My male role models d**g dealers and thugs
我的男性榜样是毒贩和暴徒
My father learned how to solve problems with guns
我的父亲学会了用枪解决问题
And when I grew up I learned what racism was
当我长大后 才明白什么是种族主义
And what teaching it does
以及它的教化影响
And like my teachers would say
就像我的老师们常说
Little black boys have a place in the world
小小的黑人男孩们 在这世上也有位置
Like hanging from trees
就像被吊在树上
Or dead in the street like I seen on tv
或像我在电视上看到的 死在街头
All them boys they killed
那些被杀害的男孩们
They looked just like me
他们的面容与我如此相似
Not like brandon or chandler
不像Brandon或Chandler
But malik and kareem
而是Malik和Kareem
I was born with a target
我生来便身负靶心
And it stuck to my skin
它深深烙印在我的肌肤
And I learned in social studies I was one of them men
我在社会课上学到 我亦是那群人中的一员
Who were locked in the chains
被铁链锁住的人们
But not locked in the pen
却不被囚困于牢笼之中
But I'm bigger than that
但我志存高远,超越一切藩篱
I'm the beginning and end
我是万物之始,亦是万物之终
I'm the sun and the moon
我是浩瀚烈日,亦是皎洁明月
I'm the light and the dark
我是耀眼光明,亦是深邃幽暗
I am life in the tomb
我是绝境中的生机,墓穴里的希望
I'm the pharaoh and slave
我是尊贵法老,亦是卑微奴隶
Gentrifying my spirit
升华我的精神境界
It's like a knife in the womb
这痛楚宛如子宫中的利刃
Refuse to act like a parrot
拒绝做学舌的鹦鹉
Or to dance like a monkey
也不当取悦的猴戏
See your stance is apparent
你们的立场昭然若揭
That's why I'm here for the money
所以我只为金钱而来
Don't care to cater to mary
不屑迎合玛丽之流
I'm fetishizing my spirit
我将灵魂奉为神祇
I see your culture's dependent
我看到你们的文化 依附于表象
On what you didn't inherit
那些并非你们与生俱来的东西
Won't let my world be attempted
我不会让我的世界被轻易侵犯
I'm staying distant
我选择保持距离
Who gonna be the reason why I get high
谁会成为让我情绪高涨的理由
Who gonna be the reason why I turn over
谁会成为让我彻底改变的理由
Who gonna be the gunner that I don't trust
谁会是那个让我无法信任的攻击者
Who gonna be the gunner that get they a*s whooped
谁会是那个终将挨揍的挑衅者
Who gonna be the reason why I get high
谁会成为让我情绪高涨的理由
Who gonna be the reason why I turn over
谁会成为让我彻底改变的理由
Who gonna be the gunner that I don't trust
谁会是那个让我无法信任的攻击者
Who gonna be the gunner that get they a*s whooped
谁会是那个终将挨揍的挑衅者
Who gonna be the reason why I get high
谁会成为让我情绪高涨的理由
Who gonna be the reason why I turn over
谁会成为让我彻底改变的理由
Who gonna be the gunner that I don't trust
谁会是那个让我无法信任的攻击者
Who gonna be the gunner that get they a*s whooped
谁会是那个终将挨揍的挑衅者
Who gonna be the reason why I get high
谁会成为让我情绪高涨的理由
Who gonna be the reason why I turn over
谁会成为让我彻底改变的理由
Who gonna be the gunner that I don't trust
谁会是那个让我无法信任的攻击者
Who gonna be the gunner that get they a*s whooped
谁会是那个终将挨揍的挑衅者
Bum
Bum
Beat 'em
击溃他们
I would never wanna be 'em
我绝不愿成为他们
If I catch 'em slipping they gon' have to meet the eagle
若我逮到他们松懈 必将让他们见识雄鹰之威
Bum
Bum
Beat 'em
击溃他们
Treat these n***as how I see 'em
对待这些人 全凭我心意
I don't need you either
我亦不需要你
Send you right back where I seen ya
让你滚回遇见你的地方
Bum
Bum
Beat 'em
击溃他们
I would never wanna be 'em
我绝不愿成为他们
If I catch 'em slipping they gon' have to meet the eagle
若我逮到他们松懈 必将让他们见识雄鹰之威
Bum
Bum
Beat 'em
击溃他们
Treat these n***as how I see 'em
对待这些人 全凭我心意
I don't need you either
我亦不需要你
Send you right back where I seen ya
让你滚回遇见你的地方
In the game
在这场游戏里
Running things
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In the game
在这场游戏里
Running things
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