《Surviving the Times》歌词

[00:00:00] Surviving the Times - Nas

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[00:00:06] But that's the whole tragic point my friends

[00:00:10] 但那是所有悲剧的所在，我的朋友

[00:00:10] What what would I do if I could suddenly feel

[00:00:20] 如果我能突然感觉，如果我能再次知道我所感觉到的什么是真的

[00:00:20] And to know once again that what I feel is real

[00:00:30] 我会怎样做呢？

[00:00:30] I could cry I could smile I might lay back for awhile

[00:00:40] 我会哭，我会笑，我会躺一会儿

[00:00:40] Tell me what what would I do if I could feel you

[00:00:50] 告诉我，告诉如果我能感觉到你，我会怎么做？

[00:00:50] I was young I was survivin' the times

[00:00:53] 我曾很年轻，在挣扎中慢慢长大

[00:00:53] Waitin' for my moment I was destined to shine

[00:00:55] 等待着我的时刻的到来，我注定要光芒四射

[00:00:55] Little Ray had an NSX I was hopin' I'm next

[00:00:58] Ray得到了一辆NSX跑车，我也想要

[00:00:58] Wantin' bracelets never had a rope on my neck

[00:01:01] 想要一条手链，脖子里从没戴过项链

[00:01:01] Unless I was holdin' Taiyeh chain 'Rest In Peace'

[00:01:03] 除了那条刻着望安息的项链

[00:01:03] Even though that night you flipped on us you warned us

[00:01:06] 即使那晚你同意了我们的事情，你警告我们

[00:01:06] If you came back and we still on the corners we goners movin' on to

[00:01:10] 如果你回来我们还在角落里，我们这些将死者，继续前进

[00:01:10] Move your arm and your watch to another time on the block

[00:01:13] 将你的手臂和手表移到街道上的另一个时代

[00:01:13] 'Cause this 40 Side where they say shorty rhyme

[00:01:16] 因为这边是40年代的风格，还在流行短小押韵的词句

[00:01:16] Tragedy he used to come through all the time

[00:01:18] 悲剧曾经一直不断向我袭来

[00:01:18] I'm talkin' Juice Crew not what the word define

[00:01:20] 我在说Juice Crew，并不是我们定义的那个词语

[00:01:20] He had a sister named Erin for sure was fine

[00:01:23] 他有个妹妹，名字叫Erin，毫无疑问美若天仙

[00:01:23] That was my first crush I bought my first mic

[00:01:26] 那是我的第一次爱恋，我买了生平第一个麦克风

[00:01:26] I wrote my first verse I was about nine

[00:01:28] 写下了第一首歌，当时大约9岁

[00:01:28] I was about mine fantasize house-buyin'

[00:01:31] 歌里是关于我对买房子的幻想

[00:01:31] Met Paul he wore some big glasses

[00:01:33] 遇到了保罗，他戴着大大的眼镜

[00:01:33] Him and Melquan took me where G Rap lived

[00:01:36] 他和Melquan把我带到G Rap的住处

[00:01:36] I was happy just gettin' some answers

[00:01:38] 我很开心，想要寻找一直想要的答案

[00:01:38] I ain't even know what a record advance was

[00:01:40] 我甚至还不知道样本唱片是什么

[00:01:40] I'm seein' hoes sex in the studio bathroom

[00:01:43] 我在卫生间的小孔偷看别人鬼混

[00:01:43] With rap dudes thinkin' wow she moved me

[00:01:45] 女孩和说唱歌手在鬼混，当时在想，哇哦，她真美

[00:01:45] Same girl then right now's a groupie

[00:01:48] 当时的那个女孩，现在是个歌迷

[00:01:48] Back then she was like the star in the movie

[00:01:50] 那时的她像是电影里的女主角

[00:01:50] Large jewelry and expensive Gucci

[00:01:53] 大大的珠宝和昂贵的古琦

[00:01:53] Next stop Paid In Full posse recruits me

[00:01:55] 下一站，我加入了Paid In Full乐队

[00:01:55] Knew they were some millionaires their ropes were dookie

[00:01:58] 我知道他们腰缠万贯，他们的链子金光闪闪

[00:01:58] Eric B man lookin' like touch it he shoot me

[00:02:01] Eric B抚摸着项链，他用枪打了我

[00:02:01] You see every time Ra didn't show

[00:02:03] 你懂的，每次Ra不按时出现

[00:02:03] I get to record demos at attempts to blow

[00:02:05] 我都有机会录制自己的唱片，总是期盼可以一夜成名

[00:02:05] I wonder could they tell how did they know

[00:02:08] 我在想他们怎么看出来的，他们怎么知道的

[00:02:08] Sixteen years later here I go

[00:02:12] 16年之后，我梦想成真

[00:02:12] What what what would I do

[00:02:15] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:02:15] What what what would I do

[00:02:20] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:02:20] What what what would I do

[00:02:25] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:02:25] What what what would I do

[00:02:30] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:02:30] I'm with Akinyele in the street tryin' to get us a deal

[00:02:33] 我和Akinyele走在街上，想要达成一项交易

[00:02:33] G Rap tried to get us to sign to Cold Chill

[00:02:36] G Rap想让我们和Cold Chill签约

[00:02:36] But Fly Ty didn't have the contract we wanted

[00:02:38] Fly Ty不同意签订我们想要的合约

[00:02:38] Clark Kent just signed Das he didn't want us

[00:02:40] Clark Kent刚刚签了Das，他不想要我们

[00:02:40] Russell said I sounded like G the ni**a fronted

[00:02:43] Russell说我的声音像G，那个黑人先驱

[00:02:43] Reef and Matty C offered me a little money

[00:02:45] Reef和Matty C给了我一点钱

[00:02:45] Sh*t a little funny feel a little laughter

[00:02:48] 该死的，有点意思，想要大笑

[00:02:48] Rebel of hip-hop comin' through a white rapper

[00:02:51] 嘻哈的反叛要由一个白人说唱歌手带来

[00:02:51] My boy MC Serch nevertheless

[00:02:52] 然而我的哥们 MC Serch

[00:02:52] Took me to Columbia back then CBS

[00:02:55] 带我来到Columbia，然后是CBS

[00:02:55] Chris Schwartz RuffHouse he was the best man

[00:02:58] Chris Schwartz，RuffHouse，他是个超级棒的人

[00:02:58] Now buggin' 'cause the label had just dropped Def Jam

[00:03:01] 我在偷偷听，因为Def Jam的标签刚刚掉了

[00:03:01] Could you picture Russell needin' a check man

[00:03:03] 你知不知道Russell需要一张支票，哥们？

[00:03:03] But he smart he plotted a plan for Polygram

[00:03:06] 但是他很聪明，他为Polygram制定了一个计划

[00:03:06] Life is ill again life's a movie

[00:03:08] 生活是一场疾病，它也是一场电影

[00:03:08] Then the roster's Cypress Hill Nas and Fugees

[00:03:11] 然后，我和Cypress Hill，Nas和Fugees一起加入了花名册

[00:03:11] Before I sold records no promotion

[00:03:13] 在我卖出唱片之前，没有提成

[00:03:13] The rap world like what's all this commotion

[00:03:16] 说唱的世界就是这样，为何如此混乱？

[00:03:16] Went plat' mad bottles I'm toasting

[00:03:18] 我在舞台上，向疯狂的瓶子致敬

[00:03:18] 20/20 hindsight but how did they know then

[00:03:22] 像个事后诸葛，但是那时的他们是怎么知道的呢

[00:03:22] What what what would I do

[00:03:25] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:03:25] What what what would I do

[00:03:30] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:03:30] What what what would I do

[00:03:35] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:03:35] What what what would I do

[00:03:41] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:03:41] Invincible lyrical miracle man huh

[00:03:44] 所向披靡，感情充沛，充满魔力的人，啊

[00:03:44] But back to the matter at hand

[00:03:46] 但是回到当时的场景

[00:03:46] 'Cause ten years ago we all strived to be twenty-five

[00:03:49] 因为十年之前我们还未满二十五岁

[00:03:49] Some cats didn't make it alive

[00:03:51] 猫都活不了这么久

[00:03:51] Dated some stars but respect their privacy

[00:03:53] 有些明星已经过时了，但是我们不会明说

[00:03:53] Copped mad cars layin' back in the driver's seat

[00:03:56] 曾被警察扣押的汽车，我躺在驾驶座上

[00:03:56] Held myself down just steerin' the wheel

[00:03:59] 我躺下，转动方向盘

[00:03:59] Here I am completed my whole record deal

[00:04:02] 这时，我的唱片交易完成了

[00:04:02] What what what would I do

[00:04:05] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:04:05] What what what would I do

[00:04:10] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:04:10] What what what would I do

[00:04:15] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:04:15] What what what would I do

[00:04:23] 我会，我会，我会怎么做？

[00:04:23] What would I do if I could reach inside of me

[00:04:32] 如果能触碰自己的内心我会怎么做？

[00:04:32] And to know how it feels to say I like what I see

[00:04:37] 我知道如何描述自己的感觉，我喜欢自己看到的