《My 1st Song》是Jay-Z演唱的歌曲，由Carter、De La Fuente作詞，收錄於專輯《The Black Album》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：My 1st Song
- 所屬專輯：The Black Album
- 歌曲原唱：Jay-Z
- 填詞：Carter、De La Fuente
歌曲歌詞
I'm just, tryin to stay above water y'know
嘗試掙扎著去生活(Notorious B.I.G. 在1996年MTV的採訪)
Just stay busy, stay workin
讓自己去工作保持忙碌
Puff told me like, the key to this joint
老爹（吹牛老爹Puff Daddy）告訴我說，關鍵的核心
The key to staying, on top of things
能夠保持領先的核心
is treat everything like it's your first project, knahmsayin?
就是對待任何事情都像你第一次一樣，懂么
Like it's your first day like back when you was an intern
就像你工作的第一天，像一個新手
Like, that's how you try to treat things like, just stay hungry
就是，就是你對待事情的態度，“求知若飢”
Uhh, uhh, yes, yes
嗯~嗯~
Y'all wanna know, why he don't stop
你們想知道我為何不停下
Y'all wanna know, why he don't flop
你們想知道我為何沒失敗
Let me tell you pe-eople why
讓我告訴你們為什麼
Came from the bottom of the block I
因我出身於街區最角落
When I was born, it was sworn, I was never gon' be s*it
當我出生時就注定，絕不是當垃圾的命
Had to pull the opposite out this *****
就是要反其道而行
Had to get my ri-ide on
就是要上自己的車
Eyes on the prize, Shawn knew I had to
眼睛盯著價格，我知道自己就是要
Had to had to get these chips
就是要有錢有勢（chips在黑人英語中指代金錢和地位）
Had to make moves like Olajuwon
就是要像Olajuwon一樣（Olajuwon不僅是NBA球星，也獲得了大學學位）
Started out sellin dimes and nicks
從10塊5塊的小包（**）
Graduated to a brick
賣到一磅重的大件
No exaggeration, my infatuation with the strip
不誇張的講，我是迷上販毒了
Legendary like a schoolboy
就像是學校里的男生
Crus*in merely nearly every every chick
只想著睡遍每一個姑娘
Heavy s*it - that's how schoolboy got whipped
這也是那些男生為何被扁
And got left on some "Just +Me, Myself and I+"
然後被拋棄，像Trugoy說的那樣
On some Trugoy s*it
只有“我和我自己”（“Me, Myself and I”是說唱組合De La Soul的一首歌，Trugoy是組合里的一人）
Had your boys threw place up, to a place of no return
被兄弟們扔下，走投無路
Had to play with fire and get burned
只能到玩火自焚
Only way the boy ever gon' learn
才能學點教訓
Had to lay way in the cut, 'til I finally got my turn
只能開創自己的路，直到輪到我的那天
Now I'm on top in the spot that I earned
現在我站在成功的頂峰
It's my life - it's my pain and my struggle
這就是我的生活，我的痛苦與掙扎
The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing
我唱給你的歌就是我全部身家
Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first
不忘初心，有始有終
And my thirst is the same as - when I came
我還有剛入行的饑渴
It's my joy and my tears and the laughter it brings to me
這是我的笑我的淚，帶給我的快樂
It's my ev-ery-thing
就是我的全部
Like I never rode in a limo
好像我從沒坐過豪車
Like I just dropped flows to a demo
好像我剛剛才錄好一段Demo
Like it's ninety-two again and
好像又回到了92年
And I got O's in the rental
我還在為租金髮愁
Back in the Stu' again, no prob' livin was a whole lot simpler
重新回到原來的街頭（Stu'在這裡指布魯克林名為Stuyvesant的地區，和下面指Studio的Stu'有不同），生活好像還容易了許多
When you think back, you thought that
回想過去，你忍不住發現
you would never make it this far, then you
你絕不會走這么遠，所以
take advantage of the luck you handed
利用手中擁有的運氣
Or the talent, you been given
還有天賜的能力
Ain't no, half steppin, ain't no, no slippin
不能出現閃失，也不能半途而廢
Ain't no different from a block that's hidden
和原來的街頭生活一模一樣
Gotta get it while the getting's good
機遇就要抓住
Gotta strike while the iron's hot, 'fore you stop
打鐵就要趁熱
Then you gotta bid it, good riddance
然後努力爭取，現在總算擺脫了
Goodbye, this is my second major breakup
再見吧，這是我第二次退休
My first was, with a pager
第一次是拿著呼機（接**的單）
With a hooptie, a cookpot, and the GAME
開著破車（不引人注目），端著小鍋（製毒），就是這個遊戲
This one's with the stool, with the stage, with the fortune
這次是在錄音棚里，在舞台上，賺大把的錢
Maybe not the fortune, but certainly the FAME
可能賺不了太多，但肯定有了名氣
It's my life - my pain and my struggle
這就是我的生活，我的痛苦與掙扎
The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing
我唱給你的歌就是我全部身家
Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first
不忘初心，有始有終
And my thirst is the same as - when I came
我還有剛入行的饑渴
It's my joy and my tears and my laughter it brings to me
這是我的笑我的淚，帶給我的快樂
It's my ev-ery-thing
就是我的全部
Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first
不忘初心，有始有終
And my thirst like the first song I sang
我的饑渴還像我第一次開唱一樣
Woo!
哇喔~
It's like the blues - we gon' ride out on this one
聽起來像布魯斯啊，這將是我們的謝幕曲
Ta-tah, be-hah
Ty-Ty, 還有B-High（都是Jay Z的朋友）
Yo Hah, 'member you was makin them dashes
嘿High，記不記得你過去送香檳籃
for them ****** at radio and s*it?
給那些電台的人
Clark Kent, that was good lookin out *****
嘿Clark Kent，那個帥哥（Clark Kent是和Jay一起工作的製作人，DJ及A&R訓練藝人）
Carlene - who ever thought we'd make it this far homey?
還有Carline，誰能想到我們走這么遠（Carline是Jay的私人助理）
Sha, they can't stop us, knahmsayin? Lenny S
還有Sha，別人阻止不了咱們（A&R部門主管）
Dame whattup? Robbin the bank
Dame你怎么樣，還在偷銀行的錢（Dame是Jay Z公司Rock-A-Fella的共同創始人，後與Jay交惡，Jay暗指他挪用公司的錢）
****** thought we was crazy man, 'member uhh
旁人都覺得我們是瘋子，記得嗎
You had that f****d up ass handwritin
你寫的字爛透了
You was writin all the numbers that we was spendin now
你還記下了我們花的每一筆錢
for the videos we was doin ourselves, whattup?
用來自己製作MV
Original Flavor, your accountant was crazy wrong and s*it
Ski你怎么樣，還有Original Flavor（Jay Z最早出現在組合Original Flavor的歌里，Ski是組合成員），你的會計錯的離譜
But we we still put it together
還好我們最後把事辦了
Bigs, whassup? 'Member we went to St. Thomas and uh
Biggs你怎么樣（Rock-A-Fella合伙人），記不記得我們去St. Thomas（拍MV）
But y'all my nizzle, your dog peed on homey leg and s*it
John Meneilly，你的狗尿在了腿上？/
at his crib - I think that was Rudy
我覺得那是Rudy的家（crib）
And they was havin a lil trouble with the pool
他們的游泳池還出了點問題
You and Ta-tah was laughin
你和Ty-Ty還在笑
Emory was there, whattup Emory? What up Ta?
Emory也在，Emory你怎么樣（Jay Z好友）
Hip-Hop, whattup man?
Hip-Hop你怎么樣（通過Rock-A-Fella升上來的藝人）
Ay, ay Hobb, you ain't, you ain't have no uhh
嘿Hop，你本來沒有，呃、、
You ain't have no muh'f****n seat on your, on your bicycle
你本來一無所有，什麼都不是
Now you uhh, the head of black music
現在你看你，爬到了黑人音樂的頂峰
That's what I'm talkin bout right there homey - G, whattup G?
這就是我現在想說的，Gee你怎么樣（A&R藝人）
Yessir, e'rybody in the Roc
對，這就是Rock-A-Fella的每個人
Hey Guru, I know you spoiled man
嘿Guru（Jay Z的混音師），我太遷就你了
I be takin them s*its in one take
這些東西我錄一次就能過
You gon' have to punch ****** s*it, STICK IT, you gon' be tight
對其他人我都是用打的，你得抓點緊
OG One, whattup?
OG Juan你怎么樣（Jay工作的錄音棚的主人）
I'm a little upset that you wasn't involved in this whole process
有點遺憾你沒參與到這張專輯
But it's all good - whassup Dash?
但現在看還不錯，Dash你怎么樣
My whole family, my nephew, cousin Angie, whassup? Te-Tee
還有我的家人，我的侄子，表親Angie你們都怎么樣，還有（侄女）Ti-Ti
(B, B, B, B) Mom, you made the album, how crazy is that?
還有小碧，媽媽是你成就了這張專輯，你看多有意思
Bob *****, rest in peace
Bobalob安息（Biggs的兄弟，後被槍殺）
My pops, rest in peace (Sup A.J.?)
爸爸，你也安息
Biggie Smalls, rest in peace
大先生，你也安息
Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
啊啊，呼呼，喔喔，哇哇
*****, I'm bout to go golfin man
夥計，我要去打高爾夫了
Ay, I might even have me a cappuccino, **** it!
呃，我可能還要來杯卡布奇諾
I'm goin somewhere nice where no mosquitos at *****
我要去個舒服又安逸的地方
Holla at me
大聲對我說
it's your boy!
這是你的兄弟
