日推 | “如果在他生前没有发过他的照片，那你就没资格在他死后到处发RIP" |

作曲 : Durk Banks/Jermaine Cole/Lukasz Gottwald

Durkio told me he been on some positive shit, yeah, yeah

Lil Durk 曾经告诉我他想向人们传递正能量

Lately, I just wanna show up and body some shit, yeah, yeah

最近我只想出现在不同的歌曲中 尽显锋芒

Always been a lil' mathematician, lately, it's cash I'm gettin'

我在搞钱这方面一直像个数学家一样 最近又有一笔钱进账

Got me losin' count of these bags, I've been movin' too fast

我已经数不清到底有多少美金了 我数钞票的动作实在太快

Hard times don't last, 'member when cops harassed

艰难困苦的岁月从不会长久 至今仍记得被警察追缉的场景

Talkin' out my ass, boy, you ain't shit but a bitch with a badge

随你在背后说我坏话 除了你的警徽之外你一无是处

 

All my life (All my life)

我这一生

They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)

总有人企图把我彻底击垮

All this time (All this time)

一直以来

Never thought I would make it out (Never thought I'd make it out)

从没想过我有一天能获得成功

They couldn't break me, they couldn't break mе (No, no)

他们永远无法打倒我

They couldn't take me, thеy couldn't take me (No)

他们永远夺不走我拥有的一切

All my life (All my life)

我这一生

They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)

总有人企图把我彻底击垮

 

I decided I had to finish

我决定我必须完成我的使命

But the media called me a menace

但媒体将我称作威胁

I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I'm tryna change the image

我已经和市长和政客坐下来对谈 我想彻底改变自己的形象（今年5月，Lil durk与芝加哥新任市长坐下来讨论他参与低收入社区儿童抚养的方式）

You can't blame my past no more, I come from the trenches

你不能再责怪我的过去 我出身于无情的街区

Some said I'd never be a superstar, but I know I'm different (No, no, no)

有人说我永远不会成为巨星 但我知道我与众不同

I'm The Voice, but the system ain't give me a choice

我本手握着发言权 但这体制没有给我选择的余地

Know some people that's still unemployed

我知道有些人还没有被部署

I know a felon who tryna get FOID

我知道有重罪犯想得到持鎗的身份证明

Child support your only support

子女抚养费是你拼搏路上唯一的驱动力

For a visit, I'm goin' through courts

为了探视即将受审的兄弟们 我要出现在法庭上

Went to jail, they was chainin' me up

我进了监狱 他们将我用锁链束缚住

And you know that I'm famous as ****

你也知道我名声远扬

See how you gon' joke about stimulus?

看你怎么拿刺激来开玩笑

But they really had came in the clutch

但他们确实是在关键时刻帮助你

I know some kids wanna hurt theyself

我知道有些孩子悲观厌世 总想自残

Stop tryna take drugs, I refer to myself

别再碰那些东西了 我在跟我自己说

Tryna better myself, tryna better my health but

我想让自己更好 让自己更健康 但是

 

All my life (All my life)

我这一生

They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)

总有人企图把我彻底击垮

All this time (All this time)

一直以来

Never thought I would make it out (Never thought I'd make it out)

从没想过我有一天能获得成功

They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (No, no)

他们永远无法打倒我

They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (No)

他们永远夺不走我拥有的一切

All my life (All my life)

我这一生

They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down, yeah)

总有人企图把我彻底击垮

 

First-generation ghetto nigga

平民窟出身的第一代黑人

Cole world, hello niggas

你好 欢迎来到Cole World（这是对他的首张专辑“Cole World：The Sideline Story”的引用）

Made it out the city with my head on straight

我挺直身子走出了这座城市

Niggas keep shootin' up the lead out

街区的鎗手们不断交火

Young Jordan Peele, gotta get out

吾乃年轻的Jordan Peele 冲出重围（引用导演编剧乔丹皮尔的导演首秀《get out》）

And the shit that I spit out

但从我口中吐出的每一个辞藻

Is a cheat code like I'm facin' a RICO

都像一个作弊码 如同我面对的是一个RICO案件

And how a nigga put a hit out

以及我如何反击（这里的hit也有热单的意思，指J.Cole连续发行热门歌曲）

And another one, and, and another one

我不怕再来几个案件缠身

I got like a hundred of 'em

我就像经历过上百个案件

'Bout to lap niggas so they think they ahead of me

我要去追上他们 让他们试图赶上他

But I'm really in front of them

但我已经套了他们一圈

Now some of them fumblin' they bags

现在他们中的一些人已经破产 他们还在摸索他们的袋子还有没有钱

****in' up the little crumbs that they had

把他们能卖的东西全在Little Crumbs寄卖店卖了

A reminder to humble yourself

我提醒你要谦虚

This shit could be gone in an instant

成功可能转瞬即逝

Me, I'm runnin' long distance, all pistons firin'

而我的人生长跑还要好长一段路

I been stuck between maybe retirin'

我努力打拼 就像所有的活塞全部启动

And feelin' like I'm just not hittin' my prime

我还在”自己要不要退休“和“感觉自己还没有达到巅峰”之间左右为难

These days seein' rappers be dyin'

这段时间目睹许多说唱歌手离开人世

Way before they even gettin' they shine

他们在闪耀光芒之前就已经没落了

I never even heard of lil' buddy

我从来没听说过那哥们姓甚名谁

'Til somebody murdered lil' buddy

直到新闻上播报他的噩耗

Now I'm on the phone, searchin' lil' buddy name

现在我在网上搜索着这位可怜孩子的名字

Got to playin' his tunes

他们整天在我房间里放着他的曲子

All day in my room, thinkin', "Damn

让我烦不胜烦

This shit wicked, to get they name buzzin'

我心想 “为了让他们被世人所知晓

Some niggas just gotta go lay in a tomb"

他们只能躺在坟墓里 这事也太离谱了”

And media thirsty for clicks

毕竟媒体也渴望点击量

I got a new rule

我制定了一个新规矩

If you ain't never posted a rapper when he was alive

如果你没在某位说唱歌手活着的时候关注过他

You can't post about him after he get hit

那么你就没资格在他出事后再用他的名字到处博取流量

It's simple, it's the principle

这不难理解 这就是原则

On any tempo, I'm invincible

在任何歌曲伴奏下 我的发挥都势不可挡

Don't even rap, I just vent to you

我没在说唱 我只是在对你发泄

I rather that than an interview most days

我宁愿这样也不愿接受那些采访

**** 'em all like I'm goin' through a ho phase

我都不愿意鸟他们 就像我正在经历一个阶段

Young nigga shoot out the whip like road rage

他们像路怒一样疯狂冲着汽车射击

I pray all of my dawgs stay so paid

我祈祷我所有的兄弟们都能赚到盆满钵满

And the only thing that kill 'em is old age

唯一能夺走他们生命的 只有无疾而终

All my life (All my life)

我这一生

They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)

总有人企图把我彻底击垮

All this time (All this time)

一直以来

Never thought I would make it out (Never thought I'd make it out)

从没想过我有一天能获得成功

They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (No, no)

他们永远无法打倒我

They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (No)

他们永远夺不走我拥有的一切

All my life (All my life)

我这一生

They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)

总有人企图把我彻底击垮