歌词
Check it, word word
过来，听听
What's the word word
听听我说的
Yeah, check!
都来，听听
Just got word from my mans on the island, he said he needed guidance
收到了我那个在赖克斯岛监狱兄弟的来信，他说他需要指引
Niggas on the streets is walling, he look to God but can't find him
曾经在街头生龙活虎的兄弟，如今期盼着神的旨意却无力追寻
So he demand silence from the glaring sirens
他乞求安宁，远离警笛喧嚣
The sympathy symphony, only thing playing is the banned violence
以前这凄惨的警笛交响乐响起就有麻烦缠身，而现在街头回响着反暴力的号角（谐音乐队小提琴）
No lying niggas just won't let go the iron
说真的，他们再也不想被关进铁窗了
They wanna burn your molecules until you let go ions
他们会用说唱焚烧你的“分子”从而电离释放你的“电子”
Treat beef like they let go lions
对待“牛肉”如同狮子大开口
So don't eye 'em they get the wrong message, wrong methods
所以不要随便用眼睛小瞧他们，他们可会误解你的，后果不堪设想
Put you on that long stretcher
说不定你就躺担架上了
Too much pressure God bless ya when the semi wet'cha
成名之后压力太重，子弹穿过你时，上帝与你同在
They told me "more dress-up" I'm giving too many lectures
他们说我把歌词内容粉饰太过了，想想老子也给你们演讲了不少课
And I'm putting in too many effort in my nouns and verbs
我把功夫都花在那些名词和动词上了（押韵，隐喻，双关；你们听不懂那我也是白忙活）
Like "they gon' catch up" fuck what you must heard!
终有一天你们会明白的，光听不懂那是鬼把式
But I done puffed enough herb
我也飞了不少草（资格也老了不少）
To be listening to young birds and dumb nerds
鬼才听那些小妹妹傻弟弟瞎比比
I got enough shit on my mind
我脑子里装满了货色
So I don't need to be stressing and shine, it's fine
因此没必要紧张些琐事，只管将自己发扬光大，就行了
One day I'm tryna have a wife and kids
总有一天我会有妻儿子女
So I just can't live my life like this
那我就不能这样混日子了
And I ain't tryna learn what lifeless is
死气沉沉的人生我也不要
So I just can't live my life like this
那我也不能那样过日子了
I want the gold chains and diamond rings
我向往着纸醉金迷的生活
But I just can't live my life like this
但我并不想这样虚晃度日
And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff
有时候我只想点上根大麻
But I just can't live my life like this
但我想要的生活不是这样
Got a collect call from up top
接到一通从监狱打来的付费电话
My cousin called me and what not
我这表兄时不时就会来电寒暄
The motto never changed it's still fuck cops
我的座右铭不变，高呼条子滚蛋
We went from having lunch in our lunchbox
我们从懵懂无知吃着盘中餐的少年
Our lungs was hot whenever we'd puff pot
到现在什么草都飞，飞的我肺都黑了
We'd touch blocks and end up having to duck shots
只是乱闯了个街区就招来枪林弹雨
But fuck dot, ain't trying live that life no more
不想再被当靶子了，真想过个正常人的生活
My mind corrupted but my heart is still pure
我的思想已被腐蚀，但我人心本善
Gotta be brave can't be afraid
我要坚强点，不能再担惊受怕
Braids and waves never matter when you catch the fade
因为当你中弹了，脏辫和波浪（光鲜亮丽）就和你毫无瓜葛了
Trapped in a maze and your faith is your only escape
受困于迷宫（苦难）中，坚持信仰才是唯一的出路
Fuck a priest's opinion, knock the hinges off of Heaven's gates
（说我们会下地狱？）别听神父瞎白话，我们会撬开天堂大门的锁链
Trying to share my cells with my mate, not share a cell with mates
我会把牢房分享给我的狱友共患难，不是说把染色体给性伴侣那么的肤浅
Wrecking shit with my recklessness
我肆无忌惮冲破一切阻碍
The L get lit that's when I start second guessing shit
每当我陷入沉思时都会点上根烟
Thinking 'bout Ty and then I reminisce
想起我兄弟Ty，永远缅怀你
What you thought you niggas could've fuck me over
你以为你们可以轻易干趴我
Never nigga guess again
别瞎琢磨了
I'm street so cross me like pedestrians
我就是街头化身，过马路你最好走人行道（守规矩）
And that's gon' be the end of it, straight revoking your membership
不然你好日子就到头了，然后取消你活着的资格
One day I'm tryna have a wife and kids
总有一天我会有妻儿子女
So I just can't live my life like this
那我就不能这样混日子了
And I ain't tryna learn what lifeless is
死气沉沉的人生我也不要
So I just can't live my life like this
那我也不能那样过日子了
I want the gold chains and diamond rings
我向往着纸醉金迷的生活
But I just can't live my life like this
但我并不想这样虚晃度日
And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff
有时候我只想点上根大麻
But I just can't live my life like this
但我想要的人生不是这样
Niggas wanna know what I'm about, I'm bout blowing loud
人们猜测我到底什么来历，我只是抽着大烟的汉子
On the block sporty, Glock 40 in a politician mouth
在街头巷尾声名远扬，像把出在政客口中的Glock 40
I take the competition out commission with my composition
我用我的文笔在委员会的竞赛拔得头筹（说唱秒杀对手）
Who the kid spitting behind the bars like a con position
我的说唱辞藻封闭在牢笼内，与世隔绝（你们都没听过）
Gotta give 'em time to listen, they'll soon bump to it
需要给那些听众点时间，他们肯定会迷恋上的
They'll like me, I kick it like Nike they'll soon adjust to it
他们会喜欢上我的，我就像Nike鞋的钩一样执著，他们能适应我的风格
But if you hate I know you must do it
但你厌恶我，那就去做吧（Just Do IT）
I ain't mad at you I keep my attitude on "screw it a million bucks should do it"
我不会怪罪你，我把脾气放到“赚他个百万也不为过”
I'm out for presidents to represent me
不仅要赚钱，我还要让总统来代表我普渡众生（Nas - The World is Yours）
Yo chick keep messaging me, who the bestest MC? They be mentioning me
你的小妞一直在给我发短信，谁才是最棒的MC？他们说的就是我
Too hot, I be molesting the beat, fuck math
我好屌，听我不断调戏着伴奏，数学课都不顶用
Teachers should teach us to get Smith & Wesson's off of the street
老师课上应该教我们如何在街头躲避枪杀（Smith & Wesson 枪械品牌）
So first class be a lesson for me
这才是我最想先上的课
Fuck what you teaching for some regents, I'm flying over regions
我才不想听你教的那些对付纽约高中会考的东西，老子现在横跨各州
Reaching, all time highs where Jesus can't reach us
无可企及，我嗨到了连耶稣都够不着我的高度
Step to me and get the recipe to make you rest in peace
在我这片步骤走错，你研制出的配方只会要了你的小命
This is for my niggas, killers, hundred dollar billers
我要告诉那些朋友，杀手和毒品贩子们
On the block in the rock spot, Glock cocked watching out for cops
无论你身处街头还是巷尾，最好把Glock上膛防范那些条子
All about their cheddar, young guns know nothing that's better
钞票是最大，没有小年轻不明白这理的
Like fuck a prison letter, those Beretta's led us to the lettuce
进个监狱算个屁，那些Beretta手枪让我们以更危险的方式捞票
Relish fetishes, menaces want the senator's percentages
享受这酸爽成癖，很高兴我们已经威胁到了参议员的盈利份额
If you ain't prejudice you still a nemesis
如果你没有任何偏见，对我来说你还是个天敌
Smoking on the Clematis, get open like a present is
怀抱着紫色吞云吐雾，像拆开礼物般打开思绪
Now your presence is on the premises for them presidents
而你的尸体正躺在家里等着被悍匪洗劫
My city be the genesis for where they think the terror is
在别人眼中我的城市恐慌动乱，而在我心中她就是创世纪
They linking terrorists from the Stuy then Lincoln Terraces
他们把恐怖分子从贝德福德 - 史岱文森带到华盛顿特区
Stay on that reckless shit, they leave you left for the dead
想生存下来你必须无所畏惧，否则留下的只有你的死尸
Kids don't play they'll erase your head in a race for the bread
孩子别瞎转悠，他们会把你头拧下来扒光你的皮
Children on the corners slinging some regs, popping some meds
小屁孩们在街角贩点次品货，磕点药
Jakes be so deep in cover they be chasing the feds
但警察潜伏很深（电影《训练日》）随时找你茬
I be back stage gripping haze breaking my leg
待我吸口好烟我将重归舞台，请祝我好运
My folks was making the best when they was naked in bed, muthafucka
还有我的家人贼棒了，脱光上床后生下了我，我就是爹娘养的
One day I'm tryna have a wife and kids
总有一天我会有妻儿子女
So I just can't live my life like this
那我就不能这样混日子了
And I ain't tryna learn what lifeless is
死气沉沉的人生我也不要
So I just can't live my life like this
那我也不能那样过日子了
I want the gold chains and diamond rings
我向往着纸醉金迷的生活
But I just can't live my life like this
但我并不想这样虚晃度日
And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff
有时候我只想点上根大麻
But I just can't live my life like this
但我想要的命儿不是这样
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