作词 : Jermaine Cole

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作曲 : Jermaine Cole

好的

必须要有空隙

I'm working on dying

知道我意思吗

Yeah, yeah

她属于我们的世界

(Gotta have a space) Yeah (Gotta have a space)

自由，懂了么

Know what I mean?

啊，脱去束缚

(She belong to the streets)

ok

Freedom, know what I mean?

嗯(让这些念想在我脑中散去)

Uh (Space to get this shit off)

懂了吗

Yeah

ok开始

Yeah (Get this shit off my mind, off my chest)

每一首歌我都致力于让听众的心与我产生共鸣

Yeah (Know what I mean?)

我是成长条件很差但是有天赋的人的代表

Yeah

但是最近我开始对我产生质疑了，在我脱离贫穷走起来之后是不是更应该为我的人群做点什么

是不是我被财富蒙蔽了双眼看不到底层的世界了，这些事实让我很难过

With every record, I be asking the masses to tune your hearts to me

就像我高中时第二次落选校队时一样无法接受

I represent intelligent niggas that grew up harshly

收住眼泪，我决定改变自我

But lately I've been questioning, second guessing, whether or not I've got something to offer since I done eluded poverty

告诉我自己：”无论做什么都必须全力以赴“

Or has the money watered me down, that truth is hard for me

从这天开始，我就像野兽一样开始狂野

Like the second time I got cut from the junior varsity

法拉利的速度，无法失败的哲学

Fightin' back tears, I promised to switch gears

努力总会成功，所以每当一个人全力以赴时

And said to myself"Whatever you do, you won't do it partially"

我都会平静的等待成功，知道上帝不会亏待他

From this day forward, I move with a new ferocity

有些人说我只配拿第三，把嘻哈圈的铜牌丢我脸上

Ferrari coupe velocity, a fail-proof philosophy

排在Drake和Kendrick Lamar后面，当然我在我心里他们也是超级巨星

Success is in the effort, so if a nigga tried his hardest

可能在我内心深处我也害怕名人光环

I'm at peace knowing God ain't deal it in this group of cards for me

所以每次走红毯我都很僵硬

Some people say that I'm running third, they threw the bronze at me

尴尬地摆pose，担心别人的评价

Behind Drake and Dot, yeah, them niggas is superstars to me

讨厌向外界展示我的日常（J.Cole很少在社交媒体上面露面，直播和发帖的时候因为忘记怎么用APP了搞出过很多笑话）

Maybe deep down, I'm afraid of my luminosity

我让我的孩子远离社交媒体，远离公众的视线

So when you see me on red carpets, I'm movin' awkwardly

因为这个时代网络上喷子的挚爱就是憎恨

Posin' all nervous, afraid of the judgement

算了拿出年轻Ice Cube的态度（一语多关Niggas With Attitude，N.W.A成员Ice Cube本名Oshea ）

And the thought of showin' too much of my day is repugnant

拿着AK指着你们的头颅，胆敢越过我的底线（家人）我就开始扫射

I be keepin' my kids away from the gaze of the public

我不喜欢在家人的话题上开玩笑，这就是我的底线

'Cause these days, it feel like hate is they favorite subject

拿自己的孩子出来博点击博流量博头条的事情

**** it, attitude like a young O'Shea with a AK

永远都不会在我身上发生，我给这些无趣的明星真人秀上面撒泡尿

Aimed at your brain, violate, and I bust it

上帝随我在这个beat上跳动，这个专辑是天国的专辑

I don't play when it come to family, that's one thing I refuse

这个童话是真的，最强Rapper在说教，只是没有打动部分乐色

Pimpin' they kids out for views or just to be in the news

你无法共鸣是因为你沉醉于花里胡哨的跟风

Could never be me, I piss in the celebrity tea

恰好是我不擅长的地方

God with me on this record, this is Heaven's EP

我来自北卡Fayetteville，一个小女孩都能很成熟的表达思想的地方

The tale's official, the best nigga breathing, it just failed to hit you

但是现实很残酷，我在家乡没看到几个人成功上名校

You couldn't tell 'cause you fell for the bells and whistles

但是总看到人最终走进监狱

And that's an area I don't excel

能不能证明一次我们不是被警察针对的对象

I'm from the 'Ville where young girls talk grown as hell

社会不公平的痛，是我们需要抽无数大叶子才能缓解的痛楚

That's raw, never saw one person go to Yale

太多的贫穷和饥饿，难怪有天赋的兄弟跟上脚步

But every nigga that I know done gone to jail

所以每次答应feature一首歌我就要炸掉吃掉整个beat

At least once, provin' we the ones police hunt

我总是虎视眈眈，绝不会脱手

For the pains, we smoke three blunts the size of tree trunks

我就是那个冲在最前沿的人我向你们保证

Too much hunger, it's no wonder these niggas can't keep up

我写这些的时候正在热带海滩某处翘着腿

So saying"Yes" to a feature just means I'm 'bout to eat lunch, *****

本来是打算独度假，听到这个beat我对嘻哈的热爱让我无法休息

I'm goin' for it, no never shall he punt

本来打算放松，竞争让我静不下来（直接在好兄弟Drake的最新专辑Pipe Down上驾驭这个beat）