- J. Cole 03' Adolescence 歌詞
- J. Cole
- I grew up, a fuckin' screw up
我在貧窮和苦難中長大(引自Bigge的Runnin'的,是J.Cole對Bigge的致敬)
Tie my shoe up,
系緊我的鞋帶
wish they was newer
希望都是全新的
Damn, need somethin' newer
操，我需要些全新的行頭
In love with the baddest girl in the city,
因為我喜歡上這城市最迷人的姑娘（J.Cole以女人做比喻來表達他對說唱的feelings）
I wish I knew her
我希望能認識她
I wish I won't so shy,
我希望我到時候不要那麼內向
I wish I was a bit more fly
我希望我能主動點
I wish that I, could tell her
我希望我能親自對她說
how I really feel inside
我內心的想法
That I'm the perfect nigga for her,
我是她的真命天子
but then maybe that's a lie
然而這可能是個謊言
She like a certain type of nigga,
她已經有了喜歡的對象
and it's clear I'm not that guy
顯然那個人不是我
Ball player, star player,
那個在NBA打球的全明星球員
I'm just watchin' from the side
我只有在場邊看的份（指Cold World:Sideline Story,暗指自己比不上那些NBA球員）
On the bench,
幹坐冷板凳
cause my lack of confidence won't let me fly
這都由於我的自卑限制我去閃耀全場
I ain't grow up with my father,
我自小就沒有父親陪伴我成長
I ain't thinkin' bout that now
我不再被這件事給纏擾了
Fast forward four years or
在四年後的現在
so from now I'll probably cry
我可能在哭
When I realize what I missed,
當我發現失去的東西的時候
but as of now my eyes are dry
我沒有灰心喪氣
Cause I'm tryna stay alive,
因為我拼命活下去（對2pac的Death Around The Corner中line的回憶,”see death around the corner,gotta stay high while i
In the city where too many niggas die
這座城市有太多的黑人喪命了
Dreamin' quiet tryna dodge a suit and tie
夢想著躲避上班族的命運
Who am I? Aye who am I (Yeah)
我究竟是誰？ ？是啊我究竟是誰呢
Things change, rearrange and so do I
某些事改變了，重新安排了，那麼我呢
It ain't always for the better dawg I can't lie
我不能總去維護我的兄弟而去說謊
I get high cause the lows can be so cold
我去追尋成功是因為深處低谷是很煎熬
I might bend a little bit but I don't fold
儘管當中會遇到波折但我是不會去放棄
One time for my mind and two for yours
最重要是要給你大腦思考
I got food for your
我的音樂
thoughts to sooth your soul
安慰你的靈魂，是你的精神食糧
If you see my tears fall just let me be
如果你看到我流淚那麼就任由我吧
Move along, nothing to see
離我遠點，當什麼也沒看到好了
I always did shit the hard way,
我投入身心在這說唱圈子裡
my niggas slangin' in the hallway
我的哥們在門廳裡販毒
Burnt CD's and trees like this was broadway,
燒毀的CD和毒品讓這裡看起來就像百老匯
Times Square
紐約時代廣場
Kept the dimes there in the locker
將毒品放進小櫃裡
Some Reggie Miller
那些毒品，比chewbacca更多褐色頭髮(Reggie Miller,一種毒品,亦指前NBA球星)
With more brown hairs than Chewbacca
偷偷跟我說他賣掉了那一點點毒品
Whispers that he got it for the low low
偷偷跟我說他賣掉了那一點點毒品
Sell a, dime for a dub,
半克的毒品以20刀賣出去
them white boys ain't know no better
那些白人孩子是不會知道比這更好的
Besides,
除此之外
what's twenty dollars to a nigga like that?
20刀對一個黑人來說意味什麼？
He tell his pops he need some lunch
白人孩子只有跟爸媽說一聲他午餐吃多點
and he gon' get it right back
那麼他就剛好補回那條數了
I peep game
我攀登這遊戲的高峰
Got home snatched my mama keychain,
回到家偷偷拿母親的鑰匙
took her whip
開走她的車
The appeal, too ill to refrain
這台老古董，太殘舊了以致不能打著火
I hit the boulevard pull up
我開到林蔭大道
to my nigga front door
去接在前門等我的哥們
His mama at home,
他母親還在家
she still let em' hit the blunt though
雖然她依然不讓她的孩子飛葉子
I told her hello
我跟她打了聲招呼
and sat with my nigga and laughed
並且和我的哥們坐一起，有說有笑的
And talked about
談論著
how we gon' smash all the bitches in class
我們怎樣搞上學校的妞
I complimented
我祝賀他
how I see him out here getting his cash,
剛從那裡收到的錢
and just asked
並且問他
'What a nigga gotta do to get that? Put me on'
“一個人應該做什麼才能得到那些錢？帶上我吧”
He just laughed when he seen I was sure
他對我一副認真的樣子給雷到
17 years breathing his demeanor said more
17歲的他意味深長地跟我說了很多
He told me,
他跟我說
'Nigga you know how you sound right now?
你知道你說這番話像什麼嗎
If you wasn 't my mans,
如果你不是我的哥們
I would think that you a clown right now
我覺得你現在就像一個小丑
Listen, you everything I wanna be
聽好，你現在所獲得的東西都是我想要的
that's why I fucks with you
這就是我為什麼我認同你
So how you looking up to me,
所以當我以你為目標的時候
when I look up to you
你是怎樣看我的呢
You bout to go get a degree,
你即將獲得學位
I'ma be stuck with two choices
而我只有兩個選擇
Either graduate to weight
一就是畢業之後繼續深造
or selling number two
或者去販毒
For what? A hundred bucks or two a week?
為的是什麼？一兩百的周薪嗎
Do you think that you would know
如果你是我
what to do if you was me?
你知道要去怎麼做
I got, four brothers,
我有四個兄弟
one mother that don't love us
和一個不愛我們的母親
If they ain't never want us
如果他們從來沒想過要我們
why the fuck they never wore rubbers?'
TM的為什麼他們從來不戴套呢
I felt ashamed to have ever complained
對於我以前曾埋怨我的身世
about my lack of gear
我感到好羞恥
And thought about how far we done came
想到我們之間的差距
From trailer park to a front yard
一個住拖車裡
with trees in the sky
一個住院子裡並且有樹遮蔭
Thank you mama dry your eyes,
感謝你母親，不要流淚了
there ain't no reason to cry
因為這沒有傷心的理由
You made a genius and I,
你把我撫養成天才
ain't gon' take it for granted
我不會止步於此
I ain't gon' settle for lesser,
我將爭取更多的東西
I ain't gon' take what they handed
我不會要他們施捨的
Nah I'm gon' take what they owe me
不，我將拿回他們欠我們的
and show you that I can fly
並且展示給他們看我能夠飛黃騰達
And show ol' girl what she missing
告訴那些妞她們所日夜冥想的對象
The illest nigga alive
最生猛的那個人仍生存著
Aye who am I?
對了我是誰
Things change, rearrange and so do I
某些事改變了，重新安排了，那麼我呢
It ain't always for the better dawg I can't lie
我不能總去維護我的兄弟而去說謊
I get high cause the lows can be so cold
我去追尋成功是因為深處低谷是很煎熬
I might bend a little bit but I don't fold
儘管當中會遇到波折但我是不會去放棄
One time for my mind and two for yours
重要的是給你大腦思考
I got food for your thoughts to sooth your soul
我的音樂能安慰你的靈魂，是你的精神食糧
If you see my tears fall just let me be
如果你看到我流淚那麼就任由我吧
Move along, nothing to see
離我遠點，當什麼也沒看到好了
I never felt better
離我遠點，當什麼也沒看到好了
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