Know That(Explicit) - Mos Def

Hey hey heyyy man
哥们
I strike the empire back
我让帝国反击
I strike the empire back
我让帝国反击
F**k the empire
去他的帝国
High flyin like the millenium falcon piloted by han solo
像Hansolo驾驶的千年隼一样翱翔天空
I never roll for dolo frontin on me's a no-no
我从来不会为了钱装腔作势
Understand doin this for my family
我知道我这么做是为了我的家人
Ha ha check it out y'all
你们都看好了
Yo I'm tryin to make a dollar out of what makes sense
我想从有意义的事情上赚到一美元
Add it up told my daddy I'd be a rich man
积累财富告诉我爸爸我会成为有钱人
You never know when your fate gon' switch hand
你永远不知道你的命运何时会改变
Get today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand
把昨天的流沙踩在今天的坚实土地上
I was a young boy -who dreamt about being a big man
我是个小男孩梦想着成为大人物
On small looseleaf sheets I sketched a big plan
在小小的活页纸上我描绘了一个宏伟的计划
Gotta handle business properly boost up my economy
必须妥善处理业务提振我的经济
Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property
把钱存起来给我妈妈买点临海的房产
Yesterday was not for me but nowaday it's time for me
昨天我并不快乐但今天是时候了
The streets is watchin me I watch back that's the policy
街头的人都在监视我我时刻保持警惕这是规矩
Movin along my oddesey like blood through the artery
在我的怪咖面前游走就像血液在动脉里流淌
Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless
穿越危机四伏让一切看起来轻而易举
Let those who make the exodus seekin the north beacon
让那些逃跑的人寻找北方的灯塔
From beatin and hog-eatin from punishment all season
一年四季都在被打被吃被惩罚
From hands cracked and bleedin -cotton thorns in your palms
你的双手伤痕累累伤痕累累
It's for y'all that I sketch these songs and it goes
我为你们写下这些歌
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow
虽然我走过黑暗的山谷
I fear no man because faith is the aarow
我不怕任何人因为信仰就是
My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow
我的声带环游世界游走在街头
We can blow with the ammo or go mano-a-mano
我们可以倾泻火力也可以单挑
Kweli is you wit me
Kweli你和我在一起
Whattup whattup

Let's make it happen
让我们梦想成真
I *burn*through your argument with action
我用行动戳穿你的谎言
My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow lookin for a brighter day
我目不转睛地盯着明天期待更美好的明天
When y'all wanna leave y'all right away
当你想立刻离开时
Shout it out from east-west
从东到西大声呐喊
From south to northern
从南方到北方
From cakalak'

To california
去往加利福尼亚
From the coldest
从最寒冷的天气
To the warmest
敬最温暖的人
To the borders
跨越边界
'Cross the waters
穿过大海
Understand
理解
And know that I love you
要知道我爱你
We got love in the place
我们心中充满爱
Shout out to all the queens
为所有女王欢呼
All the seeds
所有的种子
To all the teams
敬所有团队
That's gettin cream
那就是赚到盆满钵满
From outlaw
来自亡命之徒
To emcee's
敬MC
Make it happen
梦想成真
Do your thing
做你的事
Understand
理解
And know that I love you
要知道我爱你
Ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen
女士们先生们女士们
Guess who the illest mc in the atmosphere yeah the soul controller
猜猜谁是全场最牛的MC灵魂掌控者
Who roam the frontier like a buffalo soldier
他们像野牛士兵一样在边境上游荡
I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna
我遵守荣誉准则就像个真正的男子汉
Never disrespect no women cause I love my momma
永远不要不尊重任何女人因为我爱我的妈妈
These cats be givin us praise but it ain't that accurate
这些家伙对我们赞不绝口可事实并非如此
I give it up to god all that love and attachment get
我把所有的爱和依恋都献给上帝
Scary well-prepared with the shears when it get hairy
可怕的事情发生时我蓄势待发
Like how these n***az is lookin like some fairies
这些家伙看起来就像精灵
And singin like canaries to the beast
像金丝雀一样对野兽歌唱
And anybody who will listen to em clearly
还有那些愿意倾听他们心声的人
Y'all don't hear me though even when I'm comin through in stereo
你们都听不到我的声音即使我用立体声出现
You make a mockery of what I represent properly
你对我代表的一切嗤之以鼻
Yo why you startin me I take that s**t straight to the artery
哟你为什么招惹我我直接动手
Intellectual property I got the title and the deed
知识产权我有产权和契约
I pay for rent with the tears and sweat and what I bleed
我用泪水汗水和鲜血支付房租
Mc's imitate the way we walk the way we talk
MC模仿我们走路的样子我们说话的样子
You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought
你们这些家伙胡说八道毫无思想
Plus your flow a little bit off you come across soft
加上你的flow有点走样你给人的感觉很温柔
Back in the days n***az like that on stage got tossed off
想当初那样的人在舞台上都会被干掉
Need to get crossed off the guestlist
我得把你从宾客名单上抹去
It's like you gotta be disrespected and thrown out the exit
就好像你得被人不尊重然后被赶出出口
To get the message
才能明白
Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace
有时候你的阳光像项链一样被抢走
When you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless
当你沉迷于权力你肆无忌惮地开车
Check it mc's in my face after I slug you then I hug you
看好了等我教训你之后我会拥抱你
If I gotta dead you know it's only cause I love you
如果我必须死去你知道那是因为我爱你
Shout it out from east-west
从东到西大声呐喊
From south to northern
从南方到北方
From the richest
来自最富有的人
To the poorest
敬最穷的人
To the elders
敬长辈
In the coffins
躺在棺材里
Livin native
过着地道的生活
Dyin for it
为此付出生命
Understand
理解
And know that I love you
要知道我爱你
Yea yea we got love in the place
我们心中充满爱
Shout out from up top
从高空大声呐喊
To the middle
到中间
To black bottom
敬黑人同胞
Sky high
高高的天空
Whether you colder than December
你是否比十二月还冷
Or hotter than July
或者比七月更热
It don't stop 'til we complete this
我们不会止步直到我们功成名就
And know that I love you
要知道我爱你
Keep this fly
保持激情
It's so much to life when you just
这对人生来说意义重大
Stay black
保持黑色
10x

My people my people my people people p-people
我的朋友们
8x

My pe-ople oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh oh-ohh
我的朋友