Marcy Me

歌词
Yeah
嗯哼
Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant the livest one
这里是从贝德福德-斯泰森特发回的实时报道(贝德福德-斯泰森特是纽约的一地名)
Representing BK to the fullest
布鲁克林的一切,都在这里了(BK就是“brooklyn”,布鲁克林)
Bastards ducking
我逃避时,混蛋们也逃避着(“Hov”是Jay-Z的绰号 )
When Hov be buckin' chicken-heads be cluckin', uh
你看这鸡鸭成群,好不聒噪!(这些都是Jay-Z在向The Notorious B.I.G.的《Unbelievable》
Back when ratchet was a ratchet
我会在一切
And a vixen was a vixen
回到正轨时
And Jam Master Jay was alive I was mixing
踏过荣耀,从容归来
Cookin' coke in the kitchen
当Jam Master Jay尚且健在(指“成名”)时,我还在厨房里吸可卡因
Back when Rodman was a Piston
当Dennis Rodman还是Detroit Pistons的球员时,
Mike was losin' to Isiah
当Michael Jordan还在输给Detroit Pistons时,
But he soon would get his sixth one
但他很快就会赢他们六次
Gave birth to my verbal imagination
我口头的空想,请别走开(Jay-Z说过:他作为说唱歌手,需要把唱词写下来)
Assume a virtue if you have not
如果你没有一种美德,不妨设想已拥有它
Or better yet here's a verse from Hamlet
或者请看这一段《哈姆雷特》中的诗篇
"Lord, we know who we are
“主啊,让我们了解自己吧
Yet we know not what we may be"
我们尚且还不知道,自己将来可能会变成什么样子”
So maybe I'm the one or maybe I'm crazy
要么我封神,要么我疯了
I'm from Marcy Houses
我从贝德福德-斯泰森特的Marcy Houses来
Where the boys die by the thousand
那里的人死了一个又一个
Back when Pam was on Martin yeah
当角色Pamela James还在情景喜剧Martin出演时
That's where it all started
这就是一切的开始
When Denzel was blottin' carpet
《美国黑帮》中Denzel Washington扮演的Frank Luca正用吸墨纸吸干摊子上的血迹
I'll pack a nine millimeter
我就会包装一管9mm的短柄手枪(’ll pack a一语双关,谐音“alpaca”,意为“羊绒”,指羊绒毯子)
When Slick Rick made Mona Lisa
当Slick Rick制出“Mona Lisa”这首歌时(Slick Rick是最早的说唱艺术家,Jay-Z很尊敬他),
When Lisa Bonet was Beyoncé of her day
当Lisa Bonet有一天像Beyoncé时(《The Cosby Show》中她的形象很像Beyoncé)
I had divas, y'all
你们知道的,我身边的那位就是女神(“diva”本意指“出名的女歌手”,这里一语双关,Beyoncé有一首歌也叫“diva”)
Think I just popped up in this bitch like a fetus
然后我就特么的出现了,就像一个婴儿(指Jay-Z在出轨丑闻后重生)
Nah
Pregnant pause, give you some second thoughts
她怀孕时,我的暂停,让你们惊疑不定
There's room on the bandwagon, don't abort
这乐队礼车上还有空间,请别断绝我们的关系(不只是夫妻关系,还有与粉丝的关系)
Marcy me
该死的我蠢吧(Marcy Houses是其早年的住处,在那里他曾吸毒过)
Marcy me
还请饶恕我吧(“marcy me”谐音“mercy me”,意为“饶恕我吧”)
Streets is my artery, the vein of my existence
街道是我的命脉,是我存在时的血液
I'm the Gotham City heartbeat
我是哥谭市(纽约的别称,蝙蝠侠的家乡)的心跳
I started in lobbies now, parley with Saudis Summer
我从(游说)集团来,和沙特人谈判(指Jay-Z是“Saudi Royal Family”的成员,这个组织是世界上第二富有的大集团)
Sufi to the goofies, I could probably speak Farsi
Sunni Islam是个神秘组织,所以我大概也能说波斯语吧(这里是Jay-Z把他自己比作Jalal al-Din Rumi,一个13世纪的杰出诗人,开现代诗之先河,表现他自己词作的自信)
That's poetry, read a coca leaf from my past
这就是诗啊,就像看着我的过去一般,仔细瞧着一片古柯树叶(“古柯树叶”引申指“古柯碱”,表达他曾吸食的毒品)
Came through the bushes smelling like roses
就像从无尽头的灌木丛中走出来,见到了美丽的玫瑰(代指他忍受痛苦,最终走了出来)
I need a trophy just for that
或许能做到这样,真的很不错!
Old Brooklyn, not this new shit
那个旧日的布鲁克林,不像现在这样
Shift feel like a spoof
变成哄骗人的东西(指现在政府为美化城市形象,把这些原本的街道改了名字,迎合白人的审美观)
Fat laces in your shoe
打着宽宽的鞋带
I'm talkin' bustin' off the roof
我在讨论着要不要把屋顶掀翻
Hold a Uzi vertical, let the thing smoke
竖直握着乌兹冲锋枪,用事实说话(指新兴说唱歌手Lil Uzi Vert在2017的Rolling Loud Festival上跳出了屋顶,而Jay-Z在拿自己与他作比较)
Y'all flirtin' with death
你们是想死吧!
I be winkin' through the scope
我的视线透过望远镜,慢慢眨着眼睛
Shout out to all the murderers turned murals
喊出来吧,所有的杀人犯们(指时间),而人们会通过画壁画来纪念这些传奇人物
Plural fuck the Federal Bureau
该死的办公室、政府职员们!
Shout out to Nostrand Ave., Flushing Ave., Myrtle
向Nostrand Ave., Flushing Ave., Myrtle致敬
All the County of kings, may your ground stay fertile
你们这些传奇啊,或许你们的形象将会永远熠熠生辉
Shout out to Big Poppa, Daddy Kane, heroes
向Big Poppa, Daddy Kane, heroes呼喊
Thus concludin' my concerto, Marcy me
这就是我的协奏曲的结论了,还请饶恕我吧
Must be in the air
或许永不存在
Oh, can't walk away, I know, I know
不能随意离开
Just the way I was raised I know, I know, I know
一切都是这样,就如同我慢慢长大,我渐渐的,体会到了
Oh Marcy, Marcy me just the way I am always gonna be
原谅我吧,我会做回自己的!
I ain't gonna change, no
我不会变来变去
Marcy, Marcy me just the way I am
我多蠢啊,你知道我这个人就是有点笨...
I ain't gonna change, no
我不会朝三暮四(注:下文法语部分的语句均用括号表示)
I ain't gonna change no no no no(Como hás nome, cavaleiro)
我不会变的(你也曾有名字吗,骑士?)
You couldn't change me if I want it too(Eu hei nome Todo o Mundo)
若我不想变,你无谓的作为不会有任何意义(我掌握这世上所有的名字...)
You couldn't change me if I want it too(E meu tempo)
你不会改变我(还掌控着我自己的时间...)
I'mma take this with me to the moon
我将带着这一切,一起走向远方,走近月球...
专辑信息
1.Kill Jay Z
2.The Story of O.J.
3.Smile
4.Caught Their Eyes
5.4:44
6.Family Feud
7.Bam
8.Moonlight
9.Marcy Me
10.Legacy