歌词
Intro
R.O.C., we running this rap shit Rocafella，
我们掌控说唱游戏
Memphis Bleek, we running this rap shit
Memphis Bleek，我们掌控说唱游戏【连续提到的多位说唱歌手都是Roc-A-Fella 旗下艺人】
B. Mac, we running this rap shit
Beanie Seigel，我们掌控说唱游戏【B. Mac=Beanie Seigel】
Freeway, we run this rap shit Freeway，
我们掌控说唱游戏
O & Sparks, we running this rap shit Oschino&Sparks，
我们掌控说唱游戏
Chris & Neef, we running this rap shit
Chris 和Neef，我们掌控说唱游戏 【Neef=Neef Buck】
[Verse 1
The takeover, the break's over, nigga
暂停时间到，到 我登场接管比赛，
God MC - me - Jay-hova
饶舌上帝-JAY-Z在此
Hey lil soldier, you ain't ready for war
嘿，矬子战士，你对这场战争似乎心里没底【暗指Mobb Deep的Prodigy身材矮小】
R.O.C. too strong for y'all Rocafella
对你们来太兵强马壮
It's like bringing a knife to a gunfight, pen to a test
你们就像用刀参加枪战，带着钢笔涂答题卡
Your chest in the line of fire with your thin-ass vest
我的嘴巴是炸药，防弹背心也无效
You bringing them boys to men, how them boys gonna win?
小孩与真爷们的对决，你们毫无胜算
This is grown man B.I., get you rolled into triage, bi-atch
这是男子汉的交易，让你屁滚尿流着进医院【B.I=BUSINESS】
Your reach ain't long enough, dunny
蠢货，你的个头可不够高
Your peeps ain't strong enough, fucker
身体也不够强壮，真是傻B
Roc-A-Fella is the army, better yet the navy
而Rocafella是一支军队，最纪律严明的海军
Niggas'll kidnap your babies, spit at your lady
我会绑了你的孩子，然后朝你的媳妇狂吐吐沫
We bring knife to fistfight, kill your drama
我舞大刀，你耍小拳头，让你人生无疾而终
We kill you motherfucking ants with a sledgehammer
就是这么毫不留情的踩死你们这群蚂蚁
Don't let me do it to you, dunny, cause I overdo it
可别让我动真格的，因为我会一发不可收拾
So you won't confuse it with "just rap music"
而你们的假把戏说唱对我根本不屑提起
[Hook
R.O.C., we running this rap shit Rocafella，
我们掌控说唱游戏
M Easy, we running this rap shit
Memphis Bleek，我们掌控说唱游戏【M-Easy=Memphis Bleek】
The Broadstreet Bully we running this rap shit The Broadstreet Bully ，
我们掌控说唱游戏
Get zipped up in plastic when it happens that's it
当我们出现你还是穿戴整齐躲起来吧
Freeway, we running this rap shit Freeway，
我们掌控说唱游戏
O & Sparks, we running this rap shit
Oschino和Sparks，我们掌控说唱游戏
Chris & Neef, we running this rap shit
Chris 和Neef，我们掌控说唱游戏
("Watch out!! We run New York")
注意了！！我们一统纽约
[Verse 2
I don't care if you Mobb Deep, I hold triggers to crews
我才不管你是不是Mobb Deep，我把你们叫齐了然后引爆【双关，Mobb Deep也指Mob Deep,在深处引爆】
You little fuck, I got money stacks bigger than you
小傻B，你的个子还没我的钞票堆起来高
When I was pushing weight, back in '88
回想1988年，我的毒品生意蒸蒸日上
You was a ballerina, I got the pictures, I seen ya
而当时的你跳着芭蕾舞，别耍赖，我可有你的照片为证【JAY-Z当时于Summer Jam演出时公开了一张Prodigy幼时跳芭蕾舞的照片】
Then you dropped "Shook Ones," switched your demeanour
接着你出了首Shook Ones，想给人生来个一百八十度大转弯？【Shook Ones，Mobb Deep名曲】
Well, we don't believe you, you need more people
得了吧，我才不屑一顾，你需要多点粉丝
Roc-A-Fella, students of the game, we passed the class cause Roc-A-Fella，
说唱游戏的佼佼者，我们无所不知所以
Nobody can read you dudes like we do
我们对你的底细一清二楚，无人能比
Don't let em gas you, like "Jigga is ass and won't clap you" JAY-Z
很怂，不会干了你”，可别让那些鬼话骗了
Trust me on this one, I'll detach you
还是相信这句，“我会让你五马分尸”
Mind from spirit, body from soul
意识决定思想，灵魂决定行动
They'll have to hold a mass, put your body in a hole
他们会聚在一起挖个坑然后把你埋葬【天主教的下葬仪式】
No, you're not on my level get your brakes tweaked
不，你和我差的不是一个档次，让你的车急刹无法前进【brakes tweaked：双关，刹车。也做breaks tweaked，指BEAT的鼓点太差劲了】
I sold what your whole album sold in my first week
我的专辑首周就比你一辈子卖的都要多
You guys don't want it with Hov
你们这帮家伙可不该和我不守规矩
Ask Nas, he don't want it with Hov, no!
问问NAS，他也不愿招惹我
[Hook
[Verse 3
I know you missing Nas the (fame)
我知道你们怀念NAS曾经的辉煌
But along with celebrity comes about 70 shots to your frame, nigga
随着别人名声鹊起，你也从中获利匪浅
You a (lame)
你个2B
You's the fag model for Karl Kani, Esco ads
NAS给Karl Kani拍广告，其实只是去当个塑料模特【Karl Kani 著名HIPHOP服装品牌】
Went from Nasty Nas to Esco's trash
从Nasty NAS改名Escobar，loser
Had a spark when you started but now you're just garbage
曾几何时也曾灵光乍现，如今只是个垃圾
Fell from "top 10" to "not mentioned at all"
过去的十佳到现在默默无闻
To your bodyguard's "Oochie Wally"'s verse better than yours
你的保镖在“Oochie Wally”中都让你相形见绌【Oochie Wally这首歌来自Nas的专辑QB’s Finest\N保镖指东岸说唱歌手The Bravehearts】
Matter of fact you had the worst flow on the whole fucking song
事实上，你的flow在那首歌里是最不堪入耳的
But I know: the sun don't shine, then son don't shine
我明白了，你是东方不亮西方也不亮?
That's why your (lame) career's come to an end
这就是为什么你的杯具生涯已经末日夕阳了
It's only so long fake thugs can pretend
你的伪匪帮生涯该落下帷幕了
Nigga, you ain't live it
伙计，你对街头的了解太过片面
You witnessed it from your folks' pad
你只是从你的角度观察从而一知半解
You scribbled it in your notepad and created your life
你胡编乱造在你的笔记本上然后主观臆想
I showed you your first TEC (me!), on tour with Large Professor
我搞到了你的的第一把枪，并在和Large Professor一起演出中让众人目睹【Large Professor：纽约皇后区DJ，说唱歌手】
Then I heard your album about your TEC on the dresser
你歌里不也说你把它藏在衣服里吗？【Pullin’ a Tec out the dresser, police got me under pressure–NAS“REPRESENT”】
So yeah, I sampled your voice, you was using it wrong
对头，我采样了你的声音【JAY-Z在Dead Presidents II 和 Rap Game/Crack Game 中采样了NAS的声音】，因为你把它们用错了
You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song
你写出火热歌词，而我把他变成了传世名曲
And you ain't get a coin, nigga, you was getting fucked then
你一个子儿也别想拿到，伙计，你只能得到“去你妈的”
I know who I paid, God - Serchlite publishing
我知道我该付钱给谁 – Searchlite出版社【指“MC Serch”，NAS的illmatic的监制，同时也是Searchlite出版社的老板】
Use your (brain)
用用你的脑子吧
You said you've been in this 10, I've been in it 5 - smarten up, Nas
你说你在圈子里混了10年，而我只有5年，聪明点吧，nas
4 albums in 10 years, nigga? I could divide 10
年4张专辑？天啊，我开始方了
That's one every...let's say 2
好吧，就算是是每两年出一张吧
2 of them shits was due
其中两张是狗屎【指 I Am 和 Nastradamus】
1 was "nah," the other was Illmatic It Was Written
平凡至极，另外一张是 ILLMATIC
That's a one-hot-album-every-10-year average
那就是十年出了一张好专辑而已
And that's so (lame)
那真是个杯具
Nigga, switch up your flow
伙伴，该换换flow了
Your shit is garbage
你的东西就是垃圾
What you trying to kick, knowledge?
你还能说出点好东西吗？经得起推敲东西
You niggas gonna learn to respect the king
得了，你们还是乖乖推崇我登上皇位吧
Don't be the next contestant on that Summer Jam screen
否则下个在Summer Jam大屏幕上出现的小丑就是你了
Because you-know-who did you-know-what with you-know-who
因为你知道“谁”和“谁”做了些你懂的事【JAY-Z和NAS第一个儿子的母亲Carmen Bryan有染】
But let's keep that between me and you (for now)
但是现在，不如先让这个小秘密保持点神秘感吧
[Hook
[Verse 4
A wise man told me don't argue with fools
智者告诉我不要和傻瓜玩
Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who
因为别人区别不了谁是傻瓜
So stop with that childish shit, nigga I'm grown
所以我不玩这幼稚的垃圾了，伙计，我长大了
Please leave it alone - don't throw rocks at the throne
滚吧，不要玷污宝座
Do not bark up that tree, that tree will fall on you
不要朝天吼，会砸死你的
I don't know why your advisers ain't forewarn you
我不知道为何你的建议对自己无用
Please, not Jay, he's not for play
不要，Jay，他不玩〈周杰伦真不玩这）
I don't slack a minute, all that thug rapping and gimmicks
我不会偷懒，我会大声唱
I will end it, all that yapping be finished
当我结束时，万籁俱静
You are not deep, you made your bed now sleep
你没听，你让你床都不响？
Don't make me expose you to them folks that don't know you
不要让我知道你TM以为民谣懂你
Nigga I know you well, all the stolen jew-els
伙计，我知道你很好，所有偷的珠宝
Twinkletoes, you're breaking my heart Twinketoes，
你伤我心了
You can't fuck with me - go play somewhere, I'm busy
你不要挑衅我，到别处玩吧，我很忙
And all you other cats throwing shots at Jigga
你们这些都要大声叫
You only get half a bar - fuck y'all niggas
才能到半巴，你TM的
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