EPMD 2 (feat. Eminem & EPMD)
Respectfully
恕我直言
Bucket on low like Erick and Parrish
帽簷拉低就像Erick和Parrish一樣(二者為嘻哈團體EPMD的成員)
Closed casket flow, all you get deaded
棺材板封死獻上這flow 你們都在劫難逃
They don't give you one single rose while you can smell it
彌留之際他們不會給你獻上玫瑰哪怕一朵
So I pick from my own garden (Garden)
所以我從自家花園折
Wanna go out in my garden like Godfather
就像《教父》 想走進我的花圃
Grandkids and a Rottweiler got over the block trauma (Yeah, trauma)
孫輩們和一隻羅威納犬歷經坎坷路
So what you sayin', You gots to chill (Uh-huh)
所以你在扯什麼最好去一邊涼快吧
Thinkin' you the truth, really you not for real (EPMD!)
你自以為全說的真話其實都是鬼話
Back to back with it, the hardest shit of the year (Nasir Jones, remix)
攜手本年度最厲害的歌手王者歸來(Nasir Jones混音)
EPMD, we back in business
EPMD 我們強勢回歸(Back to Business出自原曲“EPMD”)
Ain't nobody with us, come to your senses (Uh)
沒人敢與我們叫板清醒點
P is the second comin' of God, somеthin' to witness
P(Parrish Smith)如上帝再臨一起來親眼目睹
Piece of shit, fly on your hеad like Mike Pence's, we in the trenches
你腦子裡有什麼玩意兒在盤旋如同Mike Pence發言時蒼蠅來光顧
I'm mad, better yet, I'm on a rampage
咬牙切齒我就要橫衝直撞我們身處第一現場
My people can't even get minimum wage
我的同胞連最低工資都沒有保障
A stimulus (Uh), give me some interest (Uh)
經濟刺激給我滾一邊給我利錢
Give me a loan (Oh), give me a home
給我貸款給我一套房
Give me that land you owe me so I can roam
給我你欠我的那片土地讓我能四處逛
So when you trespass, blaow, one in your dome
所以要是敢闖入槍聲一響把你的腦瓜一槍射爆
Best wishes, ghost 'em like he Tommy
祝你好運像Tommy一樣尾隨他們(Tommy和外號為Ghost的James為美劇《權欲》主角，由50 Cent製片)
Ain't worried 'bout nothing 'cause Hit Squad behind me
無須擔心因為有Hit Squad做身後盾
EPMD, we back in business
EPMD 我們強勢回歸
I visualize what it is, not what it isn't
我構想真實的存在而非虛無縹緲
We at the mafia table next to the kitchen
我們與黑手黨齊聚廚房旁的餐桌上
Eatin' Michelin Stars, countin' a million
嘴裡享用米其林星級美食手上數著百萬大鈔
Dun! I let it go for the family, meetin's at Cote in Miami
我為家庭會議上做起甩手掌櫃人在邁阿密Cote酒店
Them wine bottles on maggie, extra large
大瓶紅酒奉上
Sign up for my masterclass, Escobar
報名我的大師課就像Escobar一樣(美劇《毒梟》原型為大毒梟Pablo Escobar)
Feet up at Mets Stadium at my restaurant
在Mets Stadium開起餐館
Tied in from AZ to Dave East
從AZ 到Dave East
You know my thoughts get crazy
她清楚我的內心喪心病狂
My teachers, they couldn't grade me
老師們無法給我打分
I know some Haitians in Dade County, got choppers in Haiti
我認識一些住在戴夫縣的海地人在海地買些武器
She booked a flight to Colombia, made her body amazin'
她訂機票飛到哥倫比亞我把她調教得身姿曼妙
Just to post it on Tumblr, this that ' up the summer' shit
只為傳到湯不熱上這個夏天注定不妙
I don't care what you comin' with, me and Hit-Boy runnin' shit (Runnin' shit)
我不在乎你和誰一道我和Hit-Boy席捲八荒
Big gold, rope chains, but they flooded now (Yeah, flooded now)
大把鈔票粗金鍊條但這些氾濫得讓人煩惱
Pull up with the Ghost like a haunted house (Haunted house)
開著勞斯萊斯古斯特如從鬼屋出場
She gettin ' scary, blood on my hands like Carrie
她讓我鮮血滿手可怖不已就像魔女嘉莉一樣(Carrie被蓄意選為舞會皇后加冕時全身被淋滿豬血)
Might walk through a cemetery to see where hip-hop is buried
也許會穿過墓地看看嘻哈音樂的墳場
I said it was dead, but it faked its death like Machiavelli
我口頭宣布嘻哈已死但就像Machiavelli的假死全是假象(意大利哲學家和政治家Niccolò Machiavelli，此處指2Pac)
You see letters in red splatter, look like sauce and spaghetti
飛濺的血色文字看上去就像是意大利面的醬汁
(Yeah, ready?)
(是否就緒)
EPMD, we're back in business (What?)
EPMD 我們強勢回歸
Livin' in cramped conditions, will give you ammunition
生活環境髒亂差我們會給你提供彈藥
I stock those shelves, I got those shells like Taco Bell and I'm not gon' fail
沒有彈藥? 我的彈殼比Taco Bell的捲餅殼還多我注定不會失敗(shell雙關)
I got no L's (Noels) like Christmas, you don't wanna make the claws (Claus) come out (Nah)
在聖誕節我所向披靡/沒有聖誕頌歌/沒有精靈伴我(elves精靈/no l's即no loss生涯中沒有損失/NOELS聖誕歌名歐洲聖誕歌曲多以NOELS等為名) 你不想讓聖誕老人現身/利爪探出(Claus/claws爪子)
Y'all should call yourselves Santa (Why?) 'cause none of y'all are real (Nah)
你們就該自稱聖誕老頭原因就是你們一個個都太虛偽
Not a 'single one' (Like what? ), like a dollar bill (Yeah)
沒有一個實在踏實就像是僅剩一美元窮困可憐
Just like your in appellate court, she's on a pill (Appeal)
就像是你的妞在上訴法庭出現她吞下藥片/她來上訴(a pill/appear上訴)
We got her a 'bond' and she'll
我們緊密相連/喜結連理(bond雙關)
Never 'bail' on me (Bail on me), not even outta jail (Haha, jail)
她永遠不會離我而去即使我身陷囹圄/她永遠不會保釋我把我留在監獄(bail雙關)
EPMD, but me, I gots no chill (Ch-chill)
EPMD 我可不會畏懼
Just a lotta skrill
只是實力雄厚(skrill財力/skill能力)
Lady, my paper's so crazy, I just tossed a mil' out the window of my mobile
女人我錢多的不要不要一百萬美元隨便扔出車窗
On the freeway on the way here (Yeah)
就在來的路上
Like Rudolph and his homies when they pullin' the sleigh, yeah
就像魯道夫和他夥伴們一起拉著雪橇(Rudolph 為聖誕老人拉雪橇的馴鹿)
That's a lot of bucks flyin' when I'm makin' it rain, dear
一大堆鈔票/一大群鹿在空中飛舞當我撒出大把錢雨(bucks 美元/雄鹿)(rain dear/reindeer馴鹿)(rain/ring總冠軍戒指?)
Green on me but no weed, shorty, just these, darling
我身上帶點綠但不是菸葉的綠
A pocket full of pills, some are Tylenol 3s, prolly two or three Molly
口袋裡都是藥兩三片泰諾也許還有莫莉些許
So some are E (Summary), which reminds me of 'Rap Summary,' mami
這個夏夜讓我想起Rap Summary(指Big Daddy Kane的歌)
My theme song, me and 'P' always used to play that shit on repeat all day
這即是我的主題曲我和Proof過去整天單曲循環
So please call me 'Big Daddy' (Daddy)
所以請叫我Big Daddy
Plus I got the Kane (Cane) and 'Lean On Me' (Yeah)
而且這藥那藥我都有/而且我有權又有錢(kane和lean雙關)
MCs, I'm eatin' you B-I-T-C-H's like tortilla chips
我要把MC們一個個嚼碎吞下就像墨西哥玉米片一樣
Me, I'm free of debt, yeah, green is on Chia Pet (Woo)
而我我無債一身輕在草頭娃娃上也能種出鈔票
This is the effects of my old neighborhood misery index
這是我的舊鄰對我的影響痛苦指數
Poverty at its peak, OCD and PTSD, I guess
窮困狀況都在峰值我想還有強迫症和PTSD
R.I.P. out to DMX, Stezo E and Nipsey
安息吧DMX Jeez Louis
Ecstasy and Prince Markie Dee, MF DOOM, I hit 50 via text
以及MC Ecstasy Prince Markie Dee和MF DOOM我發短信給50 Cent
Told him that I love him 'cause I don't even know when I'ma see him next (Nah)
告訴他我很愛他因為下次什麼時候見面還沒著落
Tomorrow could be your death (Bring that beat back)
明天死神可能就會先一步來訪
Yeah, and this shit ain't for the faint
這不是寫給那些無名小卒
'Cause the brain's illa trained killer, danger, deranged
因為大腦已失去理智訓練有素的殺手危險至極精神錯亂
And I drank all the DayQuil (Yeah) I blank on the paper
我把感冒藥一飲而盡我就像是一張白紙
Then wait 'til the page fill up (What?)
等到整頁都寫滿
Hate spiller, shameful the strength of a pain pill or tranq'
仇恨因劇痛而滿懷羞愧
I just pray for the day when I'm able to say that I'm placed with the greats
祈禱在某一天我能當之無愧地宣告我與大佬們並駕齊驅
And my name's with the Kane's and the Wayne's, and the Jay's and the Dre's
我的名字與Big Daddy Kane，Lil Wayne和Jay Z
And the Ye's, and the Drake's and the J Dilla's, Jada's, Cool J's
以及Dr. Dre Yes和Drake，還有J Dillas David Jude，Jolicoeur和LL Cool J並列
And the Ra's and amazin' as Nas is, and praise to the Gods of this
當然還有Nas 感謝上帝
Shout to the golden age of Hip-Hop and the name of this song is
為嘻哈音樂的黃金年代沸騰歡呼這首歌就叫做
EPMD, we back in business
EPMD 我們強勢回歸
I visualize what it is, not what it isn't
我構想真實的存在而非虛無縹緲
We at the mafia table next to the kitchen
我們與黑手黨齊聚廚房旁的餐桌上
Eatin' Michelin Stars, countin' a million
嘴裡享用米其林星級美食手上數著百萬大鈔