Hip hop hip hop is dead
嘻哈,嘻哈,死了
Hip--hip hop hip hop is dead
嘻嘻哈,嘻哈,死了
Hip--hip hop hip--hip hop is dead
嘻嘻哈,嘻嘻哈,死了
Hip--hip hop hip hop hip hop
嘻嘻哈,嘻哈,嘻哈
If hip hop should die before I wake
如果嘻哈应该在我醒来之前死去
I'll put an extended clip inside of my AK
我将会放入一颗扩充的子弹到我的AK里头
Roll to every station murder the DJ
开车到每个站,杀了那些DJ
Roll to every station murder the DJ
开车到每个站,杀了那些DJ
Hip hop just died this mornin'
嘻哈今天早上刚刚死了
And she's dead she's dead
她死了,她死了
Yeah niggaz smoke laugh party and die in the same corner
对,人们抽烟,大笑,开派对,然后死在同一个角落里
Get cash live fast body their man's mama
拿钱,飞快的活着,杀掉他们弟兄的女人
Rich a** niggaz is ridin' with three llamas
有钱的人带着三把大枪
Revenge in their eyes Hennesy and the ganja
他们眼里的复仇,Hennesy和**
Word to the wise with villain state of minds
和心中的坏人一起的睿智之言
Grindin' hittin' Brazilian dimes from behind
在背后碾碎,敲打巴西来的**
Grindin' hittin' Brazilian dimes from behind
在背后碾碎,敲打巴西来的**
(Grindin' hittin' Brazilian dimes from behind)
在背后碾碎,敲打巴西来的**
Whenever if ever I roll up it's sown up
无论何时,如果有过的话,我卷起烟,它已经播种了
Any ghetto will tell ya Nas helped grow us up
任何一个贫民窟的人都将告诉你是NAS帮助我们长大的
My face once graced promotional Sony trucks
我的脸曾经祝福过Sony的推销车
Hundred million in billin' I helped build 'em up
成千上万的帐单,是我做出来的
Gave my ni**a my right I could have gave left
给我的子民我的权力,我可以得到剩下的
So like my girl Foxy a ni**a went Def
所以就像我的Foxy,一个和DEF签了约的女孩
So ni**a who's your top ten
那么你们心中的前10是谁?
Is it MC Shan Is it MC Ren
是MC Shan还是MC Ren?
Hip hop just died this mornin'
嘻哈今天早上刚刚死了
And she's dead she's dead
她死了,她死了
The bigger the cap the bigger the peelin'
越来越严重的枪击案,越来越严重的**案
Come through something ill missin' the ceilin'
穿过街头,发现有些事情变得糟糕,又挂记着家里头
What influenced my raps Stick ups and killings
什么东西影响了我的RAP?色情和谋杀
Kidnappings project buildings drug dealings
绑架儿童,计划中的建筑,还有**交易
Criticize that why is that
批评我的rap?为什么?
Cuz Nas rap is compared to legitimized crap
因为NAS的rap在跟可以给孩子们接受的垃圾相比
Cuz we love to talk on a** we gettin'
因为我们喜欢在我们遭遇的糟糕事上大做文章
Most intellectuals will only half listen
大部分知识分子只能领悟到一半
So you can't blame jazz musicians
但是你不能责备那些JAZZ的音乐家们
Or David Stern with his NBA fashion issues
或者David Stern还有他的那些NBA的烦人事
Oh I they like me--in my white tee
哦,他们喜欢我穿白T
You can't ice me we here for life B
你杀不了我,我们在这是一辈子的兄弟
On my second marriage hip hop's my first wifey
在我的第二次婚礼上,嘻哈是我第一位妻子
And for that we not takin' it lightly
而且因为那样我们才不把她轻视
If hip hop should die we die together
如果嘻哈该死那我们就一起死
Bodies in the morgue lie together
和停尸间的尸体们躺在一起
All together now
所有的都死掉
Hip hop just died this mornin'
嘻哈今天早上刚刚死了
Hip hop just died this mornin'
嘻哈今天早上刚刚死了
Hip hop just died this mornin'
嘻哈今天早上刚刚死了
And she's dead she's dead
她死了,她死了
Everybody sound the same commercialize the game
所有人都说着同一句话,都在把嘻哈商业化
Reminiscin' when it wasn't all business
当这些不是所有的事情时他们就在追忆
If it got where it started
就像她到了开始的原点
So we all gather here for the dearly departed
所以我们在这里,为了她恋恋不舍的离去
Hip hopper since a toddler
当嘻哈还是一个刚会走路的孩子的时候
One homeboy became a man then a mobster
然后变成小男孩,一个男人,接着变成了怪物
If the guys let me get my last swig of Vodka
如果那些人让我最后一次大口喝着我的伏特加
R I P we'll donate your lungs to a rasta
毁灭她,我们会把你的肺捐给塔法里教的人
Went from turntables to mp3s
从转碟发展到MP3
From Beat Street to commercials on Mickey D's
从Beat Street到Mickey D的商业化
From gold cables to Jacobs
从金色大链子到Jacobs的满天星
From plain facials to Botox and face lifts
从简单的美容到Botox和送给脸的礼物
I'm lookin' over my shoulder
我在检查肩膀
It's about eighty niggaz from my hood that showed up
那可关乎我的地盘里那些表演过的80个人
And they came to show love
然后他们来这里展示他们的爱