Stillmatic (The Intro) - intro

Uh, you know I still run with that,
呃，你知道我會依然不屈不撓
that blood of a slave
奴隸的鮮血

在我脈搏裡跳動
Boiling in my veins
熱騰騰

知道我不能再接受
Its just hot until a nigga
奴隸的血，王者的心
cant take it no more
燥起來

哎呦，依然是很瘋癲
Blood of a slave, Heart of a King
我從棺材裡爬出來
Turn my voice up
拍拍灰，掃掃衣服
Ayo, the brother is 'Stillmatic'
他們以為我會創造另外一張超乎瘋癲

但我永遠是在向前看的
I crawled up out of that grave,
從不後退，傻蛋，這是另一張經典
wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt
C-note從天而降
They thought Ill make another 'Illmatic'
現在榮譽漫天飛
But its always forward Im moving
Nas是獨一無二的詩人
Never backwards stupid heres another classic
孩童殺手Escobar
C-Notes is falling from the sky
製片導演
By now the credits roll starring
劇情片，描述了貧民窟裡
Nas executive poet, produced,
那些失落靈魂的拯救故事(laws 應為lost)
directed by
鏡頭開始是
The Kid slash Escobar
一個年輕的黑人小孩
Narration describes the lives and
在沙發里抽煙，同時撓痒癢
laws tribes in the ghetto trying to survive
電視上
The feature opens with
放著性格女孩Mary Jane,七英寸的電視
this young black child
背景很淡
Finger scratch, cigarette burns on the sofa,
食物來自C-Town,早餐很豐盛（poof應為food）
turning the TV down
從癮君子旁邊走過
Mary Jane girls, 45s playing,
走出門來，我們所有人都很窮困潦倒（paw應為poor）
soft in the background
我能辨別人與人之間細微的差別
Poof from C-Towns mornings was hash browns
誰是真君子，誰是軟蛋
Stepped over dope fiends,
還有殺人兇手，窮凶極惡的幫派
walking out the door, all of us paw
人們在屋頂蹦來蹦去
I learned the difference between the snitches,
槍林彈雨貫穿了我整個童年
the real ones, and whos soft
如履薄冰，七歲還有九歲
And the murderous, hungriest crews
這就是我在我專輯封面的年齡
People jumping from roofs,
這是再生
shotguns pumping made it through my youth
我的街區也很缺水就像當年
Walking very thin lines, ages seven and nine
Moses穿過滾燙的沙漠
Thats the age I was on my album cover,
尋找解脫一樣
this is the rebirth
這是我的結束同時也是我的開始，就跟鄉愁一樣
I know the streets thirst water like Moses
夢開始和結束的地方
Walking through the ho
就像矩陣裡的一個乾擾波
t desert searching to be free
我能看見所有，做到所有，你們很多人
This is my end and my new beginning Nostalgia
只能風風火火一陣子
Alpha and Omega places,
就說出一個句子然後說唱就從此與你無緣（spit a sentence）
its like a glitch in the matrix
你們都在模仿哥但哥從來未被超越
I seen it at all, did it all, most of
我要追回我的風格
yall been pop for a minute
就像一個汽車回收員一樣從你們手中回收
Spitters, sinners and the game get rid of yall
致那些雙重騙子
Yall got there but yall didnt get it all
投標人，真正的黑鬼們
, I want my style back
專家們，堅持
Hate to cease yall plan its the rap repo-man
為了孩子們的夢想而奔波的人們
To them double up hustlers,
讓我的歌引導你，撫慰你
bidders, niggas who real
從Crips到Pirus，這就是生存
Professionals, stick up
奴隸的血，王者的心
childs dreaming for meals
奴隸的血，王者的心
Let my words guide you, get inside you
啊啊，奴隸的血，王者的心
From Crips to Pirus this is survival
歐耶
Blood of a Slave, Heart of a King
哼，勇敢的心
Blood of a Slave, Heart of a King

Uh, uh Blood of a Slave, Heart of a King
Uh, yea
Huh, Braveheart