Immortal - J. Cole
Awwwww
Now I was barely seventeen with a pocket full of hope
在我不满17岁的时候 曾经满怀希望
Screamin' dollar and a dream with my closet lookin' broke
尽管我一贫如洗 却还大嚷着要赚大钱
And my ni**a's lookin' clean gettin' caught up with that d**e
我哥们儿看起来一本正经 最终却自食贩卖**的苦果
Have you ever served a fiend with a pocket full of soap
你经历过一切希望落空的梦魇么?
Ni**a I can tell you things that you probably shouldn't know
兄弟 我应该告诉你一些你可能不应知道的事情
Have you ever heard the screams when the body hit the floor
你可曾听到过有人猝死时旁人惊悚的尖叫
Flashbacks to the pain wakin' up cold sweats
这份痛苦让你无数次带着冷汗从梦中惊醒
Six o'clock in the mornin' gotta hit the bowflex
早晨六点 起床锻炼
Get my weight up on the block keep watch for the cops
提升自己的力量 还得小心着警察
God they love to serve a ni**a three hots and a cot
他们会给犯人提供一日三餐外加一间小屋子
Nowadays crime pays like a part time job
现如今犯罪挣的钱还不如临时兼职多
And the drought got me prayin' for a car time vibe
**市场萎靡时我祈祷
Summer rain come again
及时雨赶快降临
Numb the pain 'cause it's hard for a felon
对于一个罪犯而言要对痛苦无动于衷也是很难的事情
In my mind I been cryin'
我的内心在哭泣
Know it's wrong but I'm sellin'
我知道我的所作所为是错的但我却还是在贩毒
Eyes wellin' up with tears
想到我惨死的兄弟
Thinkin' 'bout my niggas dead in the dirt
我的双眼就浸满了泪水
Immortalized on this shirt
我用这件衣服纪念他
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Forward with the plot
把这专辑快进到
One seven forty five
17分45秒
For him at the plot
因为他在此出现
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Form him on the block
因为他在这生活过
Hood niggas don't lie
兄弟不死
For him in the plot
他活在我的专辑里
My niggas don't die
兄弟不死
For him on the block
因为他在这生活过
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
For him on the block
因为他在这生活过
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Have you ever seen a fiend cook crack on the spoon
你见过被**侵蚀头脑的人吗?
Have you ever seen a ni**a that was black on the moon
你见过**发作变得像狼人一样狂暴的人吗?
Have you ever seen your brother go to prison as you cried
你就知道在你哥哥进监狱时痛哭不已
Have you ever seen a motherf**kin' ribbon in the sky
你见过天上色彩斑斓的彩虹吗?
Nope all I see is that cream ni**a that green
没有 我只看到了金钱决定一切的黑人社会
I'm a black king black jeans on my black queen
我是个黑人国王 我的黑人皇后穿着黑色牛仔裤
And her a** fat too fat for a flat screen
而她的** 大得过分
I'm the type of ni**a make the whole f**kin' trap lean
我就是那种让所有人都大吃一惊的黑人
Kingpin ni**a put wings on a crack fiend
黑人之首 让***飘飘欲仙
If they want a ni**a they gon' have to send a swat team
如果有人想逮捕个黑人 他们得派出一支特警部队
And I'm goin' out like scarface in his last scene
我会像牺牲这部剧最后一幕那样阔步走出
A legend what that mean
像一个传奇 虽然我不知道那意味着什么
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Forward with the plot
把这专辑快进到
One seven forty five
17分45秒
Form at the plot
因为他在此出现
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Form on the plot
他活在我的专辑里
Hood niggas don't lie
兄弟不死
Form on the plot
因为他在此出现
My niggas don't die
兄弟不死
For 'em the block
因为他在这生活过
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
For 'em the block
因为他在这生活过
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
Real niggas don't die
兄弟不死
To die a young legend or live a long life unfulfilled
做一个短暂的传奇还是做一个一事无成的耄耋老人
Cause you wanna change the world
你想要改变世界
But while alive you never will
但你当活着你永远做不到
Cause they only feel you after you gone or I've been told
人们对我说 只有当你走了人们才会感觉到你的存在
And now I'm caught between bein' heard and gettin' old
而现在我陷在出名和变老的抉择中不能自拔
Damn death creepin' in my thoughts lately
该死 死亡的号音近来一直在我脑中回响
My one wish in this b**ch make it quick if the lord take me
而我是这么想的 如果上天要带我走 那就快点动手
I know nobody meant to live forever anyway
我知道无论如何也没人能长生不老
And so I hustle like my niggas in Virginia a
所以我像我弗吉尼亚的兄弟们一样拼命挣钱
They tellin' niggas sell d**e rap or go to NBA in that order
他们说黑人就该贩毒 说唱 要不然就进美职篮
It's that sort of thinkin' that been keepin' niggas chained
就是这种思想使黑人一直受到束缚
At the bottom and hanged
令他们不得不身陷社会底层
The strangest fruit that you ever seen
你们从来没见过的那颗成功果实
Ripe with pain listen
是饱含痛苦的
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