Nothing To Lose - K'naan (克南)

曲：Nasir Jones

Someone called the cops on him

有人叫来了警察

Someone told his pops on him

有人谈论他的流行音乐

He was talkin' crooked

他显然有些不正当的言辞

And he had some rocks on him

他显然有摇滚天赋

Tucked tucked in his socks's corner

他把袜子塞在角落

Chucks chucks and the Charlotte Hornet

穿上我的球鞋，戴上棒球帽

Cap when he ‘flow

他说唱太流利了

Then they all surprised on him

他让他们感到惊讶

Yes he's a fugee

是的，尽管我是个难民

But he go all Nas on ‘em

我要学习最棒的说唱歌手Nas

Well can't go pras on ‘em

我不能输给其他人

And he got that crossover

因为他引领了时代潮流

But he from the streets

但是他经历过战争

You don't cross over

你不可能经历过

Hut hut to the block soldiers

每个人都是士兵

Buck buck to the cop vultures

警察就像秃鹰一样处理后事

Nope no I don't know pilots

不，我不知道飞行员

Uh ni**a I know pirates

嗯，我知道海盗

Violence the islands

他们是岛屿上的暴力分子

Shout out to my idrens

我向那些孩子们喊叫

Put your hands up

把你们的手举起来

Like it's a motherf**kin' siren

就像一个警报

Well I paid all my dues

我已经为我的过去付出代价

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Shone a million shoes

我什么也不在乎

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

‘Cause when you got nothing left

因为当你一无所有

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You got nothing to lose

你也没什么可失去的

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

I used to stand on Vernon and 10

我经常在喧嚣的一角抽烟喝酒

Burnin' a spliff burner on hip

腰里别着一把枪

Wishing to flip a bird

我想像鸟一样飞翔

Yac burning my chest

胸中燃烧着渴望

Black certainly I'm dressed

我穿着一身黑

Strictly that army sh*t

严肃得就像军队制服一样

Finish my shift

在角落里呆了几个小时

Pack gone before the dawn hit

我把一包烟都抽完了

Anything I could earn on the strip

我想尽一切办法赚钱

Turn it and flip

各种办法

Watching my back

我得小心我的身后

Cooking that pot

因为可能有警察在盯着我

Making it stretch

我尽可能多赚钱

Discussing with my cliq

我和我的伙计商量

Should we duct tape the connect

我们要不要绑架中间商

It's rough and K'naan knows

我有我的难处，Knaan明白我的难处

He had the same woes

他和我有相同的处境

I'm voicing my opinions

我在讲我的想法

I forgot y'all was there

我忘了你们都在那儿

I ain't know y'all was still listenin'

我不知道你们有没有在听

Be honest I ain't care

但说实话，我不在乎

Y'all don't get my innuendos my interests

你们不明白我的想法和兴趣

Y'all on some simple sh*t

你们都在说着同样的话

Thinking I'm preachy

你们觉得我在唠叨

Yeah my church is the world

是的，我的教堂就是世界

Christians sip a cup of this holy water

基督徒喝了一口圣水

Stuck at this phony border

被困在那个世界里

It's custom to enter the main stream

还是要进行流行音乐的创作

You must front and record

你必须面对和记录这一切

A poorer oratory

一个贫困者的演讲

Your life story corny

你的生活没有一点新意

Yo my Somali niggas know what war be

哟，我的索马里黑鬼知道战争是什么

Well I paid all my dues paid my dues

我已经付出代价，我已经付出代价

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Shone a million shoes

我什么也不在乎

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

‘Cause when you got nothing left

因为当你一无所有

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You got nothing to lose

你也没什么可失去的

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Remember when niggas said Nas was Somalian

记住，当黑鬼们说Nas是非洲人

Baseball cap had the tags

这张专辑刚刚发行

Like a yardie and it was written just came out

就像亚迪一样，它刚刚被写出来

I was gnarly then

我写得很粗糙

Niggas dreaded seeing me like a Rastafarian

黑鬼不懂时尚是什么

We didn't know the dresscode though

尽管我们也不知道着装规范

We was bargainers

我们是生意人

The knock off filas with the pumps and cheap cardigans

我们穿的衣服价格不菲

Niggas looked corny I admit

黑鬼看起来没什么不同

We was foreigners but this corny kid

我们是外国人，但这些小子很危险

Quick send you to the coroners

他会很快让你死去

Y'all know my war story

你们都知道我的战争故事

I won't repeat it

我不会再重蹈覆辙

It's just injury

说出来只是伤痛

My victory's undefeated

我是冠军

Thought you knew me well

我想你们都很了解我

Go back and delete it

回去，消除那些记忆吧

I'm in every joint this year

在今年，我是音乐界老大

Orthopedic and yes the AK's are instruments

AK47是我的乐器

We do drum ‘em

我们会让人们听听我们的节奏

I'm somewhere between killa and king Solomon

我是一个黑帮说唱者

And the shades take half the face

我总是戴着大墨镜，遮住了一半的脸

We over stun ‘em and treat obstacles like a**

我们让人们害怕，我们不会有任何困难

We overcome ‘em

我们会战胜它们

Man they really made me do this

天啊，我生长的环境造就了今天的我

I was peaceful like a Buddhist

我也想爱好和平

But then niggas came

如果是那样

And screwed it up like Judas

索马里军阀就像犹大一样会灭亡

Now I'm suited up with Lugers Rugers suddenly intruders

现在我准备用鲁格尔手枪，但突然又放弃了这一想法

Turn around like hoola hoopers

像呼啦圈一样转圈

F**king losers

该死的失败者

Well I paid all my dues

我已经为我的过去付出代价

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Shone a million shoes

我什么也不在乎

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Cause when you got nothing left

因为当你一无所有

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You got nothing to lose

你也没什么可失去的

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

This one's for the world

这首歌献给历尽千辛万苦的人

This one's for your girl

这首歌写给你的女孩

This one's for your Mama

这首歌写给你的妈妈

This one's for your Nana

这首歌写给你的奶奶