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点击复制Sean carter was born December 4th
肖恩·卡特生于12月4日
Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces
出生时重达10磅8盎司
He was the last of my 4 children
他是我四个孩子中最小的
The only one who didn't give me any pain when I gave birth to him
也是唯一一个分娩时没让我受苦的
And that's how I knew that he was a special child
那时我就知道他是个特别的孩子
They say they never really miss you 'til you dead or you gone
人们总说失去才懂珍惜
So on that note I'm leaving after the song
所以唱完这首歌我就要离开
So you ain't gotta feel no way about jay so long
不必为Jay的离去感到难过
Atleast let me tell you why I'm this way hold on
至少让我告诉你为何我如此 请听我说
I was conceived by gloria carter and adaness revees
我由格洛丽亚·卡特与阿达尼斯·里维斯孕育
Who made love under the siccamore tree
他们在梧桐树下缠绵
Which makes me
这造就了
A more sicker emcee my momma would claim
更犀利的说唱者 母亲总这样断言
At 10 pounds when I was born I didn't give her no pain
出生时十磅重 却未让她承受分娩之苦
Although through the years I gave her her fair share
尽管这些年 我带给她的麻烦足够多
I gave her her first real scare
她第一次真正的惊吓 也是因我而起
I made it from birth when I got here
我自出生便注定不凡
She knows my purpose wasn't purpose
她明白我生而不凡
I ain't perfect I care
虽不完美 但我心怀热忱
But I feel worthless cause my shirts wasn't matchin my gear
衣衫褴褛让我自惭形秽
Now I'm just scratchin the surface cause what's burried under there
如今只是触及表面 因深埋的过往
Was a kid torn apart once his pop disappeared
是父亲离去后破碎的童年
I went to school got good grades could behave when I wanted
我曾勤学上进 必要时循规蹈矩
But I had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted
但内心恶魔总在冲突时苏醒
Hold on
坚持住
Shawn was a very shy child growing up
肖恩从小就是个害羞的孩子
He was into sports
他热爱运动
And a funny story is
有个有趣的故事是
At 4 he taught hisself how to ride a bike
四岁时他就自学骑自行车
A two wheeler at that
而且还是两轮的那种
Isn't that special
是不是很特别
But I noticed a change in him when me and my husband broke up
但当我与丈夫分开后 我注意到他变了
Now all the teachers couldn't reach me
当年所有老师都拿我没办法
And my momma couldn't beat me
就连母亲的责打也不够深刻
Hard enough to match the pain of my pops not seeing me so
哪比得上父亲缺席带来的痛楚
With that distain in my membrain
这份怨恨深植脑海
Got on my pimp game
我混迹街头学做老练
F**k the world my defense came
与世界为敌是我的铠甲
Then dahaven introuced me to the game
直到天堂引我踏入说唱之门
Spanish jose introduced me to cane
西班牙人何塞带我见识了纸醉金迷
I'm a hustler now
如今我已是街头老手
My gear is in and I'm in the in crowd
行头齐备 跻身名流圈
And all the wavey light skinned girls is lovin me now
那些小麦肤色的靓女都为我倾倒
My self esteem went through the roof man I got my swag
自信爆棚 气场全开
Got a volvo from this girl when her man got bagged
从姑娘那儿得了辆沃尔沃 趁她男人入狱时
Plus I hit my momma with cash from a show that I had
还用演出酬劳孝敬了母亲
Supposedly knowin nobody paid jaz wack a*s
尽管他们说没人会买账那个**杰斯的烂货
I'm geting ahead of myself by the way I could rap
让我先说说我的说唱天赋
That came second to me movin this crack
在那之前 我靠卖*为生
Gimme a second I swear
给我一点时间 我保证
I will say about my rap career
会好好讲述我的说唱生涯
'Til 96 came n***as I'm here
直到96年 兄弟们 我来了
Good bye
再见
Shawn use to be in the kitchen
肖恩曾经在厨房里
Beating on the table and rapping
敲着桌子练习说唱
And um until the wee hours of the morning
直到凌晨时分
And then I bought him a boom box
我给他买了台音响
And his sisters and brothers said he would drive them nuts
兄弟姐妹都说他会把他们逼疯
But that was my way to keep him close to me and out of trouble
但这是我让他远离麻烦的方式
Good bye to the game all the spoils the adreneline rush
告别那些刺激与战利品
Your blood boils you in a spot knowing cops could rush
热血沸腾时警察随时可能突袭
And you in a drop your so easy to touch
身处险境 你如此容易成为目标
No two days are alike
每一天都充满变数
Except the first and fifteenth pretty much
除了月初和月中 几乎一无所有
And trust is a word you seldom hear from us
信任这个词 你很少听我们说出口
Hustlers we don't sleep we rest one eye up
街头生存者从不沉睡 只敢半阖眼眸
And the drought to find a man when the well dries up
当水井枯竭时 才懂寻找真男人的渴求
You learn to work the water without workin thirst 'til die yup
学会在无水时劳作 至死方休
And n***as get tied up for product
有人为货物被捆绑双手
And little brothers ring fingers get cut up
小弟们的婚戒被剁碎带走
To show mothers they really got em
只为向母亲证明 他们确实得手
And this was the stress I live with 'til I decided
这是我曾背负的重担 直到某天决意
To try this rap s**t for a livin
以说唱谋生闯天地
I pray I'm forgiven
祈求能得到宽恕
For every bad decision I made
为每个荒唐的选择
Every sister I played
每段辜负的情谊
Cause I'm still paranoid to this day
至今仍深陷患得患失
And it's nobody fault I made the decisions I made
抉择皆由己 无人可归咎
This is the life I chose or rather the life that chose me
这人生是我所选 抑或是命运所授
If you can't respect that your whole perspective is wack
若你无法理解 那只能说明你眼界狭隘
Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black
或许当我隐退时 你才会懂得珍惜
If you can't respect that your whole perspective is wack
若你无法理解 那只能说明你眼界狭隘
Maybe you'll love me when I fade to black
也许待我淡出之时 你终会明白我的价值