victory lap
And they say Don't forget where you come from
他們說別忘了你從哪裡來
Don't die holding on to your words
別死在堅持自己的路上
Cause you know you got a whole world to change
因為你知道你要改變這個世界
But understand who you got to change first
但別忘了要先改變自己
And I was like Fuck that humility bust back
去他的，謙虛的反擊
I was just a little shorty hoping that I could find a bum to buy a 40 for me
我記得當時我只有一張公車票（這句漏了），我只是一個希望流浪漢給我四十塊錢的小個子
And have enough for a bud sack
飛了一麻袋葉子
Yeah and I dance on that instrumental
然後我隨著音樂跳舞
Unorthodox like Basquiat with the pencil
我像Basquiat一樣另類，給他一根鉛筆
Give me a microphone and a beat box I could vent to
給我一個麥克風和beat
Music the only medium that I could find myself through
音樂是唯一尋找自我的工具
Recluse sipping on some lean I would let loose
魯莽的喝一口lean，開始放鬆對自己的要求（應該不是recluse是reckless吧）
Looking in the mirror, watching myself lose
看著鏡子裡的自己在走下坡路
Cleaned up in 08 got a job making barely minimum wage
08年開始戒毒，找了一份難以糊口的工作
To get into that page
為了走到今天
Hit the road with RL performing in front of 8 people
和Ryan Lewis在路邊給八個人表演
And that shit will check your ego
這種事情會讓你明白自己真正的追求
About around that time I'm watching that EP go
大概在那個時候我們的迷你專輯
From nothing to getting us booked around the country
讓我們從一無所有到全國巡演
I know no limits life can change in an instant
我知道人生不設限，生活可以變化的很快
8 People turn into sold out shows in a minute
從只有八個觀眾到門票秒售空
And I'm watching my pops in the back row grinning
我看見我爸在後排對著我笑
With his glass up to my mom toasting this Guinness
他和我媽用吉尼斯黑啤碰杯
And we on (we on)
我們上路了
Good music it lies in the ambiance
氛圍決定音樂的好壞
When we leave here
當我們離開的時候
Will these words live on
歌詞也會永垂不朽
Till then we keep on making the songs
在那之前我們堅持寫歌
So put them up up up up up (so high)
把他們堅持下去
I remember that Freshman edition
我記得大學一年級寫的那些歌
Last year thinking to myself like
去年我對自己說
Yah nah I won't win it yet
我現在還不能成功
Probably won't get it but I'm gonna give it everything
可能永遠都不能成功但是我會傾盡一切的
Play my position
盡我所能
The next 11 months I gave it all everything I had in me
接下來的11個月我嘔心瀝血、掏心掏肺寫歌
Left blood sweat tears in every god damn city
心血、眼淚和汗水留在我到過的每一個城市
No label no deal no publicist, indie
沒有廠牌，沒有錢，沒有公關，獨立音樂
Just music that connected and fans that rode with me
只是一些能讓人共鳴的歌，和粉絲一起堅持下去
Throw me a gold mine and a co-sign
給我帶來了錢還有共同署名
While you're riding a couple dope rides
當你開始走上坡路的時候
2 women both dimes
身邊都是女人
Not gonna lie that shit sounds so nice
不騙你，真是美夢成真
But I got creative control and my souls mine
但是我有創造力和自己的靈魂
I wouldn't trade it maybe I'm crazy
我不會用他們賣錢的，可能我瘋了吧
I put on for my city
為了我的城市堅持下去
Seattle that raised me
西雅圖養育了我
Rule 4080 it's really not changing
Rule4080並沒有改變（一個網站）
Now a days make good music, the people are your label
現在做出優秀的音樂，口碑和粉絲就是你的口碑
So put them up up up up up (so high)
把他們堅持下去
Oh my god feels like a victory lap
這就像是獲得冠軍之後繞場一周
Can I have that moment
我能享受一下這一刻嗎
Can I talk my shit
我能說我的故事嗎
And they say Don't forget where you come from
他們說別忘了你從哪裡來
Don't die holding on to your words
別死在堅持自己的路上
Cause you know you got a whole world to change
因為你知道你要改變這個世界
But understand who you got to change first'
但別忘了要先改變自己
Put them up up up up up
把他們堅持下去
Up up up up up
堅持下去
Up up up up up
堅持下去
Macklemore Ryan Lewis Seattle
Macklemore, Ryan Lewis 西雅圖
Put them up up up up up
把他們堅持下去
Up up up up up (so high)
堅持下去