歌词
And they say Don't forget where you come from
他们说别忘了你从哪里来
Don't die holding on to your words
别死在坚持自己的路上
Cause you know you got a whole world to change
因为你知道你要改变这个世界
But understand who you got to change first
但别忘了要先改变自己
And I was like Fuck that humility bust back
去他的,谦虚的反击
I was just a little shorty hoping that I could find a bum to buy a 40 for me
我记得当时我只有一张公车票(这句漏了),我只是一个希望流浪汉给我四十块钱的小个子
And have enough for a bud sack
飞了一麻袋叶子
Yeah and I dance on that instrumental
然后我随着音乐跳舞
Unorthodox like Basquiat with the pencil
我像Basquiat一样另类,给他一根铅笔
Give me a microphone and a beat box I could vent to
给我一个麦克风和beat
Music the only medium that I could find myself through
音乐是唯一寻找自我的工具
Recluse sipping on some lean I would let loose
鲁莽的喝一口lean,开始放松对自己的要求(应该不是recluse是reckless吧)
Looking in the mirror, watching myself lose
看着镜子里的自己在走下坡路
Cleaned up in 08 got a job making barely minimum wage
08年开始戒毒,找了一份难以糊口的工作
To get into that page
为了走到今天
Hit the road with RL performing in front of 8 people
和Ryan Lewis在路边给八个人表演
And that shit will check your ego
这种事情会让你明白自己真正的追求
About around that time I'm watching that EP go
大概在那个时候我们的迷你专辑
From nothing to getting us booked around the country
让我们从一无所有到全国巡演
I know no limits life can change in an instant
我知道人生不设限,生活可以变化的很快
8 People turn into sold out shows in a minute
从只有八个观众到门票秒售空
And I'm watching my pops in the back row grinning
我看见我爸在后排对着我笑
With his glass up to my mom toasting this Guinness
他和我妈用吉尼斯黑啤碰杯
And we on (we on)
我们上路了
Good music it lies in the ambiance
氛围决定音乐的好坏
When we leave here
当我们离开的时候
Will these words live on
歌词也会永垂不朽
Till then we keep on making the songs
在那之前我们坚持写歌
So put them up up up up up (so high)
把他们坚持下去
I remember that Freshman edition
我记得大学一年级写的那些歌
Last year thinking to myself like
去年我对自己说
Yah nah I won't win it yet
我现在还不能成功
Probably won't get it but I'm gonna give it everything
可能永远都不能成功但是我会倾尽一切的
Play my position
尽我所能
The next 11 months I gave it all everything I had in me
接下来的11个月我呕心沥血、掏心掏肺写歌
Left blood sweat tears in every god damn city
心血、眼泪和汗水留在我到过的每一个城市
No label no deal no publicist, indie
没有厂牌,没有钱,没有公关,独立音乐
Just music that connected and fans that rode with me
只是一些能让人共鸣的歌,和粉丝一起坚持下去
Throw me a gold mine and a co-sign
给我带来了钱还有共同署名
While you're riding a couple dope rides
当你开始走上坡路的时候
2 women both dimes
身边都是女人
Not gonna lie that shit sounds so nice
不骗你,真是美梦成真
But I got creative control and my souls mine
但是我有创造力和自己的灵魂
I wouldn't trade it maybe I'm crazy
我不会用他们卖钱的,可能我疯了吧
I put on for my city
为了我的城市坚持下去
Seattle that raised me
西雅图养育了我
Rule 4080 it's really not changing
Rule4080并没有改变(一个网站)
Now a days make good music, the people are your label
现在做出优秀的音乐,口碑和粉丝就是你的口碑
So put them up up up up up (so high)
把他们坚持下去
Oh my god feels like a victory lap
这就像是获得冠军之后绕场一周
Can I have that moment
我能享受一下这一刻吗
Can I talk my shit
我能说我的故事吗
And they say Don't forget where you come from
他们说别忘了你从哪里来
Don't die holding on to your words
别死在坚持自己的路上
Cause you know you got a whole world to change
因为你知道你要改变这个世界
But understand who you got to change first"
但别忘了要先改变自己
Put them up up up up up
把他们坚持下去
Up up up up up
坚持下去
Up up up up up
坚持下去
Macklemore Ryan Lewis Seattle
Macklemore, Ryan Lewis 西雅图
Put them up up up up up
把他们坚持下去
Up up up up up (so high)
坚持下去
专辑信息
1.Ten Thousand Hours
2.Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)
3.Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)
4.Thin Line (feat. Buffalo Madonna)
5.Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)
6.Make The Money
7.Neon Cathedral (feat. Allen Stone)
8.BomBom (feat. The Teaching)
9.White Walls (feat. ScHoolboy Q, Hollis)
10.Jimmy Iovine (feat. Ab-Soul)
11.Wing$
12.A Wake (feat. Evan Roman)
13.Gold (feat. Eighty4 Fly)
14.Starting Over (feat. Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses)
15.Cowboy Boots
16.Castle
17.My Oh My
18.Victory Lap