life of T和party

Its after hours at that glamorous blind spot
光鮮之後的黯淡角落
Where theyre taking it easy, swapping personal experiences
人們輕描淡寫，聊著彼此的人生經歷
Lets listen in America Today
聽聽今天的美國故事
Life of the party, mhm, til I almost cry, mhm
派對人生，結束時我已哽咽
Its the life of the party, to think I couldve almost died
這是派對人生，想到我本可能離開人世
Lord, help us
老天幫幫我們

Hey, Miss Donda
嘿，Donda小姐
You run into my mama, please tell her I said, 'Say something'
如果見到我的媽媽，請告訴她我在呼喚她
Im startin to believe aint no such thing as Heavens trumpets
我開始相信天國沒有號角
No after-over, this is it, done
沒有續集，一切已經結束
If theres a Heaven, you would think theyd let ya speak to your son
如果天堂存在，神會允許你們對兒子說話
Maybe she has in the form of a babys laugh
也許她說過什麼，藏在一個嬰兒的笑聲中
I heard passing by in a stroller remindin me, 'Hey, keep rolling'
嬰兒車推過我身旁，我聽到它說“繼續前進”(繼續前進/輪子繼續滾動)
I dont know, maybe she has with a ** *** of a blade of grass
我不知道，她可能藏在刺人的青草里
Ive been layin on way too long, got me itchy
我在裡面躺了太久，草扎得我癢癢
Got up and roamed a lil more
我起身惘然若失
Miss Donda, you see my mama, tell her Im lost
Donda小姐，如果見到我的媽媽，請告訴她我迷了路
You see, shed always light a cigarette, we talk, I would cough
她總會點上一支香煙，我們說話時嗆得我咳嗽
Exaggeratin a lil bit so she get the point
為了表達她的意思，她總說得很誇張
Tryna get her to stop smokin, I would leave and fire up a joint
想讓她別抽了，我轉身離開，點起一根麻
Til I quit, started back up again, twenty years later
直到我戒掉，重新開始，二十年已過去
All that time, yall thought a nigga was high, thought I was crazy
那些年你們以為我上了癮，以為我瘋了
My mom , she aint cut no corners
媽媽有點鑽牛角尖
Got me back on track, I dont miss her overstepping
讓我回到正軌，我不想讓她干涉太多
But do miss her showin Seven civilian life shit
但懷念她分享生活裡的破事
Ah, Miss Donda, you see my mama, whisper her this:
啊，Donda小姐，如果見到我的媽媽請悄悄告訴她
The real reason I was geeked to go to church
我急著去教堂的真正原因
Must confess, when yall grown-ups would be in Bible study
對不起媽媽，我必須坦白，你們大人在修讀聖經時
That girl helping me with my homework? Her and I were ****in
那女孩教我寫作業？其實在干那檔子事
So pure and perverted, so spirit spinning and dirty
又純淨又墮落，扭曲又骯髒
So on, so on, and so on, we hoped that no one heard us
繼續，一次又一次，我們希望沒人聽到
Sh-sh, ah, ah
噓——噓——
And to this day, I think her mama knew but let us explore
到今天，也許媽媽知道了但還是讓我說出來吧
Miss Donda, you see my father, please, ask him why he never married
Donda小姐，如果見到我的爸爸，請問問他為什麼沒有結婚
Always smiled, but was he happy inside?
臉上掛著笑，他是否真的快樂？
Because I carried my mothers name, did he carry shame with him?
我繼承了媽媽的名字，他是否感到羞恥？
Im sure she did it out of spite, it was her decision at birth
她肯定是出於怨恨做出了那個決定
Shit, she probably was hurt, ah, poor baby
也許她被深深傷害，可憐的女孩
Two young people with different views, a lot for a young lady
兩個年輕人意見相左，這令她難以承受
No coincidence, they both passed away from heart conditions
兩人都因心臟問題離世
Theres a dissidence at play, dad and mom do hard division
矛盾一直存在，爸媽艱難地告別
Three Thou, poster child for big **** niggas raised by their mothers
3000，一個典型的媽媽帶大的大*老黑
Im supposed to smile as if God knew that I would be troubled
我應當保持微笑，“保持信念命中註定”那一套
Keeps me around, for what? I dont know
我們要相伴左右嗎，為了什麼？我不知道
But I do know that its crucial, that we do so, pronto
我知道這很重要
I dont know how much long though
但不知道還要持續多久，未來是怎樣

Straight from Shibuya, on some zen
置身涉谷，心中帶著禪意
We back, ramped up, we on ten
歸來加大力度，我們一觸即發
Its a marathon and look, we comin for the win
這是場馬拉松，為勝利而來
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon win big (Cmon)
就像Puff Daddy告訴Biggie ，我們要幹票大的(Christopher是Biggie原名，此處採樣了Biggie “Hypnotize” 中的ad-libs)
Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did
帶上整個家庭，看我的Kim是怎麼做的
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon win big (Uh)
就像Puff Daddy告訴Biggie，我們要幹票大的
We gon win big (What? )
我們要幹票大的

Southside gang mentality way heavy
南部幫的味太正了(André來自南部)
I was thinkin out the box even in a Box Chevy
我坐在Box Chevy (一類donk改裝車)裡，思想不被束縛
And my favorite art teacher name was Mrs. Levy
我最喜歡的藝術老師是Levy夫人
Round the time, I learned to put my feelings to a medley (The life of the party)
也就在那時候我學會將情感注入音樂(派對人生)
I ain't turn in homework for like four months and I bet she let me
我差不多四個月都沒交作業，她也默許
She saw the vision
她好眼力
'Yeezy you special, go make your own decisions then '
“Yeezy你很特別，自己做決定”
Man, that was a good choice, faith driving us like a Rolls Royce
啊，那是個正確的選擇，信念像勞斯萊斯驅使著我
They tried to take my voice away, I aint try to take ya choice away
有人總要奪走我的聲音，我可從沒奪走你們的選擇
I just prayed the water break, just for my daughter sake, from a slip-up
我只曾祈禱羊水快點破，為了我意外懷上的女兒
Fake signatures from fake managers, it all damage her, good Lord
虛偽的經紀人開出空頭支票，這都傷害了她，老天
Give em enough of they own rope to hang em with
我會用他們自己埋下的禍根讓他們自行了斷
The paparazzi never really got what my angle is
狗仔從沒拍到過我真正的一面
They treat my married life like some type of entanglement
他們把我的婚姻生活當作一團亂麻(entanglement通常特指Will Smith夫婦的混亂婚姻生活)
My neighbor still dissin, wonderin why I aint saying it
鄰居還在diss我，納悶我怎麼還沒上鉤(有人認為此處鄰居暗指Drake)
I can smell the setup, thats that 2Pac in Vegas hit
我能察覺到你在構陷，像2Pac在拉斯維加斯落入圈套(2Pac與1996年在拉斯維加斯被槍擊後逝世)
I revealed myself and some dont know what to make of it
我都沒藏著掖著，但小人都不會利用我的秘密
God has said himself to make sure that the baby live
上帝說過要保護好孩子們
And if Ye aint here, then tell me who gonna say this here?
如果Ye不站出來，那還有誰會呢？
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a goddamn minute
等一下，等一下，他媽的等一下！
Let me stop playing with it, hopped in a Lamb with it
我不陪你們玩了，鑽進我的蘭博基尼
Hopped in a Lamb with it, in a damn pandemic
鑽進我的蘭博基尼，這該死的疫情
Know that Uncle Sam gotta have his damn hand in it
我就知道該死的美國又得插一手！

Listen, straight from Shibuya, on some zen
聽著，置身涉谷，心中帶著禪意
Im on ten, its a marathon and look, we comin for the win
我一觸即發，這是場馬拉松，我們為勝利而來
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon win big (Cmon)
就像Puff Daddy告訴Biggie，我們要幹票大的
Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did
帶上整個家庭，看我的Kim是怎麼做的
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon win big (Uh)
就像Puff Daddy告訴Biggie，我們要幹票大的
We gon win big (What?)
我們要幹票大的

Do yall feel me? Really?
你懂我嗎？真的嗎？
Get off Scott Free, Im talking Ridley
躲過懲罰，我說Ridley (“Scott free”指逃過處罰, Ridley指導演Ridley Scott)
Get off our knees, thats if youre with me
如果你站在我這邊，我們別再跪著
Get off your knees, thats if youre with me
如果你站在我這邊，你們別再跪著
Get off your knees and lets get free
站起身來，走向自由
Get off your knees and lets get free
站起身來，走向自由
Really, I mean really
真的，我說真的
Really, I mean really
真的，我說真的
I need release, I dont need police
我需要解脫，不需要警察
Im like, 'Nigga , puh-lease'
我說兄弟，拜託(police警察和please拜託諧音)
Yall cant hear me, (Harmonizing), for the real me
你們不理解真正的我
For the real me, I mean, mhmm-mm
真正的我，我說…

Alright, its gonna shoot us in the— woah, uh-oh, uh-oh
好，我們馬上就起飛了——啊哦(這是DMX在遊樂場陪女兒坐遊樂設施的一段錄音)
Ready mama? (Yup)
準備好了嗎寶貝？
Im so proud of you, yup, youre gonna have so much fun
我真為你驕傲，很好玩的
They gonna shoot us in the air, mama, okay?
我們馬上起飛，好嗎寶貝
Cmon, P, I got you, its okay, mama
來，P，我在這呢，沒關係寶貝
Hold your head back, hold your head back (Three, two, one)
頭靠後，頭靠後（三，二，一）
Daddys here, daddys here, daddys right here
爸爸在這呢，爸爸在這呢，我就在這呢
Its okay, mama, daddys here, daddy here
沒問題寶貝，爸爸在這呢
Help, help, daddys right here, Im scared
救命！救命！爸爸就在這呢。我害怕！
Okay, okay, I got you, its okay
好了，好了，我在這呢寶貝，沒問題
Okay, we goin slow, we goin slow down
好了，慢下來了，慢慢滑下去了
Its okay, stop cryin, daddy got you, see, its over, you did it, P!
好了，別哭了，爸爸在這呢，你看，停了，你做到了P！
You already did it! See? Its already over! Yay! You did it!
你做到了！看見沒？已經結束了！耶！你做到了！
Big Girl! Its already over! Its already over, its already over
好寶！已經結束了，結束了結束了
Daddy right here, daddy right here
爸爸在這呢，爸爸在這呢
I told you Im not gon let you go
我跟你說了你不會掉下去吧
Im not gon let you go, mama, okay?
我不會讓你掉下去的寶貝，好嗎？
Daddy got you, daddy gon bring us all the way down, okay?
爸爸抱著你了，咱們一起下去好嗎？
How was it? (We good)
怎麼樣？ （沒問題）
You did a good job (It was scary)
你們真棒！ (有點嚇人)
Good job! (Our daughter got more heart than you)
真棒！ (咱們寶貝比你膽大！)