Otherside
He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin on
他走到朋友跟前問他在喝什麼
He said lean, You want to hit it, dawg?
朋友答到:'這就是傳說中的lean啊，你要不要來一口'
Thats the same stuff
他問道'這就是
Weezys sippin huh?
小李偉經常提的那東西吧'
And tons of other rappers that be spittin hard
'其他rapper也是經常在歌裡提到來著對吧'
Yup yup five a bone
朋友笑著說:'對啊對啊，就是那玩意'
When he passed him that styrofoam the easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before
他從朋友手裡接下那杯飲料那粉色和歌裡描述的毫無差別
Finally got to see what all the hype was on
今天終於讓我見識到了!
And then he took a sip, sittin in the Lincoln thinkin he was pimpin as he listen to the system
他小小喝了一口坐在林肯車裡感覺自己牛逼的如同歌裡所說一樣
Little did he know that it was just as addictive as base
他認為這玩意能讓人多上癮
Not the kind of hit from the kick drum
但是那種癮卻絕對比音樂可怕
Hot box, let the base bump
音樂響著車裡煙霧瀰漫
Take it to the face, gulp
一口口的品嚐已經不夠過癮他乾脆一飲而盡
Months later the use went up
幾個月後他的服藥量越來越大
Every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff
但是真見鬼了
But Goddamn he loved that feelin
他無法抗拒這美妙的感覺
Purple rain coated in the throat
藥水染紫了他的喉嚨
Just so healin
但他感覺棒極了
Medicine alleviate the sickness
完全無藥可救的上癮
Liquid affix and it comes with a cost
依附性無限擴大隨之而來是可怕的代價
Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin, itchin
驚醒冷汗抓撓鑽心的癢
Trying to escape the skin that barely fit him
他甚至想要脫離這幅皮囊
Gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows
爽啊一瓶一瓶不停的往下灌
Headed towards the bottom couldnt get off it
即使舔瓶底都不能滿足他的渴望
Didnt even think he had a problem
要命的是他都不覺得有什麼異樣
Though he couldnt sleep without gettin nauseous
然而他現在不吐上幾回根本睡不著
Room spinnin, thinkin he might of sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup
房間旋轉著他才意識到自己是不是喝的有那麼一點點多
His eyelids closed shut
他的眼皮慢慢閉上
Sat back in the chair clutchin that cup
安詳的躺在沙發上但手裡依舊緊攥著杯子
Girlfriend came and a couple hours later said his name shook him but he never got up
女朋友來了之後試圖叫醒他搖晃他但他再也沒有醒來
He never got up, he never got up
永遠的睡了過去再也沒有醒來
We live on the cusp of death thinkin that it wont be us
我們活在死亡的邊緣卻還安慰自己不會是下一個
It wont be us, it wont be us, it wont be us
不會是我絕不可能!
Nah, it wont be us
這種事不可能發生在我身上!
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他只是想像自己的偶像一樣
Now he just wanted to act like them
像他一樣說唱
He just wanted to rap like him
但是作為rapper 我們低估了我們所言所語對聽眾產生的影響
Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids
帥氣的吸著大麻不經意的抖抖煙灰販賣毒品每天過著被警察追捕的刺激生活
Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds
事實上唱這些的人他們根本就沒做過這些
The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin about some shit they havent lived
很驚訝嗎?我來給你講講這一行的規矩
Surprise, you know the drill
他們為了銷量什麼也做得出來
Trapped in a box, declined record sales
說唱熱單的秘訣:暴力毒品性交易
Follow the formula violence, drugs, and, sex sells
這樣我們聽起來就牛逼了不少
So we try to sound like someone else
這可不是電視節目不是態度更不是兒戲
This is not Californication
這痛苦無論如何都是無法美化的
Theres no way to glorify this pavement
天天酷酷的吸著飛著結局必定是身無分文老無所依
Syrup, Percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant
我不知道lil wayne是怎麼個情況
Despite how Lil Wayne lives
這玩意根本沒給我帶來過靈感
Its not conducive to being creative
我知道這些因為他是我的最愛
And I know cause hes my favorite
同時也正因如此我染上了毒癮
And I know cause I was off that same mix
聽了Dedication之後你可能真的會覺得他說的很對
Rationalize the shit that Id try after I listen to dedication
但他根本不是正常人我喝了那玩意之後不是暈倒就是無力創作
But hes an alien, Id sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation
幾個月後我完全沒有進步
Months later Im in the same place
一首歌也沒有被失敗的心情折磨
No music made, feeling like a failure
而且相信我25歲還搬回爹媽家裡住一點都不酷
And trust me its not dope to be 25 and move back to your parents basement
我親眼見證毒品毀了摯友的夢想
Ive seen my peoples dreams die
我親眼見證毒品讓他們受人唾棄
Ive seen what they can be denied
大麻不是毒品這話純屬放屁
And 'weeds not a drug' - thats denial
行屍走肉般的人生循環播放
Groundhog Day life repeat each time
奧施康定在我面前親手奪走三條活生生的人命
Ive seen Oxycontin take three lives
他們都是我的發小我們卻一同走上這條邪道
I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes
我親眼見證吸可卡因的人如同惡魔附身
Ive seen cocaine bring out the demons inside
他們出口就是謊言
Cheatin and lyin
放棄友誼心神不寧
Friendship cease, no peace in the mind
偷雞摸狗以求毒品的慰藉
Stealin and takin anything to fix the pieces inside
破產無助無依無靠
Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere
唯一的動力就是毒販子手裡的東西
Only motivation for what the dealers supplying
這些玩意確實曾帶給我至高無上的快感
That rush, that drug, that dope
小小的藥片細細的菸絲
Those pills, that crumb, that roach
小時我發誓不會碰這些東西不會碰毒品
Thinkin I would never do that, not that drug
長大之後成為一個有出息的人
And growing up nobody ever does
直到有一天你突然發現你成為了你不想成為的那個人
Until your stuck , lookin in the mirror like I cant believe what Ive become
年輕時的話
Swore I was goin to be someone
是否說的太早
And growing up everyone always does
我們出賣夢想和未來
We sell our dreams and our potential
試圖通過藥品來逃避現實
To escape through that buzz
助我向前吧
Just keep me up, keep me up
名望與金錢我來了
Hollywood here we come