Consider My Love

Consider my love
回想起吾愛
The days when we were
我們在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青澀
Our love was enough
但我們的愛就已足夠
Remember?
記得嗎？
1974
1974年
The Lord put me on this planet with a plan to be as hard as granite
主把我安排在這這顆星球，變得如花崗岩般堅硬
Calm spirit, no panic at the childbirth
平靜的心靈，在出生之時沒有任何驚慌
Verse read
詩朗誦
Mother shaped my head with a kiss
母親輕吻我的額頭
“Damn! he got a strong grip…” as I suckled
“天哪，他可抓得真牢”正當我在吸奶時
My Father's knees buckled from the joy
我的教父雙膝跪地，帶著喜悅
Luck would have it that this bouncing baby boy would
好運也許將會降臨到這個男孩子的頭上
Gravitate towards being
被吸引前往
Poetic, Emceein' in the future
充滿詩意，對未來描繪
But for now on the nipple like a hookah
但現在只會吸吮著乳頭，像是吸著一個水煙袋
Fast forward, play games and duke a bit
按下快進，玩遊戲的畫面和公爵的畫面
The years progress
時光如梭
Messed with cats that dib and dabbled in chess
如同小貓咪碰翻弄亂象棋棋子
Less strategical but meaningful
沒有戰術，卻充滿意義
Growing was completed so fast
成長的速度如此之快
3rd grader doing 5th grade math
三年級的學生做著五年級的數學題
Knew the library staff and half the books I read shed light
通曉圖書館的工作人員，我讀過的大半的書都熠熠生輝
Damn! Those Arabian Knights
可惡！那些阿拉伯騎士
Was influenced by love that be of my birthright
享受著我與生俱來的關愛
Consider my love
回想起吾愛
The days when we were
我們在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青澀
Our love was enough
但我們的愛就已足夠
Remember?
記得嗎？
Sundays at church, watching the preacher work the pulpit
星期日的教堂，看著牧師們在講壇宣告
Sit next to Ma
坐在媽媽身邊
Pay attention or you'd get pent against the wall
要專心聽，不然就要面壁思過
Times was serious but love conquered
那段時光如此肅穆，卻被愛包裹
Above sponsors of hate
在主辦者之恨上
So we had to relate in those days
所以我們必須要把這些日子聯繫起來
Hip Hop was ill
嘻哈病了
Conforming to the whack performing was unreal
符號化地去迎合他人表演是不真實的
And listen that's real!
好好聽才是真的
We'd kill for a chance to go dance and wop
我們要找機會去跳舞，引爆全場
Pop music was hot and new
流行音樂又火又新潮
Boys would pop and groove with high tops and loose shoes
男孩們會在舞台上舞動身體，鞋子都掉了
To hip hop that incorporated jazz and blues
嘻哈混合料爵士和藍調
In high school, arts were plentiful
在高中，藝術生活如此豐富
Magnetic programs romance was synthetic
充滿吸引力的浪漫活動如夢如幻
Dead it in a minute so much love, but love I'm tryin to get it
那麼多愛情可以在1分鐘內就死透，但我要去爭取
Through roads and streets
穿過大街和小巷
Avenues and creeks
大道和小溪
Seek what my heart desires buying tracks that meet
尋找著我內心渴求的東西，購買聽到過的音樂
Complete now so…
而現在就
Consider My Love
回想起吾愛
The days when we were
我們在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青澀
Our love was enough
但我們的愛就已足夠
Remember?
記得嗎？
Those family functions
那些家庭中的職能
No interruptions
不曾斷過
Bustin “The Dozens” on kin folk
在鄉親們的面前演繹著各種曲目
Mainly your cousins
主要是我的同胞們
It's all love
全部都是愛
In good spirit
興致高昂
Used to hear it from the older generation
曾經都是從老一代上聽到的
Chasin' them dreams and stacking cream for all of us
追逐著他們的夢
We used to boost a bit
我們曾吹過的牛
Young kids with the itch to have them cool fits and fly kicks, Nike Dunks
小孩子心癢癢地想要酷炫的裝備，想要籃球鞋，耐克灌籃
California raised, so the hustle was engrained from dayone
在加利福尼亞長大，所以奮鬥就在腦海裡面根深蒂固
Fake one's that front
前面那些虛偽的人
Give it up
放棄吧
Childhood was good
童年很美好
From Stockton to Inglewood
從斯托克頓到英格爾伍德
Boggs Tract in fact is where the foundation lies at
博格斯道就是一切的基礎
Now Mac trucks back up to speed the track up
現在開著大卡車狂飆
I plead, don't crack up the dirt before we act up
我懇求，在我們動身之前別揚起塵土
From the foot to the brain impact cuts the soul deep
從頭到腳，深深衝擊著我們的靈魂
A whole heap but peep we still gain
雖已擁有很多，但我們仍在偷學
Things have changed but memories stay the same
物是人非，但是回憶是相同的
This brave heart parts with…
這顆心伴隨著
Consider My Love
回想起吾愛
The days when we were
我們在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青澀
Our love was enough
但我們的愛就已足夠
Remember?
記得嗎？