A lot of a sharks out there try'na take a bite of somethin'
外面有太多虎视眈眈的“鲨鱼”,伺机分食猎物
What's hot
那些炙手可热的名利
Lot of chameleons out there try'na change up
还有无数“变色龙”,随波逐流
Anytime somethin' new comes along everybody wants a bite
每当新潮涌现,世人皆欲分一杯羹
Don't happen overnight
然而,这并非一夕之功
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
I remember the days when I was a young kid growin' up
记得小时候那些日子 我还是个成长中的孩子
Looking in the mirror dreamin' about blowin' up
对着镜子做梦 幻想着一举成名
The rock crowd make money chill with the honey's
在摇滚圈混出名堂 赚大钱 和甜心们厮混
Sign autographs or whatever the people want from me
签签名 或者满足人们对我的一切要求
Sh*t's funny how impossible dreams manifest
真有趣 那些不可能实现的梦想居然成真
And the games that be comin' with it nevertheless
但随之而来的 还有各种游戏和挑战
You got to go for the gusto but you don't know
你渴望全力以赴,却不知其中深浅
About the blood sweat and tears and losing some of your peers
不知那血汗与泪水,还有同伴的离去
And losing some of yourself to the years past gone by
更不知岁月流逝中,你会渐渐迷失自我
Hopefully it don't manifest for the wrong guy
愿这些苦果,不会降临到不该承受之人
Egomaniac and the brainiac don't know how to act
自负狂徒与自作聪明者,皆不知如何自处
Sh*t's deep 48 tracks
这音乐深邃复杂 四十八轨交织
Studio gangster mack signed the deal thinks he's gonna make a mil'
那些录音棚里的"江湖大佬",签下合约便以为能日进斗金
But never will 'til he crosses over
却不知若不跨界迎合,终难如愿以偿
Still filling your head with fantasies
你的脑海仍充满着不切实际的幻想
Come with me show the sacrifice it takes to make the cheese
随我来 看看追逐名利需付出多少代价
You wanna be a rock superstar in the biz
你想成为这个圈子里的摇滚巨星
And take sh*t from people who don't know what it is
忍受那些不懂行的人对你的诋毁
I wish it was all fun and games but the price of fame is high
我希望这只是场游戏 但成名的代价太过高昂
And some can't pay the way
有些人根本无法承受
Still trapped in what you rappin' about
你仍困在你所歌颂的幻象里
Tell me what happened when you lost clout
告诉我当你失去影响力时会怎样
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
没有追随者,没有名望,没有敬意,一成不变,也没有佳人相伴
And everybody shits on your name
甚至所有人都对你嗤之以鼻
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
People see rockstars younawhaI'msayin
人们只看见摇滚巨星的光环 懂我意思不
But you still try'na get out more like like everybody else
但你仍渴望像普通人一样 获得更多自由
It's a fun job but it's still a job
这工作充满乐趣 但终究是份职业
Save your money man save your money too
兄弟 记得存钱 多攒点积蓄
It's single don't last very long younawhaI'msayin
单身好时光转瞬即逝 懂我意思不
I mean you're lucky in this game too
我是说 你在这游戏里也算幸运儿
There's gon' be another cat comin' out
总会有另一只猫闪亮登场
Lookin' like me soundin' like me next year I know this
明年就会出现像我的人 声音也像我 我早已知晓
They'll be a flipside do whatchu you do
事情总有另一面 你尽管做自己
Somebody'll try to spin off like some series
有人会像衍生剧那样试图复制
You ever have big dreams of makin' real cream
你可曾梦想赚大钱
Big shot heavy hitter on the mainstream
成为主流乐坛的大人物 重量级选手
You wanna look shanty in the Bentley
想开着宾利却保持痞帅模样
Be a snob and never act friendly
保持高傲姿态,勿轻易亲近
You wanna have big fame let me explain
若你渴望声名显赫,让我来告诉你
What happends to these stars and their big brains
那些明星和他们聪明才智的结局
First they get played like all damn day
起初,他们整日被玩弄,身不由己
Long as you sell everything will be O K
只要你能卖座,一切便安然无恙
Then you get dissed by the media and fans
随后你便会遭到媒体与粉丝的嘲讽
Things never stay the same way they began
世事变迁,物是人非
I heard that some never give full to the fullest
听说有些人,从未全力以赴
That's while fools end up dining on the bullet
愚者们终将吞下子弹的晚餐
Think everything's fine in the big time
以为巅峰时刻便万事大吉
See me in my Lex' with the chrome raised high
看我雷克萨斯的镀铬部件高举闪耀
So you wanna roll far and live large
所以你渴望远走高飞 过着纸醉金迷的生活
It ain't all that goes with bein' a rockstar
这远非摇滚巨星的全部真相
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
My own son don't know me
连我亲生孩子都不认得我
I'm chillin' in the hotel room lonely
身处酒店房间,我倍感孤寂
But I thank God I'm with my homies
但庆幸身边仍有挚友相伴
But sometimes I wish I was back home
可有时,我多想回到家乡
But only no radio or video didn't show me
只是那里没有电台或影像将我展现
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
于是唱片由索尼推向市场
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
而媒体却说,我已遭亲友背弃
And the best way back is to keep your head straight
回归正道的最佳方式就是保持头脑清醒
Never inflate the cranium
切莫膨胀你的头脑
They're too worried about them honies at the Paladium
他们只顾着帕拉狄昂剧院里的那些甜心
Who just wanna cling on swing on and so on
她们只想依附摇摆 如此这般
Go on fall off the hoes roll on
继续堕落吧 那些势利眼会继续前行
'Til the next rock superstar with no shame
直到下一个毫无廉耻的摇滚巨星出现
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
就像他之前昙花一现的那些人一样
Gained fame started gettin' ignored I warned him
名利双收却遭冷落 我早警告过你
Assured him this ain't easy take it from Weezy
郑重提醒 这绝非易事 听我Weezy一句
Sleezy people wanna be so cheesy the f**kin' lethal
卑劣之徒装模作样 简直致命荒唐
"Assassins assassins"
"杀手 杀手"
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望
So you wanna be a rock superstar
你渴望成为摇滚巨星
And live large a big house 5 cars you're in charge
享受豪宅名车,坐拥权柄
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
得时刻保持警惕 不断回头张望