[Intro:] [简介： ]

Freedom or jail, clips inserted 自由或监禁，插入剪辑

A baby's bein' born, same time a man is murdered 婴儿的拜因“诞生了，同时一名男子被谋杀

The beginning and end, as far as rap goes 开头和结尾，就斥责去

It's only natural, I explain my plateau 这是很自然的，我解释一下我的高原

And also what defines my name 同时也定义了什么我的名字

   

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Yeah, long live the idols, may they never be your rivals 是啊，万岁的偶像，也许他们永远是你的对手

Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible PAC是像耶稣，纳斯写圣经

Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin 现在你在做什么回合听到的荣耀与罪恶的故事

No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin 没有内径我的导师现在让故事开始

   

[Verse 1:] [诗歌1 ： ]

I used to print out Nas raps and tape 'em up on my wall 我用打印出纳斯斥责和磁带举起手在墙上

My niggas thought they was words, but it was pictures I saw 我的黑鬼以为他们是的话，但它的照片我看到了

And since I wanted to draw, I used to read 'em in awe 因为我想画的，我用来阅读时间敬畏

Then he dropped Stillmatic, rocked the cleanest Velour 然后，他扔下Stillmatic ，震撼了干净的丝绒

Fast forward, who'da thought that I would meet him on tour? 快进， whoda以为我会满足他的巡演？

I'm earnin' stripes now nigga, got Adidas galore 我earnin “条纹现在兄弟们，得到了阿迪达斯嘉豪

Backstage I shook his hand, let him know that he's the man 后台我摇了摇他的手，让他知道他是男人

When he said he was a fan it was too hard to understand 当他说他是一个球迷就太令人费解

No time to soak up the moment though, cause I was in a jam 没有时间去享受那一刻，虽然，因为我是在一个果酱

Hov askin' where's the record that the radio could play HOV阿斯金哪来的记录无线电可以发挥

And I was strikin' out for months, 9th inning feeling fear 我是strikin 出来几个月了，第9局感觉恐惧

Jeter under pressure, made the biggest hit of my career 杰特的压力下，使我的职业生涯中最大的打击

But at first, that wasn't clear, niggas had no idea 但一开始，这是不明确的，黑鬼不知道

Dion called me when it dropped, sounded sad but sincere 翁打电话给我时，它跌，满面愁容，但真诚的

Told me Nas heard your single and he hate that shit 告诉我纳斯听到你的单，他讨厌的那些事

Said you the one, yo why you make that shit? 说你是他，你，为什么你做的那些事？

I can't believe I let Nas down 我简直不敢相信我让纳斯下来

Damn, my heart sunk to my stomach, I can't believe I let Nas down 妈的，我的心脏下沉到我的肚子，我不能相信我让纳斯下来

I got defensive on the phone, resentment was in my tone, fuck it 我得到了防守的电话，怨恨是我的语气，这他妈的

   

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Long live the idols, may they never be your rivals 万岁偶像，也许他们从来没有成为你的对手

Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible PAC是像耶稣，纳斯写圣经

Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin 现在你在做什么回合听到的荣耀与罪恶的故事

No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin 没有内径我的导师现在让故事开始

   

[Verse 2:] [诗2： ]

I couldn't help but think that maybe I had made a mistake 我不禁想起，也许我犯了一个错误

I mean, you made "You Owe Me" dog, I thought that you could relate 我的意思是，你一言“你欠我的”狗，我还以为你能与

But while I shot up the charts, you mean tellin' me 不过，虽然我拍了图表，你的意思是在告诉我

That I was not up to par, when I followed my heart 我是没有达到标准，当我跟着我的心脏

Granted, my heart was tainted by my mind, I kept on sayin' 当然，我的心脏是由我的心被污染，我一直在说

Where's the hits? You ain't got none 哪来的点击率？你是不是没有了

You know Jay would never put your album out without none 你知道周杰伦永远不会把你的专辑出来不无

And dog, you know how come 和狗，你知道怎么来的

Labels are archaic, formulaic with their outcomes 标签是古老的，公式化的与他们的结局

They don't know, they just study the charts 他们不知道，他们只是研究图表

Me, I study the shows, the fans, study their hearts 我，我是学表演的球迷，学习他们的心

I had a feelin' I was killin', and this music we were spillin' out 我有一个感觉，我是杀人，而这种音乐我们spillin 出来

Would change lives forever, fuck the label, put it out 想改变生活一辈子，他妈的标签，把它拿出来

Friday Night Lights blew, that was classic number 2 星期五晚上灯吹灭，这是典型的2号

Now it seemed as if the Nas comparisons was comin' true 现在，它好像在NAS比较被科曼的真实

Still no release date from the label, are they insane? 还是从标签没有发布日期，是他们疯了吗？

Coach told me play the game to change the game but on the way I let Nas down, 教练告诉我，玩游戏改变了比赛，但在路上我让纳斯下来，

I got no one to blame, I'm ashamed I let Nas down 我有没有人责怪，我很惭愧，我让纳斯下来

But this is God's plan, you could never understand, fuck it 但是，这是神的计划，你永远无法知道，他妈的

   

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Long live the idols, may they never be your rivals 万岁偶像，也许他们从来没有成为你的对手

Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible PAC是像耶稣，纳斯写圣经

Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin 现在你在做什么回合听到的荣耀与罪恶的故事

No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin 没有内径我的导师现在让故事开始

   

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I always believed in the bigger picture 我始终坚信，在大局观

If I could get them niggas to listen outside my core then I can open a door 如果我能得到他们黑鬼到我的核心外面听我的话，我可以打开一扇门

Reintroduce 'em to honesty, show 'em that they need more 重新引入时间以诚实信用，他们点厉害瞧瞧，他们需要更多的

The difference between the pretenders and the Kendrick Lamars 觊觎和肯德里克Lamars之间的差异

And so, I took the fall like the Son of the Lord 所以，我把秋天像主的儿子

On the cross, dyin' for that fake shit you niggas bought 在十字架上，快要枯萎了，假冒狗屎黑鬼，你买

For the past decade, if I should pass please let this be my last essay 在过去的十年中，我是否应该通过，请让这句话做我的最后一篇文章

Therefore I write from the heart 因此，我从心脏写

Apologies to OG's for sacrificin' my art 道歉OG的为sacrificin 我的艺术

But I'm here for a greater purpose, I knew right from the start 不过，我在这里为更大的目的，我从一开始就知道

I'm just a man of the people, not above but equal 我只是一个人的人，不高于但平等

And for the greater good I walk amongst the evil 而对于更大的利益我走跻身恶

Don't cry mama, this the life I choose myself 别哭了妈妈，这在生活中，我选择我自己

Just pray along the way that I don't lose myself 只是沿着我不会失去自己的方式祈祷

This is for the nigga that said that hip-hop was dead 这是对黑人的说，嘻哈已死

I went to Hell to resurrect it, how could you fail to respect it? 我去地狱复活了，你怎么能不尊重吗？

Lettin' Nas down, I got the phone call quietly I mourned dog, I let Nas down 释放Walking 纳斯下来，我得到的电话悄悄的我悲哀的狗，我让纳斯下来

Yeah, and on this flight may I never lose sight, fuck it 是的，在这次飞行可能我从来没有忘记，这他妈的

   

[Hook:] [钩： ]

Long live the idols, may they never be your rivals 万岁偶像，也许他们从来没有成为你的对手

Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible PAC是像耶稣，纳斯写圣经

Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin 现在你在做什么回合听到的荣耀与罪恶的故事

No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin 没有内径我的导师现在让故事开始