Paid Dues

Yeah!
是啊
It took a long time
花了很长时间
To get to it
为了得到它
To a good spot
一个好的地方
But I weren't where I need to be
但我不是我要去的地方
Chorus
合唱
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
Verse 1
1节
Ever since I wrote it, trying to get up on it, can't touch this with a ten foot pole
自从我写它，试图爬上它，不能触摸这个十尺杆
To all my opponents, people have voted, next one up this elections closed
我所有的对手，都投了赞成票，下一次这次选举结束
I'm so bold, this I know, I don't need jewelry to prove that I'm cold
我是如此大胆，我知道，我不需要珠宝来证明我冷酷
Ya'll just go wherever the wind blows
只要风吹，你就去哪儿
Talking 'bout each other so we never leave the door
谈论彼此，所以我们从不离开家
That's okay, it's alright now, I back here to shine a different light now
没关系，现在没事了，我回到这里来照耀异光
Ya'll stay clear cause this one's bright now, it's my year, I can hear that hype now
你会留下清楚，因为这是一个光明的现在，这是我的一年，我可以听到炒作现在
I never did understand it, why another hater when we so demanded
我从来都不明白，为什么其他人当我们这样要求
Thinking I don't see 'em but I catch 'em candid
以为我看不见他们，但我抓住他们坦诚
Thinking they rough but they just got sanded
认为他们粗糙，但他们刚刚打磨
Ya'll kept on pushing, and pulling me now I'm fed up
你将继续推，拉我现在我厌倦了
Not one for groupies but this competitions got her leg up
不是一个追星族但这比赛让她站起来
And now it's my time to shine, I'm passing my rhymes while you passing time
现在是我闪耀的时刻，当你逝去的时候我在传递我的韵脚
I don't really care that I'm last in line, 'cause the last shall be first and I'm first to be live
我真的不在乎，我最后一行，因为最后将是第一次，我是第一次现场
I might be small but I'll crawl and pull my weight
我可能很小，但我会爬 ，减轻我的重量
You can see me how you see me until your pupils dilate
你可以看到我如何看我，直到你的瞳孔扩大
There ain't no faking it, 10 years 'till I started making it
没有伪造，从我开始制作开始，已经十年了
Say money don't grow on trees but if it did I'd be there shaking it
说钱不生长在树上，但如果它有我会在那里动摇它
Chorus
合唱
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
Verse 2
2节
It took me a minute but I
我花了一分钟，但我
Came back on the track, they love my
回来的轨道上，他们爱我的
Quick style, but I can't sleep now, ticking even quicker
快速的风格，但我现在不能入睡，滴答更快
To the max, no shut eye
走向极致，不要闭眼
Now it's time to spread like butter
现在是时候像黄油一样蔓延
You can say you hate it, but there ain't no other
你可以说你讨厌它，但没有其他
Who's laughing now that I shut it all down
谁笑了，现在我关闭它所有下来
I was born to do it you can blame my mother
我生来就这样做，你可以责怪我的母亲
Now can't you see, they hate but it's jealousy
现在你看不出来，他们恨，但它的嫉妒
I was writing raps just like them, when I was 16
像我写歌词一样，在我16岁的时候
16 ya'll... no need for me to prove it 'cause it's in the pudding
16…我不需要证明，因为它在布丁里
Bringing back the music to the way it should be
把音乐带回来的方式应该
You can stand against it but you've got no footing
你可以忍受它，但你没有立足点
So if they constantly hate it better go and warn 'em
所以，如果他们不断恨它最好去警告他们
I've got so many bars other rappers think that I'm a warden
我有那么多的酒吧其他说唱歌手认为我是一个守望者
Off in the corner with their fingers pointing,
在角落里用手指指着，
Thinking I don't see 'em but just wait 'till morning
以为我看不见他们，只是等待直到早晨
Dawn of the day I'ma spring up from the underground
这一天我是春天的黎明从地下
Left the whole industry, tired of the run around
离开整个行业，厌倦了奔波
Bet you hear my name when I come around
打赌你听到我的名字，当我来到周围
Bet you feel my reign when the thunder sounds
打赌你觉得我的统治，当雷声
I can hang with you or the next, it's true then I guess
我可以与你或下一个，这是真的，然后我猜
I'm the best that you never found
我是你从未找到的最好的
Not one to listen to hatred, but man I feel it
不是一个听仇恨，但我觉得它的人
I'm not violent but I'll write another verse just to kill it
我不是暴力，但我会写另一首诗只是为了杀死它
Chorus
合唱
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
10 whole years
整整10年
Finally breaking through
最后突破
Nobody gets a handout
没有人得到施舍
You've gotta pay your dues
你必须付出
It's been a long while, but I just getting started!
这是一段很长的时间，但我刚刚开始！