歌词
Is this mic on? (Hey, move this way, this way)
这麦克风开了吗？
Hey, Hey! Hey! Turn the mic up, c'mon, c'mon
嘿 把这麦调大声点 快快快
Is the mic on or not? I want the mic
这只麦开了吗？我想用这只麦
We're bringing up nobody, nobody...
Kendrick一路成长
Nobody but the number one rapper in the world
从无人知晓蜕变到家喻户晓
He done traveled all over the world
他已周游全球
He came back just to give you some game
他回到家乡 只为带来福音
All of the little boys and girls, come up here
大家都来这里！
(One two, one two, what's happening, fool?)
咋了 老哥？
Come right here, this is for you, come on up
来来来 这是献给你们的
Kendrick Lamar, make some noise, brother
这是大名鼎鼎的Kendrick Lamar！燥起来！
I done been through a whole lot
我已经历无数苦难
Trial, tribulation, but I know God
经历审判与苦难 但我仍深信上帝
The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie
恶魔无时无刻不想把我拉入地狱
Pray that the holy water don't go dry
我双手祈祷 祈祷圣水永不枯竭
As I look around me
睁开双眼 环绕四周
So many motherfuckers wanna down me
有无数人想把我拉下王座
But an enemigo never drown me
但敌人从来都不能击垮我的意志
In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me
双面镜映着我不光彩的过去 但我找到了真正的自我
And (I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
当你凝视着我 你看到了什么？
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully
面对邪恶 我毫无畏惧 伸张正义
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy
上帝之手将我照亮
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
One day at a time, uhh
总有一天 阳光将普照大地
They wanna say it's a war outside, bomb in the street
他们说 冲突在街上爆发 炸弹在街上爆炸
Gun in the hood, mob of police
街头枪械横行 警察帮派勾结在一起
Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend
瘾君子在街角排着队做毒品交易
And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme uh
止咳水混苏打 一杯又一杯 模特们都在搔首弄姿
These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (Come to the front)
这些黑暗困住了我们 并一日又一日地循环
I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis
我告别了冷漠的面孔 为大家传播积极的东西
Dreams of reality's peace
梦想着现实的安宁与和平
Blow steam in the face of the beast
大麻的烟雾照映着恶魔的嘴脸
Sky could fall down, wind could cry now
无论风刮天塌
Look at me motherfucker I smile
我仍保持微笑 积极乐观
And (I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
当你凝视着我 你看到了什么？
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully
面对邪恶 我毫无畏惧 伸张正义
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy
上帝之手将我照亮
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
One day at a time, uhh
总有一天 阳光将普照大地
(Crazy)
快要发疯
(What you gon' do?)
你将会做什么？
Lift up your head and keep moving, (Keep moving) turn the mic up
抬起头 继续前行（把麦开大声点）
(Haunt you)
邪念追逐着你
Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart
让“时尚警察”消停点 我只穿我自己爱穿的
On my sleeve, let the runway start
穿自己的鞋 走自己的路
You know the miserable do love company
我的痛苦经历总会引起共鸣
What do you want from me and my scars?
而你们又想从中得到什么呢？
Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence
好像每个人都缺乏自信
How many times my potential was anonymous?
有多少次 我的潜力被忽视
How many times the city making me promises?
有多少次 这座城市让我许下诺言
So I promise this, nigga
所以我承诺 我自尊自爱
And (I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
当你凝视着我 你看到了什么？
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully
面对邪恶 我毫无畏惧 伸张正义
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy
上帝之手将我照亮
(I love myself)
我洁身自好 一尘不染
One day at a time, uhh
总有一天 阳光将普照大地
Huh (Walk my bare feet) huh (Walk my bare feet)
赤脚行走 无忧无虑
Huh (Down, down valley deep) huh (Down, down valley deep)
即使在人生的低谷也不低头
(I love myself) huh (Fi-fie-fo-fum) huh (fi-fie-fo-fum)
乐观向上 积极开朗
(I love myself) huh (My heart undone) one, two, three
心中永不失落
I went to war last night
昨晚 卷入一场冲突（指内心与邪恶的斗争 并非真正的械斗）
With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic
斗争惨烈 但无人叫救援
I'mma do it till I get it right
在正义到来前 我不会放弃
I went to war last night (Night, night, night, night, night)
昨晚 卷入一场冲突
I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent
自从青少年时期 我一直在与内心的邪恶抗争（也指家乡Compton的种种邪恶）
Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message
就像所有的祝福都躲着我 也难以看到上帝的旨意
I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave
难以抓住机会 也难以躲避灾难
From a negative and letting them annihilate me
总有人想抹杀毁灭我
And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed
而我像流星一般向他们冲去
Finna run into a building, lay my body...
最终功成名就..
Not on my time, Not while I'm up here
别在这时闹 别闹
Not on my time, kill the music
别闹 把音乐关了
Not on my time
这不是个好时候
We could save that shit for the streets
停止内斗 为了我们生活的街道
We could save that shit, this for the kids bro
停止内斗 为了我们的孩子
2015, niggas tired of playin' victim dog
已经2015了 我们已厌倦互相残杀
Niggas ain't trying to play vic— TuTu, how many niggas we done lost?
告诉我 我们已有多少兄弟无辜牺牲？
Yan-Yan, how many we done lost?
告诉我（在以前的歌里提过 Tu Tu和Yan-Yan是喇嘛的兄弟）
No for real, answer the question, how many niggas we done lost bro?
讲真 回答我的问题 我们身边已有多少人无辜牺牲？
This, this year alone
对 就今年
Exactly. So we ain't got time to waste time my nigga
对 所以我们不能浪费时间了
Niggas gotta make time bro
黑人群体要抓紧时间
The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right?
上帝的审判 外界的质疑 它们从来都没有停过
The judge make time so it ain’t shit
这些质疑和审判不停 所以内斗就是个错误
It shouldn’t be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dawg
内斗不应出现 我们应该站出来 欣赏生活中的美好
On the dead homies. Charlie P, you know that bro
看在死去的兄弟份上 Charlie Parker（死于吸毒过量） 对你认识吧
You know that
你知道吧
It’s mando. Right, it's mando
对 我们必须发现并欣赏生活中的美好（mando=mandatory）
And I say this because I love you niggas man
我说这个的原因是因为 我爱你们
I love all my niggas bro
我爱所有人
Exac- enough said, enough said
够了够了
We gon' get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty my nigga
我们该回到表演了 刚才这事根本不该发生
Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check
麦克风检查
We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to-
在正式表演开始前 我先来无伴奏Rap一段
All my niggas listen
大家听好
Listen to this:
听好听好
I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga"
我曾向Dave（喇嘛一个因枪击死去的弟兄）承诺 永远不用这词“去他妈的黑鬼”
He said, "Think about what you saying: 'Fuck niggas'
他说 想想你在说什么
No better than Samuel on Django
这不比在《被解救的姜戈》中的Stephen要强（Samuel Jackson在电影中扮演黑奴角色Stephen）
No better than a white man with slave boats"
也不比运奴船上的白人船长要强
Sound like I needed some soul searching
这听起来我需要探寻自己的内心
My Pops gave me some game in real person
我的父亲教给我做人的道理
Retraced my steps on what they never taught me
就像学校从没教过我的：回顾我在人生走的每一步
Did my homework fast before government caught me
在政府抓到我之前尽快完事
So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah
所以我把这段Verse送给Oprah Winfrey（黑人女演员 从自己开始不用N-word）
On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us
一个不起眼的N-word 就足以控制我们
So many artists gave her an explanation to hold us
所以不少艺术家用她的解释来hold住我们
Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia
这是我来自埃塞俄比亚的关于N-word的见解（Negus意为埃塞尔比亚皇帝）
N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty; King royalty - wait listen
NEGUS五个字母代表：对自己血统的忠诚与骄傲
N-E-G-U-S description: Black emperor, King, ruler, now let me finish
NEGUS五个字母代表：黑色肌肤的皇帝 君主 统治者
The history books overlook the word and hide it
历史书总是试着忽略和隐藏它
America tried to make it to a house divided
美国则试图将自己分裂（A house divided暗指林肯当年演讲谈到的一个“半奴隶制半自由的美国社会”）
The homies don't recognize we been using it wrong
一直没有注意到 我们也自己用错了这个词
So I'ma break it down and put my game in a song
我给你们分析分析 并把其中的教育意义写入歌里
N-E-G-U-S, say it with me
N-E-G-U-S 跟我一起说
Or say no more. Black stars can come and get me
或再也不说 黑人们团结起来
Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time
告诉Oprah Winfrey 她说的对
Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive
Kendrick Lamar 至今以来最Real的Negus
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