Jazz (We've Got) - A Tribe Called Quest (探索一族) // Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue 思想坚定 风华正茂 闲散的风格传播我的思想 The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21 我的目标是在21岁前功成名就 Just like Ringling Brothers I'll daze and astound 就像林林兄弟马戏团那样名噪世界 Captivate the mass cause the prose is profound 吸引众人的目光 因为我们的歌词意义深远 Do it for the strong we do it for the meek 我们的歌曲不分男女老少 不分社会阶级 Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep 不管你是中产阶级 Or your Honda or your Beemer or your Legend or your Benz 还是富翁都可以驾驶你的爱车跟随我们的音乐狂欢 The rave of the town to your foes and your friends 整个城镇都为我们欢呼 不管是朋友还是敌人 So push it along trails we blaze 自打发行第一张专辑 我们就一路前行 Don't deserve the gong don't deserve the praise 我们的音乐虽不是最好 但也绝对不是最坏 The tranquility will make ya unball your fist 那种宁静的力量融入你的全身 让你不再紧张 For we put hip-hop on a brand new twist 因为我们加入全新的嘻哈元素 A brand new twist with the homie-alistic 我的风格如此新鲜而富有魔力 So low-key that ya probably missed it 你可能错过我们不花哨的表演 And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd 但是当我们站在舞台中央 人群鼎沸 When the guy takes the beat they bowed 当每个人开始说唱 他们向我们点头致意 So raise up squire adjust your attire 所以提高志气 调整你的服装 We have no time to wallow in the mire 我们没有多余的时间停滞不前 If you're on a foreign path then let me do the lead 如果你与我们不同道 那么让我做你的领路人 Join in the essence of the cool-out breed 加入我们这个酷炫冷静的团队 Then cool out to the music cuz it makes ya feel serene 加入我们 因为可以让你心旷神怡 Like the birds and the bees and all those groovy things 音乐就像小鸟蜜蜂还有一切美妙的事情在你耳边回响 Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work 就像上班时突然肚子痛这样你就可以休息一天 Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk 或者是无聊时盯着天空 I don't really mind if it's over your head 我真的不介意你是理解我们的歌词 Cuz the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead 因为我们的工作是唤醒那些沉睡的灵魂 So pay attention it's not hard to decipher 所以请注意 一切都不难理解 And after the horns you can check out the Phifer 号角声响起 你可以仔细聆听Phife在说些什么 (Chorus) // (Verse Two: Phife) // Competition dem Phifer come sideway 有些人会拐弯抹角地与我抗衡 But competition dey mus' me come straightway 但是想要与我抗衡 他们必须与我面对面单挑 Competition dem Phifer come sideway 有些人会拐弯抹角地与我抗衡 But competition dey mus' me come straightway 但是想要与我抗衡 他们必须与我面对面单挑 How's about that it seems like it's my turn again 那又怎么样 再次轮到我出场 All through the years my mike has been my best friend 这么多年来 音乐是我最好的伙伴 I know some brothers wonder can Phifer really kick it 我知道有人怀疑我的本领 Some even wanna dis me but why sweat it 有些人甚至想要批评我 但怎么又退缩了 I'm all into my music cuz it's how I make papes 我全身心地投入音乐 因为音乐可以带给我大把的钞票 Tryin' to make hits like Kid Capri mix tapes 想要打造流行单曲 就像Kip Capri那样名满天下 Me sweat another I do my own thing 我害怕别人 不可能 我只是在做我自己的事情 Strictly hardcore tracks not a new jack swing 严格的硬核说唱 不是新杰克舞蹈曲风 I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks 我从小就信奉基督教 所以我感谢上帝 Collect my banks listen to Shabba Ranks 我富可敌国 听Shabba Ranks的歌曲 I sing and chat I do all of that 我不停地唱歌 不停地说唱 It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack 在1991年 我拒绝跟风 I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock 我向其他说唱人员摘下帽子以示尊敬 But the Low End Theory's here it's time to wreck shop 你们正在听的专辑是时候独领风骚 I got Tip and Shah so whom shall I fear 我有Tip和Shah在我身旁 我还会怕谁 Stop look and listen but please don't stare 别再只顾着看和听 So jet to the store and buy the LP 赶紧跑到商店 购买我们的专辑 On Jive/RCA cassettes and CD's 购买我们的磁带和CD Produced and arranged by the four-man crew 由我们四人团队制作出品 And oh sh*t Skeff Anslem he gets props too 去他的 Skeff Anslem也在制作流行音乐 Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers 确保你家有一个大喇叭能够好好地欣赏我们的音乐 So the new sh*t can rock from Mars to Massapequot 我们的新专辑可以尽情摇摆 从布朗克斯一直到马萨皮夸 Cuz where I come from quality is job one 因为不管我来自哪里 我都非常注重品质 And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done 每一个来自林登的朋友都知道我们圆满地完成了我们的工作 So peace to that crew and peace to this crew 保佑我们的团队 Bring on the tour we'll see you at a theatre nearest you 巡回演唱 我们将在剧院等着你 (Verse Three: Q-Tip) // Hey yo but wait back it up huh easy back it up 等一下 再来一遍 Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut 让这段歌词再复杂一些 Back and forth just like a Cameo song 来来回回就像Cameo的歌那样 If you dig this joint then please come dance along 如果你想要加入我们 请跟着音乐尽情摇摆 To the music cuz it's done just for the rhyme 跟上音乐 因为就是为了这个旋律而作 Now I gotta scat and get mine underlined 现在我就要正式开始我的说唱 好好听着 The jazz the what The jazz to move that a** 爵士 什么 爵士节奏变化莫测 Cuz the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizzazz 因为我们团队有即兴演唱 It's the universal sound best to brothers on the ground 这是每个人都能听懂的歌曲 保佑所有的兄弟姐妹 And the ones six below ya didn't have to go 愿死者安息 Some say that I'm a sinner cuz I once had an orgy 一些人说我是罪人 因为我曾经那么疯狂 And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies 我有时吃一些传统的早餐 If this is a stinker then call me a stink I ask 如果这样就令人讨厌 那就叫我臭鼬好了 "What What What " - check it out 我到底做错了什么 你们倒是好好想想 All my peoples in Queens ya don't stop 来自皇后区的朋友们 不要停下舞动 Now all my peoples in Brooklyn ya don't stop 来自布鲁克林的朋友们 不要停下舞动 And all my peoples uptown ya don't stop 来自富人区的朋友们 不要停下舞动 That includes the Bronx an' Harlem ya don't stop 来自布朗克斯和哈莱姆区的朋友们 不要停下舞动 Now to that girl Ramelle ya don't stop 还有我的女孩Ramelle 不要停下舞动 I say because Ladies First ya don't stop 我说女士优先 不要停下舞动 And to the JB's ya don't stop 丛林兄弟 不要停下舞动 And De La Soul ya don't stop De La Soul乐队 不要停下舞动 To my Brand Nubians ya don't stop Brand Nubian乐队 不要停下舞动 And to my Leaders of the New ya don't stop Leaders of the New School乐队 不要停下舞动 To my man Large Professor ya don't stop Large Professor制作人 不要停下舞动 Pete Rock for the beat ya don't stop 传奇制作人Pete Rock 不要停下舞动 Everybody in the place ya don't stop 在场的每一个人 不要停下舞动 Ya keep it on to the rhythm ya don't stop