My 1st Song - Jay-Z
I'm just tryin to stay above water y'know
你知道的,我只是想保持清醒
Stay busy stay workin
保持忙碌,不停工作
Puff told me like the key to this joint
Puff告诉我,这个节骨眼的关键事项
The key to staying on top of things
想要留下,把控全局的关键
Is treat everything like it's your first project knahmsayin
就是把所有事情都当成首要任务,懂吗
Like it's your first day like back when you was an intern
就像这是你实习的第一天
Like that's how you try to treat things like just stay hungry
就像,那时候你对待事情的态度一样 渴望去学习
Uhh uhh yes yes
Y'all wanna know why he don't stop
你们都想知道,他为什么不休息
Y'all wanna know why he don't flop
你们都想知道,他为什么不退步
Let me tell you pe-eople why
让我来告诉你们原因吧
Came from the bottom of the block I
我来自社区的最底层
When I was born it was sworn I was never gon' be sh*t
当我出生的时候,情况很糟糕,我好像很难翻身
Had to pull the opposite out this b**ch
但是我不得不奋力改变现状
Had to get my ri-ide on
不得不努力前进
Eyes on the prize Shawn knew I had to
我渴望着奖赏,Shawn知道的
Had to had to get these chips
我必须得到那些钱
Had to make moves like Olajuwon
不得不像Olajuwon一样努力
Started out sellin dimes and nicks
从一点一滴赚起
Graduated to a brick
积少成多
No exaggeration my infatuation with the strip
我痴迷于脱衣女郎,这一点也没有夸张
Legendary like a schoolboy
就像一个校园男生
Crushin merely nearly every every chick
对每一个女孩都很着迷
Heavy sh*t - that's how schoolboy got whipped
校园男孩通常会被重重一击
And got left on some"Just Me Myself and I"
最后都只剩下了自己
On some Trugoy sh*t
喝着酸奶
Had your boys threw place up to a place of no return
让你的男孩们去一个去了就回不来的地方
Had to play with fire and get burned
玩火自焚
Only way the boy ever gon' learn
这是男孩们得到教训的唯一方法
Had to lay way in the cut 'til I finally got my turn
还没轮到我的时候,我就在旁边等着
Now I'm on top in the spot that I earned
现在我在的地位,是我靠自己赢来的
It's my life - it's my pain and my struggle
这是我的生活,我的痛苦和挣扎
The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing
这首歌唱的就是关于我的的一切
Treat my first like my last and my last like my first
我始终如一地坚持着
And my thirst is the same as - when I came
我的渴望和我初来时一样强烈
It's my joy and my tears and the laughter it brings to me
它们带给我欢乐和泪水
It's my ev-ery-thing
这就是我的一切
Like I never rode in a limo
我从来没有开过好车
Like I just dropped flows to a demo
我唱了几句录了小样
Like it's ninety-two again and
就像是又回到了92年
And I got O's in the rental
那时我没有钱付房租
Back in the Stu' again no problemo its a whole lot simple
还是学生时代的时候,没有问题就是最简单的方式
When you think back you thought that
当你回想的时候,你想着
You would never make it this far then you
你永远都撑不了这么久
Take advantage of the luck you handed
只能把命运交给手里仅存的运气
Or the talent you been given
或者是你的天分
Ain't no half steppin ain't no no slippin
不是不可能,已经成功了一半,还没有失手
Ain't no different from a block that's hidden
这里和以前藏身的街区也没什么不同
Gotta get it while the getting's good
趁事情顺利正好大展宏图
Gotta strike while the iron's hot 'fore you stop
在停止一切之前,得趁热打铁
Then you gotta bid it good riddance
然后你就得赌一把,谢天谢地
Goodbye this is my second major breakup
再见,这是我又一次突破
My first was with a pager
我第一次突破,是用一个传呼机
With a hooptie a cookpot and the CANE
一辆破车,一个锅和几根藤条
This one's with the stool with the stage with the fortune
这一次我要什么有什么
Maybe not the fortune but certainly the FAME
就算没赚到什么钱,我也收获了名气
It's my life - my pain and my struggle
这是我的生活,我的痛苦和挣扎
The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing
这首歌唱的就是关于我的的一切
Treat my first like my last and my last like my first
我始终如一地坚持着
And my thirst is the same as - when I came
我的渴望和我初来时一样强烈
It's my joy and my tears and my laughter it brings to me
它们带给我欢乐和泪水
It's my ev-ery-thing
这就是我的一切
Treat my first like my last and my last like my first
我始终如一地坚持着
And my thirst like the first song I sang
我的渴望就如我第一首歌唱的那样
Woo It's like the blues - we gon' ride out on this one
这就像布鲁斯音乐,我们不会唱这个
Ty Ty Beehigh
Ty,嗨起来
Yo High 'member you was makin them dashes
还记得你让他们摇摆起来的那次吗
For them niggaa at radio and sh*t
给他们收音机里的说唱音乐
Clark Kent that was good lookin out ni**a
Clark Kent, 比黑人好看多了
Carlene - who ever thought we'd make it this far homey
Carlene永远也想不到我们能够这么成功
Sha they can't stop us knahmsayin Lenny S
Sha, Lenny S不能够阻止我们,你懂吗
Game whattup Robbin the bank
玩个游戏如何,去抢个银行
Niggaz thought we was crazy man 'member uhh
黑人觉得我们是疯子,还记得吗
You had that f**ked up a** handwritin
你的笔记潦草极了
You was writin all the numbers that we was spendin now
你记下了我们所有的花费
For the videos we was doin ourselves whattup
以及为了拍视频我们花费的钱
Original Flavor your accountant was crazy wrong and sh*t
还是那句话,你的会计真是糟透了
But we we still put it together
但是我们还是顺利走过来了
Bigs whassup 'Member we went to St Thomas and uh
兄弟,还记得我们去圣托马斯那次吗
But y'all my nizzle your dog peed on homey leg and sh*t
真是的,你的狗在兄弟的腿上拉屎尿尿
At his crib - I think that was Rudy
我记得好像是Rudy
And they was havin a lil trouble with the pool
他的游泳池好像有点问题
You and Ty Ty was laughin
你和Ty Ty在哈哈大笑
Emory was there whattup Emory What up Ta
Emory也在那,Emory怎么样了
Hip-Hop whattup man
怎么样,兄弟
Ay ay Hop you ain't you ain't have no uhh
你没有摇摆啊
You ain't have no muh'f**kin seat on your on your bicycle
你的单车后座连个座位也没有
Now you uhh the head of black music
现在你居然是黑人音乐领袖
That's what I'm talkin bout right there homey - G whattup G
那就是我想说的,你怎么样,G
Yessir e'rybody in the Roc
是的,每个人都嗨起来了
Hey Guru I know you spoiled man
大师,我知道你被惯坏了
I be takin them shits in one take
我会带他们一次搞定的
You gon' have to punch niggaz sh*t STICK IT you gon' be tight
你得揍那个黑人一拳,时刻保持警惕
OG One whattup
OG One,怎么样
I'm a little upset that you wasn't involved in this whole process
你居然没有参与进来,对此我不太满意
But it's all good - whassup Dash
但是事情进展得很顺利
My whole family my nephew cousin Angie whassup Te-Tee
我的家人,我的侄子,Angie外甥,你们还好吗
(B B B B) Mom you made the album how crazy is that
老妈,你发了张唱片,这真是太疯狂了
Bob Allah rest in peace
Bob Allah愿你安息
My pops rest in peace (Sup A J )
我的伙伴们,愿你们安息
Biggie Smalls rest in peace
Biggie Smalls, 愿你安息
Uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh
Ni**a I'm bout to go golfin man
兄弟,我要去打高尔夫了
Ay I might even have me a cappuccino f**k it
可能还要来一杯卡布奇诺
I'm goin somewhere nice where no mosquitos at ni**a
我要去一个没有蚊子的好地方
Holla at me - it's your boy
迎接我吧,我就是你的兄弟