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点击复制December 4th - Jay-Z
Sean Carter was born December 4th
Sean Carte生于12月4日
Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces
体重10磅8盎司
He was the last of my 4 children
他是我4个孩子中最小的那个
The only one who didn't give me any pain
也是我生得最轻松的一个
When i gave birth to him
当我生下他的时候
And that's how i knew that he was a special child
我知道 他是一个特别的孩子
They say
他们说
"they never really miss you til you dead or you gone"
人们会在你死去或者离开后 铭记你
So on that note i'm leaving after the song
在这首歌结束后 我即将离去
So you ain't gotta feel no way about Jay so long
所以之后很长时间里 你们听不到我的歌
Atleast let me tell you why i'm this way Hold on
至少让我告诉你 我为什么要这样
I was conceived by Gloria Carter and Adaness Revees
我是Gloria Carter和Adaness Revees的儿子
Who made love under the Siccamore tree
他们在梧桐树下亲热时 怀上了我
Which makes me
这让我
A more sicker emcee my momma would claim
有些难过 我的妈妈却表现得很淡定
At 10 pounds when i was born i didn't give her no pain
当我出生的时候我只有10磅重 我没有带给她一丝痛苦
Although through the years i gave her her fair share
尽管这么多年来 我让她痛苦不堪
I gave her her first real scare
我出生的时候
I made it from birth and i got here
还在她身上留下来了第一块疤
She knows my purpose wasn't purpose
她知道我并非本意如此
I ain't perfect i care
我并不完美 对此我很在意
But i feel worthless cause my shirts wasn't matchin my gear
但是我觉得这一切都不值得 因为我如此穷酸落魄
Now i'm just scratchin the surface cause what's burried under there
现在我却无法触及到深层次的原因
Was a kid torn apart once his pop disappeared
一个孩子因为他父亲的抛弃而失去了父爱
I went to school got good grades could behave when i wanted
当我想做的时候 我也能成绩优异且行为得体
But i had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted
但是我心中挥之不去的恶魔总是影响到我
Hold on
坚持住
Shawn was a very shy child growing up
Shawn是一个害羞的男孩
He was into sports
他喜欢体育运动
And a funny story is
还发生了一件有趣的事
At 4 he taught hisself how to ride a bike
在他四岁的时候 他自己学会了如何骑自行车
A two wheeler at that
而且还是两个轮子的自行车
Isn't that special
难道这不特别吗
But i noticed a chance in him when me and my husband broke up
但是父亲抛弃家庭的事几乎扭曲了他的生活
Now all the teachers couldn't reach me
现在所有的老师都管不住我了
And my momma couldn't beat me
我的妈妈也不再打我
Hard enough to match the pain of my pops not seeing me SO
再也享受不到父爱 让我的内心非常痛苦
With that distain in my membrain
在我的观念里 我是被无视的
Got on my pimp game
干起了一些不良买卖
F**k the world my defense came
和世界开了个玩笑 自我防御起来
Then Dahaven introuced me to the game
然而Dahaven是我的伯乐
Spanish Jose introduced me to cane
Spanish Jose教会了我很多东西
I'm a hustler now
我现在是一个明星
My gear is in and i'm in the in crowd
我在这里工作 受众人追捧
And all the wavey light skinned girls is lovin me now
所有的灯光都为我而亮 苗条女孩们开始爱上我
My self esteem went through the roof man i got my swag
我的自尊心获得了极大的满足 开始忘乎所以
Got a volvo from this girl when her man got bagged
从一个女孩那里得到了一辆沃尔沃 那是她的男人买的
Plus i hit my momma with cash from a show that i had
还有 我把巡演赚的一大笔钱给了我妈妈
Supposedly knowin nobody paid Jaz wack a**
好像大家都在给我开工资
I'm geting ahead of myself by the way i could rap
我在你的前面 顺便说一下 我又开始了我的说唱
That came second to me movin this crack
这是我的第二次机会
Gimme a second i swear
给我点时间 我发誓
I will say about my rap career
我要说说我的这个职业
Til 96 came niggas i'm here
从1996年横空出世至今 我还在这里
Good-bye
再见
Shawn use to be in the kitchen
Shawn过去往往在厨房里
Beating on the table and rapping
拍打着桌子开始说唱
And um until the wee hours of the morning
一直说到早晨 我给他带了早餐
And then i bought him a boom box
然后我给他买了一个音响
And his sisters and brothers said he would drive them nuts
他的兄弟姐妹们说他要把他们逼疯了
But that was my way to keep him
那是我与他
Close to me and out of trouble
保持亲密联系的纽带 让他远离那些烦恼
Good-bye to the game all the spoils
对所有的歌迷朋友们说声再见
The adreneline rush
赶紧行动起来
Your blood boils you in a spot
你现在怒不可遏 身处困境
Knowing cops could rush
知道警察很快就会来
And you in a drop your so easy to touch
你一直在倒退 你触手可及
No two days are alike
每一天都是不一样的
Except the first and fifteenth pretty much
除了第一天和第十五天
And"trust" is a word you seldom hear from us
信任这个词我们很少听到
Hustlers we don't sleep we rest one eye up
我们连睡觉的时候都警惕起来
And the drought to find a man
当货有了销路
When the well dries up
当货卖光了
You learn to work the water
你从贩毒开始有了些积蓄
Without workin thirst til die YUP
但别陷得太深 尽早去干点别的
And niggas get tied up for product
黑人们总能跟**扯上关系
And little brothers ring fingers get cut up
弟弟的无名指被切断了
To show mothers they really got em
被寄给妈妈看 以证明绑架是真的
And this was the stress i live with til i decided
这是我在生活中所遇到的压力
To try this rap sh*t for a livin
直到我决定用说唱来谋生
I Pray i'm forgiven
祈祷我会被宽恕
For every bad decision i made
为我做的每一个错误决定
Every sister i played
为每个被我玩弄过的女孩
Cause i'm still paranoid to this day
因为我直到今天为止还是有点妄想
And it's nobody fault
这不是别人的错
I made the decisions i made
这是我的决定
This is the life i chose or rather
这是我选择的生活
The life that chose me
生活也选择了我
If you can't respect that your whole
如果你不懂得尊重人
Perspective is wack
那么你的前途就会很渺茫
Maybe you'll love me when i fade to black
也许当我归于平凡 你可能会爱上我
If you can't respect that your
如果你不懂得尊重人
Whole perspective is wack
那么你的前途就会很渺茫
Maybe you'll love me when i fade to black
也许当我归于平凡 你可能会爱上我