[ml:1.0]
[ilingku:023]
[ver:v1.0]
[ti:2 Steps Forward]
[ar:B.Reith]
[al:How The Story Ends]
[by:]
[offset:0]
[00:00.000]2 Steps Forward - B.Reith
[00:05.020]以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
[00:05.020]I take 2 steps forward 5 steps back
[00:07.760]我前进两步 却又倒退五步
[00:07.760]Lately I've been lazy like the way Mase rapped
[00:10.250]最近懒散得像Mase的说唱节奏
[00:10.250]Or lazy like the way Johnny Cash used to sing
[00:12.600]或是像Johnny Cash慵懒的唱腔
[00:12.600]Maybe lately that's the reason cash ain't been comin' in
[00:15.420]或许这就是最近收入微薄的原因
[00:15.420]No excuses I'm learnin' how to lose 'cause
[00:17.980]无需借口 我正在学习接受失败
[00:17.980]That's the only way to fine tune and make improvements
[00:20.349]因为唯有如此才能精益求精
[00:20.349]Critics keep on chippin' in their two cents
[00:22.939]评论家们不断指手画脚
[00:22.939]But they got their record for free shoot
[00:25.099]可他们连唱片都是免费拿的 真是够了
[00:25.099]Nowadays music's like sewage nasty and polluted
[00:27.419]如今的音乐如同污水 肮脏又浑浊
[00:27.419]Over saturated I don't want nothin' to do with it
[00:30.869]过度饱和的市场 我拒绝同流合污
[00:30.869]So when they ask the question who my influence is
[00:32.809]当人们问起谁是我的启蒙
[00:32.809]I go back to the 90s and tell 'em Brand Nubian
[00:35.869]我总回溯九十年代 说出Brand Nubian之名
[00:35.869]Gave radio a shot but got fooled again
[00:38.049]曾尝试电台打歌 却再次被愚弄
[00:38.049]All it is is a bunch of hootin' hollerin' hooligans
[00:40.379]尽是些喧哗吵闹的乌合之众
[00:40.379]Cryin' like babies actin' like they two again
[00:42.979]像孩童般哭闹 装嫩扮幼稚
[00:42.979]Pardon my rudeness but ya ruined my mood I don't just
[00:45.769]恕我直言 你毁了我的好心情 我并非
[00:45.769]Do this for food there's more to it than the music
[00:48.079]只为糊口而创作 音乐背后意义更深
[00:48.079]So I got be intuitive to use this
[00:50.489]所以我必须凭直觉运用这份
[00:50.489]Gift it's like fluid when it oozes
[00:52.969]天赋 它如流水般自然倾泻
[00:52.969]But writers block will gridblock and leave you clueless
[00:55.519]但创作瓶颈会阻塞道路 让你茫然无措
[00:55.519]My ambition's to use and not abuse it
[00:57.959]我的抱负是善用而非滥用才华
[00:57.959]Me without grooves is like mechanics without their toolkits
[01:02.079]失去韵律的我 就像技工丢失工具箱
[01:02.079]Can't work without my tools man
[01:05.079]没有工具我寸步难行
[01:05.079]I take 2 steps forward 5 steps back
[01:07.069]我前进两步 却又倒退五步
[01:07.069]Lately I've been lazy like the way Mase rapped
[01:10.249]最近懒散得像Mase的说唱节奏
[01:10.249]Or lazy like the way Johnny Cash used to sing
[01:12.739]或是像Johnny Cash慵懒的唱腔
[01:12.739]Maybe lately that's the reason cash ain't been comin' in
[01:14.889]或许这就是最近收入微薄的原因
[01:14.889]Industry tried to play me left me with some bruises
[01:17.979]乐坛想玩弄我 只留下满身伤痕
[01:17.979]Must have thought I was stupider than the Three Stooges
[01:20.619]定是把我当成比三个臭皮匠还蠢
[01:20.619]They tried to hang me I slipped out of their nooses
[01:22.959]他们想绞死我 我却挣脱了绳套
[01:22.959]So I pulled a Chris Brown I'm throwin' up my deuces
[01:25.799]我像克里斯·布朗般挥手告别 竖起两指致意
[01:25.799]Downsized like rice to couscous
[01:27.149]从大米降级为粗麦粉般落魄
[01:27.149]Spit that lightweight bullet-proof truth in the booth
[01:29.719]在录音棚里吐露着轻量级的防弹真相
[01:29.719]Cooped up for months tryin' to spit fiyah they can ride to
[01:32.959]闭关数月只为创作让人热血沸腾的旋律
[01:32.959]Pull up to that drive thru tell 'e this dat new dude!
[01:36.289]驱车来到得来速 宣告这是我的新时代
[01:36.289]True can I really get more clear
[01:37.769]没错 我还能说得更直白些
[01:37.769]Make it boom so loud shake your rearview mirror
[01:40.199]让节奏震耳欲聋 撼动你的后视镜
[01:40.199]Unless you got car speakers like the ones I owned
[01:42.709]除非你的车载音响能与我当年的媲美
[01:42.709]Had to pain it to left 'cause the right one was blown
[01:45.479]被迫选择左边道路 因右边早已损毁
[01:45.479]You ridin on chrome I was ridin' on plastic
[01:47.839]你驾驭着镀铬座驾 我骑着塑料玩具
[01:47.839]Two of 'em were cracked 'cause I hit a curb distracted
[01:50.589]两个轮子都已开裂 因我分神撞上路沿
[01:50.589]Yea but it ain't no big deal
[01:52.639]是啊 但这没什么大不了
[01:52.639]I may not have a nice whip but I still have whip appeal
[01:55.279]或许没有豪华座驾 但我仍有独特魅力
[01:55.279]I take 2 steps forward 5 steps back
[01:57.379]我前进两步 却又倒退五步
[01:57.379]Lately I've been lazy like the way Mase rapped
[02:00.269]最近懒散得像Mase的说唱节奏
[02:00.269]Or lazy like the way Johnny Cash used to sing
[02:02.599]或是像Johnny Cash慵懒的唱腔
[02:02.599]Maybe lately that's the reason cash ain't been comin' in
[02:15.549]或许这就是最近收入微薄的原因
[02:15.549]2 steps forward 5 steps back
[02:17.999]前进两步 倒退五步
[02:17.999]2 steps forward 5 steps back
[02:20.599]前进两步 倒退五步
[02:20.599]2 steps forward 5 steps back
[02:22.788]前进两步 倒退五步
[02:22.788]5 steps back 5 steps back
[02:25.187]倒退五步 倒退五步
[02:25.187]Alright alright I write raps for a livin' perhaps I've been given
[02:27.387]好吧好吧 我以写说唱为生 也许上天赐予我
[02:27.387]A gift that is envied by mathematicians
[02:30.407]这份连数学家都嫉妒的天赋
[02:30.407]But are we that different
[02:31.597]但我们真有那么不同吗
[02:31.597]We both work in labs
[02:32.817]我们都在实验室工作
[02:32.817]While they dissect formulas I dissect rhythms
[02:35.217]他们解剖公式 我解剖韵律
[02:35.217]But I don't get paid much and that'll keep you humble son
[02:37.877]但收入微薄 这让你保持谦逊
[02:37.877]Radio won't play me much that's causin' me trouble some
[02:40.387]电台很少播放我的歌 这让我困扰
[02:40.387]People wanna nay-say play me like a dumby-dumb
[02:42.797]人们总想否定 把我当傻瓜戏弄
[02:42.797]Tried to shut me down so I Dikembe Mutumbo'd 'em
[02:45.247]试图封杀我 我像穆托姆博般回击
[02:45.247]Backhand it right back at 'em like Wimbledon
[02:47.887]像温网般反手回敬
[02:47.887]That's for trying to tell me what I shouldn't have
[02:50.117]这就是你们妄图对我指手画脚的下场
[02:50.117]Or should have done
[02:50.977]告诉我该做什么不该做什么
[02:50.977]Anyway my time it will come I can smell it from a mile away
[02:54.226]但属于我的时代终将到来 我早已嗅到它的气息
[02:54.226]Like Cinnabon
[02:55.216]就像闻到肉桂卷的芬芳
[02:55.216]