California

Yeah I'm faded, fake faces,

我虛偽面孔 逐漸消散

I erase 'em, California,

我得將其抹拭 加利福尼亞

That fragrance, mad payments,

金錢的薰香利誘

Fake places, California,

盡是虛偽之地 加利福尼亞

I don't want to be the one that's left behind,

我才不願被 落在羣人身後

I love the way, you lie,

你説謊之時 我是如此迷戀

Tryna get my money bag straight this time,

這次我竟甘願掏空錢袋

The hills is gon' decide

任由羣山抉擇

LA westside mama scared most of the time,

洛城西邊 母親總是憂心我的未來

Looking behind what's this so called life,

回往身後 這就是人們口中的生活

Shawty run my other phone yeah,

親愛的 去用我另部手機看看吧

Fake faces gotta cut 'em off yeah,

虛偽的面孔 都得將其揭下

Fake faces they don't problem solve yeah,

虛假的外表 無法解決好問題

My faith is from the cameras yeah,

鏡頭前的生活 我信念愈漸堅定

Flash flash, Imma take the pictures for my fam d**n,

閃光燈撲朔 我要為我家人拍攝照片

Show 'em I've made it, flashbacks

向他們展現我逐步功成

To the pictures from way back,

共同回首我的過往

The kids were like who's that, who's that?

孩子們詢問着 那人究竟是誰

Now I do Hollywood, yeah

如今我在好萊塢闖出片天

Copies everywhere like a walkie talkie,

彷彿四處都有對講機 播放着我的音樂

Imma run the lobby, Speak to nobody,

即便無人傾聽 我也仍將宣揚我真實想法

San Gabriel Valley, might crash your party like,

在聖蓋博谷 你的派對或許無法完成

Yeah you made it, You've been anxious,

你功成名就 一直以來卻總焦慮

But you made it, California

但你仍是成功了 加利福尼亞

Conversations, Til the sun rise,

談天説地 直至初陽高升

When you stop by, California

當你停留此地 加利福尼亞

I don't want to be the one that's left behind,

我才不願被 落在羣人身後

I love the way, you lie,

你説謊之時 我是如此迷戀

I don't wanna be the one to lose my mind,

但我不願因此失去理智

I know you know

我知道 你心裏很清楚

Somebody put some brakes on me, I really need rest on me,

有人為我踩下剎車 我真的需要休息了

Pops callin' up every couple days I'm smiling so he could think I'm straight,

父親總有些天來電 我總是笑言回覆 這樣他才會認為我還算順利

Why can't I tell the truth

為何我不將真實情況告訴他呢

Playing J.Cole back then, with a clear end goal, like it all made sense, I needed myself and nobody else ok let's go

播放着J.Cole的歌曲 腦海明確目標 彷彿命中已定 我誰都不要要 只需獨自往前衝

From how it looks man it's hard to complain,

未來如何 夥計 但其實無人能做出解釋

Man I just been praying that when I get older that I got some smile in me that can remain,

老兄 我一直以來都虔心祈禱 待到我長大時 自己仍能將笑容高高掛起

My money is long but I got some new issues that feel like it's longer than government names,

就算賺得富足 卻仍會碰到長串難題 比政府名字還繁雜

Man all I could wish is the mask that I'm wearing and the face that’s below it is looking the same

兄弟 我不過希望我所戴的面具 能和其所遮蔽的真實面孔是一樣的

like ooooooohhhhh,

you've been in this fight, I could see it in your eyes

你為此奮鬥以久 我能從你眼神中看出來

like ooooooohhhhh,

I made up my mind, I don't wanna waste no time

我明決心意 絲毫不願浪費時間

Moneymaking, while we're breaking,

曾在窮困潦倒時 努力掙錢

It's amazing, California,

創造驚人成就 加利福尼亞

Celebrate it, or berate it,

無論是歡慶 亦或是嘲諷

It's been fated, California,

都由命運決定吧 加利福尼亞

Oh Maria, the hills are swarming,

聖母瑪利亞啊 向山上望去 人山人海

With dead ends and the bots performing,

絕路遍佈 到處都是機器人運作着

Don't mistake it, you can break big,

別搞錯了 你能做出更大突破

Til you get sick

直至你精疲力竭

(Sigh)

Shut the f**k up don't wake another neighbor,

不要出任何聲響 以免吵醒其他鄰里

I don't know you and I don't want to later,

我和你素不相識 以後也不希望有交集了

Praying to God I never run out of his favor,

向上帝祈禱 願我能永得他恩寵

But we don't make the textbooks on our best behavior, do we?

但我們並未基於自身最好的舉止而標新準則 難道不是麼

I'm the antihero of my own d**n movie,

在我的電影中 我是反英雄派的人物

All my exes write songs that I'm based on loosely,

我所有前任都寫歌 説我放浪荒誕

Take after my ma I can be choosy, I can be choosy

隨我母親那樣 我能做到萬事挑剔 力求完美

And when the sky looks like a painting,

當天空遙望猶如副畫卷

That's when you look down

待到那時 你便能俯瞰而下

Ca li for nia (NIKI: Money making while we're breaking)

加 利 福 尼亞 (曾在窮困潦倒時 努力掙錢)

Ca li for nia (BRIAN: But you made it, California)

加 利 福 尼亞 (但你仍是成功了 加利福尼亞)

Ca li for nia (WARREN: Yeah I'm faded, fake faces)

加 利 福 尼亞 (我虛偽面孔 逐漸消散)

Ca li for nia (BRIAN: But you made it, California)

加 利 福 尼亞 (但你仍是成功了 加利福尼亞) ^[2]