《To The Listeners》歌词

[00:00:00] To The Listeners - Eric B. & Rakim

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[00:00:52] Its to the listeners, for those

[00:00:54] 这是给听众准备的

[00:00:54] That have a ear for this

[00:00:55] 给那些愿意倾听的人

[00:00:55] State of the art, engineered for the mix

[00:00:57] 这种艺术，是一种混合形式

[00:00:57] Eardrums are playing along to

[00:00:58] 要认真听我说

[00:00:58] What I'm sayin you're singin a song

[00:01:00] 你正在唱着歌

[00:01:00] Stevie blass on the keyboard,

[00:01:02] Stevie弹着键盘

[00:01:02] Swingin along

[00:01:03] 一起摇摆

[00:01:03] But you don't have to dance,

[00:01:04] 但你不必跳舞

[00:01:04] Play it cool and listen

[00:01:05] 耍着酷，听着音乐

[00:01:05] My djs mixin, and I'll do the quizzin

[00:01:08] 我会做混音

[00:01:08] Cause who is number one if

[00:01:09] 谁会是第一呢

[00:01:09] Not best then better

[00:01:11] 找到最好的

[00:01:11] Heres a hint: the 18th letter

[00:01:13] 这有一个提示 第十八个字母

[00:01:13] The rhymes is sportable,

[00:01:14] 旋律是跳动的

[00:01:14] Microphone is portable

[00:01:15] 麦克风是便携式的

[00:01:15] For any immortal man,

[00:01:16] 对于任何一个不朽的人来说

[00:01:16] Swords is not affordable

[00:01:18] 无法承受这一切

[00:01:18] Never take a loss cause

[00:01:19] 也没有必要承担损失

[00:01:19] I'm hard to beat

[00:01:20] 因为我很难被打倒

[00:01:20] I ain't cheap but don't sell

[00:01:21] 我很贫穷 却不会出卖梦想

[00:01:21] Me a dream I don't sleep

[00:01:23] 我不睡觉

[00:01:23] I'm paid in full, so save the bull

[00:01:25] 我付出了全部，所以保住了身价

[00:01:25] This ain't a stick-up, you don't

[00:01:27] 这不是一种坚持

[00:01:27] Have to wave until

[00:01:28] 直到你感觉不错的时候再挥手

[00:01:28] You feel sure, and you want more

[00:01:30] 你想要更多

[00:01:30] Then wipe your sweat

[00:01:31] 擦擦你的汗

[00:01:31] Cause I just wanted to see how

[00:01:32] 因为我只是想要看看

[00:01:32] Hype you could get

[00:01:34] 你会有多兴奋

[00:01:34] Cause when I came in the door steppin

[00:01:35] 因为当我进门 踩响地板

[00:01:35] Hard enough to shake the floor

[00:01:36] 威震八方

[00:01:36] I just started but the others

[00:01:37] 我才刚刚开始

[00:01:37] Can't make no more

[00:01:39] 但其他人也做不了什么

[00:01:39] Runnin out of beats breaks

[00:01:40] 节奏停止了

[00:01:40] And out of time

[00:01:41] 时间耗尽了

[00:01:41] If I was gone, you'd be runnin out of rhymes

[00:01:43] 如果我离开了，你就没有旋律了

[00:01:43] I improve, record don't have to be long

[00:01:46] 我将它们弄得完美一些，唱片不用很长

[00:01:46] If its understood and the story is strong

[00:01:49] 如果它简明易懂 ，故事性强

[00:01:49] You can speak out and hold the

[00:01:50] 你可以说出来

[00:01:50] Crowd as prisoners

[00:01:51] 让大家为你所吸引

[00:01:51] The people is peepless, its to the listeners

[00:02:35] 大家大为赞叹，这是给听众的

[00:02:35] I'm the lord, for somethin you can absorb

[00:02:37] 我是上帝，为了让你更用心感受

[00:02:37] Try and control and be cautious

[00:02:38] 尝试着去控制，但要当心

[00:02:38] But the cuts in a cord

[00:02:40] 绳子不够用了

[00:02:40] Make me deeper than down,

[00:02:41] 让我坠落到更深处

[00:02:41] I make the crowd, crowd around

[00:02:43] 我被人群包围

[00:02:43] People are peepless, cause the soloist found

[00:02:45] 大家大为赞叹，因为他们发现这是首独奏

[00:02:45] Phrases, thoughts, made by the r of course

[00:02:47] 是一段一段的，当然是有思想的

[00:02:47] One thing I do is keep em

[00:02:49] 我做的其中一件事就是让它们与众不同

[00:02:49] Different, and far from yours

[00:02:50] 和你的完全不一样

[00:02:50] You keep talkin, when will all

[00:02:52] 你一直在谈论

[00:02:52] The damage be done?

[00:02:53] 什么时候所有的损坏能够全部解决

[00:02:53] You say you're rulin but when

[00:02:54] 你说你会裁定

[00:02:54] I'm in the place you don't come

[00:02:55] 但当我在的时候你没有来

[00:02:55] Maybe you're waitin, to see

[00:02:57] 也许你在等

[00:02:57] What I'm makin

[00:02:58] 想要看看我在做什么

[00:02:58] One more style gets taken,

[00:02:59] 再多采取一种形式

[00:02:59] Then i maybe breakin

[00:03:00] 然后我也许就能突破了

[00:03:00] If the patterns are causes, piano is soft

[00:03:03] 如果形式是原因的话，那么钢琴的声音比较柔和

[00:03:03] But make it hard for you to start,

[00:03:04] 但是对你来说开始是很难的

[00:03:04] Where I left off

[00:03:06] 在我离开的地方

[00:03:06] You find yourself, till

[00:03:07] 你找到了自我

[00:03:07] The point is across

[00:03:08] 直到重要的部分过去了

[00:03:08] You hit reverse to rewind it,

[00:03:10] 你反复在倒带

[00:03:10] That's when you hit the pause

[00:03:11] 一直在按暂停键

[00:03:11] I set the scene, first you hear mixin

[00:03:13] 我设定了场景，首先你听到了混音

[00:03:13] Then the microphone

[00:03:14] 然后受麦克风恶魔的影响

[00:03:14] Fiends in effect, still listenin?

[00:03:16] 你仍然在听吗

[00:03:16] Pay close attention, never before mentioned

[00:03:19] 密切关注着，这些是之前从未提到过的东西

[00:03:19] Listen up I got a brand new invention

[00:03:21] 听着，我有一首全新的创作

[00:03:21] Made from a musician its notes are played crisp

[00:03:24] 由一位音乐家演奏，音符在跳动着

[00:03:24] But listeners listen to what I wrote on a disc

[00:03:26] 但听众听到的是我写在唱片上的东西

[00:03:26] Copywritten but still bitten

[00:03:28] 那些虽然都是复制，但仍然会刺痛人心

[00:03:28] They almost sound like

[00:03:29] 他们听起来

[00:03:29] Almost pumpin, but it ain't down like

[00:03:31] 像是流行乐，但又不是

[00:03:31] A records supposed to sound,

[00:03:33] 应该记录这个声音

[00:03:33] Watch as it go around

[00:03:34] 看着唱片四处传播

[00:03:34] Records are broken,

[00:03:35] 记录被打破了

[00:03:35] Smashed into the ground

[00:03:36] 被砸在了地上

[00:03:36] That ain't my melody, brothers

[00:03:37] 这不是我的旋律

[00:03:37] Keep runnin up and tellin me

[00:03:39] 兄弟跑着过来告诉我

[00:03:39] Others are trying to flow

[00:03:40] 其他人都在试着让它更加流畅

[00:03:40] Smooth and steadily

[00:03:41] 让它变得更流畅

[00:03:41] Potholes are left in my path

[00:03:43] 在我前进的道路上到处都是坑洼的地方

[00:03:43] Then I crash and bruise

[00:03:44] 于是我摔倒受伤了

[00:03:44] Whoever refuse and cruise right past em

[00:03:47] 不管愿不愿意，伤还是会存在

[00:03:47] Cause I just left to do it for easy whatever

[00:03:49] 因为我只是留下来做简单的事，无论是否会死

[00:03:49] Death, till I get back you better stay in step

[00:03:52] 我回来的时候你最好待在那里

[00:03:52] After speaking youll stare,

[00:03:53] 说完之后，你会盯着我 看我是否在那里

[00:03:53] If I was there your description is

[00:03:54] 你的药方就是一张

[00:03:54] Letters full of poetical medicine,

[00:03:57] 充满诗意的信

[00:03:57] This is for the listeners

[00:04:02] 这是给听众准备的