- Saba GREY 歌詞
- Saba
- The best song is probably on the B-Side
最好的曲子總是在B面
Won't be surprised when the label deny
被廠牌拒絕時也不會驚訝
Disagree —grey
不被認可——灰色
The best song is probably on the demo
最好的歌曲總是在試錄之時
But that's not the one that got you your limo
但它不會給你帶來豪車
Limousine—grey
豪華轎車——灰色
The single the one that wasn't as honest
那些人並不那麼誠實
But this is what they say
但也是他們的話讓你在圈子裡最火
Make you the hottest in the game—grey grey
圈子之中——灰色
Sometimes I think about the pressures of a artist
有時我會想到作為藝術家的壓力
And what it takes to be called a
而所謂的
Success, even with no college we barely even considered
沒上過大學便能獲得成功，我們幾乎從未考慮過(Saba曾在哥倫比亞大學學習了三個學期，但因獎學金被取消而被迫離開，但他的音樂事業還是很成功)
Don' t label me with them ******
別把我和別人貼上相同標籤(label雙關，貼標籤/簽入廠牌，Saba一方面說自己不走主流音樂路線，一方面在說自己不需要廠牌的束縛，因為他曾獨立發行三張專輯)
Infatuation with plastic, I wanted it to be realer
迷戀膠質，我想要真實些
First they wanted the hip- hop
一開始他們想要嘻哈(指嘻哈音樂在70年代末剛開始打入主流)
Then they wanted guerilla and then they wanted drug dealer
然後他們想要游擊隊，再然後他們想要毒販子(前者指80年代初黑人運動後藉說唱為種族發聲，像是游擊隊；後者指80年代末的匪幫說唱)
And then they wanted a dancer
之後他們想要個舞者(指21世紀初的夜店音樂)
Now they want a drug addict, infatuation with plastic
現在他們想要個癮君子(指如今的說唱歌手總是濫用藥物)
White girl want to be sister
迷戀膠質，白人女孩想當黑妹(指的是整容手術已經相當普遍，大量白人女孩為獲得黑人特徵而去整容)
Driver want to be walker and walker want to be sitter
開車的想走著，走著的想坐車(指有車族希望通過走路變得更健康，而沒車的人想要車來通行四方)
The best song is probably on the B-Side
最好的曲子總是在B面
Won't be surprised when the label deny
被廠牌拒絕時也不會驚訝
Disagree—grey
不被認可——灰色
The best song is probably on thedemo
最好的歌曲總是在試錄之時
But that's not the one that got you your limo
但它不會給你帶來豪車
Limousine—grey
豪華轎車——灰色
The single the one that wasn't as honest
那些人並不那麼誠實
But this is what they say
但也是他們的話讓你在圈子裡最火
Make you the hottest in the game—grey grey
圈子之中——灰色
Sometimes I think about the pressures of the label
有時我會想到廠牌的壓力
And what it take to get paid for discoverin' art, they ain't no
以及發掘藝術需要付出什麼代價，這並不存在
Existin', I know it ain't yo, intention to try and change me
我知道它不存在，想要嘗試改變我
Multi-million, your children, private school, they attendin'
為供孩子上私家學校，花上成千上萬
And album sellin' what did it, I shuck and jive, a good *****
專輯銷量上下浮動，好小子
Split the pot and I'm silent
扔掉葉子，我沉默不語
I'ma give you your single and you just give me the finest
我把你的單曲給你，你只要把最好的給我
'Saba, if it's so bad then, hey why the hell are they signin'?'
“Saba，如果真那麼糟糕，他們為什麼要簽約呢?”
'Cause sitter want to be walker and walker want to be drivin'
因為開車的想走著，走著的想坐車
The best song is probably on the B-Side
最好的曲子總是在B面
Won't be surprised when the label deny
被廠牌拒絕時也不會驚訝
Disagree—grey
不被認可——灰色
The best song is probably on the demo
最好的歌曲總是在試錄之時
But that's not the one that got you your limo
但它不會給你帶來豪車
Limousine—grey
豪華轎車——灰色
The single the one that wasn't as honest
那些人並不那麼誠實
But this is what they say
但也是他們的話讓你在圈子裡最火
Make you the hottest in the game—grey
圈子之中——灰色
Care for me, carefully, back with more clarity
細心呵護我，我以明了的話語回報
Back like consecutive,
不斷回報
I told you * ***********s like Oedipus
我跟你們這幫俄狄浦斯一樣的人說過(俄狄浦斯王的故事涉及忽略真相。這裡指Saba在警告人們，但他們只是當耳旁風，而這裡的MF可能也是個雙關，因為俄狄浦斯與她母親結了婚)
Heather B, Sway in the Morning,
Heather B，在《Sway的早晨》 (Saba在此電台節目中接受過幾次採訪。Heather B是Saba第一次採訪的主持人)
Painter that paint like a portrait
像畫像一樣繪畫
Action, I ain't for the talking
行動，我並不空談
Ain't for the fame but the fortune cool
不是為了名望，而是為了財富
Alterin' the altitude, offerin' the thought for food
改變高度，提供思想換取食物(Saba將“food for thought”這一短語顛倒，說他必須通過音樂來表達自己的想法，這樣才能獲得食物)
Offerin' that art that move, hmm
創作動人的藝術
Carefully editing every word, everything got to be charity
字斟句酌，只為表達明了
Give it my all, these melodies therapy
全力以赴，這些旋律會療傷
I keep it thoroughly PIVOT the legacy
我把它徹底保存起來，作為遺產的支點(PIVOT雙關，支點/說唱組合PIVOT gang，該組合由Saba和他的兄弟Jerrel Chandler以及他已故的堂兄Walter Long共同創建)
How could you not be moved? I don't give them an option to
你怎麼能無動於衷呢？我沒有給他們選擇
Don't nobody want to be great, everybody want to be seen
沒有人不想卓越，所有人都想站在舞台中央
And nobody want to be quiet, everything is
沒人想要閉口不言
Everything is, everything is, everything is
一切都是(灰色的)，一切都是(灰色的)，一切都是(灰色的)
Care for me, carefully, back with more clarity
細心呵護我，我以明了的話語回報
Back like consecutive, I told you m- look
不斷回報，我告訴過你，看
Everything is grey, everything is grey
一切都是灰色的，一切都是灰色的
Everything is grey, everything
一切都是灰色的，一切都是
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