January 28th (Explicit)歌词由J. Cole演唱,出自专辑《2014 Forest Hills Drive (Explicit)》,下面是《January 28th (Explicit)》完整版歌词!
January 28th (Explicit)歌词完整版
January 28th (Explicit) - J. Cole
The real is back,
回到思念已久的故乡
The ville is back
回归真实的自己
Flow bananas here,
回归内涵丰富的说唱
Peel this back
重新引领风潮
And what you'll find is,
你们将会发现
Your highness
你们的王者
Can paint a picture
可以创作出清晰的画作
That is vivid enough to cure blindness
足以给盲人带来光明
Carolina's finest,
我就是卡罗莱纳最厉害的人
You knew that already
你们早就清楚
And turned to the greatest,
谁是最伟大的说唱歌手
I proved that already
我早已证明过
And if you would like,
如果你们喜欢
I do it twice
我会再示范一次
I just sharpen my blade for a minute
虽也曾在旅途中迷失
Became lost in my ways
但我会重振旗鼓
This for my niggas
这首歌献给
That was tossin' the graves
那些逝去的兄弟们
Every so often I fade deep in my thoughts
平日里你们常令我陷入沉思
And get lost in the days
让我迷失
We used to play
在你们入土之前
Before your coffing was made
我们曾经一起混迹风云
Just got the call ni**a got caught
刚接了个电话 有一个兄弟被捕入狱
With a stray
误入歧途
Hope he's okay
希望他一切安好
Just got paid
刚得到一笔巨款
What Cochran got paid to free OJ
足以使OJ免受牢狱之灾
Just to share my life on the stage in
我把舞台上的经验
Front of strangers
分享给面前的陌生人
Who know a ni**a far too well,
他们都知道的太多了
And that's the danger
这会带来危险
Know me better than I know myself
他们竟然比我还更了解我自己
I rip a page out my notebook in anger
我生气地从本子上撕掉一张纸
And let these thoughts linger, singing
让这些思绪徘徊在脑海里
Don't give 'em too much you
不要让他们左右你
Don't let 'em take control
不要让他们掌控你
It's one thing you do
记住最重要的一件事
Don't let 'em taint your soul
别让他们玷污你的灵魂
If you believe in God
如果你相信上帝
One thing's for sure
牢记这条真理
If you ain't aim too high
若不志存高远
Then you aim too low
便会碌碌终生
What's the price for a black man life?
一个黑人的性命到底价值几何
I check the toe tag,
我仔细查看了标签
Not one zero in sight
竟然如此低廉
I turn the TV on,
我打开电视
Not one hero in sight
却看不到一个黑人英雄
Unless he dribble or he fiddle with mics
除了球星和那些故弄玄虚的歌手
Look out the window
望着窗外
Cause tonight the city lit up with lights,
今夜 这个城市灯火辉煌
Cameras and action
繁华似锦
May no man alive come through
也许没有人会
And damage my faction
闯入我的小圈子
I brought you niggas with me cause
我把大家团结起来
I love you like my brothers
因为我们就像亲兄弟一样
And your mothers' like my mother
我们就是一家人
Think we need a plan of action
我想我们需要一个行动计划
The bigger we get the more likely egos collide
当一个整体得到的越多 就越容易产生内部矛盾
It's just physics,
这并不可怕
Please let's put our egos aside
只要每个人都把私心放到一边
You my niggas,
你和我
And should our worst tendencies
不该让内心的杂念
Turn us into enemies
将我们变成敌人
I hope that we remember these
我希望我们能铭记
Nights fulla Hennessey
这些同甘共苦的日子
When Hov around we switch up to
当我和Jay-Z在一起
That D'usse
我们可以翻天覆地
Gotta show respect,
我们必须互相尊重
One day we tryna stay where you stay
总有一天我们会站在同一战线
Cause we from where you from
因为我们都有过同样的经历
Not talkin' bout the slums
我指的不是贫民窟的生活
I'm talkin' 'bout that mind state
而是那充斥在我们大脑的
That keep a black ni**a dumb
那些愚昧无知的思想
Keep a black ni**a dyin'
它让黑人兄弟们
By a black ni**a gun
互相残杀
And keep on listening
让大家聆听
To the frontin' a** rap niggas son
那些说唱歌手的胡说八道
Yeah I said son
我曾经说过
This is New York's finest
我是纽约最厉害的
For 11 winters straight
在纽约经历了11个春夏秋冬
I took on New York's climate
早已习惯这氛围
Like show me New York's ladder
倘若纽约的阶梯摆在我面前
I climb it and set the bar so high
我将登上顶峰 让自己高高在上
That you gotta get
让你难以触及
Obama to force the air force to find it
连奥巴马都要发动空军将我搜寻
Never mind it, you'll never reach that
不要再胡思乱想 你永远达不到我的高度
Cole is the hypnotist,
这游戏我早已玩转自如
Control the game whenever he snap
无论何时何地
That's every track
在每一首歌里都是如此
Don't give 'em too much you
不要让他们左右你
Don't let 'em take control
不要让他们掌控你
It's one thing you do
记住最重要的一件事
Don't let 'em taint your soul
别让他们玷污你的灵魂
If you believe in God
如果你相信上帝
One thing's for sure
牢记这条真理
If you ain't aim too high
若不志存高远
Then you aim too low
便会碌碌终生
Then you aim too low
便会碌碌终生
I ain't serve no pies,
我从不沾染**
I ain't slang no d**e
我不会让它们玷污我的词句
I don't bring no lies,
我从不说谎
Niggas sang my quotes
人们都传唱着我的名言
I don't play no games,
我不会寻欢作乐
Boy I ain't no joke
也不会当个没用的草包
Like the great Rakim,
当我写下这首歌
When I make my notes
宛如手握麦克风的Rakim
You niggas might be L
你们或许能成为伟大的MC
Or you might be Kane
就像Big L和Big Daddy一样
Or you might be Slick Rick
又或许你会像Slick Rick一样
With 19 chains
戴着一堆链子
Or you might be Drizzy Drake
你或许也能成为Drizzy Drake
Or Kendrick Lamar
又或是Kendrick Lamar
But check your birth date ni**a,
但是回去查查你的生日
You ain't the God
你并不是上帝
Nah you ain't the God
你并不是上帝
Ni**a, Cole the God
兄弟 Cole才是上帝
January 28th
一月二十八日