歌词
“Street Science, you’re on the air. What do you feel when you hear a record like Tupac’s new one?”“
你现在收听到的是街头电台。让我们来接听观众热线,你对2Pac的新歌有什么的感觉呢?”
“I love Tupac’s new record”“
我喜欢那首新歌”
“Right, but don’t you feel like that creates - ahh- tension between East and West?
好的,但是你不觉得这让东西两岸的关系更加紧张了吗?
I mean, he’s talking about killing people, ‘I had *** with your wife’ - and not in those words.
我的意思是,他在歌里说会干掉一些人,以及对Biggie的挑衅‘我睡了你的老婆’而这些都不是重点。
But he’s talking about, ‘I wanna see you deceased’…”
而是他说的是‘我想看见你永远沉睡’
To live and die in L.A., where everyday we try to fatten our pockets
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂,天使之城 ,就是一个让人努力奋斗的地方
Us ****** hustle for the cash so it’s hard to knock it
人们都在为了生计努力拼搏着
Everybody got they own thang, currency chasin’
三百六十行行行出状元
Worldwide through the hard times, worrying faces
世界上到处都有为了生计的愁眉苦脸
Shed tears as we bury ****** close to heart
有的人英年早逝
Who was a friend is now a ghost in the dark
成为一个孤魂野鬼
Cold hearted bout it, ***** got smoked by a fiend
而人们对此冷漠无比 有的人却染上毒瘾
Trying to floss on him blind to a broken man’s dream
搞得倾家荡产生不如死
A hard lesson
多么沉痛的教训呀
Court cases keep me guessin
法律似乎专为我修订的
Plea bargain ain’t an option now, so I’m stressin
面对指控我已经非常烦躁了
Cost me more to be free than a life in the pen
花在官司上的时间甚至比我写歌的时间还多
Making money off of cuss words, writing again
祸从口出,但我还是得继续写歌
Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen
学会了三思而后行所以我又拿起了笔
Late night down sunset liking the scene
看着“日落大道”那样醉人的美景
What’s the worst they could do to a *****?
人们可以对一个平常人作出怎样过分的事情
Got me lost in hell
我差点在狱中绝望透顶
To live and die in L.A. on bail
想回到在洛杉矶的生活,还得花钱
To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂 就是这个地方
You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
只有你亲自来这看一看才知道为什么这里让所有人都向往
To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂 就是这个地方
You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
只有你亲自来这看一看才知道为什么这里让所有人都向往
It’s the City of Angels and constant danger
虽说是天使之城但也危机四伏
South Central L.A., can’t get no stranger
洛城的南区,不是谁都能自由出入
Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb
每天上演着犹如电视剧的情节 在街头
Watching the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe
总看得到直升机在盘旋
So many ****** getting three strikes, tossed in jail
很多人因为“三振出局法”被关进了监狱
I swear the pen right across from hell
我发誓监狱绝对是最接近地狱的地方
I can’t cry cause it’s on now
哭也无济于事因为事儿都发生了
I’m just a ***** on his own now
我也只是一个普通的人
Living life thug style
恶棍人生
So I can’t smile
苦不堪言
Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures
监狱里的兄弟要我给他们描绘美好的墙外风景
Thinking Cali just fun and *****es
我得告诉他们其实外面也不是如他们想象的美好
Better learn about the dress code, B’s and C’s
对于血帮和瘸帮的哥们儿我都十分尊重
All them other ****** copycats, these is G’s
我和我的兄弟们都是真正的帮派分子
I love Cali like I love women
我喜欢加州就如我喜欢妹子一般
Cause every ***** in LA got a little bit of thug in him
因为来到这里的人都得适应他的环境才能生存
We might fight amongst each other… but I promise you this:
也许我们互为敌对…但我至少可以向你保证:
We’ll burn this ***** down, get us pissed
人不犯我我不犯人人若烦我必将血偿
To live and die in LA
所以多想生在这儿,葬在这儿
To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂 就是这个地方
You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
只有你亲自来这看一看才知道为什么这里让所有人都向往
To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂 就是这个地方
You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
只有你亲自来这看一看才知道为什么这里让所有人都向往
Cause would it be L.A. without Mexicans?
你们觉得洛杉矶能少了墨西哥人吗?
Black love, brown pride and the sets again
种族歧视依旧在继续,所有外来种族都得团结起来
Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke
皮特威尔逊在等着我们瓦解呢
I’m on some ******** out for everything they owe
我一直在白人的限制和操控下活动
Remember K-day?
你们还记得K-day电台吗
Weekends, Crenshaw, MLK?
还有在周末徜徉在克林萧或是MLK林荫大道上
Automatics rang free, ****** lost they way
开着自己爱车兜风不亦乐乎的日子
Gang signs being shown, *****, love your hood!
用各个帮派的手势跟他们示好
But recognize and it’s all good
但同样也希望他们和平共处
Where the **** at?
叶子在哪里呢?
****** gettin’ shurrmed out
我的兄弟们随叫随到
Snoop Dogg in this mutha****a permed out
例如狗爷甩着他那一头秀发就即可出现了
M.O.B, Big Suge in the Lo-Lo, bounce and turn 血帮的一员,苏格在他的lowrider里左摇右摆
Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn
狗狗帮也在他们的雷克萨斯里炫耀着至少一盎司的叶子
Got them Watts ****** with me, O.F.T.B
还有来自沃茨的我的兄弟们底层操控
They got some hash, took the stash, left the rest for me
他们把叶子碾磨卷裹,然后地来给我
Neckbone, Tre, Herron, Big Buntry too
然后我和Neckbone、Tre、Herron、Big Buntry这哥几个一起分享
Big Rock got knocked, but this one’s for you
当然不会忘了Big Rock,这儿专门留了一根给你
I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hoping it pay
然后我空降录音棚一气呵成录了一首希望它大卖的歌
Getting high, watching time fly: to live and die in LA
然后继续嗨着任时光匆匆飞逝但只愿生是洛城人,死做洛城魂
To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂 就是这个地方
You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
只有你亲自来这看一看才知道为什么这里让所有人都向往
To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
生是洛城的人,死愿做洛城的魂 就是这个地方
You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
只有你亲自来这看一看才知道为什么这里让所有人都向往
This go out for 92.3, and 106
这首歌献给FM92.3和力道106
All the radio stations that be bumping my ****
以及所有播放我的音乐的电台
Making my **** sells katruple quitraple platinum
你们的推广才使得我的专辑一直大卖,嘿嘿
This go out to all the magazines that a *****
还要送给所有支持我的杂志
All the real ************s
以及所有爱我音乐的小混球们
All the stores, the mom and pop spots
当然还有摆卖我唱片的商店
A&R people, all y’all ************s
还有公司艺人统筹部门的所有同事们
L.A., California Love part **********ing two
洛杉矶,加州之爱的第二章
Without gay ass Dre
跟怂货德瑞没有半毛钱关系
专辑信息
8.Slam
12.Hustlin
15.Lean Back
19.Ill Na Na
21.Hail Mary
22.I Need Love
28.Tambourine
32.Gold Digger
33.Apache
35.We Fly High
37.In Da Club
38.A Milli
42.Pump It Up
46.Im A Hustla
49.On Fire
50.Go
51.C.R.E.A.M
52.My Adidas