《January 28th(Clean)》歌词

[00:00:00] January 28th (登上顶峰) - J. Cole

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[00:00:05] Lyrics by：Kunihiko Mu

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[00:00:11] Composed by：Kunihiko Mu

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[00:00:17] Produced by：J. Cole/J. Cole/Timothy "Nick Paradise" Thomas/Andre "Dre Charles" Thomas/Team Titans

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[00:00:23] The real is back,

[00:00:24] 回到思念已久的故乡

[00:00:24] The ville is back

[00:00:25] 回归真实的自己

[00:00:25] Flow bananas here,

[00:00:26] 回归内涵丰富的说唱

[00:00:26] Peel this back

[00:00:27] 重新引领风潮

[00:00:27] And what you'll find is,

[00:00:28] 你们将会发现

[00:00:28] Your highness

[00:00:29] 你们的王者

[00:00:29] Can paint a picture

[00:00:30] 可以创作出清晰的画作

[00:00:30] That is vivid enough to cure blindness

[00:00:31] 足以给盲人带来光明

[00:00:32] Carolina's finest,

[00:00:33] 我就是卡罗莱纳最厉害的人

[00:00:33] You knew that already

[00:00:35] 你们早就清楚

[00:00:35] And turned to the greatest,

[00:00:36] 谁是最伟大的说唱歌手

[00:00:36] I proved that already

[00:00:37] 我早已证明过

[00:00:37] And if you would like,

[00:00:38] 如果你们喜欢

[00:00:38] I do it twice

[00:00:39] 我会再示范一次

[00:00:39] I just sharpen my blade for a minute

[00:00:41] 虽也曾在旅途中迷失

[00:00:41] Became lost in my ways

[00:00:42] 但我会重振旗鼓

[00:00:42] This for my niggas

[00:00:43] 这首歌献给

[00:00:43] That was tossin' the graves

[00:00:44] 那些逝去的兄弟们

[00:00:44] Every so often I fade deep in my thoughts

[00:00:46] 平日里你们常令我陷入沉思

[00:00:46] And get lost in the days

[00:00:48] 让我迷失

[00:00:48] We used to play

[00:00:49] 在你们入土之前

[00:00:49] Before your coffing was made

[00:00:50] 我们曾经一起混迹风云

[00:00:51] Just got the call ni**a got caught

[00:00:52] 刚接了个电话 有一个兄弟被捕入狱

[00:00:52] With a stray

[00:00:53] 误入歧途

[00:00:53] Hope he's okay

[00:00:54] 希望他一切安好

[00:00:54] Just got paid

[00:00:54] 刚得到一笔巨款

[00:00:54] What Cochran got paid to free OJ

[00:00:56] 足以使OJ免受牢狱之灾

[00:00:57] Just to share my life on the stage in

[00:00:58] 我把舞台上的经验

[00:00:58] Front of strangers

[00:00:59] 分享给面前的陌生人

[00:00:59] Who know a ni**a far too well,

[00:01:01] 他们都知道的太多了

[00:01:01] And that's the danger

[00:01:02] 这会带来危险

[00:01:02] Know me better than I know myself

[00:01:04] 他们竟然比我还更了解我自己

[00:01:04] I rip a page out my notebook in anger

[00:01:06] 我生气地从本子上撕掉一张纸

[00:01:07] And let these thoughts linger, singing

[00:01:08] 让这些思绪徘徊在脑海里

[00:01:08] Don't give 'em too much you

[00:01:10] 不要让他们左右你

[00:01:11] Don't let 'em take control

[00:01:12] 不要让他们掌控你

[00:01:14] It's one thing you do

[00:01:15] 记住最重要的一件事

[00:01:17] Don't let 'em taint your soul

[00:01:18] 别让他们玷污你的灵魂

[00:01:20] If you believe in God

[00:01:21] 如果你相信上帝

[00:01:23] One thing's for sure

[00:01:24] 牢记这条真理

[00:01:25] If you ain't aim too high

[00:01:26] 若不志存高远

[00:01:28] Then you aim too low

[00:01:29] 便会碌碌终生

[00:01:31] What's the price for a black man life?

[00:01:33] 一个黑人的性命到底价值几何

[00:01:33] I check the toe tag,

[00:01:35] 我仔细查看了标签

[00:01:35] Not one zero in sight

[00:01:36] 竟然如此低廉

[00:01:36] I turn the TV on,

[00:01:37] 我打开电视

[00:01:37] Not one hero in sight

[00:01:39] 却看不到一个黑人英雄

[00:01:39] Unless he dribble or he fiddle with mics

[00:01:41] 除了球星和那些故弄玄虚的歌手

[00:01:41] Look out the window

[00:01:42] 望着窗外

[00:01:42] Cause tonight the city lit up with lights,

[00:01:44] 今夜 这个城市灯火辉煌

[00:01:44] Cameras and action

[00:01:45] 繁华似锦

[00:01:45] May no man alive come through

[00:01:46] 也许没有人会

[00:01:46] And damage my faction

[00:01:47] 闯入我的小圈子

[00:01:48] I brought you niggas with me cause

[00:01:49] 我把大家团结起来

[00:01:49] I love you like my brothers

[00:01:50] 因为我们就像亲兄弟一样

[00:01:50] And your mothers' like my mother

[00:01:51] 我们就是一家人

[00:01:51] Think we need a plan of action

[00:01:53] 我想我们需要一个行动计划

[00:01:54] The bigger we get the more likely egos collide

[00:01:55] 当一个整体得到的越多 就越容易产生内部矛盾

[00:01:56] It's just physics,

[00:01:57] 这并不可怕

[00:01:57] Please let's put our egos aside

[00:01:59] 只要每个人都把私心放到一边

[00:01:59] You my niggas,

[00:02:00] 你和我

[00:02:00] And should our worst tendencies

[00:02:01] 不该让内心的杂念

[00:02:01] Turn us into enemies

[00:02:02] 将我们变成敌人

[00:02:02] I hope that we remember these

[00:02:04] 我希望我们能铭记

[00:02:04] Nights fulla Hennessey

[00:02:05] 这些同甘共苦的日子

[00:02:06] When Hov around we switch up to

[00:02:07] 当我和Jay-Z在一起

[00:02:07] That D'usse

[00:02:08] 我们可以翻天覆地

[00:02:08] Gotta show respect,

[00:02:09] 我们必须互相尊重

[00:02:09] One day we tryna stay where you stay

[00:02:11] 总有一天我们会站在同一战线

[00:02:11] Cause we from where you from

[00:02:12] 因为我们都有过同样的经历

[00:02:12] Not talkin' bout the slums

[00:02:13] 我指的不是贫民窟的生活

[00:02:13] I'm talkin' 'bout that mind state

[00:02:14] 而是那充斥在我们大脑的

[00:02:14] That keep a black ni**a dumb

[00:02:16] 那些愚昧无知的思想

[00:02:16] Keep a black ni**a dyin'

[00:02:17] 它让黑人兄弟们

[00:02:17] By a black ni**a gun

[00:02:19] 互相残杀

[00:02:19] And keep on listening

[00:02:20] 让大家聆听

[00:02:20] To the frontin' a** rap niggas son

[00:02:21] 那些说唱歌手的胡说八道

[00:02:21] Yeah I said son

[00:02:23] 我曾经说过

[00:02:23] This is New York's finest

[00:02:24] 我是纽约最厉害的

[00:02:24] For 11 winters straight

[00:02:25] 在纽约经历了11个春夏秋冬

[00:02:25] I took on New York's climate

[00:02:27] 早已习惯这氛围

[00:02:27] Like show me New York's ladder

[00:02:28] 倘若纽约的阶梯摆在我面前

[00:02:28] I climb it and set the bar so high

[00:02:30] 我将登上顶峰 让自己高高在上

[00:02:30] That you gotta get

[00:02:31] 让你难以触及

[00:02:31] Obama to force the air force to find it

[00:02:33] 连奥巴马都要发动空军将我搜寻

[00:02:33] Never mind it, you'll never reach that

[00:02:35] 不要再胡思乱想 你永远达不到我的高度

[00:02:35] Cole is the hypnotist,

[00:02:36] 这游戏我早已玩转自如

[00:02:36] Control the game whenever he snap

[00:02:38] 无论何时何地

[00:02:38] That's every track

[00:02:39] 在每一首歌里都是如此

[00:02:39] Don't give 'em too much you

[00:02:40] 不要让他们左右你

[00:02:42] Don't let 'em take control

[00:02:43] 不要让他们掌控你

[00:02:45] It's one thing you do

[00:02:46] 记住最重要的一件事

[00:02:48] Don't let 'em taint your soul

[00:02:49] 别让他们玷污你的灵魂

[00:02:51] If you believe in God

[00:02:52] 如果你相信上帝

[00:02:53] One thing's for sure

[00:02:55] 牢记这条真理

[00:02:56] If you ain't aim too high

[00:02:58] 若不志存高远

[00:02:59] Then you aim too low

[00:03:01] 便会碌碌终生

[00:03:01] Then you aim too low

[00:03:02] 便会碌碌终生

[00:03:02] I ain't serve no pies,

[00:03:03] 我从不沾染**

[00:03:04] I ain't slang no d**e

[00:03:05] 我不会让它们玷污我的词句

[00:03:05] I don't bring no lies,

[00:03:06] 我从不说谎

[00:03:06] Niggas sang my quotes

[00:03:08] 人们都传唱着我的名言

[00:03:08] I don't play no games,

[00:03:09] 我不会寻欢作乐

[00:03:09] Boy I ain't no joke

[00:03:11] 也不会当个没用的草包

[00:03:11] Like the great Rakim,

[00:03:11] 当我写下这首歌

[00:03:12] When I make my notes

[00:03:13] 宛如手握麦克风的Rakim

[00:03:13] You niggas might be L

[00:03:14] 你们或许能成为伟大的MC

[00:03:15] Or you might be Kane

[00:03:16] 就像Big L和Big Daddy一样

[00:03:16] Or you might be Slick Rick

[00:03:18] 又或许你会像Slick Rick一样

[00:03:18] With 19 chains

[00:03:19] 戴着一堆链子

[00:03:19] Or you might be Drizzy Drake

[00:03:21] 你或许也能成为Drizzy Drake

[00:03:21] Or Kendrick Lamar

[00:03:21] 又或是Kendrick Lamar

[00:03:22] But check your birth date ni**a,

[00:03:24] 但是回去查查你的生日

[00:03:24] You ain't the God

[00:03:25] 你并不是上帝

[00:03:27] Nah you ain't the God

[00:03:28] 你并不是上帝

[00:03:29] Ni**a, Cole the God

[00:03:30] 兄弟 Cole才是上帝

[00:03:35] January 28th

[00:03:40] 一月二十八日