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[Intro]
Look, I was gonna go easy on you and not to hurt your feelings
Look, 我原打算对你们手下留情,不至于伤害你们
But I'm only going to get this one chance
可是我要把握这唯一的机会
Something's wrong, I can feel it
情况有点儿不对,我能感觉到
六分钟,Slim Shady,该你出场了!
Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on!
”Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on”这句采样自专辑MMLP的歌曲《Remember me?》】
Just a feeling I've got, like something's about to happen, but I don't know what
我只是觉得,要出大事儿了,但是我不知道会发生什么
If that means, what I think it means, we're in trouble, big trouble
如果那意味着…若是一切如我所料,我们会遇上麻烦,**烦
And if he is as bananas as you say, I'm not taking any chances
若他真像你说的那样疯狂,我要是你,绝不会去冒任何险的
You are just what the doc ordered
你可是Dr. Dre相中的人才!
[Hook 1]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神
【flow源自Bizzare(feat. Eminem) - Hip Hop:” Man, I thought this was supposed to be hip hop, hip hop. I’d rather be fishing in flip flops, flip flops”】
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?
现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?
【Slapbox是掌掴与拳击相结合的攻击方式。这句引用了诗歌James Weldon Johnson《The Prodigal Son》:“Young man—Your arm's too short to box with God.” 你手臂太短,无以跟上帝对打拳击。】
They said I rap like a robot, so call me Rapbot
人们说我饶舌时像是机器人,所以请叫我饶舌机
[Verse 1]
But for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes
对我来说,像电脑一样饶舌,必是我基因所定
(genes "基因"谐音"仔裤",这第二层意思与下句吻合)
I got a laptop in my back pocket
在我仔裤后袋中,装着一台笔记本电脑
My pen'll go off when I half-**** it
我半上膛的笔蓄势待发,随时开火
【全上膛才是枪待开火状态,Em说自己用笔开火不需考虑,如条件反射】
Got a fat knot from that rap profit, made a living and a killing off it
通过饶舌,我赚得盆盈钵满~谋生同时,血腥杀戮
【Eminem在职业生涯中diss了一些rapper,这些人因他几乎退出了这场游戏】
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
那年Bill Clinton还是美国总统
【Bill Clinton和Monica Lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,Em的第一张
专辑恰好在96年发布;Em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. Role Model),所以这两句指的是Em的过去】
With Monica Lewinsky feeling on his nut-sack
Monica Lewinsky还在和他翻云覆雨
【Bill Clinton和Monica Lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,Em的第一张专辑恰好在96年发布;Em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. Role Model),所以这两句指的是Em的过去】
I'm an MC still as honest
时至今日,我依然是个敢说实话的MC
But as rude and as indecent as all hell
只不过我极度粗俗无礼,残暴下流
Syllables, killaholic
擅用多音节押韵,嗜杀成瘾
(Kill 'em all with) This slickety, gibbedy, hibbedy hip-hop
(用)这漂亮娴熟至极、让人欲罢不能的hip-hop(把他们统统杀光!)
【hibbedy hip-hop借鉴了Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight: ” I said the Hip-Hop, the hibby, the hibby to hip-hip-hop”】
You don't really wanna get into a pissing match with this rappidy rap
面对我的快嘴rap,你们绝不想和我打口水战
Packing a Mac in the back of the Ac, backpack rap crap, yep, yep, yackity-yak
把***装进阿库拉·传奇后备箱中,用地下风格来饶舌,胡言乱语
【Ac(Acura Legend): 阿库拉·传奇,九十年代初期rapper们经常用Ac代指这种车。此句源于Big Punisher – Pakinamac Pt. II】
【Backpack Rap,指饶舌艺人偏离主流;Yackity-yak,胡言乱语,讲没有意义的话,地下饶舌歌手经常会这么做】
Now at the exact same time, I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I'm practicing that
与此同时,我练习时~会试着去挑战高难饶舌杂技
I'll still be able to break a mother****in' table over the back of a couple of ******s and crack it in half
我依然能够打乱排名,登上巅峰,把一对儿小娘炮的王冠劈成了两半
(字面意:我依然能把一张桌子狠砸在一对娘炮背后,一分为二)
【Watch the Throne(看紧王位)是Jay-Z Kanye West合作的专辑,Em很可能在此隐讳针对了这两位。。。】
Only realized it was ironic I was signed to Aftermath after the fact
直到现在我才意识到被Aftermath签下是多讽刺的事
【Aftermath, Eminem的姓是 Mathers ,所以Aftermath 让他想到了After Mathers; Aftermath, 灾难,他被Aftermath签下后虽然功成名就,但是也失去了很多,这一切显得ironic;Aftermath植物再生,这句也指他摆脱药瘾劫后余生】
How could I not blow? All I do is drop F-bombs, feel my wrath of attack
我怎可能不红爆?天天毒言恶语,狂扔爆粗弹~感受神的愤怒吧
【blow双关“出名”和“爆炸”两个意思,F-bomb爆粗弹,指的是粗口。而Em争议性、脏话连篇的歌词让他迅速走红】
Rappers are having a rough time period, here's a maxipad
Rapper们正在苦苦与大姨妈对抗,这有张卫生巾送给你们
【period双关“时间段”“大姨妈”,讽刺有些rapper太娘】
It's actually disastrously bad for the wack
对于那些下流选手来说,这确实是不祥之兆
While I'm masterfully constructing this masterpiece as
而我用神来之笔写出这首无以伦比的rap力作,因为我:
[Hook 2]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?
现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?
Let me show you maintaining this **** ain't that hard, that hard
让我示范给你看:其实坐稳说唱之神宝座也没那么难
[Verse 2]
Everybody want the key and the secret to rap immortality like I have got
所有人都想得到常青钥匙和秘诀~成为我这种不朽说唱传奇
Well, to be truthful the blueprint's simply rage and youthful exuberance
说实话,N年**下的这张蓝图,其实仅是愤怒张狂、青春勃发
【暗指Jay-Z的经典专辑Blueprint上Em加盟的那首Renegade,其实只是简单宣泄了一个年轻人对家长、政府、媒体的忿恨,结果这首歌获得极大成功】
Everybody loves to root for a nuisance
所有人都热衷支持某个麻烦狠货
Hit the earth like an asteroid
小行星撞地球那种角色
did nothing but shoot for the moon since
从出道起,我孤注一掷追求完美巅峰
MC's get taken to school with this music
我的音乐让败北的MC搭学校巴士去补习押韵
(taken to school引申意:一败涂地)
Cause I use it as a vehicle to bust a rhyme
犀利技巧,是我口喷流畅韵词的 手段 / 交通工具(vehicle双关“手段”“交通工具”)
【在向Busta Rhymes前辈致敬,Busta Rhymes的组合名是Leaders of The New School。在唱Bust时特别谐音了bus】
Now I lead a new school full of students
现在我统领新流派,学生爆满
【在向Busta Rhymes前辈致敬,Busta Rhymes的组合名是Leaders of The New School】
Me? I'm a product of Rakim, Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac N-
我?本人集Rakim, Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac之大成,
-W.A, Cube, hey, Doc, Ren, Yella, Eazy, thank you
还有NWA组合的Ice Cube, The D.O.C., MC Ren, DJ Yella, Eazy-E,谢谢你们~
they got Slim inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and
他们给予我Slim足够强大的灵感,终有天~这货技巧成熟,一炮而红
be in a position to meet Run DMC
并有机会跟Run DMC见面
and induct them into the mother****in' Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame
引荐他们入主MLGB的摇滚名人堂
Even though I walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames
尽管我这种邪恶化身,一走进教堂就会被上帝燃成烈焰
【93年Run DMC发新专辑强调了他们皈依上帝的转变,Em说尽管自己深陷邪恶,上帝不肯宽恕他,但他在说唱圈的地位依然让他有资格介绍Run DMC入主名人堂】
Only Hall of Fame I be inducted in is the alcohol of fame
我能被引荐进入的唯一名人堂,是酒鬼名人堂
On the wall of shame
我瘾君子的过去,被钉在耻辱柱上
You fags think it's all a game 'til I walk a flock of flames off a plank
你们这帮娘炮以为这只是儿戏,直到我把成群gay当地板践踏脚下
【用Waka Flocka Flame的名字玩儿文字游戏,Waka Flocka Flame曾在电台采访上说自己虽然写词平平,但音乐创作厉害照样可以成功,而阿姆只会押韵,缺乏音乐造诣】
tell me what in the **** are you thinking?
告诉我你**到底在想神马?
【继续反击Waka Flocka Flame,此处引用了Waka的歌词】
Little gay looking boy
看上去超娘的小gay
【这几句的flow用了Hotstylz的歌:Lookin' Boy】
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face looking boy
娘到不忍直视,我都没法用我这张直男面瘫脸取笑你~娘货
(straight face双关“异性恋的脸”“面无表情”)
You witnessing a massacre
你将目睹一场血腥**
【用**massacre谐音民众聚集mass occur 此处引用琼斯镇惨案:78年吉姆·琼斯带领九百多信众****。】
Like you watching a church gathering take place looking boy
就像看到教堂外信徒集结~娘货
Oy vey, that boy's gay, that's all they say looking boy
唉~呃。。那孩子是gay,大家对你只有这一句评价~娘货
You get a thumbs up, pat on the back
只需你主子几句赞赏,再在你背后赞许轻拍
And a way to go from your label everyday looking boy
你被自家厂牌控制的傀儡人生就开始了~娘货
Hey, looking boy, what you say looking boy?
嗨,小gay,你有什么要反驳的~娘货?
I got a "hell yeah" from Dre looking boy
我曾让Dre由衷大赞“太**正了”~娘货
I'mma work for everything I have
我拥有的一切都是自己挣的
Never ask nobody for ****, get outta my face looking boy
从不向谁索取,滚粗我视线~娘货
Basically boy you're never gonna be capable
基本上,孩子,你永远没能力
To keep up with the same pace looking boy
跟上我的步法节奏~娘货
[Hook 3]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
我开始感觉自己是说唱天神
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
The way I'm racing around the track, call me Nascar, Nascar
我高速在赛车道 / 伴奏音轨 上绕圈飙车,请叫我“纳斯卡赛车”(track双关“车道”“音轨”)
Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, the White Trash God
我是这拖车区的赛车教主,统领白垃圾之神(Dale Earnhardt:著名赛车手)
Kneel before General Zod this planet's Krypton, no Asgard, Asgard
在我萨德将军面前速速下跪,此处是氪星,而非你们这些小神的仙宫
【萨德将军是超人的死敌,超人和萨德将军都来自氪星 Asgard是北欧神话中诸神居住处】
[Verse 3]
So you be Thor and I'll be Odin, you rodent, I'm omnipotent
你是索尔,我便是奥丁,你如鼠辈平庸,而我权力***
【北欧神话中雷神索尔是奥丁之子,而奥丁是相当于上帝的主神】
Let off then I'm reloading immediately with these bombs I'm totin'
开火后~立即启用我的秘制饶舌弹补充火力
And I should not be woken
我不应被唤醒
I'm the walking dead, but I'm just a talking head, a zombie floating
我是《行尸走肉》,气绝嘴不死的话痨,四处游移的僵尸
But I got your mom deep throating
哥这只箫深深****喉咙中
I'm out my ramen noodle, we have nothing in common, poodle
大脑沟回写满押韵,我绝逼是疯的,贵宾犬~我们没一丝共同点
(拉面ramen谐音押韵rhyming,用面条指大脑)
I'm a doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage, pupil
我可是杜宾犬,你还是掐一下胳膊醒过来~对老师我肃然起敬吧,学生
(word play,这里谐音杜宾全称:Doberman Pinscher)
It's me, my honesty's brutal
这就是我,诚实到近乎残忍
But it's honestly futile if I don't utilize what I do though
实话实说,天赐禀赋~不用则废
For good at least once in a while
至少我会在恰当时机秀一手
So I wanna make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle
我想要确保: 在我乱画疾书成的狂草歌词手稿间~
Enough rhymes to maybe to try and help get some people through tough times
容纳足够强的押韵,这些词也许能帮人们走出逆境重生
But I gotta keep a few punchlines just in case cause even you unsigned
不过我必须留些杀手锏妙语自卫,因为你们这些未签约的
Rappers are hungry looking at me like it's lunchtime
rapper,看到我如同看到午餐,想靠diss我获取存在感
I know there was a time where once I was king of the underground
想当年,我曾一度是地下说唱之王
but I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind
如今的我,依然会像Pharoahe在麦克上执着死拼
【Pharoahe Monch,地下rapper,跟Em一样执着于押韵技巧】
So I crunch rhymes, but sometimes when you combine
捏碎的药片幻化成韵词,有时~当你
Appeal with the skin color of mine
把强烈感染力、药瘾和我的肤色相融合(appeal谐音a pill)
【Em承认他的白人肤色和曾经的药瘾曾助推了他的事业】
You get too big and here they come trying to censor you
你变得名声大噪,所有人都想方设法和谐你的歌词
Like that one line I said on "I'm Back" from the Mathers LP
还记得在MMLP的I'm Back这首歌中我有这样一句:
One where I tried to say I take seven kids from Columbine
“我要从科伦拜高中带走7个小孩
Put 'em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver and a nine
让他们站成一排,再掏出AK47,左轮和9mm口径**”
See if I get away with it
来看看我现在说这句能否躲过和谐?
now that I ain't as big as I was,
反正我早不再有鼎盛期的名气
but I've Morphed into an immortal coming through the portal
从传送门走出的我,已神不知鬼不觉变种成不死金刚身
You're stuck in a timewarp from 2004 though
而你们被困于扭曲时间中~品味停滞在04年前
【许多人认为Em在04年后水准下降,再写不出超越他04年前水准的歌】
And I don't know what the **** that you rhyme for
我**真不懂你们唱歌是为了什么
You're pointless as Rapunzel with ****ing cornrows
你的歌词就像编着玉米垄的莴苣姑娘一样无用
【莴苣姑娘在童话中用自己的长发做绳索让王子爬上**她的高塔】
You're like normal, **** being normal
你如此平庸 去你妹的平庸~我永不会平庸
And I just bought a new Raygun from the future
而我却拿着刚刚买的Raygun来自未来 (Raygun 使命召唤游戏中的超强武器)
To just come and shoot ya like when Fabolous made Ray J mad
向你射击 就像当时Fabolous惹怒Ray J
Cause Fab said he looked like a fag at Mayweather’s pad
因为Fab在推特上说Ray J像个***一样在Mayweather的家庭派对上
Singin' to a man while they played piano
在钢琴的伴奏下 特意为一个男人唱歌
Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel
喔 哥们儿!那可是在卫星频道上全程**的特别节目
So Ray J went straight to the radio station the very next day
紧接着第二天Ray J直接来到广播电台
''Hey, Fab, I'mma kill you''
"哈喽 Fab 我***要杀了你!"
Lyrics coming at you at supersonic speed, (JJ Fad)
歌词将以超音速袭击你的听觉
【supersonic这首歌 来自美国说唱团体JJ Fad,下面第一句歌词同样提取自这首歌】
Uh, sama lamaa duma lamaa you assuming I'm a human
啊 苏嘛 喇嘛 嘟嘛 喇嘛 你认为我是平凡人类
What I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman
我必须让你们明白 我才是真正超人类
Innovative and I'm made of rubber
更改游戏规则的我由橡胶制成
So that anything you say is ricocheting off of me and it'll glue to you
所以无论你如何攻击我 你的言语都会从我身上反弹回去 反而仅仅粘黏你自己
【此处引用“我是橡胶,你是胶”这个儿童口头语典故】
I'm devastating, more than ever demonstrating~
我用史无前例的毁灭性,向世人展示
how to give a mother****in' audience a feeling like it's levitating
该如何给予听者T M 的****的快感
Never fading, and I know that the haters are forever waiting
永远不会离开这个舞台 我知道haters也同样永远等候在那里
For the day that they can say I fell off, they'd be celebrating
为了有天能看见我退出这场游戏 那时他们将欢呼**这一天的到来
Cause I know the way to get 'em motivated
因为我的作品永远是他们前进的动力
I make elevating music, you make elevator music
我的音乐让人倍受鼓舞,你的音乐毫无内涵 只适合在电梯里播放
Oh, he's too mainstream
“喔 他现在太主流了”
Well, that's what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it
好吧 当他们对我的成就羡慕嫉妒 他们也只能说说这些 歌迷也开始迷惑
It's not hip hop, it's pop, cause I found a hella way to fuse it
"这不是说唱 这是流行乐",我只是找到了逆天的方式去融合二者
(hella way = hell of a way 为配合“融合”之意,此处把四个词融合成两个)
With rock, shock rap with Doc
搭配摇滚乐 和Dre一起为大家带来匪夷所思的音乐
Throw on Lose Yourself and make 'em lose it
就像我每次现场唱Lose Yourself 让人群如痴如狂
I don't know how to make songs like that
我不知该如何做出那种神曲
I don't know what words to use
我更不知如何在歌里用韵脚
Let me know when it occurs to you while I’m ripping any one of these verses, that versus you
记得告诉我:当我用这三段中任何一段**对手时,到了哪句你才顿悟:这其实骂的是你
It’s curtains, I’m inadvertently hurtin' you
你的rap生涯即将落幕 我不是故意要伤害你
How many verses I gotta murder to prove
你想要我再写出多少绝杀狠词,才能最终信服:
That if you're half as nice at songs, you can sacrifice virgins too (ughhh)
如果你的说唱能及我一半,你大可以做个说唱小神,像我一样接受童女祭祀
【人们通过祭奠童男童女 向神灵祈福】
School flunkie, pill junky
高中辍学 沉迷药物
But look at the accolades the skills brung me
但看看我所得到的荣誉 都是说唱技巧为我带来的
(Brung 在这里是brought的文盲写法,Em自嘲学业不好,连单词都用错)
Full of myself, but still hungry
自信满满 但依然对技术进阶如饥似渴
I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to
我威逼、强迫自己 对所有下定决心的事付出行动
And I'm a million leagues above you, ill when I speak in tongues
这就是为什么我早已凌驾于你万里之上 病态时的我语无伦次
But it's still tongue in cheek, **** you
这些话是玩笑来着,**** you
I'm drunk so Satan take the ****ing wheel, I'm asleep in the front seat
我烂醉如泥 让撒旦替我开车 我沉睡在副驾驶
Bumping Heavy D and the Boys, still chunky, but funky
播放Heavy D and the Boys,节奏还是那样厚重,拉风(still chunky, but funky也同样是Heavy D and the Boys的一首单曲)
But in my head there's something I can feel tugging and struggling
但在我的脑海里仍有股力量挣扎于善恶之间
Angels fight with devils and here's what they want from me
天使与魔鬼决斗 我是赢家的战利品
They're asking me to eliminate some of the women hate
人们劝我摈弃歌词中对女人的偏见和憎恨
But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred I have
但是如果你们能设身处地的站在我的立场 体会我的心酸愁苦
Then you may be a little patient and more sympathetic to the situation
或许你会对我的处境多些同情与怜悯
And understand the discrimination
或许会理解我为什么在歌词中对女性有所偏见
But **** it, life's handing you lemons, make lemonade then
但不管这些 生命有时就是火上浇油 我们只能苦中作乐
【lemon部分的意思是 当你觉得人生很苦的时候 往往人生会给你点“柠檬”,让你苦上加酸涩,这时候你只能把柠檬做成Lemonade*类似雪碧的甜味饮料 苦中作乐】
But if I can't batter the women how the **** am I supposed to bake them a cake then?
但是如果我连女人都不能家暴 我又怎能给她烤出一份蛋糕呢?
(batter the women即对女人施暴,同时batter是蛋糕面糊,没面糊烤不了蛋糕)
Don't mistake it for Satan
不要把这些归结于撒旦作祟
(含义:我没被撒旦操纵,因为我本身之邪恶不输撒旦)
It's a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas
更致命的错误是 如果你觉得我必须出趟国
And take a vacation to trip abroad
度个假,才敢在当地绊倒某**
(abroad双关 一指上文所提到的国外 二指某**,因为abroad谐音a broad,broad俚语意是放荡女人)
And make her fall on her face and don't be a retard
然后让她摔个狗吃*,这很傻很天真。别傻了
Be a king? Think not - why be a king when you can be a God?
做说唱之王?算了吧 - 既成神 何成王?
作词 : 无
作曲 : 无
[Intro]
Look, I was gonna go easy on you and not to hurt your feelings
Look, 我原打算对你们手下留情,不至于伤害你们
But I'm only going to get this one chance
可是我要把握这唯一的机会
Something's wrong, I can feel it
情况有点儿不对,我能感觉到
六分钟,Slim Shady,该你出场了!
Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on!
”Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on”这句采样自专辑MMLP的歌曲《Remember me?》】
Just a feeling I've got, like something's about to happen, but I don't know what
我只是觉得,要出大事儿了,但是我不知道会发生什么
If that means, what I think it means, we're in trouble, big trouble
如果那意味着…若是一切如我所料,我们会遇上麻烦,**烦
And if he is as bananas as you say, I'm not taking any chances
若他真像你说的那样疯狂,我要是你,绝不会去冒任何险的
You are just what the doc ordered
你可是Dr. Dre相中的人才!
[Hook 1]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神
【flow源自Bizzare(feat. Eminem) - Hip Hop:” Man, I thought this was supposed to be hip hop, hip hop. I’d rather be fishing in flip flops, flip flops”】
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?
现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?
【Slapbox是掌掴与拳击相结合的攻击方式。这句引用了诗歌James Weldon Johnson《The Prodigal Son》:“Young man—Your arm's too short to box with God.” 你手臂太短,无以跟上帝对打拳击。】
They said I rap like a robot, so call me Rapbot
人们说我饶舌时像是机器人,所以请叫我饶舌机
[Verse 1]
But for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes
对我来说,像电脑一样饶舌,必是我基因所定
(genes "基因"谐音"仔裤",这第二层意思与下句吻合)
I got a laptop in my back pocket
在我仔裤后袋中,装着一台笔记本电脑
My pen'll go off when I half-**** it
我半上膛的笔蓄势待发,随时开火
【全上膛才是枪待开火状态,Em说自己用笔开火不需考虑,如条件反射】
Got a fat knot from that rap profit, made a living and a killing off it
通过饶舌,我赚得盆盈钵满~谋生同时,血腥杀戮
【Eminem在职业生涯中diss了一些rapper,这些人因他几乎退出了这场游戏】
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
那年Bill Clinton还是美国总统
【Bill Clinton和Monica Lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,Em的第一张
专辑恰好在96年发布;Em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. Role Model),所以这两句指的是Em的过去】
With Monica Lewinsky feeling on his nut-sack
Monica Lewinsky还在和他翻云覆雨
【Bill Clinton和Monica Lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,Em的第一张专辑恰好在96年发布;Em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. Role Model),所以这两句指的是Em的过去】
I'm an MC still as honest
时至今日,我依然是个敢说实话的MC
But as rude and as indecent as all hell
只不过我极度粗俗无礼,残暴下流
Syllables, killaholic
擅用多音节押韵,嗜杀成瘾
(Kill 'em all with) This slickety, gibbedy, hibbedy hip-hop
(用)这漂亮娴熟至极、让人欲罢不能的hip-hop(把他们统统杀光!)
【hibbedy hip-hop借鉴了Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight: ” I said the Hip-Hop, the hibby, the hibby to hip-hip-hop”】
You don't really wanna get into a pissing match with this rappidy rap
面对我的快嘴rap,你们绝不想和我打口水战
Packing a Mac in the back of the Ac, backpack rap crap, yep, yep, yackity-yak
把***装进阿库拉·传奇后备箱中,用地下风格来饶舌,胡言乱语
【Ac(Acura Legend): 阿库拉·传奇,九十年代初期rapper们经常用Ac代指这种车。此句源于Big Punisher – Pakinamac Pt. II】
【Backpack Rap,指饶舌艺人偏离主流;Yackity-yak,胡言乱语,讲没有意义的话,地下饶舌歌手经常会这么做】
Now at the exact same time, I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I'm practicing that
与此同时,我练习时~会试着去挑战高难饶舌杂技
I'll still be able to break a mother****in' table over the back of a couple of ******s and crack it in half
我依然能够打乱排名,登上巅峰,把一对儿小娘炮的王冠劈成了两半
(字面意:我依然能把一张桌子狠砸在一对娘炮背后,一分为二)
【Watch the Throne(看紧王位)是Jay-Z Kanye West合作的专辑,Em很可能在此隐讳针对了这两位。。。】
Only realized it was ironic I was signed to Aftermath after the fact
直到现在我才意识到被Aftermath签下是多讽刺的事
【Aftermath, Eminem的姓是 Mathers ,所以Aftermath 让他想到了After Mathers; Aftermath, 灾难,他被Aftermath签下后虽然功成名就,但是也失去了很多,这一切显得ironic;Aftermath植物再生,这句也指他摆脱药瘾劫后余生】
How could I not blow? All I do is drop F-bombs, feel my wrath of attack
我怎可能不红爆?天天毒言恶语,狂扔爆粗弹~感受神的愤怒吧
【blow双关“出名”和“爆炸”两个意思,F-bomb爆粗弹,指的是粗口。而Em争议性、脏话连篇的歌词让他迅速走红】
Rappers are having a rough time period, here's a maxipad
Rapper们正在苦苦与大姨妈对抗,这有张卫生巾送给你们
【period双关“时间段”“大姨妈”,讽刺有些rapper太娘】
It's actually disastrously bad for the wack
对于那些下流选手来说,这确实是不祥之兆
While I'm masterfully constructing this masterpiece as
而我用神来之笔写出这首无以伦比的rap力作,因为我:
[Hook 2]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?
现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?
Let me show you maintaining this **** ain't that hard, that hard
让我示范给你看:其实坐稳说唱之神宝座也没那么难
[Verse 2]
Everybody want the key and the secret to rap immortality like I have got
所有人都想得到常青钥匙和秘诀~成为我这种不朽说唱传奇
Well, to be truthful the blueprint's simply rage and youthful exuberance
说实话,N年**下的这张蓝图,其实仅是愤怒张狂、青春勃发
【暗指Jay-Z的经典专辑Blueprint上Em加盟的那首Renegade,其实只是简单宣泄了一个年轻人对家长、政府、媒体的忿恨,结果这首歌获得极大成功】
Everybody loves to root for a nuisance
所有人都热衷支持某个麻烦狠货
Hit the earth like an asteroid
小行星撞地球那种角色
did nothing but shoot for the moon since
从出道起,我孤注一掷追求完美巅峰
MC's get taken to school with this music
我的音乐让败北的MC搭学校巴士去补习押韵
(taken to school引申意:一败涂地)
Cause I use it as a vehicle to bust a rhyme
犀利技巧,是我口喷流畅韵词的 手段 / 交通工具(vehicle双关“手段”“交通工具”)
【在向Busta Rhymes前辈致敬,Busta Rhymes的组合名是Leaders of The New School。在唱Bust时特别谐音了bus】
Now I lead a new school full of students
现在我统领新流派,学生爆满
【在向Busta Rhymes前辈致敬,Busta Rhymes的组合名是Leaders of The New School】
Me? I'm a product of Rakim, Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac N-
我?本人集Rakim, Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac之大成,
-W.A, Cube, hey, Doc, Ren, Yella, Eazy, thank you
还有NWA组合的Ice Cube, The D.O.C., MC Ren, DJ Yella, Eazy-E,谢谢你们~
they got Slim inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and
他们给予我Slim足够强大的灵感,终有天~这货技巧成熟,一炮而红
be in a position to meet Run DMC
并有机会跟Run DMC见面
and induct them into the mother****in' Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame
引荐他们入主MLGB的摇滚名人堂
Even though I walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames
尽管我这种邪恶化身,一走进教堂就会被上帝燃成烈焰
【93年Run DMC发新专辑强调了他们皈依上帝的转变,Em说尽管自己深陷邪恶,上帝不肯宽恕他,但他在说唱圈的地位依然让他有资格介绍Run DMC入主名人堂】
Only Hall of Fame I be inducted in is the alcohol of fame
我能被引荐进入的唯一名人堂,是酒鬼名人堂
On the wall of shame
我瘾君子的过去,被钉在耻辱柱上
You fags think it's all a game 'til I walk a flock of flames off a plank
你们这帮娘炮以为这只是儿戏,直到我把成群gay当地板践踏脚下
【用Waka Flocka Flame的名字玩儿文字游戏,Waka Flocka Flame曾在电台采访上说自己虽然写词平平,但音乐创作厉害照样可以成功,而阿姆只会押韵,缺乏音乐造诣】
tell me what in the **** are you thinking?
告诉我你**到底在想神马?
【继续反击Waka Flocka Flame,此处引用了Waka的歌词】
Little gay looking boy
看上去超娘的小gay
【这几句的flow用了Hotstylz的歌:Lookin' Boy】
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face looking boy
娘到不忍直视,我都没法用我这张直男面瘫脸取笑你~娘货
(straight face双关“异性恋的脸”“面无表情”)
You witnessing a massacre
你将目睹一场血腥**
【用**massacre谐音民众聚集mass occur 此处引用琼斯镇惨案:78年吉姆·琼斯带领九百多信众****。】
Like you watching a church gathering take place looking boy
就像看到教堂外信徒集结~娘货
Oy vey, that boy's gay, that's all they say looking boy
唉~呃。。那孩子是gay,大家对你只有这一句评价~娘货
You get a thumbs up, pat on the back
只需你主子几句赞赏,再在你背后赞许轻拍
And a way to go from your label everyday looking boy
你被自家厂牌控制的傀儡人生就开始了~娘货
Hey, looking boy, what you say looking boy?
嗨,小gay,你有什么要反驳的~娘货?
I got a "hell yeah" from Dre looking boy
我曾让Dre由衷大赞“太**正了”~娘货
I'mma work for everything I have
我拥有的一切都是自己挣的
Never ask nobody for ****, get outta my face looking boy
从不向谁索取,滚粗我视线~娘货
Basically boy you're never gonna be capable
基本上,孩子,你永远没能力
To keep up with the same pace looking boy
跟上我的步法节奏~娘货
[Hook 3]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
我开始感觉自己是说唱天神
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
The way I'm racing around the track, call me Nascar, Nascar
我高速在赛车道 / 伴奏音轨 上绕圈飙车,请叫我“纳斯卡赛车”(track双关“车道”“音轨”)
Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, the White Trash God
我是这拖车区的赛车教主,统领白垃圾之神(Dale Earnhardt:著名赛车手)
Kneel before General Zod this planet's Krypton, no Asgard, Asgard
在我萨德将军面前速速下跪,此处是氪星,而非你们这些小神的仙宫
【萨德将军是超人的死敌,超人和萨德将军都来自氪星 Asgard是北欧神话中诸神居住处】
[Verse 3]
So you be Thor and I'll be Odin, you rodent, I'm omnipotent
你是索尔,我便是奥丁,你如鼠辈平庸,而我权力***
【北欧神话中雷神索尔是奥丁之子,而奥丁是相当于上帝的主神】
Let off then I'm reloading immediately with these bombs I'm totin'
开火后~立即启用我的秘制饶舌弹补充火力
And I should not be woken
我不应被唤醒
I'm the walking dead, but I'm just a talking head, a zombie floating
我是《行尸走肉》,气绝嘴不死的话痨,四处游移的僵尸
But I got your mom deep throating
哥这只箫深深****喉咙中
I'm out my ramen noodle, we have nothing in common, poodle
大脑沟回写满押韵,我绝逼是疯的,贵宾犬~我们没一丝共同点
(拉面ramen谐音押韵rhyming,用面条指大脑)
I'm a doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage, pupil
我可是杜宾犬,你还是掐一下胳膊醒过来~对老师我肃然起敬吧,学生
(word play,这里谐音杜宾全称:Doberman Pinscher)
It's me, my honesty's brutal
这就是我,诚实到近乎残忍
But it's honestly futile if I don't utilize what I do though
实话实说,天赐禀赋~不用则废
For good at least once in a while
至少我会在恰当时机秀一手
So I wanna make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle
我想要确保: 在我乱画疾书成的狂草歌词手稿间~
Enough rhymes to maybe to try and help get some people through tough times
容纳足够强的押韵,这些词也许能帮人们走出逆境重生
But I gotta keep a few punchlines just in case cause even you unsigned
不过我必须留些杀手锏妙语自卫,因为你们这些未签约的
Rappers are hungry looking at me like it's lunchtime
rapper,看到我如同看到午餐,想靠diss我获取存在感
I know there was a time where once I was king of the underground
想当年,我曾一度是地下说唱之王
but I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind
如今的我,依然会像Pharoahe在麦克上执着死拼
【Pharoahe Monch,地下rapper,跟Em一样执着于押韵技巧】
So I crunch rhymes, but sometimes when you combine
捏碎的药片幻化成韵词,有时~当你
Appeal with the skin color of mine
把强烈感染力、药瘾和我的肤色相融合(appeal谐音a pill)
【Em承认他的白人肤色和曾经的药瘾曾助推了他的事业】
You get too big and here they come trying to censor you
你变得名声大噪,所有人都想方设法和谐你的歌词
Like that one line I said on "I'm Back" from the Mathers LP
还记得在MMLP的I'm Back这首歌中我有这样一句:
One where I tried to say I take seven kids from Columbine
“我要从科伦拜高中带走7个小孩
Put 'em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver and a nine
让他们站成一排,再掏出AK47,左轮和9mm口径**”
See if I get away with it
来看看我现在说这句能否躲过和谐?
now that I ain't as big as I was,
反正我早不再有鼎盛期的名气
but I've Morphed into an immortal coming through the portal
从传送门走出的我,已神不知鬼不觉变种成不死金刚身
You're stuck in a timewarp from 2004 though
而你们被困于扭曲时间中~品味停滞在04年前
【许多人认为Em在04年后水准下降,再写不出超越他04年前水准的歌】
And I don't know what the **** that you rhyme for
我**真不懂你们唱歌是为了什么
You're pointless as Rapunzel with ****ing cornrows
你的歌词就像编着玉米垄的莴苣姑娘一样无用
【莴苣姑娘在童话中用自己的长发做绳索让王子爬上**她的高塔】
You're like normal, **** being normal
你如此平庸 去你妹的平庸~我永不会平庸
And I just bought a new Raygun from the future
而我却拿着刚刚买的Raygun来自未来 (Raygun 使命召唤游戏中的超强武器)
To just come and shoot ya like when Fabolous made Ray J mad
向你射击 就像当时Fabolous惹怒Ray J
Cause Fab said he looked like a fag at Mayweather’s pad
因为Fab在推特上说Ray J像个***一样在Mayweather的家庭派对上
Singin' to a man while they played piano
在钢琴的伴奏下 特意为一个男人唱歌
Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel
喔 哥们儿!那可是在卫星频道上全程**的特别节目
So Ray J went straight to the radio station the very next day
紧接着第二天Ray J直接来到广播电台
''Hey, Fab, I'mma kill you''
"哈喽 Fab 我***要杀了你!"
Lyrics coming at you at supersonic speed, (JJ Fad)
歌词将以超音速袭击你的听觉
【supersonic这首歌 来自美国说唱团体JJ Fad,下面第一句歌词同样提取自这首歌】
Uh, sama lamaa duma lamaa you assuming I'm a human
啊 苏嘛 喇嘛 嘟嘛 喇嘛 你认为我是平凡人类
What I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman
我必须让你们明白 我才是真正超人类
Innovative and I'm made of rubber
更改游戏规则的我由橡胶制成
So that anything you say is ricocheting off of me and it'll glue to you
所以无论你如何攻击我 你的言语都会从我身上反弹回去 反而仅仅粘黏你自己
【此处引用“我是橡胶,你是胶”这个儿童口头语典故】
I'm devastating, more than ever demonstrating~
我用史无前例的毁灭性,向世人展示
how to give a mother****in' audience a feeling like it's levitating
该如何给予听者T M 的****的快感
Never fading, and I know that the haters are forever waiting
永远不会离开这个舞台 我知道haters也同样永远等候在那里
For the day that they can say I fell off, they'd be celebrating
为了有天能看见我退出这场游戏 那时他们将欢呼**这一天的到来
Cause I know the way to get 'em motivated
因为我的作品永远是他们前进的动力
I make elevating music, you make elevator music
我的音乐让人倍受鼓舞,你的音乐毫无内涵 只适合在电梯里播放
Oh, he's too mainstream
“喔 他现在太主流了”
Well, that's what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it
好吧 当他们对我的成就羡慕嫉妒 他们也只能说说这些 歌迷也开始迷惑
It's not hip hop, it's pop, cause I found a hella way to fuse it
"这不是说唱 这是流行乐",我只是找到了逆天的方式去融合二者
(hella way = hell of a way 为配合“融合”之意,此处把四个词融合成两个)
With rock, shock rap with Doc
搭配摇滚乐 和Dre一起为大家带来匪夷所思的音乐
Throw on Lose Yourself and make 'em lose it
就像我每次现场唱Lose Yourself 让人群如痴如狂
I don't know how to make songs like that
我不知该如何做出那种神曲
I don't know what words to use
我更不知如何在歌里用韵脚
Let me know when it occurs to you while I’m ripping any one of these verses, that versus you
记得告诉我:当我用这三段中任何一段**对手时,到了哪句你才顿悟:这其实骂的是你
It’s curtains, I’m inadvertently hurtin' you
你的rap生涯即将落幕 我不是故意要伤害你
How many verses I gotta murder to prove
你想要我再写出多少绝杀狠词,才能最终信服:
That if you're half as nice at songs, you can sacrifice virgins too (ughhh)
如果你的说唱能及我一半,你大可以做个说唱小神,像我一样接受童女祭祀
【人们通过祭奠童男童女 向神灵祈福】
School flunkie, pill junky
高中辍学 沉迷药物
But look at the accolades the skills brung me
但看看我所得到的荣誉 都是说唱技巧为我带来的
(Brung 在这里是brought的文盲写法,Em自嘲学业不好,连单词都用错)
Full of myself, but still hungry
自信满满 但依然对技术进阶如饥似渴
I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to
我威逼、强迫自己 对所有下定决心的事付出行动
And I'm a million leagues above you, ill when I speak in tongues
这就是为什么我早已凌驾于你万里之上 病态时的我语无伦次
But it's still tongue in cheek, **** you
这些话是玩笑来着,**** you
I'm drunk so Satan take the ****ing wheel, I'm asleep in the front seat
我烂醉如泥 让撒旦替我开车 我沉睡在副驾驶
Bumping Heavy D and the Boys, still chunky, but funky
播放Heavy D and the Boys,节奏还是那样厚重,拉风(still chunky, but funky也同样是Heavy D and the Boys的一首单曲)
But in my head there's something I can feel tugging and struggling
但在我的脑海里仍有股力量挣扎于善恶之间
Angels fight with devils and here's what they want from me
天使与魔鬼决斗 我是赢家的战利品
They're asking me to eliminate some of the women hate
人们劝我摈弃歌词中对女人的偏见和憎恨
But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred I have
但是如果你们能设身处地的站在我的立场 体会我的心酸愁苦
Then you may be a little patient and more sympathetic to the situation
或许你会对我的处境多些同情与怜悯
And understand the discrimination
或许会理解我为什么在歌词中对女性有所偏见
But **** it, life's handing you lemons, make lemonade then
但不管这些 生命有时就是火上浇油 我们只能苦中作乐
【lemon部分的意思是 当你觉得人生很苦的时候 往往人生会给你点“柠檬”,让你苦上加酸涩,这时候你只能把柠檬做成Lemonade*类似雪碧的甜味饮料 苦中作乐】
But if I can't batter the women how the **** am I supposed to bake them a cake then?
但是如果我连女人都不能家暴 我又怎能给她烤出一份蛋糕呢?
(batter the women即对女人施暴,同时batter是蛋糕面糊,没面糊烤不了蛋糕)
Don't mistake it for Satan
不要把这些归结于撒旦作祟
(含义:我没被撒旦操纵,因为我本身之邪恶不输撒旦)
It's a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas
更致命的错误是 如果你觉得我必须出趟国
And take a vacation to trip abroad
度个假,才敢在当地绊倒某**
(abroad双关 一指上文所提到的国外 二指某**,因为abroad谐音a broad,broad俚语意是放荡女人)
And make her fall on her face and don't be a retard
然后让她摔个狗吃*,这很傻很天真。别傻了
Be a king? Think not - why be a king when you can be a God?
做说唱之王?算了吧 - 既成神 何成王?