已在我那破碎的心周围建起了屋墙(生人勿近)
Sometimes you don't know what you had
有时你不知道你到底拥有什么
Until it falls apart, 'til it falls apart
直到一切分崩离析,直到一切分崩离析
If I took the hand that was dealt me
如果我当初接受了老天给我安排的命运
Then I would be nowhere in life
那么我现在该是一事无成
Yeah, I had to think smart
Yeah,我不得不深思熟虑
Threw away the deck and got my own cards
掀翻这桌子并且拿到本该属于我的牌(生活就像是一盘卡牌游戏,老天就是庄家)
Long before I had the money to afford a car
我奋斗了不知多久才能买得起一辆车
I (yeah)–I've been doin' me (oh, yeah)
我(yeah)我一直在做我自己(oh,yeah)
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
Yeah, I've been doin' me (I have been)
Yeah,我一直在做我自己(我一直在这样做呢)
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
Followin' my dreams
追逐我的梦想
Yeah, I've been doin' me (followin' my)
Yeah,我一直在做我自己(追逐我的)
I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
I've been doin' me (I've been followin' my)
Yeah,我一直在做我自己(我一直在追逐我的)
Yeah, I've been doin' me
我只是我自己
Followin' my dreams
追逐我的梦想
Yeah, I'm just doin' me
Yeah,我一直在做我自己
Yeah, I'm just doin' me (yeah)
我只是我自己(yeah)
I'm reminiscin' back to both of us laughin'
我回忆着当初我们一起欢笑的美好时光
Playin' old records
播放着那些老旧的唱片
Thinkin' every one of 'em's classic
认为每张都是经典之作
Windows down, we on the street up in Michigan rappin'
摇下车窗,我们在密歇根(NF的家乡就在密歇根州)的街头说唱
We talked about it
我们谈论着有关说唱的梦想
But never really knew it could happen
却没想到有一天它真的会成为现实
My confidence about as low as the gas is
可我的自信心就像该死的油价一样低迷
We didn't have the money for it
我们没有钱追逐梦想
So we'd turn the key backwards
因此我们只能往回转动钥匙把车停下(不得不放弃了)
And sit in parking lots for hours 'til the battery crashes
坐在空旷冰冷的停车场里直到几个小时后电瓶里的电被耗光
I think that we related
我认为我们是如此感同身受
'Cause both of us were lookin' for answers
因为我们都在找寻着问题的答案
A couple months ago I drove into Gladwin
几个月前我驱车前往格兰温德(NF的家乡,一个小镇)
Got me all in my feelings
万千回忆与愁情涌上心头
It's somethin' 'bout bein' somewhere that's familiar
可能这就是人们所说的归属感吧
Pull in the gas station
在加油站停下
Open up the tank then I fill it then laugh
打开油箱往里充满油之后惨然苦笑
Would I move back? Mm, not in a million
我这次还会退缩吗(面对童年的悲惨回忆——父母离异,经常被继父家暴,母亲OD而死)emmm,其实我也不确定...
But I appreciate the memories we had
但我感谢那些我们曾共同经历的美好回忆
I know you've been callin', sorry I never call back
我知道你一直都会给我打电话问我是否安好,我很抱歉我从未回拨过
I know I've been distant, you know I never meant that
我知道我对家庭一直很冷淡(童年悲惨遭遇所致),你知道这不是我的本意
You can tell the family how I'm doing if they ask
如果有人问及我的家庭状况如何你可以如实相告
I'm just doin' me
我只是我自己(NF已想明白了一切,可以安然面对过去的回忆)
专辑信息
1.Intro III
2.Outcast
3.10 Feet Down
4.Green Lights
5.Dreams
6.Let You Down
7.Destiny
8.My Life
9.You're Special
10.If You Want Love
11.Remember This
12.Know
13.Lie
14.3 A.M.
15.One Hundred
16.Outro