KRS One

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You know life is funny

生活总是充满戏剧性

If you don't repeat the actions of your own success you won't be successful

若不重复成功的轨迹 就难再创辉煌

You gotta know your own formula your own ingredients What made you YOU

要懂得自己的配方 找到成就你的秘方

1987 I was at the Latin Quarters

1987年我在拉丁区

Listenin to Afrika Bambaata give the order

聆听Afrika Bambaata指引方向

The call of the order was to avoid the slaughter

他呼吁避免无谓的牺牲

He said Record companies ain't got nuttin for ya

说唱片公司不会给你机会

Without a lawyer he taught The Infinity Lessons

没有律师 他传授无限智慧

In how hip hop could be a many a blessing

嘻哈文化曾如天降甘霖

And that was great so in 1988there was no debate we had to end the hate Afrika

1988年共识达成 我们必须终结仇恨 非洲班巴塔

The name of the game was Stop the Violence and unity knowledge and self reliance

这场运动的真谛是停止暴力 团结自立 启迪心智

We started talkin bout Martin and Malcolm

我们开始讨论马丁与马尔科姆

Had these ghetto kids goin Huh what about him

让贫民窟的孩子陷入沉思

1989 Professor Griff speaks his mind but his freedom of speech is declined

1989年格里夫教授直言不讳 却遭言论压制

1990 came with the West coast East coast West coast who is the best coast 1990

1990年东西海岸之争甚嚣尘上 孰优孰劣

Lookin back now of COURSE it was bogus The whole argument was where we lost focus

如今回首何其荒谬 这场论战让我们迷失本真

We got hopeless not with the lyrics and music but with hip hop and how we used it

我们迷失方向 无关词曲 而是嘻哈被我们怎样运用

Or abused it you know how the crew getYou like it cause you choose it

或滥用 你懂团队作风 你爱它因你主动选择

1991 we opened our eyes with Human Education Against Lies we tried to talk about the state of humanity 1991

1991年我们睁眼看世界 用"反谎言人文教育" 试图探讨人类境遇

Remember that Nobody wanted conscious rap

记得吗 当时无人想要清醒说唱

It was like where these ballers atWhere can they call us at All was wack

都在问"炫富玩家在哪""该去哪里召唤" 全都糟糕透顶

Hip Hop culture was fallin flat and that was that

嘻哈文化一蹶不振 事实就是如此

So in 1992 I found my crew They said Yo Kris what you wanna do

直到1992年我遇见伙伴 他们说"老K 你想怎么干"

So I did it don't stop get it get it get it All of a sudden these critics they wanna spit it

于是我行动 别停歇 不断突破 突然那些乐评人开始跟风议论

Kay Are Ess One is con tra dic to ryJust cause I wouldn't let these rappers get with me

KRS-One的矛盾立场 只因我不让这些说唱歌手靠近我身旁

But I'm makin these ends and I got my friends

但我赚着钞票 兄弟伴在左右

And I really don't wanna have to sit in the pen So I go back to the philosopher

实在不愿锒铛入狱 于是重拾哲人思想

1993 hip hop is uhh wack Go back check the facts

1993年嘻哈已病入膏肓 翻开史册细查端详

1994 Return of the Boom BapIt wasn't all about the loot It was all about Harry Allen Rhythm Cultural Institute 1

1994年Boom Bap王者归来 不为金钱只为哈里·艾伦的节奏文化殿堂

Blowin up 1995 Conscious rap is still alive

1995年声势浩荡 觉醒说唱依然顽强生长

But nobody wanna play it nobody wanna say it Nobody okayed it they'd all rather hate it

却无人愿演奏 无人肯传唱 更得不到认可 他们只热衷诽谤

1996 it really don't stop We put together somethin called the Temple of Hip Hop

1996年浪潮未央 我们共建嘻哈神圣殿堂

Not just DJin breakin graf and lyrics But how hip hop affects the spirit

不仅是打碟街舞涂鸦与说唱 更关乎嘻哈如何触动灵魂

Step Into a World that's what I did

踏入新世界 我如此践行

1997 I was raisin my kid or kids but I had to go 1997

1997年 我在养育孩子 却不得不离开

Cause New York DJ's changed the flows to clothes and h*es but that wasn't me

因纽约DJ们转向浮华 但那非我所求

I'll be d**ned if I dance for the MTV

宁死不为娱乐工业起舞

So in 1998 I began to debate Should I go now or should I really wait

1998年陷入沉思 该坚守还是离开

'99 I moved to L A you see and took a gig with the WB

99年迁往洛杉矶 签约华纳开启新章

Started studyin philosophy full time To have a full heart full body full mind

潜心研习哲学 追求灵肉合一的圆满

But you know what the problem is or was

但问题症结何在 你可曾明白

DJ's don't raise our kids cuz they so caught up in the cash and jewels DJ

DJ们无暇教养后代 只顾追逐金钱珠宝

How they gonna really see a hip hop schoolHow they gonna really see a hip hop temple

他们怎会真正关注嘻哈学堂 怎会看见嘻哈圣殿

They don't even wanna play my instrumentals but big up Dr Dre Snoop Xzibit

甚至不愿播放我的器乐 但仍要致敬Dr.Dre 史努比狗 艾克索比

Especially Xzibit he was there in a minute

尤其艾克索比 总在关键时刻现身

Mic Conception all of them saidYo you need help I should call them

麦克风创意联盟都说 你需要帮助 我该召唤他们

When I was in L A I held the crown Bloods Crips they held me down

当我在洛杉矶时 血帮瘸帮都力挺我加冕

I could never forget Mad Lion killer pride with the gat in the lap in the low ride

永难忘怀 Mad Lion杀手般的骄傲 膝上搁着枪 驾着低底盘车

Oh I can't forget Icy Ice Lucky Lou Julio G that was the crew Davey D Ingrid David Connor

难忘的Icy Ice Lucky Lou Julio G 那是我们的团队 Davey D Ingrid David Connor

The list goes on and on let me tell ya FredWreck and my man Protest Much respect no less

名单不断延续 让我告诉你 FredWreck和我的兄弟Protest 致以最高敬意

To my spiritual and mental defenders Big up to L A temple members

致敬我的精神与思想守护者 向洛杉矶圣殿成员致敬

But in 2000 I seen how I wanted to live I wasn't no executive

但在2000年 我明白了想要的生活 我不是什么高管

So I picked up the mic and I quit my job Said to Simone I gotta get with God

于是拿起麦克风辞去工作 对Simone说我要追随信仰

She said Don't worry bout these dollars and quarters Record companies ain't got nuttin for ya

她说别为金钱烦恼 唱片公司给不了你真正需要

D**n she took me back to Bam Took me back to who I am

她带我回到Bam身边 让我找回真正的自己

Brought me back to the New York landNow I overstand

带我回到纽约故土 如今我终于领悟

So rap music is something we do but HIP HOP is something we live

说唱是我们演绎的艺术 而嘻哈是我们生活的信仰

And we look at hip hop in it's 9 elements

我们将嘻哈文化解构为九大元素

Which is breaking emceeing graffiti art deejaying beatboxing street fashion street language street knowledge and street entrepenurialism trade and business

即霹雳舞 说唱 涂鸦艺术 打碟 口技 街头时尚 街头俚语 街头智慧 以及街头商业贸易

And uhh that's where y'know that's the hip hop that that that we're about

这才是我们真正追随的嘻哈精神

We come from the uhh the root of of Kool DJ Herc who originated hip hop in the early

我们源自嘻哈之父库尔·DJ·赫克 他在70年代开创了嘻哈文化

And then Afrika Bambaata and Zulu Nation

还有阿非利加·班巴塔与祖鲁国度

Mmhmm

Who instigated something called The Infinity Lessons

他们发起了名为"无限课程"的启蒙运动

And added conciousness to hip hop and then Grandmaster Flashwith the invention of the mixer on to Run D M C and then myself

为嘻哈注入觉醒意识 接着是Grandmaster Flash发明混音器 再到Run DMC 最后是我自己

And uhh we created the Stop the Violence movement you may recall a song Self Destruction and and and so on

我们发起了"停止暴力"运动 你可能记得那首《自我毁灭》等等作品

All of this goes to uhh uhh the idea of LIVING this culture out and taking responsibility for how it looks and and acts in society

这一切都指向 践行这种文化理念 并为它在社会中的形象与行为负责