A lot of a sharks out there try'na take a bite of somethin'
外面有太多鲨鱼 总想咬上一口
What's hot
什么是热门
Lot of chameleons out there try'na change up
太多变色龙随时准备改变
Anytime somethin' new comes along everybody wants a bite
每当新鲜事物出现 人人都想分一杯羹
Don't happen overnight
成功不会一夜降临
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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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 我还是个懵懂的孩子
Looking in the mirror dreamin' about blowin' up
对着镜子幻想 有朝一日能大红大紫
The rock crowd make money chill with the honey's
在摇滚圈里赚钱 和辣妹们厮混
Sign autographs or whatever the people want from me
给人签名 满足粉丝的所有要求
Sh*t's funny how impossible dreams manifest
真**可笑 那些不可能的梦想居然成真
And the games that be comin' with it nevertheless
随之而来的各种游戏 却从未停止
You got to go for the gusto but you don't know
你渴望追求那份激情,却不知其中艰辛
About the blood sweat and tears and losing some of your peers
关于血汗与泪水,以及那些失去的同伴
And losing some of yourself to the years past gone by
还有那些在逝去岁月中,逐渐迷失的自我
Hopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guy
但愿这一切不会为错误之人所承受
Egomaniac and the brainiac don't know how to act
自负狂与天才们不知如何自处
Sh*t's deep 48 tracks
现实残酷 48轨录音
Studio gangster mack signed the deal thinks he's gonna make a mil'
录音室里的虚张声势者签下合约 幻想赚取百万
But never will 'til he crosses over
但若不突破界限 终将无法实现
Still filling your head with fantasies
你的脑海中仍萦绕着种种幻想
Come with me show the sacrifice it takes to make the cheese
随我见证 成就背后需要怎样的牺牲
You wanna be a rock superstar in the biz
你渴望成为乐坛的摇滚巨星
And take sh*t from people who don't know what it is
却要承受无知者的恶意中伤
I wish it was all fun and games but the price of fame is high
多希望这只是场游戏 但成名的代价沉重
And some can't pay the way
有人终其一生难以企及
Still trapped in what you rappin' about
仍沉溺在你歌颂的幻梦之中
Tell me what happened when you lost clout
告诉我 当你光环褪去时将何去何从
The route you took started collapsing
你选择的道路开始崩塌
No fans no fame no respect no change no women
没有粉丝,没有名声,没有尊重,没有改变,没有女人
And everybody shits on your name
所有人都对你恶语相向
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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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
人们只看到摇滚明星 你懂我意思对吧
But you still try'na get out more like like everybody else
但你仍想逃离 像普通人那样多出去走走
It's a fun job but it's still a job
这是份有趣的工作 但终究是份差事
Save your money man save your money too
兄弟 要存钱 也要好好理财
It's single don't last very long younawhaI'msayin
单身时光不会太久 你懂我意思对吧
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
很快就会有酷似我的人出现
Lookin' like me soundin' like me next year I know this
形似我声似我 我早知明年就会如此
They'll be a flipside do whatchu you do
事情总有反面 做你自己就好
Somebody'll try to spin off like some series
总有人想借机上位 像衍生剧般跟风
You ever have big dreams of makin' real cream
你可曾梦想过赚取真金白银
Big shot heavy hitter on the mainstream
成为主流乐坛的重量级人物
You wanna look shanty in the Bentley
想在宾利车里展现奢华气派
Be a snob and never act friendly
保持高傲 从不友善待人
You wanna have big fame let me explain
你想成名 让我来告诉你
What happends to these stars and their big brains
这些明星和他们的大脑袋最后会怎样
First they get played like all damn day
首先他们整天被人玩弄
Long as you sell everything will be O K
只要你能卖 一切都没问题
Then you get dissed by the media and fans
然后你会被媒体和粉丝diss
Things never stay the same way they began
事情永远不会像开始时那样
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
愚者终将自食恶果
Think everything's fine in the big time
以为风光无限 便万事大吉
See me in my Lex' with the chrome raised high
看我驾着雷克萨斯 铬合金闪耀夺目
So you wanna roll far and live large
你是否渴望远走高飞 挥金如土
It ain't all that goes with bein' a rockstar
但摇滚巨星的生活 远非如此简单
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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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
连我的儿子都已认不出我
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
幸好有兄弟们相伴,感恩上苍
But sometimes I wish I was back home
可有时,我多希望能回到家
But only no radio or video didn't show me
但愿那时,电台和影像里没有我的身影
No love the phony gotta hit the road slowly
没有真爱,只有虚伪,只能慢慢前行
So the record gets pushed by Sony
只为索尼能将唱片推广
I'm in the middle like mony
我夹在中间,像钱一样被争夺
And the press say that my own people disown me
媒体却说,我的亲友已将我抛弃
And the best way back is to keep your head straight
最好的回归方式就是保持头脑清醒
Never inflate the cranium
永远别让头颅膨胀
They're too worried about them honies at the Paladium
他们太在意帕拉狄昂的那些甜心
Who just wanna cling on swing on and so on
那些人只想攀附摇摆 如此往复
Go on fall off the hoes roll on
继续吧 跌落吧 那些肤浅的人自会滚开
'Til the next rock superstar with no shame
直到下个毫无羞耻的摇滚巨星出现
Give him a year he'll be right out the game
给他一年时间 他就会彻底出局
The same as the last one who came before him
就像之前所有来过的人一样
Gained fame started gettin' ignored I warned him
功成名就,却也渐被漠视,我曾预警于他
Assured him this ain't easy take it from Weezy
我曾向他保证,这条路绝非坦途,这是过来人的肺腑之言
Sleezy people wanna be so cheesy the f**kin' lethal
卑劣之徒惺惺作态 实则致命威胁暗藏
"Assassins assassins"
"杀机四伏,暗流涌动"
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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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
过着阔绰生活 大房子五辆车 由你主宰
Comin' up in the world don't trust no body
在这世上打拼 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