2015格莱美 最佳说唱单曲 《I》-Kendrick Lamar

I - Kendrick Lamar

I done been through a whole lot

我做过很多尝试

Trial, tribulations¹, but I know God

经历过许多苦难 但我知道上帝

Satan wanna put me in a bow-tie

撒旦想把我打个蝴蝶结

Praying that the holy water don't go dry

祈祷的圣水不会干涸

As I look around me

我环顾四周

So many motherfuckers wanna down me

这么多想打到我的人

But ain't no nigga never drown me

但我兄弟不会淹死我

In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me

在个肮脏的双镜前 他们找到我

And I love myself

我爱我自己

(The world is a ghetto² with guns and picket³ signs)

世界是个枪支和示威者标志融合的

I love myself

我爱我自己

(But it can do what it want

但它可以做它想做的事情

whenever it wants and I don't mind)

无论什么时候 我不介意

I love myself

我爱我自己

(He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide)

他说 我要起床了 生活不只是自杀

I love myself

我爱我自己

(One day at the time, sun gon' shine)

有一天 太阳灿烂照耀

Everybody looking at you crazy (Crazy)

每个人都看着你疯狂

What you gon' do? (What you gon' do?)

你会做什么 会怎么做

Lift up your head and keep moving (Keep moving)

抬起你的头,继续前进

Or let the paranoia⁴ haunt you? (Haunt you)

还是让偏执困扰你吗

Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart

平和的穿戴者时尚 我带着我的心

On my sleeve, let the runway start

在我的袖子上 让跑道开始延伸

You know the miserable⁵ do love company

你知道痛苦的爱

What do you want from me and my scars?

我和我的伤疤里你想要得到什么

Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence

每个人都缺乏信心 都缺乏信心

How many times our potential was anonymous⁶?

我们的潜力要被埋没多少次

How many times the city making me promises?

这个城市让我承诺过多少次

So I promise this

所以我承诺

And I love myself

我爱我自己

(The world is a ghetto with guns and picket signs)

世界是个枪支和示威者标志融合的

I love myself

我爱我自己

(But it can do what it want

但它可以做它想做的事情

whenever it wants and I don't mind)

无论什么时候 我不介意

I love myself

我爱我自己

(He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide)

他说 我要起床了 生活不只是自杀

I love myself

我爱我自己

(One day at the time, sun gon' shine)

有一天 太阳灿烂照耀

They wanna say there's a war

他们想说 即将来临一场战争

outside and a bomb in the street

在街上有个炸弹

And a gun in the hood⁷ and a mob of police

衣服里一把枪还有一群警察

And a rock on the corner and a line full of fiends

街角的石头 充满恶意的一群人

And a bottle full of lean

瘦子们拿着酒瓶

and a model on a scheme, yup

模特们在做着事

These days of frustration⁸,

这些天的挫败感

keep y'all on ducking rotation⁹

让你们这些人偷偷的回避

I duck these gold faces,

我躲避这些人

post up fee-fi-fo-fum basis

张贴着逃避的信条

Dreams of realities peace,

和平的梦想

blow steam in the face of the beast

犹如在野兽前吹了一口气

The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now

天空可以倾覆 风可以哭泣

The strong in me, I still smile

我很坚强 我仍开始微笑

And I love myself

我爱我自己

(The world is a ghetto with guns and picket signs)

世界是个枪支和示威者标志融合的

I love myself

我爱我自己

(But it can do what it want

但它可以做它想做的事情

whenever it wants and I don't mind)

无论什么时候 我不介意

I love myself

我爱我自己

(He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide)

他说 我要起床了 生活不只是自杀

I love myself

我爱我自己

(One day at the time, sun gon' shine)

有一天 太阳灿烂照耀

Walk my bare feet (Walk my bare feet)

我光着脚走 光着脚走

Down, down valley peak (Down, down valley peak)

沿着山谷向下 沿着山谷向下

I keep my fee-fi-fo-fum (Fee-fi-fo-fum)

我带着我想要逃离的心

I keep my heart undone¹⁰ (My heart undone)

我的心仍带着不满足

And I love myself

我爱我自己

(The world is a ghetto with guns and picket signs)

世界是个枪支和示威者标志融合的

I love myself

我爱我自己

(But it can do what it want

但它可以做它想做的事情

whenever it wants and I don't mind)

无论什么时候 我不介意

I love myself

我爱我自己

(He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide)

他说 我要起床了 生活不只是自杀

I love myself

我爱我自己

(One day at the time, sun gon' shine)

有一天 太阳灿烂照耀

I went to war last night

昨晚我去了战场

With an automatic weapon,

带着全自动武器

don't nobody call a medic

没人打电话叫个医生

Imma do it 'til I get it right,

我会这样做

I went to war last night

昨晚我去了战场

I've been dealing¹¹ with depression

我一直应对着抑郁症

ever since an adolescent

从年少时候就开始了

Duckin' every other blessin',

躲避其他

l can never see the message

我永远无法看到的消息

I can never take the lead,

我永远不会带头

I can never bob and weave

我永远不会上下跳动

For my nigga that be letting 'em annihilate¹² me

为我的兄弟 我让他们消灭我

And the sound is moving in a meteor speed

声音像是一颗流星的速度

From a hundred to a billion,

从一百到十亿的速度

lay my body in the street

一下让我的身体出现在街上

Keep my money in the ceiling,

我的钱悬在在天花板上

let my mama know I'm free

让我的妈妈知道我是自由的

Give my story to the children and

给孩子们讲我的故事

the lesson they can read

他们可以吸取教训

And the glory to the feeling of the only unseen

荣耀的感觉不可见

Seen enough, make a motherfucker scream,

看够了 尖叫着

"I love myself!"

我爱我自己!

I lost my head, I've must misread

我失去意识 我一定是看错了

what the good book said

这本好书说了什么

Oh woes keep me, it's a jungle inside

悲痛让我成长

Give myself again 'til the well runs dry

让自己再次成长直到心灵枯竭

1 tribulations   

n.苦难( tribulation的名词复数 )；艰难；苦难的缘由；痛苦

参考例句：

• the tribulations of modern life 现代生活的苦恼
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence. 这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ghetto   

n.少数民族聚居区，贫民区

参考例句：

• Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
• I saw that achievement as a possible pattern for the entire ghetto.我把获得的成就看作整个黑人区可以仿效的榜样。

3 picket   

n.纠察队；警戒哨；v.设置纠察线；布置警卫

参考例句：

• They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
• Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。

4 paranoia   

n.妄想狂，偏执狂；多疑症

参考例句：

• Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。
• The push for reform is also motivated by political paranoia.竞选的改革运动也受到政治偏执狂症的推动。

5 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

6 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

7 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

8 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

9 rotation   

n.旋转；循环，轮流

参考例句：

• Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.农作物轮作有助于防止水土流失。
• The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation.这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。

10 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

11 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

12 annihilate   

v.使无效；毁灭；取消

参考例句：

• Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained.阿切尔把这张黄纸揉皱，好象用这个动作就会抹掉里面的消息似的。
• We should bear in mind that we have to annihilate the enemy.我们要把歼敌的重任时刻记在心上。