[Verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

   

[Q-Tip] [棉条]

   

Let me tell you 'bout the snakes, the fakes, the lies 让我告诉你什么叫蛇，假货，谎言

The highs at all of these industry shing-dings 在所有这些行业盛钟声的高点

Where you see the pretty girls 你在哪里看到的漂亮女孩

In the high animated world 在高的动画世界

Checkin' for a rapper with all the dough 签的所有面团一个说唱歌手

If you take a shit they want to know 如果你把狗屎，他们想知道

And if you're gonna fall, they won't be around, y'all 如果你要去秋天，他们不会身边，你们都

So you still wanna do the show business? 所以，你仍然想要做节目的公司吗？

And you think that you got what it takes? 而你认为你有什么需要？

I mean you really gotta rap and be all that 我的意思是，你真的要走说唱，并一切

And prepare yourself for the breaks 准备好你自己的休息时间

Check it out! 看看这个！

   

Do you wanna be in the business? (The Business) 你想成为的公司吗？ （商务）

The ups and downs with the hoes (The Business) 跌宕起伏的锄头（商务）

Always gettin' fronted on at shows (The Business) 总是刚开了额上的表演（商务）

People gotta stick their nose (In the Business) 人总得坚持自己的鼻子（在业务）

   

[Verse 2] [诗歌2]

   

[Q-Tip] [棉条]

   

Yo, I gotta speak on the cesspool 哟，我要对污水池发言

It's the rap industry and it ain't that cool 这是说唱界，这是不是很酷

Only if you're on stage or if you're speakin' to your people 只有当你在舞台上或者如果你speakin 你的人

Ain't no-one your equal 是不是任何人的平等

Especially on the industry side 特别是在产业面

Don't let the games just glide 不要让游戏只是滑翔

Right through your fingers, you gotta know the deal 的权利，通过你的手指，你必须知道交易

So Lord Jamar speak, because you're real... 所以主贾马说，因为你是真正的...

   

[Lord Jamar] [主贾马]

   

They're givin' you the business and puttin' on a show 他们得到安宁，你的企业和puttin 的表演

You're a million dollar man that ain't got no dough 你是一个数百万美元的男人是不会得到任何面团

But you got a ho tickets backstage to a show 但是你后台有一个豪门票演出

Sedated and at that fact they elated 镇静，并在该事实，他们心花怒放

Time pass and your ass say "Where's my loot?" 时间通和你的屁股说：“哪里是我的战利品？ ”

The reply is a kick in the ass from a leg and a boot 回答是从腿和引导的屁股踢

All you wanna do is taste the fruit 所有你想做的事就是品尝水果

But in the back they're makin' fruit juice 但在后面他们金果汁

You ask for slack and wanna get cut loose from the label 你问的疏漏，想获得从标签宽松剪裁

Not able cos you signed at the table 不能因为你在餐桌上签字

For a pretty cash advance, now they got a song and dance 对于一个漂亮的预借现金，现在他们得到了一个歌舞

That you didn't recoup, more soup wit' ya meal? 你没有收回，多喝汤智慧雅饭吗？

Cos this is the real when you get a record deal COS这才是真正的当你得到一个唱片合约

And I say... 和我说...

   

[Phife] [ Phife ]

   

Aw....shucks, look what the cat hauled in 胡....哪里哪里，是什么猫在拖拉

It's Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest, let me begin 这是Phife耶从一个名为探索的一个部落，让我开始

Like Chuck D, I got so much trouble on my mind 像查克·D ，我有这么多的麻烦在我心中

'bout these no-talent artists gettin' signed, they can't rhyme 布特这些没有天赋的艺术家刚开了签约，他们可以不押韵

And if that ain't bad, you got bootleggers 如果这还不错，你有走私犯

Goin' out like suckers, motherfuckers 布莱恩出像吸盘，怎么就

Feel it's time that I let loose the lion 觉得这是我放开狮子时间

And if not that then I'll commence to head flyin' 如果不是那我就开始头飞翔“

Seems in '91 everybody want a rhyme 似乎91大家要一韵

And then you go and sell my tape for only $5.99? 然后你去卖我的磁带只有5.99美元？

Please nigga, I've worked too hard for this 请兄弟们，我这工作太辛苦

No more will I take the booty end of the stick 没有更多的将我拿棍子的战利品结束

Bogus brothers makin' albums when they know they can't hack it 假兄弟金的专辑时，他们知道自己没本事

Cos they lyrics is played like 8-Ball jackets COS他们的歌词被打得像8球外套

Now tell me I can't tear it up 现在告诉我，我不能撕起来

Go get yourself some toilet paper cos your lyrics is butt 去得到自己的一些卫生纸COS你的歌词是屁股

   

Do you wanna be in the business? (The Business) 你想成为的公司吗？ （商务）

People can't walk a straight line in (The Business) 人不能走在（商务）的直线

Some of these brothers can't rhyme in (The Business) 有些兄弟能不能韵（商务）

A-yo, I'm tryna get mine (The Business) A-哟，我tryna得到我的（商务）

   

[Verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

   

[Sadat X] [萨达特X]

   

The party scene is cool, but then again it's all the same 晚会现场是很酷，但话又说回来这一切都同

You see the same faces, but at different places 您会看到相同的面孔，但在不同的地方

When you're up and ridin' high everything is palsy-palsy 当你和坐车的高一切麻痹，麻痹

Get a million pounds and all the skins give you hugs 拿到一百万英镑，所有的皮肤给你拥抱

Well that's cool, I can dig it, it really ain't my bag 嗯，这很酷，我可以把它挖出来，真的不是我的包

Prefer to max on the side and let my pants sag 宁愿到最大就在身边，让我的裤子下垂

"Oh, he's a cutie", yeah, real cute “哦，他是一个可爱的” ，是啊，真可爱

But I wasn't that cute when I didn't have no loot 但我不认为可爱的时候，我没有任何战利品

Although I hit a pound of herbs I'm still nice with the verbs 虽然我打了一斤药材我还是很好用的动词

So fuck what you heard 所以他妈的你听到

The born cipher, cipher master makes me think much faster 在出生的密码，密码主人让我觉得快很多

But critics still continue to plaster 但批评者仍然继续膏药

My name and discredit my fame 我的名字和诋毁我的名声

All that shit is game 所有的那些歌是游戏

And I don't really give a damn 我真的不给一个该死

Eat from the tree of life and throw away the verbal ham 从生命之树吃，扔掉口头火腿

   

[Diamond D] [钻石缺省]

   

Well, excuse me, I gotta add my two cents in 嗯，对不起，我得加我的两分钱中

Don't be alarmed, the rhyme was condensed in 不要惊慌，韵浓缩在

A matter of minutes so it must be told 几分钟之内，因此必须被告知

All that glitters' not gold 所有闪光的东西“不是黄金

Everybody wants a deal, help me make a demo 每个人都希望达成交易​​，帮我做一个演示

See my name in bright lights, ride around in a limo 看到明亮的灯光我的名字，在豪华轿车四处跑

My moms keeps beefin' ("Boy, get a job") 我的妈妈一直beefin “ （ ”小子，找一份工作“ ）

But I wanna make jams, damn, I know I'll slam 但我要让果酱，该死的，我知道我会踩住

Huh, well it's not that easy 嗯嗯，好吧这不是那么容易的

You gotta get a label that's willin' and able 你要得到一个标签，该标签是威尔 ，并且能够

To market and promote, and you better hope 以市场促，你最好希望

(For what?) That the product is dope （为什么？ ） ，该产品是涂料

Take it from Diamond, it's like mountain climbin' 把它从钻石，它就像高山climbin “

When it comes to rhymin' you gotta put your time in 当涉及到rhymin 你得把你的时间

Get a good lawyer so problems won't pile 找一个好律师这样的问题就不会堆积

You don't wanna make a pitch that's wild. 你不想做一个球场那是野生。