R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实的一切并非都是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
These are the streets
就像走在街道上
Sh*t is real out here
到处乌烟瘴气
This ain't no f**king joke
这并不是在开玩笑
I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects
我住在一个叫做米尔布鲁克的地方
The original criminal minded rap topic
是最初的犯罪说唱主题兴起的地方
With twenty cents in my pocket I saw the light
我来这里的时候 身上只揣着20分钱
If you're young gifted and black you got no rights
如果你是个黑人 即便你才华横溢 在这里也没有任何权力可言
Your only true right is a right to a fight
你唯一的权力就是斗争反抗
And not a fair fight I wake up wondering who died last night
然而 并没有绝对公平的斗争 我只能在早上醒来的时候猜想谁昨晚又把命搭进去了
Everyone and everything is at war
所有人 所有的一切都像一场战役
Making my poetic expression hardcore
我想更诗情画意的表达缠绵悱恻的行为
I ain't afraid to say it and many can't get with it
我不避讳说这些 很多人都讳莫如深
At times in my life I was a welfare recipient
在我的一生中 我一直靠福利救济
I ate the free cheese while the church said believe
在教堂大肆宣扬信仰的时候 我吃着免费的奶酪
And went to school everyday like a goddamn fool
我像个傻子一样 每天去学校上下课
Well anyway here I am chilling at the party
好吧 然而此刻 我却在一个派对上冻得瑟瑟发抖
Brothers looking at me like they wanna kill somebody
弟兄们看着我 嫉恶如仇的眼神里带着一股杀气
A cypher manifested in the center of the jam
拥挤的人群中赫然显示着对决的分数
I got to show these wack rappers really who I am
我要向这些说唱歌手证明我的价值 让他们知道我是谁
It's me against them so I clear the phlegm
我清了清嗓子 开始了正式的对决
And wage the war hardcore to the end
战争的代价就是终结
For someone looking inside yeah from the out
对于从围观者来说
It seems like disrespect is what rap is all about
看似说唱就是肆无忌惮的无礼的宣泄
But hip-hop as a culture is really what we give it
可是嘻哈对于我们而言 是一种文化
But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it
但有时候这种文化却和我们的生活方式格格不入
'Cause every black kid lives two and three lives
因为好像黑人孩子的生命都很顽强
The city's a jungle only the strong will survive
这个城市就像丛林 物竞天择 强者生存
R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实并不总是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实并不总是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
Every single day I hear lie after lie
每一天我都活在一个又一个谎言中
Like"Black people don't die we multiply"
好像黑人都是坚强不催的
So when I kick a rhyme I represent how I feel
所以当我用韵脚来表达我的感受时
The sacred street art of keeping it real
存真的神圣的街头艺术
Why I gotta listen to somebody else
为什么我要听从别人的意见
How they got wealth let me talk about myself
他们是如何获得财富的 让我来谈论一下我自己
But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock
我深深爱着嘻哈音乐和摇滚
The results are obvious if I'm confined to my block
如果我只局限于我的条条框框里 那结果是显而易见的
Occasionally in the city I'm released
偶尔在城市中释放自己
To meet other beasts looking for the feast
与其他寻找盛宴的野兽相遇
We grunt and growl on the prowl as the air gets thinner
当空气变稀薄时 我们会咕哝着 咆哮着
"Yo yo there he go him" there's the dinner
晚餐开始 哟哟 一起来
White meat carrying a bag of some sort
补充体力
Life is short white meat is quickly caught
生命是短暂的 何不尝一口嫩嫩的白肉
A scuffle a muffle yet none of us hesitated
这是一场混战 一场混战 我们谁也别犹豫
Like Mother Africa white meat is violated
就像非洲妈妈一样 白肉是被禁止食用的
We quickly disappear like Santa's little elves
我们很快就会像圣诞老人的小精灵一样消失了
And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves
然后进入到我们的战场
We say"Peace" 'cause that's what we really want
我们高呼 和平 因为这是我们真正想要的
A piece of the pie that America flaunts
那是美国人大肆炫耀的东西
R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实并不总是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实并不总是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
Oh sh*t
天哪
The truth is that police must serve and protect
事实就是警察必须服务和保护民众和社会
R E A L I T Y is black youth is shown no respect
而现实就是黑人从来不被尊重
The truth is government has a war against ***
现实就是引发了反对**的热潮
R E A L I T Y is government is ruled by thugs
现实就是征服被暴徒支配
With all this technology above and under
无论台前幕后都在用手段控制
Humanity still hunts down one another
人类仍然在互相猎杀
Rappers display artistic cannibalism
就像说唱歌手唱着艺术同类相食
Through lyricism we fight each other over rhythm
通过抒写 我们在节奏上互相争斗
Through basic animal instincts we think
靠着动物的本能
So the battle for mental territory is glory end of story
因此 故事的结尾 精神领域的斗争是无比荣耀
R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实并不总是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth
现实并不总是真相
Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
年轻时代喜欢的音乐 就等同于你的现实生活
Yeah
These are the streets
就像走在街道上
Sh*t is real out here
到处乌烟瘴气
This ain't no f**king joke
这并不是在开玩笑