Brakes - De La Soul

There's a lot of people out here
这世上太多人茫然不知
Who just don't know
究竟是什么
What plays a factor
能让头颅与脚尖
In movin heads and toes
随韵律摇摆律动
It be them hits
是那些金曲
Hangin out of them stereo kits
从车载音响倾泻而出
Whether cassette radio or cd bits
无论卡带广播还是CD光碟
Mix tapes from the best
精选混音带永不过时
Going on and on
永不停歇
Throughout the city grounds
穿越城市每个角落
To suburban lawns
蔓延至郊外草坪
Man we don't play
我们从不懈怠
Even where we stay
哪怕身处家中
Videos shows the visuals
影像记录着当下
Of jams today
音乐跃动的画面
Coinciding with the rhythm
与节奏完美共鸣
Of the heart and neck
心灵与颈项的律动
The brakes got you
刹车让你停下脚步
In your proper context
置身于应有的情境
You let your lex or your
你任随词汇或
Sixty four suspension
六十四位悬架系统
Bounce away all your tension
将压力尽数释放
En route to the club
驶向俱乐部的路上
Where girls need the quenchin
那里有渴望滋润的女孩们
Diamonds on your wrist
腕间钻石闪耀
Sunroof top
天窗敞开
But n***as out front
但街头枪声四起
Makin guns go pop
子弹呼啸而过
So the spot gets shut
现场被迫关闭
But on to the next
转战下一站
Cause your ears get vexed
因你双耳渴望
When they don't get the fix cause
若未能尽兴
It be your listenin pleasure
让音乐成为你的听觉盛宴
While you're doin your chores
当你忙于日常琐事时
No matter where you from
无论你来自何方
Its for you and yours
这旋律都为你而奏
Bringing it back to the brakes
让节奏带你重回经典
Like the yes yes yall
就像那些熟悉的律动
So let it be your anthem
让它成为你的主题曲
When you're havin a ball
当你纵情欢乐时
Well its silly of me
我真是天真可笑
To think that I
竟以为永远
Would never get a chance to see
无缘触及这片天地
A piece of this pie
分得一杯羹
I sat dead in front of speakers
我呆坐在音响前幻想
Thinkin that could be me
台上或许该是我
Anticipatin open microphones
期盼着开放麦时刻
So I could emcee
好让我一展歌喉
Had a catalogue of raps
积累了一堆说唱作品
Impressin all the round the wayers
让街坊邻里都为之惊艳
Before I went to bed
每晚入睡之前
Included rhymes into my prayers
都将押韵融入祷告
But that rhyme is all on paper
但那些韵脚还停留在纸上
I want my song on vinyl plates
我渴望歌曲被刻成黑胶
I dreamin hits and doin shows
梦想着金曲和巡演
Makin my n***as spines shake
让伙伴们热血沸腾
Expectin nuttin but a little bit
只求些许电台播放的青睐
Of radio play
让电波载着旋律流淌
Gettin diced on 1 and 2s
在唱盘间被顶尖DJ们
By the best djs hey
反复混音打磨 嘿
Time was kinda tight
时光虽如弦紧绷
But still I dotted on the line
我仍坚守创作的底线
And some expected me
当众人期待我
To start buhlooning in the mind
在虚妄中迷失方向
Seein spaces and places
走过陌生街巷与远方
That I couldn't pronounce
那些我念不出名字的地方
But still I had the pulleys
但我仍紧握命运的绳索
To make all the bullies bounce
让所有欺凌者无处躲藏
With the blessings of the great
承蒙上天的眷顾
We took it from state to state
我们走遍每个州郡
Cause we landed on the good foot
因我们始终步履坚定
And got our biggest brake cause
终迎来命运的转机
A mother gets mugged
一位母亲遭遇抢劫
By her crackhead son
被**成瘾的儿子所害
That's the brakes that's the brakes
这就是现实 这就是现实
You're in the wrong part of town
你身处城市的阴暗角落
So the shots make you run
枪声迫使你仓皇逃窜
That's the brakes that's the brakes
这就是现实 这就是现实
Your best comrades put six tabs
最亲密的伙伴在你杯中
In your o e
下了六片迷幻药
That's the brakes that's the brakes
这就是现实 这就是现实
Your boyfriend made you a carrier of hiv
你的男友让你染上了艾滋
That's the brakes that's the brakes
这就是现实 这就是现实
Now whats gonna happen
当阳光不再照耀
When the sun don't shine
未来将会怎样
I'm buyin tickets aboard
我正购买车票
The caravan of love
登上爱的列车
Hey fellas
嘿 兄弟们
See money don't make shots repel
金钱无法阻挡子弹来袭
I break woes and compose
我化解忧愁 谱写旋律
Some rhymes to tell
用韵脚诉说故事
So when the partys live
当派对气氛正酣时
It shouldn't be beef
不该有争执冲突
Or playin indian roles
或扮演酋长角色
I guess you thought you was chief
莫非你自以为是首领
Seems all broke up
看来一切都支离破碎
And now you woke up surprised
此刻你惊醒 满眼错愕
Situations gettin sticky
局势正变得棘手难解
Dead in front of your eyes
死亡赫然眼前
We play the wall
我们筑起音墙
Similar to tacks
如尖钉般锐利
Until the dj plays
直到DJ放出
The necessary track
那关键旋律
In fact as the jam plays on
当节拍持续沸腾
Out comes all your bread
倾尽所有积蓄
To pay for drinks
只为买醉寻欢
For them girls you want to spread
博红颜一笑
Don't be mislead
莫要被迷惑
When the brakes inside your head
当理智开始警醒
And have you reminiscing
让你不禁追忆
On them kids who got you fed
那些养育你的亲人
Until reality reveals a miss
直到现实显露出裂痕
Who wants to know
谁想了解
If you can play her real close
若你能与她亲密共舞
Out on the dance floor cause
就在这舞池中央
It be your listenin pleasure
让音乐成为你的听觉盛宴
While you're doin your chores
当你忙于日常琐事时
No matter where you from
无论你来自何方
Its for you and yours
这旋律都为你而奏
Ringin it back to the brakes
让音乐回荡在刹车声中
Like the yes yes yall
就像那些熟悉的律动
So let it be your anthem
让它成为你的主题曲
When you're havin a ball
当你纵情欢乐时