Gather 'round
靠过来
I'm glad everybody came out tonight
我很高兴今晚大家都在
As we stand on our neighborhood corner
如今,站在社区的街角
Know that this fire
我们知道这团熊熊燃烧的烈火
That's burning represents the passion you have
象征着你内心所拥有的激情
Listen
听着
Keisha Tammy come up front
凯莎•塔米,上前来
I recognize all of you
我认识你们所有人
Every creed and color
了解你们的信条和肤色
With that being said
所以说
**** your ethnicity
去他的种族划分
You understand that
你们知道
We gon' talk about a lot of shit that concerns you
我们将会谈到许多与自身相关的事
All of you
包括所有人
Now everybody throw your hands up high
现在,所有人高举你们的双手
If you don't give a ****
如果你们毫不在意的话
Throw your hands up high
高举你们的双手
Now everybody throw your hands up high
高举你们的双手
If you don't give a ****
如果你们毫不在意的话
Throw your hands up high
高举你们的双手
Now I don't give a **** if you
我不会放弃发声
Black White Asian Hispanic Goddammit
无论你是黑人,白人,黄种人,还是西班牙人
That don’t mean shit to me **** your ethnicity nigga
别再说黄祸白皮佬,去他的种族划分
Fire burning inside my eyes
火焰正在我眸中燃起
This the music that saved my life
这音乐拯救我于水火
Y'all be calling it hip-hop
你可能会称它为嘻哈
I be calling it hypnotize
我却会唤之为催眠魔法
Yeah hypnotize
是的,催眠魔法
Trapped my body but freed my mind
囚禁了我的躯体却使我的灵魂得到解放
What the **** is you fighting for
你到底在为何而斗争
Ain't nobody gonna win that war
这是一场没有胜者的战争
My details be retail
关于我的事迹被四处散播
Man I got so much in store
我们业已付诸心血几多
Racism is still alive
但种族主义却仍然苟活
Yellow tape and colored lines
黄色胶带(警方常用于封锁现场的胶带)和彩色线条(暗指种族歧视)
**** that shit look at that line
可恶,想想那些歧视与混乱
It's sold out first day
却有不计其数的人为之买单
Getting off work
下班之后
And they wanna see Kendrick
人们都想来看看喇嘛
Everybody can't drive Benz's and I been there
他们开不起奔驰,那我就去现场
So it make it my business
因此这使我声名远扬
Stay giving my full attention 10-hut
继续全力关注我吧
Man I gotta get my wind up
伙计们,我得冷静一下了
Man gotta get down with God
请与上帝同在
Cause I got my sins up
因为我曾欠下无数孽债
Matter of fact don't mistake me
事实上,不要误解我
For no ****ing rapper
因为没有一个rapper
They sit backstage and hide
愿意坐在后台
Behind the ****ing cameras
躲藏在镜头的背后
I mosh pit
我在台上躁的发热
Had a microphone and I tossed it
挥舞着麦克纵情饶舌
Had a brain then I lost it
直到物我两忘快要疯魔
I'm out of my mind so don't
我已经失去理智
You mind how much the cost is
所以不要在意去用金钱来衡量
Penny for my thoughts
快来为我的思想打赏
Everybody please hold up your wallets
所有人献上你们的钱囊
Yeah man I'm the mailman
是的我就是个邮递员(指向人们“投递“自己的思想)
Can't you tell man
难道你看不出来吗
Going postal never freeze up
不余遗力地传播真理却从不怯场
When I approach you
当我走近你的时候
That's star struck and roast you oh my
你会体验到对天王巨星一见倾心的感觉
HiiiPower
加 大 力 度
Now I don't give a **** if you
我不会放弃发声
Black White Asian Hispanic Goddammit
无论你是黑人,白人,黄种人,还是西班牙人
Yellow P Sugar P **** your ethnicity nigga
别再说黄祸白皮佬,去他的种族划分
I'm tired of y'all
我已经受够了
Cause everybody lied to y'all
因为每个人都在说谎
Do you believe it
你相信吗
Recognize them false achievements
看看他们那些错误的成就
It's treason and I'm Tylenol
这是不忠之举而我是Tylenol(泰诺止痛片,可用于治疗感冒发烧、关节痛、神经痛及偏头痛,美国板蓝根)
I knock out when you knock it off
当你们消停一会儿的时候我就开始寻找契机
Knock on the doors of opportunity
敲开每一扇象征着机会的大门
I'm too involved I'm no activist
我陷得太深了,我不是个积极分子
I'm no Einstein before calculus
也不是会解微积分的爱因斯坦
I was kicking in Math
我一向讨厌数学
Dropping that science
也不喜欢科学
Like an alchemist and I be
那就像个炼金术士
Kicking that ass
我对那些不屑一顾
Lyrically I'm UFC if a UFO
我会去参加UFC(终极格斗冠军赛,目前世界上最顶级和规模最庞大的职业综合格斗赛事)
Had came for me
如果UFO来找我
I'mma come back with the head of an alien
然后带着外星人的头颅归来
Don't alienate my dreams
我不会放弃梦想
Get it right get a life
纵使人们都说鱼与熊掌不可兼得
I got 2
通过奋力拼搏我也将二者收获
That's a metaphor for the
这就是对我一番功绩的
Big s*it I do boy
最好隐喻
MBI TSA man I'm fly
哔哔赖赖了这么多,我要起飞了
Put wings on my back
给我在背上插上一对翅膀
That a plane or angel Both
不管是机翼还是天使之翼都能启航
Like a pilot with a halo whoa
就像个头带光环的飞行员
Gross
呕,抱歉有点恶心
I don't mean nothing
我没别的意思
So many things come through
繁琐的事务纷至沓来
Them Him Her You
关于他们,他,她还有你
Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm
I'm just a messenger
我只是一介信使
Yeah I know life's a bitch
我知道生活总是欺骗你
Get the best of her
但在忧郁的日子里也要心平气和
Put them 3′s up
相信吧,快乐的日子终将来临
They notice that we up
我们的崛起已不容忽视
HiiiPower and the power and the people
人民群众的力量也不容小觑
And if they don't believe us
如果他们还不信邪的话
They'll die
那他们会死得很难看
Now I don't give a **** if you
我不会放弃发声
Black White Asian Hispanic Goddammit
无论你是黑人,白人,黄种人,还是西班牙人
Yellow P Sugar P **** your ethnicity nigga
别再说黄祸白皮佬,去他的种族划分