- J. Cole 03' Adolescence (Live) 歌词
- J. Cole
- I got a story for you all
我有个故事需要你们倾听
Yeah~
是的
Listen!
听好了
I grew up, a ****in' screw up
从小到大，我丫的就是个悲剧
Tie my shoe up, wish they was newer
系紧我的鞋带，要是它能再新点就好了
Damn, need somethin' newer
，我只是不想再用别人用剩的东西
In love with the baddest girl in the city,
我爱上了个女孩，她在人群中是如此耀眼
I wish I knew her
我多想试着去读懂她
I wish I weren't so shy,
后悔当初不该那么害羞
I wish I was a bit more fly
要是那时我能长成她喜欢的样子结局或许会有所不同
I wish that I,
如果有一天
could tell her how I really feel inside
她真的能走进我的心里，她就会明白
That I'm the perfect nigga for her,
其实我才是她的那个真命天子
but then maybe that's a lie
虽然我也知道这只是自欺欺人
She like a certain type of nigga,
她早已心有所属
and it's clear I'm not that guy
我却不是她那个朝思暮想的人
Ball player, star player,
她喜欢会打球的男生，校队首发的那种
I'm just watchin' from the side
而我就算拼尽全力顶多也只能混个冷板凳
On the bench,
坐在一旁
cause my lack of confidence won't let me fly
因为我那可笑的自尊心禁锢了振翅高飞的羽翼
I ain't grow up with my father,
我成长过程中没有父亲的陪伴
I ain't thinkin' bout that now
我早已接受了这事实
Fast forward four years or so from now I'll probably cry
四年之后的我万万想不到再回想起成功路上的这些坎坷
When I realize what I missed,
还是会默默哭泣（J.Cole四年后发布了首张Mixtape）
but as of now my eyes are dry
而现在的我却早已心如死灰流干了眼泪
Cause I'm tryna stay alive
大城市中我苟延残喘
In the city where too many niggas die
多少人只是想得以谋生却赔上性命
Dream in quiet tryna dodge a suit and tie
还幻想着有天能过上卸下西装革履约束的生活
Who am I?
那时的我到底算什么？
Aye who am I? (Yeah)
算什么？
Things change, rearrange, or so do I
世事变化，三十年河东，有一天也能轮到我吗？
It ain't always for the better dawg, I can't lie
醒醒！兄弟，好事不一定能轮到每个人头上
I get high cause the lows can be so cold
我挣扎向上，而谁又说过只有高出不胜寒？
I might bend a little bit but I don't fold
现实或许会将我的棱角磨平，但我坚信自己初心不改
One time for my mind and two for yours
Nas曾说过：每个人都应该有属于自己的想法，愿你我共勉
I got food for your thoughts to sooth your soul
这一帖慰藉心灵的良药给你
If you see my tears fall just let me be..
如果你看到我胸口酸楚,泪打衣裳
Move along, nothing to see
请继续温柔前行，一往无前
I always did shit the hard way,
人生的十字路口，我总是选择更困难的那条走
my niggas slangin' in the hallway
我的兄弟们在走廊里说着行话
Burnt CD's and trees like this was Broadway
贩卖自己刻的CD和植物，好像自己身处百老汇
Times Square,
亦或是在时代广场
kept the dimes there in the locker
把赚的小钱锁在箱子里
Some Reggie Miller
卖的都是些劣质的
With more brown hairs than Chewbaca
它们身上的棕毛比电影里的Chewbaca还要浓密
Whispers that he got it for the low low sell a
小声炫耀着自己得了小便宜
Dime for a dub, them white boys ain't know no better
10块卖20块坑了个不懂行的白人憨憨
Besides, what's twenty dollars to a nigga like that?
还有，你知道20美元对于一个黑人孩子来说意味着什么吗
He tell his pops he need some lunch and he gon' get it right back
他必须骗他父亲说自己中午想吃顿好的才能得到
I peep game,
我把一切看在眼里
got home snatched my mama keychain
偷偷拿走了母亲的车钥匙
Took her whip,
开走了她那台小破车
the appeal, to ill to refrain
除了喇叭不响其他都响的那种
I hit the boulevard pull up to my nigga front door
我开着它在大街上兜风，把车停在了我哥们家门口
His mama at home,
她妈妈在家
she still let em' hit the blunt though
竟然还能肆无忌惮地呼植物
I told her hello and sat with my nigga and laughed
我打了招呼，然后和兄弟们坐在一起谈笑风生
And talked about how we gon' smash all the bitches in class
聊着我们要如何捉弄班上的女同学
I complimented how I see him out here getting his cash,
我奉承着他生财有道
and just asked
然后问道
"What a nigga gotta do to get that?!
我要怎么做才能像你一样赚到钱
Put me on"
下次算我一个呗
He just laughed when he seen I was sure
他看我一脸认真的样子笑出了声
17 Years breathing his demeanor said more
当时17岁的他的形象在我心目中如此高大
He told me,
他对我说
"Nigga you know how you sound right now?
兄弟，你知道自现在有多可笑吗？
You won't my mans, I would think that you a clown right now."
我没有你这样的兄弟，你现在看起来就像是一个小丑
listen!
你给我听好了
"You everything I wanna be that's why I ****s with you
那你也给我听好了：“从小到大你一直是我的偶像，所以我才一直跟着你鬼混
So how you looking up to me, when I look up to you?"
当我抬头仰望你的时候你怎么还羡慕起我来了？
"You bout to go get a degree, I'm bout to be stuck with two choices:
他说：“你马上就要拿到你的学位了，而我呢？
Either graduate to weight or sell a number two
毕业后只能被迫走上歧途
For what? A hundred bucks or two a week?
你还问我为了什么？不就是一星期能挣个一两百块钱吗？
Do you think that you would know what to do if you was me?
如果角色互换，你知道我会怎么做吗？
I got, four brothers, one mother that don't love us
我有四个兄弟姐妹和一个根本不爱我们的母亲
If they ain't never want us why the **** they never wore rubbers?"
如果他们嫌我们是个累赘又何必当初
I felt ashamed to have ever complained about my lack of gear
我为自己从前总抱怨自己缺乏前进动力而感到羞愧
And thought about how far we done came
回想一路走来所发生的一切
From trailer park to a front yard with trees in the sky
从住在拖车里到现在面朝大海，春暖花开
Thank you mama dry your eyes, there ain't no reason to cry
谢谢你妈妈，擦干眼泪，我们再也不用为生活奔波劳碌
You made a genius and I,
是你给了我天赋
ain't gon' take it for granted
我不会理所当然
I ain't gon' settle for lesser,
不会安于现状
I ain't gon' take what they handed
更不会接受别人的施舍
Nah I'm gon' take what they owe me and show you that I can fly
现在我要拿回曾经属于我的一切，向你证明总有一天我会出人头地
And show ol' girl what she missing
告诉那个曾深爱的她错过了我
The illest nigga alive
从前那个瘦骨嶙峋的少年现在活生生站在她面前，功成名就
Aye who am I?
可现在的我又算什么呢？
Things change, rearrange, or so do I, (Aye who am I?)
时过境迁，皱纹悄现眼角处
It ain't always for the better dawg, I can't lie (Aye who am I?)
世事无常，看似辉煌难言痛
I get high cause the lows can be so cold
世态炎凉，人们说低处心易寒
I might bend a little bit but I don't fold
事与愿违，卑躬屈膝也只为个成王败寇
One time for my mind and two for yours
只愿你，心之所向，心有所属
I got food for your thoughts to sooth your soul
食我所言，也能不悔梦归处
If you see my tears fall just let me be
若见我胸口酸楚，泪打衣裳
Move along, nothing to see
请给我温柔双目
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