Wanna Be Heard

Wanna Be Heard - Kendrick Lamar (肯德里克·拉马尔)

It's like I don't think you fully

似乎你根本不认识我

Understand who I am y'know

你知道我是谁吗？

I'm just a good kid from Compton

我只是一个来自康普顿

That wanna rap

想要说唱的好孩子

I don't represent no colors

我不代表任何帮派

I represent my lil' sisters

我代表着

And brothers

我的兄弟姐妹

I'm the oldest ni**a

我是年长的那个，伙计

And if you can't respect that

如果你不接受这个观点

Your whole perspective is wack

那你对说唱的理解就有问题

Check it out

你知道吗

I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z

我曾经想像Jay Z一样说唱

Until I finally realised that

直到我认识到

Jay wasn't me

我不是他

I took my time to jot down

我从容地记下

Every line that's a quotable

每一行有用的歌词

Critics say I don't be killing

批评家说，我写不出好的歌

This sh*t but I know I do

但是我知道我可以

Because I used to practice early

因为我不断练习

Morning and then after school

去实现我的梦想

I'm working on my hooks my ni**a

我专心致力于我的音乐，伙计

I ain't tryna battle you

我不是想和你较量

But even if I did I guarantee

但即使我这样做了，我保证

I'd overshadow you

我会让你黯然失色

Like a f**ked up taper that

我会让你一败涂地

Turned to bowl cut

你真是逊毙了

I'ma close cut to Common

我的说唱水平跟Common

And Gucci Mane

以及Gucci Mane差不多

Now that's a comparison

不过是做个比较

That you probably wouldn't

你可能

Understand

不会理解

Because I can touch the people

因为我很接地气

And still keep it ghetto

依然在贫民窟有立足之地

As an '87 Regal with the tree air

我把我的车

Freshener on the rearview mirror

改装得很新潮

I wear a heart on my shoulder

我说出心声

'Member when we used to make the

还记得吗，我们把便宜手机

Boost look like Motorola

改装成摩托罗拉的造型？

Your cousin f**ked up your room

你的表弟总是做坏事

Every time he came over

等他长大

Then went to jail when we got older

他就进了监狱

That sh*t is a bad odor but still

即使坏事情发生在我身上

I remain focussed

但我仍然专心做音乐

In due time I'll be able to swipe

等到我成功的时候，我可以随意刷卡

My card and it won't say decline

它不会提醒我余额不足

That sh*t's embarrassing huh

这真让人尴尬

Hope no one pay you no mind

本希望没人注意到你

But it's a bad b**ch behind you

但你排队的时候

While you standing in line

身后偏偏是个吸人眼球的辣妞

Can you relate to my story

当你听到我的音乐的时候，你真正理解它吗？

Can you follow my dreams

你能明白

And admirations that I had ever

我从十三岁时就有的梦想

Since I was thirteen

和钦佩的对象吗？

My momma believed in me she let

我的妈妈相信我

Me use her van to go to the studio

她让我开她的车去录音棚

Even though she know her tank is empty

她总是不遗余力地支持我

That's who I do it fo'

我愿意为她努力

My pops got a different approach

我的音乐定会与众不同

Yeah he believed

是的，他相信

But he always questioned when

当我发行我的首张专辑的时候

I'ma drop my debut CD

他总是问我

How long this gon' take ni**a

你什么时候才会成功，伙计？

You still haven't ate ni**a

你现在还解决不了温饱问题，伙计

At twenty-two I had two cars

我二十二岁的时候，已经拥有两辆车

And my own place ni**a

和我自己的房子，伙计

It's a sacrifice I try to tell him

我告诉他，如果想要成功，我就不能同时兼顾音乐和工作

That's when he turn to BET

他看到很多音乐人

And tell me that he jealous

都赚了很多钱

Of all these niggas getting money

但是他们的歌

And their sh*t don't sound like sh*t

听起来真是很烂

I ate tryna kill your confidence

我不是要打击你的自信心

Or forcing you to quit

迫使你放弃

I just wanna hear you heard

我只想让你的歌被别人听到

Yep yep that's my word

是的，这是我的观点

Make a statement with these

我要解释一下

Nouns and verbs

我的歌词

I represent the liquor

我代表着死去的人们

That's poured out on the curb

我为他们说唱

Listen to my nouns and verbs

听我的歌

(man I wanna be heard)

伙计，我希望他们听到我的歌

Like a cattle with sheep

我希望我的歌会脱颖而出

While y'all sleep I re-up

当你和我睡在一起，早上醒来发现

Cooking up all day

我在录音室

Like a mad scientist in that

工作了一整晚

Laboratory

你会发现音乐的力量

Motherf**k what a critic got to say

评论家是怎么评价我的

I'ma be heard

我的歌肯定会被听到

What up Dasan

Dasan怎么了？

I ain't forgot ni**a

我一定不会忘记他

You developed me

你支持我，帮助我

Telling me I was hot ni**a

你告诉我，我很优秀，伙计

You believed in me first

你是第一个相信我的人

That's what's for sure

这是肯定的

At the church recording

不管我在哪里工作

At the garage but it worked

你总是用尽全力帮助我

But me and Dave kind

但是最后

Of felt you lost the passion

你失去了兴趣

A lot was going on in your

你的生活中发生了很多事

Life and you needed space

你需要一定的空间

But still I should have came

我本来应该过来

To you first to tell you what happened

第一个告诉你我的成功

But I was seventeen and figured

当时我十七岁

It's best I stay away

我以为我不和你联系是最好的

And I wrong I was young

但是我错了，我太不成熟了

And couldn't look you in the eye

在你困难的时候

For what I'd done

我却没能帮助你

But I'm telling you we ain't done

但是我要告诉你，我们的谈话还没结束

Matter of fact how's your sons

你的儿子怎么样了？

What they up to

他们现在干什么工作？

Remember they used to run away

我记得他们都走开了

While you had worked on ProTools

而你还在录音棚陪我，是吗？

People I used to be in the booth

我的朋友陪我熬夜录歌

Till four in the morning

直到凌晨四点

With school in the morning yawning

即使他们早上还要上学

But I was on it

即使很困，但我还是坚持着

Me you and Dave was on it

你，我，Dave都坚持着

Buzzing like Charlotte Hornets

我们一直在努力

When that tape dropped

当这个专辑完成

Where them beats ni**a It's been

我想我们会成功

Five years since we had rocked

我们已经玩音乐五年了

Time to be heard

是时候成名了

Yep yep that's my word

是的，这是我的观点

Make a statement with these nouns and verbs

你理解我的歌吗

I represent the liquor that's poured out on the curb

我为死去的人们说唱

Listen to my nouns and verbs (man I wanna be heard)

听我的歌，伙计，我希望我的歌被听到

Like a cattle with sheep

我希望我的歌会脱颖而出

While y'all sleep I re-up cooking up all day

当你第二天起来，你看到我工作了一整夜

Like a mad scientist in that laboratory

你会感受到音乐的力量

Motherf**k what a critic got to say I'ma be heard

该死的评论家会说什么，我希望我的歌被听到

So can you feel it

我的歌能打动你吗？

When you hear it do it

当你听它的时候

Pulsate your spirit

它触及你的灵魂了吗？

Does it make you wanna say

它是否让你想说

Motherf**k a gimmick

我就是最棒的？