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It ain't nothing I want more
达米恩利拉德(AKA 利指导 Dame D.O.L.L.A.):“单单一场比赛胜利我永远不会满足”
Ain't nothing I want more
“永远不会满足”(在2020年NBA季后资格赛,也称泡泡隔离赛。利拉德在整个赛程超神发挥带领开拓者以非常小的机会杀进了季后赛,这段是面对独行侠砍下61分后利拉德接受采访所说)
Like I told you when I first came I said, "I ain't come here to waste my time"
”就像我刚进入这个泡泡赛所说的:我不是来这里浪费时间的“
I came here
"我来到这里"
They gave us chance to get in, like we asked for
"联盟给我们机会去冲进季后赛,给我的队伍起死回生的机会"
And that's what we here to do
“胜利,就是我们唯一需要做的”
Yeah, nigga, 26, straight up
Cole:“兄弟,干了这杯酒”(26指酒)
Job still ain't done
达米恩利拉德: “这个旅程还没结束”
But I, I said, "You-You know what I'm here for"
我说了,“你知道我为了什么来这里的 (胜利)”
Back on top, punchin' the clock, clutch insanity
Cole: 回到说唱顶峰打卡,开始我像利拉德比赛末端的疯狂(利拉德是NBA顶尖的关键先生)
I got more cribs than habitat for humanity
我的豪宅比仁人家园的房子还多(贫穷人口住房保障公益组织)
Shit profound, we propagatin' more profanity
我的歌深入人心,传播着神明的话语
Paid off collections from recollections of calamity (Oh shit, look, that nigg gonna shoot)
从黑暗的记忆中回想,当年从街头卖货赚到第一桶金(背景音:”喔艹,我要开枪了“)
This shit pop off, I learned to duck under the canopy (Oh shit)
罪恶之都开战,身经百战的我学会跑掩体后面躲子弹(背景音:要遭要遭!)
'Til it cool off, they murked a nigga right in front of me (Run nigga, run)
枪声慢慢消去,我亲眼看见他们在我面前把一个人围殴濒死(背景音:兄弟快跑!)
Told 'em to come off this chain for tryna floss
他们警告这个倒霉蛋别随便炫耀自己的金项链
Died over a cross just like the start of Christianity
金项链上挂着十字架死去,就像基督教刚起源的时候耶稣的样子
When I was a boy, the teacher often reprimanded me (Jermaine)
场景切换到我还是个孩子的时候,老师就经常训斥我(背景音:Jermaine! 巴拉巴拉巴拉)
Thought it was toys, it was a Glock this nigga handin' me
以为是个玩具,实际上是一把格洛克手枪
I busted the trees, it was barely stronger than the squeeze
我向树林开枪,后坐力太强我差点没抓稳
Bullets travel through leaves, it probably killin' someone randomly
子弹穿过树叶,可能还意外射死了无辜路人
Ran in the crib and played it off, it was the family
吓得跑回家在家人的边上冷静下来
Nightmare scenes, the police finally apprehended me
像是在噩梦里的场景,警察终于找到我家逮捕我
Woke up screamin', seein' a demon had his hand on me
我大声叫醒了自己,好像有魔鬼用手抓着我,像鬼压床一样动弹不得
Still sport the scar on my arm the way he branded me
时至今天还有个印记在我手臂,好像是魔鬼的爪印
Like a two-door, my niggas burnin' with the mute off
像个QUE DOG的LOGO,后来才知道是边上的兄弟用烟头烫了我才让我停止叫喊
Loud pack smoke through the cracks, I catch a contact
抽的是高强度植物,是我找到中间商买到好货
Trigger and a paranoid mindset, now I'm back
刺激我出现幻想症的效果,我现在终于醒了(从前面无厘头的幻想中醒来)
Teeterin' between enlightened and insanity
从清醒和癫狂中摇摆
Now that I'm rich, I feel nobody understandin' me
现在我家财万贯,我觉得没人能理解我
All I can do is cut the mic on, holla at you
我只能接上我的麦克风来大声告诉你
Can't let the fame scare me off from speakin' candidly
不能因为我现在是超级巨星而不敢直率真诚地对话
All them niggas is so cane they started singin' like deadly
这些家伙每个人都太娘们,像快乐女声唱得闪亮(Danity Kane美国选秀女团,玩了一下wordplay)
Now I'm left here, paid like I planned to be damned
但是只有我在真正地想唱就唱唱得响亮
A lot of times, those situations are, um, handled way before the time comes
达米恩利拉德:“有很多场景,我已经早就想好了怎么运球投篮做动作”
In the summer when I think you truly prepare yourself, and
“在夏天休赛季的时候你才真正的要准备好,才能从容面对这些”
With training and conditioning, things like that
“各种训练恢复”
When you cheat yourself, you fail in those moments
“当你连自己都在满足现状欺骗自己,你肯定跨不过那些防守挑战”
You know, you crash, and when you really put the time in
“你懂的,随时崩盘。而你真正把时间和汗水投入到你的技能里面”
Whether people see it, or whether people know it or not
“不管外人有没有看到你背后的训练,或者他们知不知道”
You know, it always come to light
“你知道,最后总会有效果的” (The Off Season专辑主题就是在休赛季不是用来休息的,而是利用空隙不断锻造自己突破自己极限)