Kids

作詞 : Brian Imanuel/Adam King Feeney/Sean Miyashiro/Sergiu Adrian Gherman/Tyler Reese Mehlenbacher/Craig Balmoris/Daniel Tannenbaum

作曲 : Brian Imanuel/Adam King Feeney/Sean Miyashiro/Sergiu Adrian Gherman/Tyler Reese Mehlenbacher/Craig Balmoris/Daniel Tannenbaum

I’m puttin numbers on the board and blowing more digits

我的歌曲表現力愈發出彩，我的榜單排名逐漸上升

I haven’t started man these are just the before pictures

而我甚至還未開始呢，這些只是以往的舊影像

Shoutout my parents my mother gave birth to 4 winners

向我的父母致敬，我的母親大人孕育了4個贏家

All of the players in the game it’s always cold benches

所有選手都投入到這場遊戲，而替補席總是無見人影

Been in the studio, I forgot how to sleep

整天待在工作室裏，導致我忘記了如何入睡

Not tryna make an album they forget bout in a week

不想嘗試做一張粉絲們聽完一週就厭的專輯

They said the fruit never gon fall far from the tree

他們説過，落葉總要歸根

I used to be the kid, now the kids wanna be me

我也曾是一個孩子，而現在的孩子都想成為我

Trippin bout my future, like way before there was cameras

在相機還未誕生前，我就開始展望未來

H*lla plans on my calendar, before I went all professional

在我變成權威人物之前，我就在日曆上寫了數不勝數的計劃

Less souls to trust man these people makin me cynical

愈發而少的靈魂可被信任，這令我想嘲諷

More copycats and less people sounding original

愈發而多的跟風者，愈發而少的創作者

Same destination, we just took different routes

有同樣的目標，但我們只選擇了不同的道路

**** being one’the greatest I’m tryn’ be the greatest one

跟成為最偉大的之一説滾，畢竟我也在嘗試成為最偉大的人

I ain’t sayin I ain’t grateful for everything I’ve become

我並不是説我不滿於處於現狀的自己

but the throne looks more comfortable than this chair I’m sittin on

但是吧，那高貴的王座始終比我現在坐的小板凳要舒服的多

My name is Brian cold bars is what I’m known for

我的大名是Brian，人們因我炫酷的歌詞而熟知我

if my vision ain’t scarin me then I don’t go for it

如果我的目標不至於讓我怯懦，那我才不會理它呢

Remember my first days here when it was all foreign

記得我第一次來這裏的時候，周圍都是外國友人的面孔

Now I’m on TV with James Corden, (that **** was crazy)

而現在我和James Corden一起出現在熒幕上（這也太**瘋狂了8）

Just got a place with a backyard I feel amazing

我剛買了個有後花園的別墅，感覺太爽了

Nothing can get between me and the dreams I’m chasin

沒有任何障礙物能阻擋我追尋夢想的腳步

Ain’t got the time for partying no more gettin wasted

沒有空餘時間去參加派對搞不醉不歸

Unless you got the 1942 man then get the chaser

除非你有1942年的龍舌蘭，那就把兑酒的飲料也準備好

You hating on me but you know I got it

就是喜歡你看不慣我但又幹不掉我的樣子，因為你知道我做到了

You big in your city I’m the king of a continent

你或許在你的城市小有名氣，但我可是一整個洲的大王

These rappers tryna make the trending topic while the state of music going south,

美國音樂往南岸延伸時這些説唱歌手只想炒作

but I don’t even wanna talk about it

但我都懶得理了

Let’s talk about it, nah, let’s talk about it

我們來談談吧，哎，就談談吧

before all these folks decide it’s cool to give a **** about it,

在跟風者覺得這很酷之前

everyone tryna make hits, I’m just tryna make music

所有人都想炒作，而我只想乖乖做音樂

you know the kind that makes you feel when you listen to it

做讓你身臨其境的音樂

I’m the youngest child I don’t need more attention

我是最年輕的兒童，所以我無需受關注

You writing some ******** I write the lyrics meant for the captions

你寫這些爛玩意，而我寫的歌詞都可以被當作標題

I’m making songs that’ll prolly outlive us for generations

我做的歌可能比我們這代人存活的還久

Started off as the sailor look at me, now I’m the captain

當初我只是一名水手，但看看我現在，我成為了船長

I won’t lie, this **** is fun

不瞞你説，這是真**的有趣呢

tell these Asian kids they could do what they want

告訴這些亞洲孩子們，他們可以做他們想做的

might steal the mic at the Grammy’s just to say we won

我會在格萊美搶到麥克風，只為説一聲我們贏了

and that everyone can make it don’t matter where you’re from

每個人都可以辦得到，無論你來自哪裏

Can’t forget about the day that Sean called me

無法忘記Sean致電我的那一天

Talkin bout a vision called 88 that he’s dreaming

訴説着他對88rising的夢想展望

Man I love him like a brother, if we fall we gon recover

我真的欣賞他，他就像我的一個兄弟，如果我們跌倒但一定會東山再起

Just a man with a vision who mastered in causing trouble

就像是一個老是闖禍的男人有着無盡的夢想

Man I can’t see the finish line

我看不到終航線

Fall back, fall back, I ain’t ****in around this time

退後，退後，我不會再亂摻和這場遊戲

Did God know he created a legend in 99

上帝知道他在99年創造了一個傳奇嗎？

**** pretending on a track man I mean every single line

別説什麼在音軌裏偽裝，我為我寫下的每一行負責

Touched down, never holdin back

觸地得分，勇往直前

Shining like some bustdown, sailin round without a map

像鑲鑽手錶一般閃耀，沒有地圖但四處航行

Been the underdog now, it’s time to let me quarterback

曾經不被重視，現在是時候四分衞反擊了

Killin **** in uncharted territories man this **** get h*lla gory

在未知領域大開殺戒，讓這一切變得血淋淋

Whole country of people proud so I’m never worried

整個國家的人民都為我驕傲，所以我從不擔心

Glad you sittin thru the credits man this is my story

謝謝你的認真聆聽，這就是我的故事

The type of **** that make me cry when I record it

是讓我會在錄音室流淚的故事

This the type of **** that still gon make me proud even when I’m 40

是讓我在40歲時依然感到驕傲的故事

R.I.P Nipsey, R.I.P Mac

安息吧Nipsey，安息吧Mac Miller

These inspirations always gon motivate me to rap

這些靈感源泉終將激勵着我説唱

Let’s celebrate their lives and the people that they impact

讓我們一起歡頌他們的生命和他們所影響的人

The marathon continues ain’t no way we lookin back

這場馬拉松將繼續，我們勇往直前

Amazon Prime flow you know I’ll always deliver

亞馬遜Prime會員般的歌詞，你知道我總會送達

We crossed oceans for a chance just to feel something better

我們為了一個機會漂洋過海，只為了去感受更好的事物

Generations of sacrifice, that we’ll always remember

我們會永遠銘記過去英勇犧牲，無私奉獻的先輩們

It’s that circle of life ****, they hold me up like I’m Simba

我們將會生生不息（代指《獅子王》主題曲），他們把我當成辛巴一樣高舉

They told me I ain’t welcome, I’m here to stay and my visa says so

他們告訴我我並不受歡迎，但我和我的簽證都會證明我將在此安營紮寨

Just wait and see whose songs they gon blast up in their headphones

走着瞧，這些歌會在他們的耳機裏面爆炸

Come like every couple years to destroy like tornados

就像龍捲風襲擊一般，幾年就會循環一次

Victorious tropical flow coming straight from Indo

從印度尼西亞凱旋而歸的熱帶氣流

These plants only grow to just get cut and disposed

這些植物被收割和丟棄，只為了茁壯生長

Their spotlight is dimming, my future so bright that it glows

他們的聚光燈愈發變暗，但我的前途是一片光明

You want the blueprint for impossible, I’ll let it show

你想要不可能得到的藍圖，我會讓它呈現

Remember when Pac said the concrete grows a rose

請記住2Pac説過，混凝土也能開出玫瑰 ^[2]