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点击复制Yo the first time I heard digital underground I was in the first grade
哟，我第一次听到Digital Underground时还在一年级
My homie lace brought it over and he dubbed it on a mixtape
我的兄弟Lace带来磁带 把它翻录到混音带上
I would do the humpty hump and perform to hiss
我会跳起汉普蒂舞 随着嘶嘶声摇摆
Twelve years later I learned that shock g and him were the same person
十二年后才明白 Shock G和他竟是同一人
I loved hammer I can't front he taught me how to dance
我深爱MC Hammer 是他教会我舞步
Along with bel biv devoe I had jay ohs and a pair of zebra pants
伴着Bel Biv Devoe的歌 我穿着Jay Ohs和斑马纹长裤
But this was the foundation of what would come to be
但这一切都成为未来的基石
A life long passion journey and drive an emcee
终生的热爱之旅 推动我成为说唱歌手
Some people ask me what it means I don't know where to start
有人问我其意何在 我却不知从何说起
It's the deepest connection between my soul and my heart
那是灵魂与心脏最深刻的共鸣
When I first stepped into a cipher and a jam in the park
当我初次踏入公园的即兴battle圈
I got served no for real I got served
我被当场碾压 真的 彻底败下阵来
But see I learned something
但你看 我从中有所领悟
Observed others and watched
观察他人 默默学习
An urged hunger burst earned a turn at that park
渴望的火花迸发 终在公园赢得一席之地
I don't care who you are where you're from or what you believe in
我不在乎你是谁 来自何处 信仰什么
But if you love hip hop I bet it's more or less for the same reason
但若你也热爱嘻哈 我打赌我们或多或少出于同样的原因
This is it when you spit you exist in that moment
当你倾吐心声 那一刻你便真实存在
And if you're sick with that gift then you rip it when you perform it
若你天赋异禀 便能将它演绎得淋漓尽致
Then all the s**t that you live begins to lift up your shoulders
于是你生活中的所有烦恼 都开始从肩上卸下
And the audience well they get to experience where your soul is
而听众 则能真切感受你灵魂深处的律动
The most amazing feeling rocking the crowd to your anthem
还有什么比用你的歌声点燃全场更令人心潮澎湃
From the front to the back with their motha f**kin' hands up
从前排到后排 所有人都高举双手 尽情释放
'Cause I'm an emcee won't be the first won't be the last
因为我只是个说唱歌手 不是第一个也不会是最后一个
Just another b boy and I'ma die in my stance
不过是个街舞少年 至死都会保持我的姿态
If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down
若你手握笔与纸 请将心声尽情倾洒
If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down
如果你有唱片会搓盘 就放段炫酷的搓碟
If you got a marker and a can bomb your art now
若你备好画笔与喷罐 请将艺术尽情涂画
If you got a floor and you're fast kick that ill style
如果你在舞池动作快 就秀出最酷的舞步
If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down
若你手握笔与纸 请将心声尽情倾洒
If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down
如果你有唱片会搓盘 就放段炫酷的搓碟
If you got a marker and a can bomb the whole d**n town
若你手持马克笔和喷罐 就能让整座城布满你的涂鸦
But if you live for hip hop don't ever put your hands down
但若你为嘻哈而活 就永远别放下你的双手
Don't put your hands down keep that s**t up
别放下双手 继续燥起来
We're goin' to rock it like this do this with me
我们要这样尽情摇摆 跟我一起嗨
It goes front back
前后律动
Front back
前后律动
Front back
前后律动
Front come on
前排 一起来
It goes front back
前后律动
Front back
前后律动
I said front back
我说前后摇摆
To my people you know it
我的兄弟们 你们都懂的
Now I don't know if its the clothes the h*es or the cars
我不知道是衣服 那些女人还是豪车
That makes people rap like they're trapped inside of these bars
让人们说唱起来像是被困在牢笼里
This s**t ain't complicated man just be who you are
这事儿并不复杂 伙计 做你自己就好
To busy searching for the light and missing the fact that you're a star
忙于追寻光芒 却忘了你本就是星辰
Now who's got passion now stand the hell up
此刻心怀热忱者 请昂首向前
'Cause I want to hear somebody rapping who's got it inside their cuts
我想听见从伤痕里迸发的真实韵律
Or you can get intricate displaying your fancy cadences
你尽可炫耀那些精雕细琢的韵律
But if you're not speaking the truth you might as well not be saying s**t
若不言真相 不如沉默如尘
I said who's going to teach the kids
我曾问 谁来指引这些孩童
You'd rather blow up and get famous so you can get some new rims
你宁愿爆红成名 只为换套崭新轮毂
All the money in the world can help you look like a star
纵有万贯家财 不过粉饰明星幻象
But money can't buy you the heart to go and put inside your bars
但金钱买不来你注入歌词的真情实感
And I like nice s**t too
我也喜欢那些好东西
Believe me I got a closet full of nikes and a whole bunch of velore suits
相信我，我的衣柜里塞满了耐克鞋和一整排丝绒套装
They'll give you the white tees and the icy earring like the whole youth
他们会给你白T恤和闪亮的耳环，就像所有年轻人一样
Population of hip hop but look beyond it when I record through
但当我通过这些节拍创作时，我看到的远不止这些
These beats 'cause if I don't speak me
因为如果我的音乐无法表达真实的自我
What's the difference between my lyrics and what you hearin' on mtv
我的歌词与你在MTV上听到的又有什么区别呢
People fear that if they're steering away from the mainstream
人们总害怕偏离主流
Then their album won't sell
专辑就会无人问津
Well I could give a f**k
我根本不在乎
I'm just goin' to freestyle and spit what's in my gut
我只想即兴说唱 直抒胸臆
And if you want to you can go and label me conscious
若你非要给我贴上意识流的标签
But remember there's a kid at a bus stop beat boxin'
但请记住 公交站有个孩子正在玩节奏口技
Who's life will be effected by what's inside of his walkman
他的人生会被耳机里的音乐彻底改变
If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down
若你手握笔与纸 请将心声尽情倾洒
If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down
如果你有唱片会搓盘 就放段炫酷的搓碟
If you got a marker and a can bomb your art now
若你备好画笔与喷罐 请将艺术尽情涂画
If you got a floor and you're fast kick that ill style
如果你在舞池动作快 就秀出最酷的舞步
If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down
若你手握笔与纸 请将心声尽情倾洒
If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down
如果你有唱片会搓盘 就放段炫酷的搓碟
If you got a marker and a can bomb the whole d**n town
若你手持马克笔和喷罐 就能让整座城布满你的涂鸦
But if you live for hip hop don't ever put your hands down
但若你为嘻哈而生 就永远别放下你的双手
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