A lot of a sharks out there try'na take a bite of somethin'
外面有许多“鲨鱼”游荡,试图咬上一口
What's hot
什么最热门
Lot of chameleons out there try'na change up
外面有许多“变色龙”,随时准备变色
Anytime somethin' new comes along everybody wants a bite
每当有新事物出现,人人都想分一杯羹
Don't happen overnight
这一切并非一蹴而就
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
I remember the days when I was a young kid growin' up
记得小时候还是个毛头小子
Looking in the mirror dreamin' about blowin' up
对着镜子幻想自己功成名就
The rock crowd make money chill with the honey's
在摇滚圈赚钱 和甜心们厮混
Sign autographs or whatever the people want from me
签签名 满足人们想要的一切
Sh*t's funny how impossible dreams manifest
真可笑 那些不可能的梦居然成真
And the games that be comin' with it nevertheless
但随之而来的 还有各种麻烦事
You got to go for the gusto but you don't know
你渴望激情却不知其中艰辛
About the blood sweat and tears and losing some of your peers
不知那血汗与泪水 还有同行的离去
And losing some of yourself to the years past gone by
更不知岁月流逝中 你将渐渐迷失自我
Hopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guy
但愿这些苦楚 不会落到不该之人身上
Egomaniac and the brainiac don't know how to act
那些自大狂和书呆子 往往不知如何自处
Sh*t's deep 48 tracks
这水深得很 48轨音轨
Studio gangster mack signed the deal thinks he's gonna make a mil'
录音棚里的混混签了合约 就幻想赚百万
But never will 'til he crosses over
却不知若不突破界限 终将一无所获
Still filling your head with fantasies
你的脑海仍旧充满着不切实际的幻想
Come with me show the sacrifice it takes to make the cheese
随我来看看 功成名就需付出怎样的牺牲
You wanna be a rock superstar in the biz
你渴望成为这行中耀眼的摇滚巨星
And take sh*t from people who don't know what it is
却要忍受那些无知之人的非议
I wish it was all fun and games but the price of fame is high
我多希望一切只是玩乐 可名利的代价却如此高昂
And some can't pay the way
并非所有人都能承担得起
Still trapped in what you rappin' about
你仍旧困于你所歌颂的幻象中
Tell me what happened when you lost clout
告诉我 当你失去声望时 又将何去何从
The route you took started collapsing
你所踏足的路,已然开始崩塌
No fans no fame no respect no change no women
没有粉丝 没有名气 没有尊重 没有改变 没有女人
And everybody shits on your name
你的名字被众人唾弃
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
People see rockstars younawhaI'msayin
人们只看到摇滚巨星,你懂我意思吧
But you still try'na get out more like like everybody else
但你仍渴望像常人一样,多出去走走
It's a fun job but it's still a job
这份工作虽有趣,但终究是份差事
Save your money man save your money too
伙计,把钱存好,切记要存好
It's single don't last very long younawhaI'msayin
单曲辉煌转瞬即逝,你懂我意思吧
I mean you're lucky in this game too
我是说 在这场游戏里你也算幸运儿
There's gon' be another cat comin' out
很快就会有新的狠角色登场
Lookin' like me soundin' like me next year I know this
模仿着我的模样,唱着我的歌声,明年就会出现,我深知这一点
They'll be a flipside do whatchu you do
总会有对立面 尽管做你的
Somebody'll try to spin off like some series
总会有人想模仿衍生 就像剧集番外
You ever have big dreams of makin' real cream
你是否曾梦想过赚取丰厚财富
Big shot heavy hitter on the mainstream
成为主流舞台上举足轻重的巨星
You wanna look shanty in the Bentley
你想开着宾利却保持街头本色
Be a snob and never act friendly
做个势利眼 永远别友善
You wanna have big fame let me explain
若想名声大噪 且听我细说
What happends to these stars and their big brains
这些明星和他们的大脑袋 最终会怎样
First they get played like all damn day
起初他们整日被玩弄
Long as you sell everything will be O K
只要你能卖 一切都会好
Then you get dissed by the media and fans
然后你会被媒体和粉丝唾弃
Things never stay the same way they began
事情永远不会保持最初的样子
I heard that some never give full to the fullest
我听说有些人从未全力以赴
That's while fools end up dining on the bullet
愚者终将自食子弹之果
Think everything's fine in the big time
以为巅峰时刻 万事皆安
See me in my Lex' with the chrome raised high
看我驾雷克萨斯 轮毂高闪 尽显奢华
So you wanna roll far and live large
你渴望远走高飞 生活奢靡
It ain't all that goes with bein' a rockstar
但摇滚巨星之路 并非只有光鲜
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
My own son don't know me
连我的亲生骨肉,都已不识我模样
I'm chillin' in the hotel room lonely
虽身处酒店,却倍感孤寂
But I thank God I'm with my homies
幸有挚友相伴,感恩上苍
But sometimes I wish I was back home
却也时常渴望,能回到家乡
But only no radio or video didn't show me
只愿那时,电台荧屏未曾将我提及
No love the phony gotta hit the road slowly
没有虚假的爱,只能慢慢前行
So the record gets pushed by Sony
才能让唱片,由索尼推向市场
I'm in the middle like mony
我如钱币般,夹在中间
And the press say that my own people disown me
而媒体却言,我已被故人所弃
And the best way back is to keep your head straight
保持清醒是最好的归途
Never inflate the cranium
切勿让名利冲昏头脑
They're too worried about them honies at the Paladium
他们只顾着帕拉迪姆的甜心们
Who just wanna cling on swing on and so on
那些只想依附摇摆的人
Go on fall off the hoes roll on
继续沉沦,那些女孩便会转向他人
'Til the next rock superstar with no shame
直到下一个不知羞耻的摇滚巨星出现
Give him a year he'll be right out the game
给他一年,他就会被淘汰出局
The same as the last one who came before him
就像在他之前,那些昙花一现的过客一样
Gained fame started gettin' ignored I warned him
获得名声后却被忽视,我曾警告过他
Assured him this ain't easy take it from Weezy
我向他保证,这并非易事,过来人深知其中艰辛
Sleezy people wanna be so cheesy the f**kin' lethal
那些卑劣之徒渴望名利,庸俗又致命
"Assassins assassins"
“刺客!刺客!”
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
So you wanna be a rock superstar
所以你想成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
住大房子,开五辆车,活得潇洒,掌控一切
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上闯荡 别相信任何人
Gotta look over your shoulder constantly
必须时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望