On This Way (feat. The Game & Iyla)

And I think I been countin' my hardest days
我自觉已经数出多少“最”艰难的日子
Lord, won't you save me? Oh
主啊，你不会救救我吗？
You know what I've been prayin' for
你知道我为何祈祷
And I never thought I'd see this day, yeah
但是我从不认为我会见到我被救赎的那一天
I gotta make it change
我不得不做出改变
And I think I been countin' my hardest days
又觉得数过了“最”艰难的一天

Uh, writin' plans to make a new report (Yeah)
做个计划，交一份全新的满意答卷
Grind hard and turn my basement to a jewelry store
努力生活/锋磨自己，将地下室变成珠宝店（磨砺自己，所以能磨砺加工珠宝）
If you don't do it for your kids, then who you do it for?
如果你不为自己做事，那还会是为了谁呢？
I'm tryna read and learn some sh!t I never knew before
我尝试去阅读、理解那些我从未听过的知识
Focused on investments (Yeah) build me up some new resorts
专注投资 给自己建度假胜地
We can manifest it (Word) you'd rather hit the Louis store
我们能证明 你还是去逛逛LV店吧
Wastin' all your blessings, care about the ones who doubt you
浪费掉身上所有的福报 去关心那些怀疑你的人
Just to impress some hoes who never gave a f!ck about you
就为了给一些烂人一个好印象
Just what I discovered
我刚刚才发现
Never believed in family, that word is really a cover
别相信“朋友、家人”这类鬼话，那就是个幌子
Just a title that have the advantage to keep you under (Oh, yeah)
那就是个为了从你身上榨取好处盖的帽子
I got n!gga I consider brothers more than my brothers
我有兄弟，有一些兄弟，比兄弟更“兄弟”
So watch it, you show your colors
所以看着吧，你原形必露
We livin' in a world where prison walls is depravation (Yeah)
我们生活在一个狱墙堕恶的世界
Livin' in a world where snitchin' calls for celebration (Yeah)
这个世界里告密者要人庆祝
Livin' in a world where niggas crawl and segregation
这个世界黑人摸爬滚打，惨遭隔离
Rainy nights and desperation, pray we fight the legislation
总是有着大雨天和绝望的日子 希望我们为立法斗争
Protest until we flatline, paralyzed (Uh)
抗议到我们短气而亡，全身瘫痪
They throwin' stones at my Black Lives Matter signs (Oh)
他们在“黑命贵”的标语上扔石头
Made a change but we still not satisfied
是做出了点改变，但我们才不满意
I can't smile half the time I'm still (I'm still)
保持冷静的同时，我还能笑出来一半
I'm still waitin', sittin' plottin' on the couch (Word)
我还在等待，坐在沙发上密谋变革
‘Cause I know that I ain't safe when all these cops is on the prowl (Yeah)
因为我知道我可不安全，那些警察在外面悄悄巡逻呢
Tryna think of other ways, but we ain't got no other route
想想别的办法，但再无路可走
I'm startin' to understand that sh!t that Pac was talkin' ‘bout (Word)
我开始明白2Pac的所思所想

And I think I been countin' my hardest days
我自觉已经数出多少“最”艰难的日子
Lord, won't you save me? Oh
主啊，你不会救救我吗？
You know what I've been prayin' for (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
你知道我为何祈祷
And I never thought I'd see this day (Uh, uh, uh, uh) yeah
但是我从不认为我会见到我被救赎的那一天
I gotta make it change
我不得不做出改变
And I think I been countin' my hardest days
又觉得数过了“最”艰难的一天
Lord, won't you save me? Oh
主啊，你还不救救我吗
You know what I've been prayin' for
你可是真的知道我在想什么
And I never thought I'd see this day, yeah
尽管我确实从未期望那天的到来
I gotta make it change
那我还是改变自己吧
And I think I been countin' my—
我觉得我好像又度过了——

Look, time is money and the clock tickin'
听好了，时间就是金钱，而时间正在流逝
I teach my son love and respect, that's a God given (Word)
我教导我的儿子学会爱和尊重，那是上帝的恩赐
My sperm donor never been sh!t, just a flop
我的捐精者什么都不是，就是个失败
Listen, if it wasn't for my step-pops, I'd prolly turn out different (Facts)
如果不是我的后爸，我可能完全是另外一个人
Probably be in a cell doin' a life sentence (Facts)
可能在监狱里终身服刑
Probably have twenty baby mamas and nine b!tches (Facts)
可能有让20个未成年怀孕，同时约9个女人
Probably grow up misguided, twisted inside the system
可能被误导着长大，人格扭曲
Dropped out and failed ‘cause nobody listen to my admission (Yeah)
被退学，考试失利，没人愿意录用我
Sick of gettin' in fights with n!ggas less educated
和那些没怎么受过教育的人们斗争真让我厌倦
Sick of gettin' advice from n!ggas who never made it (Ooh)
那些从来都是失败的落水狗居然给我意见，令我作呕
Sick of bein' polite to people with lesser patience
还有那些耐心毫无耐心的人，我为什么要礼貌对待？
Oftentimes, I wonder where I would be if I never made it
经常我反思，如果我没成功，那我会在哪里？
The hatin' always comes from n!ggas
恨意往往来自那些
That wish they had all your blessings or the clout (True)
羡慕你的福气、你的深远影响力的人
And bad vibes forever, but I'm destined on this route (Yeah)
名声永远就得这么差了，但是我命中注定在这条路上（Bad Vibes Forever也是xxx的专辑）
I'm startin' to understand that sh!t that X was talkin' ‘bout (Word)
我开始明白XXX在说什么
And I think I been countin' my—
我觉得我已经在计数——

Worst thing comes to worst
最糟糕的事变得更糟糕，
I f!ckin' die a tragic death or some sh!t
我会悲剧般地死去
And I'm not able to see out my dreams
再也不能贯彻我的梦想
I at least wanna know that the kids perceive my message
至少，我想知道，那些孩子们接收到了我的讯息，
And were able to make something of themselves
能够让他们成为对社会有贡献的人
And able to take my message
能够把我的信息
And use it and turn it into somethin' positive
转化成积极的能量
And to, to at least have a good life
至少，能过一个舒适的生活

If it ain't black owned, I'm prolly gon' use it to chop crack on
如果黑色不再停在我的皮肤上，我可能就去砍块东西，直接开嗨
Hard white for all them hard nights I had my back on
因为那些严苛的白人/可惜不是白色，也为了我背负的艰难的夜晚
Roach-infested carpet, tip-toe in my mother's room
生虱的地毯，踮着脚在我妈的房间里走路
See a dresser and felt no pressure when takin' a twenty off it
看见了碗橱，毫无悔过地拿走20块钱
Compton like a closed coffin, we walkin' to school coughin'
康普顿就像是个被封死地棺材盒 我们咳嗽着跑去上学
Often high off the gun smoke, Boston had at the front door
在枪烟中迷醉 波士顿的在前门
Cookin' class, I'm JAY, Hov', rock it up on they stove
“烹煮”着整个阶级/班级，我是Jay Z 在火炉上“翻翻炒炒”
Me and my teacher goin' back and forth like Noname and J. Cole
我和我的老师互相拌嘴 像是No name和J.cole（参考Snow on the bluff）
You said I would never be what? I wouldn't amount to what?
你说我不能成为什么？ 我不会达成什么？
Now you in this Trader Joe's, same lines, sayin', “Wassup?” (Oh)
现在你和Joe Budden（背后捅Eminem刀子的人）一个嘴脸，说“咋了嘛？”
Talkin' ‘bout like how you like my songs, not knowin' it was me
说着你多么喜欢这首歌，根本不知道这首歌是我唱的
Security had me in a headlock and I told you I couldn't breathe
保安夹着我的头保护我的安全（模仿Jeorge Floyd的死法），我告诉你：我不能呼吸！
Now it's Black Lives Matter and white letters on your shirt
现在是“黑命贵”，衣服上印着白色的字条
Now how many black lives did you help, or did you hurt?
那你看看你救了多少黑命？还是伤害了多少条黑命？
Did you handicap, block, push to excel or did you hinder?
你妨碍，阻拦，逼迫他们上前，你还禁止
Since hindsight's 20/20, I guess you don't remember
事后诸葛亮，我们有后见之明，你可能忘了？
Now you with your mixed child, havin' all these mixed feelings
现在你有了混血的孩子，有了复杂的情感
But do your black husband know you tried to burn down our village?
但是你的黑人丈夫知道你曾经想要烧毁我们的村庄吗？
But never mind, from the line, that's for y'all to figure out
但是没关系，在这些话里，你们自己寻找答案
Just know that boy who wasn't sh!t bailed all his n!ggas out
只要知道那个曾经什么都不是的孩子，把他的朋友们都保释出来
And it's my black queen, I kiss her on her black lips
那就是我的黑皇后，我深吻她黑色的嘴唇
And she rock Off-White ‘cause she support black sh!t
她推开那些白人/为Off White做宣传，因为她支持黑人的事业
And I'm blacker than a Steeler helmet or a Spike Lee flick
我比钢铁人队（橄榄球队）的头盔还是Spike Lee的电影都要来的硬气/黑
Black like the pick stuck in the afro of Kaepernick
就跟Colin Kaepernick（为种族歧视下跪鸣不平的黑人橄榄球运动员）的黑人卷发里的那一枝那么黑