N.Y. State of Mind

'N.Y. State of Mind'
我心中的紐約
Yeah, yeah
是的，是的
Ayo, black, its time, word (Word, its time, man)
黑人兄弟，是時候了（什麼？就是現在嗎，伙計？）
Its time, man (Aight, man, begin)
就是現在（好的，我們開始吧）
Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap
這TMD的是地下說唱發出的聲音
Where fake niggas dont make it back
那些冒牌貨哪涼快上哪兒待著去
I dont know how to start this shit, yo now
我其實不知道要怎麼開始才好，但是現在
Rappers, I monkey flip em with the funky rhythm I be kickin
其他說唱歌手隨著放克節奏手舞足蹈的時候，我開始了說唱
Musician, inflictin composition of pain
我就是音樂家，譜寫著這樂章為了克服痛苦
Im like Scarface sniffin cocaine
我就像疤面煞星那樣吸著可卡因
Holding an M16, see with the pen Im extreme, now
不過他是拿著M16機槍掃射，而我現在用筆就能將殺傷力發揮到極致
Bullet holes left in my peepholes
我從那些彈孔中窺視著一切
Im suited up in street clothes
街頭的穿著在我身上顯得特別合身
hand me a nine and Ill defeat foes
給我把9mm手槍，我就能幹掉敵人
Yall know my steelo with or without the airplay
無論是否收聽電台，你們都會知道我的風格
I keep some E&J, sitting bent up in the stairway
你們會看到我坐在街邊的台階上，喝著E&J的白蘭地
Or either on the corner betting Grants with the cee-lo champs
要不就是看見我在街角玩骰子賭錢
Laughing at baseheads tryna sell some broken amps
我嘲笑那些癮君子，因為他們為了買純的毒品而賣劣質的賺錢
G-packs get off quick, forever niggas talk shit
我們花錢如流水，我們總是滿嘴跑火車
Reminiscing about the last time the Task Force flipped
我回憶起上次“任務”被洩密的場景
Niggas be running through the block shootin
伙計們冒著槍火在街區裡奔逃
Time to start the revolution, catch a body, head for Houston
是該有所行動的時候了，他們可能會窮追不捨到休斯頓那麼遠的地方
Once they caught us off-guard, the Mac-10 was in the grass and
曾經因為放鬆警惕讓他們找到了我，而一隻對講機被遺落在草地上
I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin
我像一頭有刺客般思想的獵豹一樣飛奔過去
Pick the Mac up, told brothers, 'Back up,' the Mac spit
撿起那隻對講機，衝著它喊話，讓兄弟們過來支援
Lead was hittin niggas, one ran – I made him backflip
我對他們進行了一輪掃射，我擊中了其中一人，他仰面倒下
Heard a few chicks scream, my arm shook, couldnt look
我聽到了一些女人在尖叫，我的胳膊在顫抖，視線模糊
Gave another squeeze, heard it click, 'Yo, my shit is stuck'
我重新裝彈，聽著子彈上膛的聲音，突然我的槍膛卡住了
Try to cock it, it wouldnt shoot, now Im in danger
試著扣動扳機，但是它無法射出子彈，我現在可身臨險境了
Finally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamber
最後我回過頭，眼睜睜地看著3顆子彈擊中了我的太陽穴
So now Im jetting to the building lobby
所以現在我能飛上天堂的大廳俯視一切了
And it was full of children probably couldnt see as high as I be
下面的那些孩子可能不能看到我到底身處多高的地方
(So what you sayin?) Its like the game aint the same
（那麼你要說什麼？）只是俯視這場遊戲的感覺有所不同
Got younger niggas pulling the triggers bringing fame to their name
我看到更年輕的人們用槍來給自己積累聲望
And claim some corners, crews without guns are goners
也看到了沒有槍的幫派成員橫屍街頭
In broad daylight, stickup kids – they run up on us
在光天化日下搶劫孩子，他們習以為常
45s and gauges, Macs, in fact
實際上他們更常用45式手槍和衝鋒槍火拼
Same niggas will catch you back-to-back, snatching your cracks in black
到了晚上他們就像打背靠背比賽一樣，馬不停蹄地四處販毒
There was a snitch on the block getting niggas knocked
但是街區也有給條子告密的眼線，他們會讓這些毒販子吃不了兜著走
So hold your stash til the coke price drop
所以買家付賬之前，別把你的貨給亮出來
I know this crackhead who said shes got to smoke nice rock
我知道有個“粉兒姐”，她說她只會抽些狠貨
And if its good, shell bring you customers in measuring pots
如果對她胃口，她也會把自己給你們這些顧客抽上一口
But yo, you gotta slide on a vacation, inside information
但是你們可別上癮，在該去度假的時候還賴著不走
Keeps large niggas erasin and their wives basin
潛藏在街頭深處的信息無處不在，麻痺大意的傢伙難逃一死，不堪誘惑的女人吸上了毒
It drops deep as it does in my breath
而我能在呼吸中將它們領悟地更加深刻
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
我不會睡著，因為睡眠是死亡的溫床
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
我們的生活都已經被定義，在超越我們智慧之牆的上方
I think of crime when Im in a New York state of mind
當我身處心中的紐約，思考的是這裡的罪惡
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Be having dreams that Im a gangsta, drinking Moets, holding Tecs
我一直都有當個幫匪的夢想—握著Tec-9手槍，喝著酩悅香檳
Making sure the cash came correct, then I stepped
我能從白手起家，到財源廣進
Investments in stocks, sewing up the blocks to sell rocks
靠的是到各處去進貨，然後奔走在各個街區去販毒
Winning gunfights with mega-cops
還得贏下跟許多條子的槍戰火拼
But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger
我只是一個在街頭遊蕩，隨時準備扣下扳機的傢伙
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
賺足夠多的鈔票直到讓我的口袋漸漸鼓起來
I aint the type of brother made for you to start testin
我可不是那種會讓你們對我的能力有所懷疑的伙計
Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have niggas undressin
只要給我把史密斯威森的左輪手槍，我就能把那些傢伙幹掉
Thinking of cash flow, buddha and shelter
說到現金流，大麻和我們的避難所
Whenever frustrated, Im a hijack Delta
無論遭遇何種挫折，我依然保持強硬
In the PJs, my blend tape plays, bullets are strays
住在皇后橋住宅區裡，聽著我的混音輯和窗外偶爾傳來的槍聲
Young bitches is grazed, each block is like a maze
年輕的女人抽著大麻在每個街區裡游盪，好像身處迷宮之中
Full of black rats trapped plus the Island is packed
街道裡全是黑色的老鼠亂竄，而且監獄裡也被塞得滿滿的
From what I hear in all the stories when my peoples come back, black
這是從我那些從那裡回來的黑人兄弟們口中得知的
Im living where the nights is jet-black
我生活的地方黑夜是伸手不見五指
The fiends fight to get crack, I just max, I dream I can sit back
看著朋友為了搶毒品而反目成仇，我冷眼旁觀，只是希望我能夠休息一下
And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn
可以把阿爾卡彭當做指路明燈，在刀尖上舔血也在所不惜
Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, holmes
或者選擇過合法的奢靡生活，帶著鑲滿鑽石的戒指，住著豪宅
I got so many rhymes, I dont think Im too sane
我可以用太多的韻腳來描述這些，只是我覺得自己不是很清醒
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain
因為在這兒的生活如同地獄，而我卻必須繼續下去
And be prosperous, though we live dangerous
儘管我們生活在危險之中，也照樣能興旺發達
Cops could just arrest me, blaming us, were held like hostages
條子只是像挾持人質一樣將我們逮捕，盤問我們
Its only right that I was born to use mics
我唯一能確定的是我用麥克風說唱的本事與生俱來
And the stuff that I write is even tougher than dykes
我寫的唱段甚至比大堤還堅不可摧
Ive taken rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow
我慢慢地說唱著，把其他的說唱歌手帶上了一個新的高度
My rhymin is a vitamin held without a capsule
我的韻腳就是沒有被裝在膠囊裡的維他命
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
我就是節奏中的犯罪高手
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes
別把我的歌放入你們的收音機，它們會把我的磁帶吃掉
The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps
在這不眠的城市，全是聲名狼藉的惡人
Thats where I learned to do my hustle, had to scuffle with freaks
那也是我知道靠販毒賺錢，也必須和蕩婦打交道的地方
Im an addict for sneakers, 20s of buddha and bitches with beepers
我為運動鞋，大麻和帶著尋呼機的小妞而著迷
In the streets I can greet ya, about blunts I teach ya
在街頭我能抽著葉子跟你們打招呼
Inhale deep like the words of my breath
深深地吸一口，就像去把我的言語給消化
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
我不會睡著，因為睡眠是死亡的溫床
I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times
每當我追溯往昔，我就能放下現實的謎團
Nothings equivalent to the New York state of mind
我心中的紐約，沒有任何東西可以取代
New York state of mind
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New York state of mind
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