Breakdown - J. Cole // [Verse 1 // I put my heart and soul in this game, I'm feelin' drained 我全身心投入这场游戏,我已筋疲力尽 Unappreciated, unalleviated 但从没受到赏识 Tired of comin' up short, f**k abbreviated 我厌倦了所谓的昵称,不管缩写了 Want my whole name spelled out, my own pain spilled out 我只想念出自己的全名,唱出我的痛苦 No pain, no gain, I blow brains, Cobain 一份耕耘一份收获,我打了Cobain的头 Throw flames, Liu Kang, the coach ain't help out, so I call my own shots 像刘康般打出火拳,我坐了太久冷板凳,教练帮不上忙,我只能靠自己 I'm David Blaine, I'm breakin' out of my own box, you stay the same 我是魔术师David Blaine,挣脱了自己的束缚,而你却无动于衷 But homie if you change, man you change for the better 但是伙计,你一旦改变,就应变得更棒 Back when Martin King had a thing for Coretta 当Martin King还没跟Coretta在一起的时候 Wonder if she seen all the dreams he was dreamin' 试想,她要是窥探了他的梦想 Did she have a clue of all the schemes he was schemin' 她是否对他的计划有一丝线索 Still loved her just enough to put up with the cheatin' 即使他曾经有外遇,她也始终爱着他 Must go by and only see him for a weekend 几个月里,只能在周末见到他 I say a prayer, hope my girl ain't leavin' 我向神灵祈祷,我的女朋友不会离开我 We all got angels, we all got demons 我们有天使庇佑,也有噩梦缠身 As you fall through the club 当你去夜店玩 Bad b**ches down to do all the above 那些失足少女跑来诱惑你 Money comes fast so bein' hungry don't last 钱就这样滚滚来,所以饥渴感不会一直都在 Till you look in the mirror and you saw who you was 直到你去照镜子,才发现自己现在的样子 Cole World, it couldn't be more clearer 在科尔的世界里,这再明显不过了 The time is now, it couldn't be more herer 时机就是现在 My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras 我的理念将要影响好几个世纪 Say hello to the real, I can be your hero 向现实打声招呼,我会做你的主宰 [Hook // Hey, I'ma put us all on the map 我准备把这些标记在地图上 Gone and I ain't lookin' back 一直向前,不再回头 I knew they gon' feel it like they tank on E 我知道有些人感觉自己油箱已空 I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me 我向你保证,宝贝,大胆放心地押注在我这匹黑马身上吧 Cause ain't nobody tell me why there ain't gonna be no more 因为没有谁能告诉我,尽头在何处 Thinking I'ma fall? Don't be so sure 你觉得我家道中落,别那么肯定 I wish somebody made guidelines 我希望谁能制定出 On how to get up off the sidelines 脱离游戏边缘的做法 [Verse 2 // Up in first class, laugh even though it's not funny 我坐在头等舱里,讲着一点也不好笑的笑话 See a white man wonder how the f**k I got money 看到一个白人眼里露出这家伙怎么有这么多钱的神情 While he sit at coach, hate to see me walk past em 但他却坐经济舱,厌恶地从我身边走过 Young black pants sag, headphones blastin' 这个黑人小青年裤子松垮垮,耳机音乐却震耳欲聋 Know what he askin', "How did he manage?" 我知道那人想问,他到底怎么坐到头等舱的 "With all the cards against him, he used them to his advantage!" 在一切不如意的情况下,他把长处发挥到极致 Slang we be speakin' probably soundin' like Spanish 我说的这些俚语,对你来说很陌生 Then I f**k they heads up when a ni**a show manners 当我展示自己的风采,会让你们目瞪口呆 Some New York niggas thought it was funny callin' us Bama 有些纽约的黑人觉得太搞笑,称呼我们是乳臭未干的小子 Laughin' at the grammar cause they didn't understand us 嘲笑我们的语法,因为他们根本就不懂 Must've thought we slow, but little do they know 肯定觉得我们太落后,但他们什么也不懂 I came up in here to take advantage of that sh*t y'all take for granted