歌词
Yeah, real music
没错，真音乐
(Yeah)
Yo, ya just get in that, you get in that head space, ya know?
你才刚进到那里，刚进到了我脑里的世界，你明白吗？
Woo
Somebody get the body bags—
有没人能拿来藏尸袋
We gon' put the beats in 'em, nah—
我们准备把节拍装进去，不对——
Put the MC's in ‘em, season 'em
是将把麦人放进去，毁灭他们
Put 'em on a beat with me, then I'm eating 'em
连着节拍带到我面前，我会逐一把他们咽下
Get away from the table, you rappers ain't hungry enough
离那餐桌远些，你们这些说唱歌手对说唱的渴望远不足够【table桌子代指说唱圈】
You rappers ain't hungry like us
根本没像我们这样饥不择食
They talk about me like I'm here
他们谈论起我好像我在现场
They talk about you like you was, woo!
他们提起你好像你以前有多厉害
That nurse came into my room, she told me I'm sick in the head
护士走进我的房间告诉我说我头脑不太正常
I'm in hip-hop's hospital bed with a pad and a pen and a brace on my neck
我躺在hip-hop医院里手拿本子和笔，脖子还戴着支撑器
They told me that I’m never leaving
他们告诫我，我可不会放弃
Why? I am as ill as it gets
为什么？我就是病入膏药
Any rapper that say that they runnin' the game
无论哪个说唱歌手说他们跑遍这说唱游戏
I'm-ma come in their session and cut off they legs, woo!
我会在他们最强盛的时期把他们双腿截断【wordplay上一句runnin' the game】
Strap a grenade to my head; pull out the pin
把手雷捆进我的脑袋，拉开引信
My music is mind blowin'
我的音乐炸得人胆战心惊
Ain't nobody do it like I do it
任何人作的都没法和我相比
You ain't ever been on my level
你没有可能达到我这种水准
I gotta problem with the way they keep on talkin' and actin' like everybody gonna get a better sleep with your eyes open
我对他们不间断的言论和举止有点意见，所有人表现得好像睁着眼睛说大话会让自己睡得更沉
You wanna know what I noticed?
你想知道我的关注点在哪里？
I look around at my fan-base and they ready
我向周围环视而去看到歌迷们准备就绪
That last album was heavy
人们说上张专辑太重语气【专辑《Mansion》】
That last album was gritty
还说上一张专辑态度过硬
How you gon' match that?
问我怎么是这种风格？
Just let me do what I do best
就让我好好地竭尽所力
You're better off playing Russian-Roulette
你最好退出这场俄罗斯轮盘赌游戏
Than comin' in a booth with me
别想着跟我堵上性命
'Cause I get a little bit intense—
因为我已经变得有点势不可挡
I'm like, "who’s next?"
我会问“谁是下一个？”
Y'all better watch it, take a look at where the clock is
你们所有人最好看清楚，找一找时钟摆在了哪里
It's my time
这是我的时刻
This ladder of music that I climbed:
我攀爬的这条通往音乐天梯：
I took the machete, the game isn't ready
我抓起刀柄，游戏还未开启
Them rappers, they coming up on me
那些说唱歌手，顺势爬上来找我
I cut off the ladder, and I told 'em, "bye-bye"
我把梯子斩断，跟他们挥手说再见
What, You lookin' for a high-five?
什么，你想着我会跟你合作愉快？
Nice try!
想法不错！
Do not believe everything that you read on the Internet
千万不相信你在网络上看到的一切东西
I do not know who your dentist is, but he should clean out your mouth
我不知道你的牙医是哪位，但他该清理一下你那满是口臭的嘴
Don't call me a sellout-that’s something I've never been
别称我是什么不择手段的歌手，我和那种身份搭不着边
I've been through hell all my life though
虽说我半辈子经历了地狱般的生活
But I know what heaven is
可我知天堂是什么样子
Father forgive me, for I am a sinner
天父宽恕我，因为我是个罪人
But You gave me music as medicine, woo!
可祢赐予了我音乐作为治愈的良药
And nobody want a problem when they get in my zone
没有人会想在进入我地盘的时候惹是生非
Better leave me be!
最好让我静一静！
I'm a mean MC, better feed me rappers or feed me beats, ah! Feed me both of 'em
我是个刻薄的歌手，最好把说唱歌手或音乐节拍送进我的嘴，干脆把两者都送进我的胃
They like, "Nate, what's it like to be famous?"
他们问：“Nate，成名的感觉如何？”
Haha-ha-ha-ha-ha
哈哈哈哈
Um, I'll let you know if I make it!
唔，等我真的出名了再告诉你吧！
I wonder what life would be like if I didn't stick out my neck
我想要是自己没有放胆为音乐拼搏的话我的生活会是什么样
200 dollars inside of my bank account, woo!
只有两百美元在我的银行账号里
I was living on that
我曾经的生活是那样
I need some money to pay for my rent
我会需要为我的房租担忧
I need some money to pay for my gas
还会因为要交煤气费发愁
I'm not complaining, I'm just being honest
我不是在发牢骚，纯粹是在实话实说
I promise that I will not beg for respect, nah!
我绝不会为了得到敬仰而低声下气，绝不！
I get so frustrated, take a look at what I've created
我感到非常懊恼，看一看我搞出了什么烂摊子
Time is wasting and I ain't waiting
时间不会等人，我也不会等待
I'm a doctor with no job
我像是个无所事事的医生
Me, I don't have no patience
没有任何病人，憋得够慌【patience病人双关：没耐心】
I keep pacing back and forth, I keep racing
反复地来回踱步，我内心在竞争
You ain't never been in my book and I got a problem with it, why?
你不可能出现在我的书里，但是我有点疑惑，为什么？
'Cause you're acting like you read my pages
因为你装得好像就在我的书页里
I wreck these stages, real talk
我粉碎了这些表演台，真心说一句
Better give me space 'cause I am chasing something
最好给我点私人空间因为我追逐的脚步还没停却
They told me that I won't make it, I'm not famous, I'm just Nathan
他们告诉说我不可能成功，说我不出名，只是个名叫内森的普通人
And I wonder how the world gon' take this
我思索这个世界怎么可能接受这个事实
They might hate it, but if you know anything about me, you know that don't mean I'm changing
他们或会摒弃我，但你要是对我了解半点，你知道那并不会让我有所改变
'Cause you know I'm real with it, don't care if you feeling it
因为你知道我对音乐认真的态度，不知道你有没有感受到
I'm feeling it, you don't like it?
我已经感受到，你不喜欢这感觉？
Then deal with it
那就好好适应
And if God ain't real— real isn't
要是上帝不真实——那就没有“真实”这个词
You still wonder why I existed?
你还疑惑我为什么存在？
I exist in the world that's real different
我存在的世界可是与平常的截然不同
And "what you gon' be when you grow up, Nate?"
“Nate，你长大了想做什么？”
I doubt they will get it
我怀疑他们根本不会明白
My life is a mess, better watch your step when you step in it
我的人生一团糟，还是在你踏进我人生之前看清楚为妙
Some of this brain is off limits
这颗大脑有一些不受控制
I'm off in a world that you don't get 'cause you ain't ever been in it
我在一个你不会理解的世界，因为你从来进入不了这里
In 10 minutes, I still couldn't explain what's inside my brain Don't mess with it
我还是说不出脑海里到底有什么东西，别想着去扰乱它
I've invested a lot of me inside these lines
我在这些歌词里面投入了太多心血
I'm just protecting 'em
我只是在捍卫它们
Everybody wanna hear the real version of life
每个人都想聆听真正现实的生活
Then they get so sensitive
然而他们又神经太过敏
When I say something a little bit raw
每当我说话的语气有点粗粝
I jot my thoughts and they call it "negative"
稍微表达自己的想法他们又说这太“消极”
You wanna know where my heart is?
你想知道我的心摆在哪里？
I stand out, 'cause I wear my garbage
我不惧站出来，因为穿得衣衫褴褛【对比富有的rapper穿得光鲜】
I work my hardest and every time I look into the mirror
我拼了命地努力，每次我望入镜子里
I don't forget about where I started, woo!
早已记不得自己的起点在哪里
告诉我，我到底在这做什么？
Tell me, what am I doing here?
告诉我，我到底在这做什么？
Tell me, what am I doing here?
告诉我，我到底是在做些什么？
Tell me, what am I what am I doing?
告诉我，我到底在这做什么？
Tell me what am I doing here?
我问起，我到底在这做什么？
I said, what am I doing here?
若我没有认真，那我到底是在这里做什么
Don't know what am I doing here, if I'm not being real
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