[Kendrick Lamar] [肯德里克 - 拉马尔]

Cloud nine, Kendrick Lamar, uh 九霄云外，肯德里克 - 拉马尔，恩

I take a sip of Hennessy and then get pissy drunk 我把轩尼诗抿了一口，然后得到pissy醉

I ain't a drinker, I'm a thinker, call it what you want 我是不是个酒鬼，我是一个思想者，称之为你想要什么

But if you turn your back, know that you just missed your chance 但是，如果你把你的背部，知道，你只是错过了你的机会

to witness the realest shit that's ever been told to man 见证了以往任何时候都告诉男人最真实的狗屎

I found myself losing focus at a Sunday service 我发现自己失去了重心在主日崇拜

Embarrassed so I started questioning God, what is my purpose? 不好意思，所以我开始质疑上帝，什么是我的目的是什么？

He say to live the way he did, that's all he want from me 他说，住他的方式，这就是他想从我

Spread the word and witness, he rose on the first Sunday 口耳相传和证人，他升上了第一个星期日

I said alright, enthused that my Lord gave a listen 我说没事，热情，我的上帝给了一个听

I opened my bible and searched to be a better Christian 我打开我的圣经，并寻找到一个更好的基督徒

and this from a person that never believed in religion 这从一个人是从来不相信宗教

But shit, my life is so fucked up man, I can't help but give in 但是，妈的，我的生活是如此一团糟的时候，我不禁在给

I'm giving testimonies to strangers I never met 我给证词与陌生人我从来没有见过

Hopped on the pulpit and told 'em how I was truly blessed 跳上讲坛，告诉他们我是如何真心祝福

Felt like I'm free from all my sins when the service was over 感觉就像我摆脱我所有的罪孽，当服务结束

Walked out the church, then got a call that my homie was murdered 走出教堂，然后接到一个电话，我的哥们是被谋杀的

and lost my faith again 又一次失去我的信仰

   

[Chorus: BJ the Chicago Kid] [合唱：北京芝加哥小子]

What am I gonna do? Gotta have faith 我该怎么办？总得有信心

Life is too much, understood? Where is your faith? 人生实在是太多了，明白？哪里是你的信心？

Oh, faaaaaaaith... 哦， faaaaaaaith ...

All you need is the size of a mustard seed 所有你需要的是一粒芥菜种的大小

   

[Kendrick Lamar] [肯德里克 - 拉马尔]

Single black parent from Compton raising children of four 单一的黑色母，从康普顿提出的四个孩子

That's four innocent bastards, cause papa they don't know 这四名无辜的私生子，爸爸的事业，他们不知道

Her day consists of working back and forth with babysitters 她一天的工作包括来回保姆

Can't find no one to watch her kids so she pay her sister 找不到任何人来观看她的孩子，让她付出了她的妹妹

Her baby daddy ain't bout shit, that nigga ain't bout shit 她的孩子的爸爸是不是回合狗屎，那黑鬼是不是回合狗屎

Spent his daughter milk just to cop a new outfit 度过了他女儿的牛奶只是警察的新装备

She pray to God every night hoping that he'll mature 每天晚上，她向上帝祈祷，希望他会成熟

and maybe one day his kids, something that he'll live for 也许有一天他的孩子，这东西他会活

Baby wanna go back to school but she need some help 宝宝想回去上学，但她需要一些帮助

because it's hard tryna pay the bills when you're by yourself 因为它很难tryna支付账单，当你自己

She thought about credit card scams till she heard a voice 她想到了信用卡诈骗，直到她听到一个声音

that said the Devil is a lie, make a better choice 认为魔鬼是骗人的，做一个更好的选择

And so it's back to McDonald's and every month dealing 所以又回到麦当劳，每月处理

with them crazy ass people at the county building 他们疯狂的驴的人在县城建设

Looked to the heavens and asked 'em to make a better way 看着天空，问时间做一个更好的办法

Then got a letter in the mail, lost her section 8 然后突然在邮件的信中，失去了她的第8

Then lost her faith again 然后再次失去了她的信仰

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Punch] [打孔]

Kendrick, I appreciate the opportunity to vent my nigga 肯德里克，我很高兴有机会来发泄我的兄弟们

This about how faith works, yeah, murk it... 这如何工作的信心，是啊，天昏地暗吧...

I had dreams of holding a nine-milla to raise Killa 我拿着九米拉提高Killa的梦想

Ask him why as my eyes fill up 问他为什么我的眼里充满了

Each day it gets more realer, orangutans bang like gorillas 每一天，它变得更更真实，猩猩一声像大猩猩

It's jungle when the niggas ensue 这是丛林时，随之而来的黑鬼

The rat's lurking, vulture's circling the serpents 老鼠的潜伏，秃鹫的盘旋的蛇

Cats lying through they teeth, my nigga didn't deserve it 猫趴通过他们的牙齿，我的兄弟们也不敢当

I flirted with the idea of caressing the steel í调情爱抚钢的想法

to make karma come faster than she normally will 以因果报应来的速度比她平时会

It's ill, to see my faith try and leave me 这是病了，就看我的信仰试图离开我

It's so hard to get it, to get rid of it is easy 它是如此难以得到它，摆脱它很容易

I'm tryna reach cloud nine, that's what my niggas bout 我tryna达到九霄云外，这就是我的黑鬼回合

But it never rain in California 'less them pistols out 但它从来没有下雨加州的他们少了手枪

Until then, my feet planted on the ground 在那之前，我的脚在地面上种植

Shadowboxing my conscience till my faith start responding 太极拳我的良心，直到我的信心开始响应

And if I get no answer, just know I tried 如果我没有得到任何答案，只知道我试过

I should have never looked into his son's eyes 我从来没有看过他儿子的眼睛

Ray Charles voice 雷·查尔斯的声音

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Kendrick Lamar] [肯德里克 - 拉马尔]

This for my people that stressing whenever times is hard 这对我的人们，强调只要时间很难

Your mind's slipping, wondering is there really a God? 你的心灵的打滑，不知道是否真的有上帝吗？

Knowing you shouldn't think that way and tryna freeze your brain 知道你不应该那样认为吧， tryna冻结你的大脑

But whenever it's pain, that feeling forever remains 但每当它的痛苦，那种感觉永远保持

We can't believe what we can't see and reality seems stronger than prayer 我们不能相信我们不能看到与现实似乎比祷告更强大

cause you tried to change your life, and now you live in a wheelchair 因为你想改变你的生活，现在你住在一个轮椅

And your son was born with cancer and he live in urgent care 和你的儿子是在紧急护理的现场出生的癌症，他

at the tender age of twelve, and you feel that no one cares 在十二岁时，你觉得没有人关心

Searching for answers, that's human nature, you ain't in the wrong 寻找答案，这是人的本性，你是不是错了

Just know, when you feeling that way his spirit's in the room 要知道，当你感觉这样他的精神在房间里

I watched people I know pray and catch the Holy Ghost 我看着我认识的人祈祷，赶上圣灵

and wonder why I ain't never caught that feeling before 但不知道为什么我从来没有抓到那种感觉面前

Maybe they know him better, or I don't know no better 也许他们更了解他，不然我不知道有没有更好的

But what I do know is that he's real and he lives forever 但我知道的是，他是真实的，他的生命永远

So the next time you feel like your world's about to end 因此，下一次你觉得你的世界即将结束

I hope you studied because he's testing your faith again 我希望你学习，因为他的再次测试你的信仰

   

I'd rather not live like there isn't a God 我宁愿不一样生活没有一个神

than die and find out there really is, think about it 比死找出真的有，想想