03' Adolescence - J. Cole
《青春期那会儿》
I grew up, a fuckin' screw up
经过一番拧巴我终于长大了
Tie my shoe up,
系好鞋带
wish they was newer
多希望它们一直是新的
Damn, need somethin' newer
靠 ,我需要来点儿新鲜的东西
In love with the baddest girl in the city,
我爱上了这里最坏的女孩儿
I wish I knew her
多希望我能了解她
I wish I won't so shy,
希望自己没那么羞涩
I wish I was a bit more fly
希望自己能牛逼一点儿
I wish that I, could tell her
多想告诉她
how I really feel inside
我内心真正的感受
That I'm the perfect nigga for her,
我可能是最适合她的那个人
but then maybe that's a lie
但其实是在自欺欺人
She like a certain type of nigga,
她也有自己喜欢的类型
and it's clear I'm not that guy
但明显不是我这样的
Ball player, star player,
例如 球员，明星
I'm just watchin' from the side
On the bench,
我只能抢个板凳围观
cause my lack of confidence won't let me fly
因为我缺乏信心所以难以翱翔
I ain't grow up with my father,
在没有父亲的陪伴下成长
I ain't thinkin' bout that now
这些没什么好说的
Fast forward four years or
四年时光匆匆流逝
so from now I'll probably cry
想想我也是醉了
When I realize what I missed,
当我意识到自己错失的一切
but as of now my eyes are dry
并没有哭泣
Cause I'm tryna stay alive,
因为我正在努力生存
In the city where too many niggas die
在这城市中，随时都会有一些兄弟死去
Dreamin' quiet tryna dodge a suit and tie
静静地做着美梦 想着怎么得到一些西装和领带
Who am I? Aye who am I (Yeah)
我是个啥？啊，我是个啥？
Things change, rearrange and so do I
计划赶不上变化，我也是一样
It ain't always for the better dawg I can't lie
不得不说，我不可能永远都是最幸运的
I get high cause the lows can be so cold
我想往高处走，因为身处低谷太过寒冷
I might bend a little bit but I don't fold
相对妥协但绝不屈服
One time for my mind and two for yours
留一点时间让自己思考
I got food for your
thoughts to sooth your soul
我会成为你的精神粮食，喂饱你的灵魂
If you see my tears fall just let me be
男人哭吧哭吧不是罪
Move along, nothing to see
继续前行，荣辱不惊
I always did shit the hard way,
我一向都是这么努力
my niggas slangin' in the hallway
我的兄弟却还不服叫骂
Burnt CD's and trees like this was broadway,
Times Square
烧掉这些CD和树
搞得像百老汇，时代广场一样
Kept the dimes there in the locker
Some Reggie Miller
With more brown hairs than Chewbacca
保管好自己的信物
Whispers that he got it for the low low
Sell a, dime for a dub,
唏嘘的说道，这是低价买来的，又卖给了一个白痴赚了1毛钱
them white boys ain't know no better
Besides,
那些白人男孩不知满足
what's twenty dollars to a nigga like that?
二十美元对于一个黑人小伙意味着什么？
He tell his pops he need some lunch
他对他爸爸说他去吃个午餐
and he gon' get it right back
很快就回来
I peep game
我偷看了比赛
Got home snatched my mama keychain,
回到家以后夺走妈妈的钥匙
took her whip
结果挨了她一顿打
The appeal, too ill to refrain
告她？我还太小
I hit the boulevard pull up
我到了那条街上
to my nigga front door
停留在哥们家门前
His mama at home,
他妈在家里
she still let em' hit the blunt though
根本不管他们有多闹
I told her hello
我说“阿姨好”
and sat with my nigga and laughed
然后跟我的哥们坐下来哈哈大笑
And talked about
然后聊天儿
how we gon' smash all the bitches in class
关于怎么戏弄班里那群小妞
I complimented
我附和着
how I see him out here getting his cash,
看到他拿出了现金
and just asked
随后就问
"What a nigga gotta do to get that? Put me on"
“从哪儿弄的，算上我一个”
He just laughed when he seen I was sure
他只是看着我笑
17 years breathing his demeanor said more
He told me,
他确实只有17岁，但事实上他的行为比他的年龄更过老练
"Nigga you know how you sound right now?
他说“不对啊老兄，你不能说的好听点儿？”
If you wasn't my mans,
你要不是我的兄弟
I would think that you a clown right now
我只觉得你就是个小丑
Listen, you everything I wanna be
听好了，你拥有的一切都是我想要的
that's why I fucks with you
所以我才跟你混
So how you looking up to me,
when I look up to you
当你居高临下，你会怎么做
You bout to go get a degree,
你快拿到学位了
I'ma be stuck with two choices
我是别无选择
Either graduate to weight
or selling number two
要么负债累累的毕业，要么去整点东西卖
For what? A hundred bucks or two a week?
为了啥？一星期能赚一两百美元啊？
Do you think that you would know
你以为你都懂
what to do if you was me?
如果是你你会怎么做？
I got, four brothers,
我有...四个兄弟
one mother that don't love us
老妈子根本不爱我们
If they ain't never want us
他们大可以不把我们生出来
why the fuck they never wore rubbers?"
为什么当时不做好安全措施？
I felt ashamed to have ever complained
about my lack of gear
我还有些羞愧自己当初说的话，嫌车子马力不够大
And thought about how far we done came
From trailer park to a front yard
可是想想，从这到那，我们也只走了一小段路
with trees in the sky
蓝天下的树
Thank you mama dry your eyes,
应该感谢你妈妈为你擦干眼泪
there ain't no reason to cry
根本没有理由去哭泣
You made a genius and I,
你造就了一个天才
ain't gon' take it for granted
不应该把你的付出当做理所当然
I ain't gon' settle for lesser,
我不该沾沾自喜
I ain't gon' take what they handed
也不应该直接拿走他们的施舍
Nah I'm gon' take what they owe me
但现在我会一一还回去
and show you that I can fly
让你看到我现在的成就
And show ol' girl what she missing
还要告诉曾经的那个女孩她所错过的
The illest nigga alive
那个弱小的家伙如今活得很好
Aye who am I?
嘿 说我是啥？
Things change, rearrange and so do I
It ain't always for the better dawg I can't lie
I get high cause the lows can be so cold
I might bend a little bit but I don't fold
One time for my mind and two for yours
I got food for your thoughts to sooth your soul
If you see my tears fall just let me be
Move along, nothing to see
I never felt better
@来自地狱
- 专辑：2014 Forest Hills Drive
- 歌手：J. Cole
- 歌曲：03' Adolescence
