Hip-Hop Saved My Life

歌词
Hip Hop Saved My Life(dedicate dedicate, hu)
嘻哈挽救了我的生活(要献给,要献给)
Featuring: Nikki Jean(this one right here, goes out)
这首歌要献给
The Cool(to my homie with a dream, naw mean)
献给所有心中有梦想的朋友,你们懂
He said, "I write what i see
他说:“我用笔记录,我所看到的人和事
write to make it right don't like where i be
用笔来改变我们的生活,不满意现在所处的环境
i'd like to make it like the sites on TV
我想要的是,电视场景般的生活
quite the great life so nice and easy".
多么令人向往的生活,舒适而体面”
see, now you can still die from that
你知道,如今就算做艺人依旧可能死于非命
but it's better than not being alive from straps, agreed.
但是,这种比做毒贩成为“枪下亡魂”要好
A Mead notebook and a Bic that clicked
一本米德牌记事本,一只笔克牌圆珠笔
when it's pushed in a wack ass beat.
笔盖伸缩发出嗒嗒的声音,外加一段不怎样的伴奏
thats a track that's week that he got last week
这首歌是他上个星期写的,他觉得它仍有瑕疵
cause everybody in the Stu was like thats that heat.
但录音棚里面的所有人都惊呼:“这首歌太棒了!”
A bass heavy melody with a sample from the 70's
重低音鼓组,混合着70年代音乐的采样
with a screwed up hook that went "Stack that cheese".
配上放慢人声的副歌,这段是这样唱的:“聚钞成塔”
something, something, something "stack that cheese"
什么什么什么,就是“聚钞成塔”
mother, sister, cousin "Stack that cheese"
妈妈,兄弟,姐妹,然后又是“聚钞成塔”
he couldn't think of nothing "Stack that cheese"
他的脑子里一片空白,耳边回想的都是“聚钞成塔”
he turns down the beat writers block impiedes.
他关掉伴奏,因为他的创作灵感几近枯竭
crying from the next room a baby in need
隔壁房间又传来婴儿的哭声
of some pampers and some food and a place to sleep
他的儿子需要帮宝适和奶粉,他甚至连一个安然入睡的地方都没有
that plus a black cadillac on D's
还有他心仪已久的那辆凯迪拉克
is what keeps them on track to be a great M.C.
这些都逼迫着他,成为一名伟大的说唱歌手
yea yea (echoes)
yea yea
one you've never heard of, I
这个故事你们从来没有听过
push it hard to further, but
我鞭策着自己,在这条路上艰难前行
why i feel like murder but
这种生活真的让我备受煎熬,但是
hip hop can save me.
嘻哈刚救了我一命
one you've never heard of, I
这个故事你们从来没有听过
push it hard to further, but
我鞭策着自己,在这条路上艰难前行
why i feel like murder but
这种生活真的让我备受煎熬,但是
hip hop could save my life.
嘻哈却救了我一命
reps north side so he rocks them braids
他扎起了玉米辫,因为这种形象更有北方范
eleven hundred friends on his myspace page
在聚友网主页上,他的好友升至了1000人
"Stack that cheese" got 700 plays
新单曲“聚钞成塔”也有了700次播放量
producer made him take it down said he had to pay.
制作人强迫他把新单曲撤下线,威胁他必须付给他钱
open mic champ two weeks and a row
他在“open mic”说唱舞台大赛上,他已经连续两个星期赢得了冠军
ex D boy with a B boy flow
以前的毒贩苗子,现在已经磨练出了出色的韵律技巧
glow like LeRoy you should see boy go
他像电影《龙拳小子》里的拉若一样发着“圣光”,你们会目睹他脱颖而出
got a daddy surving life and a brother on the road.
他有个被判无期徒刑的爸爸,还有个亲哥哥被羁押在死刑犯监狱
best homie in the grave
他最好的朋友已经长眠于地下
tatted up while in the cage
他自己的纹身也是在当年蹲监狱时留下的
Minute Maid got his mother working like a slave.
而他母亲所工作的美汁源公司像对待奴隶一样压榨着她
down baby mamma who he really had to honor
他真的需要好好感激他那羸弱的妻子
cause she was his biggest fan even let him use the Honda
因为她是他最铁杆的粉丝,他甚至开着她的本田
to, drive up to Dallas with and open up for amauters
赶到达拉斯为业余歌手们做暖场表演
let him keep a debit card so he could put gas in it
她给了他一张借记卡,让他有钱给汽车加油
told her when he get on he gon' take her to the gallery
他告诉她,当他事业起来之后,会带她去精品购物中心
and buy everything but the manicans. ya digg (echoes)
让她买下商场所有东西,当然衣橱里的模特除外,你懂?
one you've never heard of, I
这个故事你们从来没有听过
push it hard to further, but
我鞭策着自己,在这条路上艰难前行
why i feel like murder but
这种生活真的让我备受煎熬,但是
hip hop can save me.
嘻哈刚救了我一命
one you've never heard of, I
这个故事你们从来没有听过
push it hard to further, but
我鞭策着自己,在这条路上艰难前行
why i feel like murder but
这种生活真的让我备受煎熬,但是
hip hop could save my life.
嘻哈却救了我一命
his man called said "your time might be now,
他的兄弟打电话给他:“你的出头之日来了”,
they played your freestyle over 'Wipe me Down'
电台刚播放了你那段即兴说唱,用的伴奏是“whip me down”那段
they played it two times said it might be crowned
他们连播了两次,这首歌说不定会在单曲榜上夺冠
as the best thing out of H town in a while".
他们说这首歌是这阵子休斯顿最有水准的作品
he picked up his son with a great big smile
他举起了他的孩子,脸上挂着甜蜜兴奋的微笑
rapped every single word to the new born child
对着这个新生婴儿,嘴里吐出新单曲里每一个单词
then he put him down and went back to the kitchen
兴奋过后,他将婴儿放下,又默默回到厨房里
and then put on another beat and got back to the mission to
播出另一个伴奏,继续坚持他肩上的使命
get his momma out the hood
他得带妈妈离开贫民窟
put her somewhere in the woods
让她住在最豪华的别墅区里
keep his lady looking good
给妻子买漂亮衣服和首饰
have her rolling like she should.
让她开她喜欢的名车这些都是她该享受的
show his homies there's a way
向街头的兄弟们证明
other than that flippin yay
除了贩毒,出身贫贱仍然能有其他更好的出路
bail his homie out of jail
把他在牢里的兄弟保释出来
put a lawyer on his case.
请律师为他的案子做辩护
throw a concert for the schools
在学校里办场音乐会
show to show cause that is cool.
让孩子们见识下什么才是最酷的
throw some candy on the cadi
给他的凯迪拉克喷上糖果靓漆,比出代表和平的V型手势
chunk the duce and act a fool.
他看上去就是那么傻乎乎的
man it feels good when it happens like that
当美梦成真时,这感觉真是太棒了
two days from going back to selling crack
而这一切离他准备重返街头贩毒为生,仅仅只相差两天时间
yesssirr (echoes)
yesssirr
[02:53.47]one you've never heard of, I
这个故事你们从来没有听过
[02:55.55]push it hard to further, but
我鞭策着自己,在这条路上艰难前行
[02:57.81]why i feel like murder but
这种生活真的让我备受煎熬,但是
[03:00.24]hip hop can save me.
嘻哈刚救了我一命
[03:02.48]one you've never heard of, I
这个故事你们从来没有听过
[03:04.96]push it hard to further, but
我鞭策着自己,在这条路上艰难前行
[03:07.37]why i feel like murder but
这种生活真的让我备受煎熬,但是
[03:09.93]hip hop could save my life.
嘻哈却救了我一命
Show Some Love To Lupe
这个故事你们从来没有听过
专辑信息
1.Baba Says Cool for Thought
2.Free Chilly
3.Go Go Gadget Flow
4.The Coolest
5.Superstar
6.Paris, Tokyo
7.Hi-Definition
8.Gold Watch
9.Hip-Hop Saved My Life
10.Intruder Alert
11.Streets on Fire
12.Little Weapon
13.Gotta Eat
14.Dumb It Down
15.Hello/Goodbye (Uncool)
16.The Die
17.Put You on Game
18.Fighters
19.Go Baby