Last Call-Kanye West

[00:00.00] 作词 : Kanye West/Tony Williams/M. Peretta/Kenneth Lewis [00:01.00] 作曲 : Kanye West/Tony Williams/M. Peretta/Kenneth Lewis [00:03.31]Last Call - Kanye West (from the album The College Dropout) - Yo **** you, Kanye, first and foremos
Yo Kanye去你的 这是首先也最重要的 [00:05.98]For making me do this shit. Muh'****er
因为你让我做的这件事 [00:10.65]Had to throw everybody out the mother****ing room
把全部人都赶出这个房间 [00:12.50]'Cause they don't ****ing..
因为他们不欣赏你的作品 [00:13.49] [00:13.51](I'd like to propose a toast)
我建议 大家一起干一杯 [00:15.82](I said toast mother****er)
我说 干一杯 混蛋！ [00:24.65] [00:27.65]And I am (here's to the roc)
“我就是--” [00:30.28]And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them (here's to Rocafella)
他们一直问我是谁 我就告诉咯(Rocafella出品) [00:35.92]Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky (here's to the roc)
举起你们的酒杯 举起来 举到空中 [00:41.03]This is the last call for alcohol, for the... (here's to Rocafella)
这是为了致......的最后一杯 [00:47.17]So get your ass up off the wall
所以 别再靠墙壁站着了 靠过来听听我接下来的这段rap [00:49.16] [00:50.16]The all around the world Digital Underground, Pac
整个世界都像是数码版的地下空间 致敬给到2Pac（Pac也有Political Action Committee政治行动委员会的意思） [00:52.69]The Rudloph the red nosed reindeer of the Roc
这首歌就像是Rocafella出品的圣诞歌曲（rudolph the red nosed reindeer红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫是首经典的圣诞儿歌） [00:55.63]I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame
我拿下我的链子 享受我15秒的名气 [00:58.05]And come back next year with the whole ****ing game
然后次年带着掌控这场说唱游戏的作品卷土重来 [01:01.16]Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top
没有人希望我最后能够到达顶峰 [01:03.49]They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop
他们希望我的《College Dropout》这张专辑发行后马上扑街 [01:06.56]Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself
他们说我以后会把做的好的beat全部留起来只给自己用 [01:09.72]Rocafella's only niggaz that help
流言蜚语之中 Rocafella是唯一向我伸出援手的(Rocafella是由Jay-Z和Damon Dash还有Kareem Burke创立的音乐厂牌公司) [01:11.77]My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair
我的钱比Sean Paul的山羊胡还更少 [01:14.36]Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here
现在Jean Paul Gaultier(法国著名服装设计师)定制的古龙香水味充满了整个房间 [01:16.51]They say he bourgie, he big-headed
他们说我是个纨绔子弟 说我太自傲了 [01:20.13]Won't you please stop talking about how my d**k head is
你们能不能别再谈论我是个怎么怎么样的人了？ [01:22.60]Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds
你们只会跟着舆论和传言 给我十秒钟 [01:25.44]I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas
我的名气和声音就会比德州的昆虫还大 [01:28.23]It's funny how wasn't nobody interested
有趣的是 没人对我的音乐感兴趣 [01:30.82]'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus
直到那天晚上我差点在Lexus自杀 [01:32.51] [01:33.51]And I am (here's to the roc)
“我就是--” [01:36.04]And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them (here's to Rocafella)
他们一直问我是谁 我就告诉咯 [01:41.68]Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky (here's to the roc)
举起你们的酒杯 举起来 举到空中 [01:46.47]This is the last call for alcohol, for the... (here's to Rocafella)
这是为了致......的最后一杯 [01:52.52]So get your ass up off the wall
所以 别再靠墙壁站着了 靠过来听听我接下来的这段rap [01:54.72] [01:55.72]Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir
现在来聊聊 “Kanye以前是最容易被忽视的那个吗” 我来告诉你是的 sir [01:58.15]Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir
来聊聊“Kanye现在是最多人预订专辑的吗”我也来告诉你是的 sir [02:00.96]Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest
虽然粉丝们想要的是A Tribe Called Quest(说唱团体 以内涵的制作和歌词有别于传统的匪帮暴力说唱而闻名 改变了人们对hip-hop的刻板印象)的感觉 [02:03.80]But all they got left is this guy called West
但在他们面前的这个人叫做Kanye West [02:06.49]Better take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def
带上了Freeway(说唱歌手) 与他和Mos Def一起合作一首歌曲来(专辑里另一首歌曲‘Two Words’) [02:09.12]Call him Kwa-lI or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z
叫我Kwa-lI或者Kwe-li都无所谓 我让我自己和大佬Jay-Z合作了一把 [02:12.00]I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and oooh
我强的就像是Banana Republic与Old Navy之间的距离（Gap双关 三个namedrop都是服装品牌） [02:14.84]It come out sweeter than old Sadie
这比old Sadie更加甜美 [02:17.58]Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards
我和我在Source awards颁奖礼上见到的Bun-B(美国南部说唱传奇人物)一样牛 [02:20.63]Girl he had with him - ass coulda won the horse awards
他身旁的女孩——身材辣到可以赢个马类选美奖 [02:23.22]And I was almost famous, now everybody loves Kanye
我以前差点就出名了 但现在大家都喜欢Ye [02:27.07]I'm almost Raymond'
我已经几乎像是Raymond了(Everybody Loves Raymond美国情景喜剧) [02:28.70]Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?
有声音说“他太傲慢了 你们能责怪他吗” [02:31.13]It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him
那现在你们播放我歌曲的样子 可真是太尴尬了 [02:33.78]Last year shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine
去年我买来了些demo 我想试着走红 [02:36.73]Every mother****er told me that I couldn't rhyme
每个家伙都告诉我我不适合押韵搞说唱 [02:39.30]Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem
现在我可以现在 让这些梦想杀手扼杀我的自尊 [02:41.70]Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams
或者以我的傲慢为动力 来实现我的梦想 [02:44.51]I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed
我把傲慢当做我的助推气体 所以他们说我像是喝醉的疯子(gassed双关) [02:47.66]But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh
但如果没有这身傲气的话 我就会是最后一名 所以我应该对他们大笑 [02:50.47]So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more
这样我就不用再听办公桌后面那些西装革履的人的话了 [02:53.05]You niggaz wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more
你们这些家伙穿的华华丽丽 但是虚伪的不能再虚伪了 [02:55.60]You can't say shit to Kanye West no more
你们没资格再对Kanye指指点点了 [02:58.42]I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga
在巡演上 我让20000个人嗨翻 [03:01.72]I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don
我就是Kanye 未来的LV代言人 [03:03.73]Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom
给我妈妈买个LV钱包 她现在就是LV夫人 [03:06.67]I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards
我可不循规蹈矩 我换了我的玩法 [03:09.19]I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars
我向天空祈祷然后就转运了我的星途 [03:12.05]I went to the malls and I balled too hard
我跑到商场 直接买个光 [03:14.88]'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
收银员直接 “我的天哪 这是张黑卡” [03:17.96]I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
我回过头回答“是的 但我更喜欢另一种说法” [03:21.17]African American Express
“另一种专属于非裔美国人的表达方式” [03:23.47]Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell
智慧 力量和肌肉 就像Dame Puffy和Russell一样 [03:25.87]Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to
你的那朋友们只配回去继续工作 而你知道我现在有多风光 [03:28.56]Killin y'all niggaz on that lyrical shit
几句歌词就可以把你们杀个片甲不留 [03:31.27]Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips
开着蛋黄酱颜色的大奔 我挤上Miracle Whips酱料（一种调味酱品牌） [03:33.70] [03:34.15]And I am (here's to the roc)
“我就是--” [03:35.87]And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them (here's to Rocafella)
他们一直问我是谁 我就告诉咯 [03:41.63]Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky (here's to the roc)
举起你们的酒杯 举起来 举到空中 [03:46.94]This is the last call for alcohol, for my niggaz... (here's to Rocafella)
这是为了致......的最后一杯 [03:52.47]So get your ass up off the wall
所以 别再靠墙壁站着了 靠过来听听我接下来的这段 [03:54.45] [03:55.45]So this A&R over at Rocafella, named Hiphop
所以Rocafella的A&R 正是Hiphop [03:58.30]picked the Truth beat for Beanie. And I was in the session with him
当我挑选beat送给Beanie Sigel的歌曲《The Truth》时 我正和他一块在工作室里 [04:02.06]I had my demo with me. You know, like I always do
我身上随时带着我的demo 你懂得 这是我习惯了 [04:04.34]I play the songs, he's like "Who that spittin?"
我播放了我的歌曲 他说“是谁在吐字如珠” [04:06.23]I'm like "It's me." He's like "Oh, well okay."
我说“是我” 他说“好吧” [04:08.37]Uhh, he started talkin to me on the phone
emmm 然后他开始和我通过手机聊天联系 [04:10.93]going back and forth, just askin me to send him beats
来来回回 就只是叫我发一些伴奏给他 [04:13.14]And I'm thinking he's trying to get into managing producers
然后我觉得他应该是想让我成为他旗下的制作人 [04:15.76]cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin with
因为他已经将另一个叫Just Blaze的制作人收入旗下了 [04:19.18]And um, he was friends with my mentor, No ID
他也是我导师No I.D.(嘻哈传奇制作人)的朋友 [04:21.76]And No ID told him, "look man, you wanna mess with Kanye
然后No I.D.告诉他“你想要和Kanye一块建立联系么 [04:24.24]you need to tell him that you like the way he rap"
你需要告诉他 你喜欢他的说唱” [04:26.42](No ID:) "Yo, you wanna sign him, tell him you like how he rap"
(电话原音No I.D.：“哟 你想要签下他？ 告诉他你喜欢他的说唱”) [04:27.20]I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not
我拿捏不准他是不是再和我开玩笑 [04:28.67]but he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper AND a producer
但他看起来想将我以饶舌歌手兼制作人的身份签进他的公司 [04:31.01]I'm like oh shit
我想“我靠我的天哪” [04:32.33]I was messin with, uh, D-Dot also
我当时也正在和D-Dot在紧密联系着 [04:35.07]People were like this, started talking about the Ghost production
听众们都觉得疑惑 开始讨论起这首歌的制作人(Ghost production是音乐行业中的一个术语 指的是一位匿名作曲家放弃自己的创作权 允许其他艺术家将其作为自己的作品发行) [04:37.59]But that's how I got in the game. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here
但这就是我进入游戏的方式 如果我不是为这个而生的 我就不可能能在这条路走得这么远 [04:40.13]So you know. After they picked that Truth beat
所以你懂得 当他们的团队拿走了《The Truth》的伴奏之后 [04:42.31]I was figuring I was gonna do some more work
我就在想 我得多做些工作 多努力些 [04:44.47]But shit just went poppin off like that. I was stayin in Chicago
然后那首歌就这么火了 我当时还待在芝加哥 [04:47.88]I had my own apartment. I be doin' like, just beats for local acts
我拥有了自己的公寓 我和以前一样 就是为本地的艺人们制作伴奏 [04:51.58]just to try to keep the lights on, and then to go out and buy
只是为了维持生计 然后满足出门买东西的需要 [04:54.60]get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away, get some Jordans or something
从积蓄中掏钱买一件Pelle Pelle(服装品牌)皮夹克 买一些AJ球鞋之类的 [04:57.41]or get a TechnoMarine, that's what we wore back then
或者买一块TechnoMarine手表 那时我们就是搭配的 [04:59.72]I made this one beat where I sped up this Hal Melville sample
我制作了一个 将Harold Melvin乐队的采样片段加速 而制作成的伴奏(Kanye的制作以采样功力闻名) [05:04.53]I played it for Hip over the phone, he's like "oh, yo that shit is crazy
我通过电话 给Hip播放了这段伴奏 他说“哦 这玩意太牛了 [05:08.87]Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin, called The Dynasty."
Jay-Z可能会想要这个beat收录进他正制作着的那张专辑 那张叫做《The Dynasty》的专辑” [05:12.16]And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me
那时 我觉得这个伴奏里的鼓对我来说听起来好像还不是太完美 [05:15.62]so I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time
所以当时我又跑去 听Dr Dre的专辑《The Chronic》和专辑《2001》 [05:19.89]and really I just, like picked the drums off Xxplosive and put it like
然后 我把歌曲《Xxplosive》里面的鼓采样了下来 [05:24.08]with it sped up, sampled, and now it's kind of like my whole style
将它加速 再取样 然后演绎成现在完全具有我个人风格的鼓 [05:28.56]when it started, when he rapped on 'This Can't be Life.'
当这个伴奏响起时 Jay-Z就开始了他的演绎 这首歌就是《This Can't be Life》 [05:30.39]And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on the Dynasty album
这是 那张《The Dynasty》专辑里面第一个这种类型的伴奏 [05:33.67]I could say that was the, the resurgence of this whole sound
我可以说这是灵魂乐的复兴 [05:37.59]You know, I got to come in and track the beat, and at the time
你知道的 那时我得去不断的反复听并改进我的伴奏 [05:40.39]I was still with my other management. I really wanted to roll with
我和我的其他经理人在一块 我是真的想要从事Hiphop这个行业 [05:42.73]Hiphop. 'Cause I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm
因为我是真的 需要一些新鲜空气 你懂我的意思 [05:45.71]sayin, 'cause I been there for a while, I appreciated what they did
我已经努力过了一段时间了 我很感激他们对我做的一切 [05:48.50]for me, but, you know there's a time in every man's life where he
但是 你懂得 每个人的一生中都有段时间需要你去做出改变的 [05:52.41]gotta make a change, try to move up to the next level. And that day I
试着进入下一个人生关卡 [05:55.80]came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said, "oh
那天我进入工作室 然后复听我的伴奏 然后我见到了Jay-Z 他说 [05:58.31]you a real soulful dude" (Jay-Z: "you a real soulful dude").
“你可真是个灵魂乐忠实爱好者”(Jay-Z原音) [05:59.99]And he uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got
然后他 他播放了这首歌 因为他已经准备好将他的歌词与这个伴奏融合了 [06:02.90]to the studio, you know how he do it, one take. And he said
直到我进入录音室的时候 你懂得 他的说唱功底是那么的出色 然后他说 [06:06.32](Jay-Z:) "check this out, tell me what you think of this, right here"
(Jay-Z原音)：“过来 给你听听我刚写的这段 告诉我你怎么个看法” [06:07.13]And I heard it, and I was thinking
然后我听了 当时我在想 [06:08.47]like, man, I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z, I ain't
“我真的很需要像Jay-Z这样简单纯粹的verse [06:12.60]want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my
从我个人来看 我好像并不太喜欢那种内涵复杂的押韵” [06:16.38]personal opinion. So he asked me, "what you think of it?"
然后他问我“你怎么看” [06:18.90](Jay-Z:) "so what you thinkin?"
(Jay-Z原声)“你怎么看” [06:19.58]And I was like, "man that shit tite,"
我说“哥们 这太段也连贯了” [06:20.19]you know what I'm sayin', man what I'ma tell him? I was on the train
你知道我在说什么 我正在试用期 [06:21.10]man, you know. So after that I went back home. And man I'm, I'm just
所以 你懂得 我回家以后 在芝加哥 [06:26.41]in Chicago, I'm trying to do my thing. You know, I got groups. I got
我努力做我的老本行 你懂得 我有我的群体 [06:29.57]acts I'm trying to get on, and like there wasn't nothin really like
我努力让自己能够融入这个行业 但事情并没有像应该的那样突然地发生太大的转机 [06:32.81]poppin' off the way it should have been. One of my homies that was one
我的一个朋友 也是我的一个合作艺人 [06:37.97]of my artists, he got signed. But it was supposed to really go through
他被签约了 但这本应该经手于我的制作公司 [06:41.84]my production company, but he ended up going straight with the
但他绕过了我们直接和对方公司取得了联系 [06:44.50]company. So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone, gettin' the bad
我是从手机里听到这个坏消息的 [06:47.51]news that dude was tryin' to leave my company. And I got evicted at
那家伙在试着离开我的公司 [06:51.30]the same time. So I went down and tracked the beats from him, I took
然后同时我也被公司赶了出来 所以我去给他的伴奏做了最后的润色 [06:56.98]that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul, maybe about
然后拿到了我的报酬 回到家 我收拾了我的全部家当放进了U-Haul（搬家公司）的车里 [07:01.20]ten days before I had to actually get out. So I ain't have to deal
当然我没钱付房租 十天后可能也会被赶出来 [07:04.17]with the landlord 'cause he's a jerk. Me and my mother drove to
这样我就不用和房东打交道了 他是个混蛋 我和妈妈开车去往了 [07:07.30](Mother:) "Come on, let's just go"
(Donda原音)：“来吧 咱说走就走” [07:08.50]Newark, New Jersey. I hadn't even seen my apartment.
我搬去了新泽西州的Newark 我甚至都还没有好好看看我的公寓 [07:10.75]I remember I pulled up
我记得我停车了后 [07:12.01](Mother:) "Kanye, baby, we're here",
（Donda原音）：“Kanye 宝贝我们到了” [07:13.15]I unpacked all my shit. You know, we went to Ikea, I bought a
我打开了我的全部行李 然后我们去往了Ikea(家具商城) [07:15.08]bed, I put the bed together myself. I loaded up all my equipment, and
我买了个床 我躺在床上 我已经弄好了全部的设备 [07:19.23]the first beat I made was, uh, 'Heart of the City.'
在这里我做的第一个伴奏就是《Heart of the City》 [07:22.58]And Beans was still working on his album at that time, so I came up
当时Beans正在为他的专辑而工作着 [07:25.47]there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact, and I
所以我去往了工作前线 那天正是Beans的生日 事实上 [07:28.44]played like seven beats. And, you know I could see he's in the zone
我大概播放了七个伴奏 然后 你懂得 他好像进入了状态 [07:32.56]he already had the beats that he wanted, I did nothing like already at
因为他听到了他想要的伴奏 我呆在那不知道该做什么 [07:35.37]that time. But then Jay walked in. I remember he had a GuccI bucket
然后Jay-Z走了进来 我记得他当时戴了一顶Gucci的桶帽 [07:39.66]hat on. I remember it like, like it was yesterday. And Hiphop said
我记得当时的场景 就好像发生在昨天一样 然后HipHop说 [07:43.31]"yo play that one beat for him." And I played 'Heart of the City.' And
“你放个beat给他听听”然后我就放了“Heart of the City”的伴奏 [07:46.77]really I made 'Heart of the City,' I really wanted to give that beat to DMX.
然后这个伴奏真的做成了歌 我其实很想把这个伴奏给DMX演绎 [07:49.48](Hiphop:) "No I think Jay gon' like this one right here".
（HipHop原音）“不 我觉得Jay-Z很适合这个伴奏” [07:49.88]And I played another beat, and I played another beat. And I remember that
然后我播放了另一个伴奏 然后又放了一个 [07:52.77]GuccI bucket, he took it and like put it over his face and made one of
我还记得那顶Gucci桶帽 他把它拿下来盖住脸然后做了一个表情 [07:56.12]them faces like 'OOOOOOOOOOH.' Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen
一个“OOOOOOOOH”不可思议的表情 两天后当我还在工作室的时候我见到了Dame [07:59.96]Dame. Dame didn't know who I was and I was like "yo what's up I'm Kanye."
Dame并不认识我 然后我就自我介绍说“Yo 我是Kanye” [08:02.48](Dame:) "Yo, you that kid, Kanye?"
(Dame原音)：“你就是那个Kanye？” [08:04.04]"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay?
“你就是那个给了Jay-Z一堆伴奏的小子 [08:05.26]Yo, this nigga got classics"
天哪 你这家伙的杰作可真是经典” [08:07.59](Dame:) "Jay got classics, G."
（Dame原音）“Jay-Z可真是又得到了一些经典作品” [08:08.81]You know I ain't talkin shit.
你知道的 我说的都是真的 [08:10.40]I'm like "oh shit." And all this time I'm starstruck, man. I'm
我说“哦 天哪”一直以来我都是追星族 [08:13.23]still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggaz on the show
我还在想着 这些明星们上台表演的样子 [08:16.15]The Streets is Watching, I'm lookin, these were superstars in my
Jay-Z的《Streets is Watching》 我想着 这些我眼里的超级巨星 [08:19.41]eyes. And they still are, you know. So, Jay came in and he spit all
他们现在还是当红的 你懂我意思 然后Jay-Z进来 然后他一两天之内 [08:24.26]these songs like in one day, and in two days... I gotta bring up one
就给所有的伴奏都填上了词 我又准备了一份东西 [08:28.80]thing, you know, come back to the story, the day I did the 'Can't be
回到故事本身 那天我给《Can't be Life》的伴奏做了润色 [08:32.02]Life' beat on track, I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton
我记得Lenny S那家伙 他搞到了一些LV的球鞋 [08:35.10]sneakers on, he think he fly. And Hiphop was there, I think Tata, John
他觉得他飘了 然后Hiphop在那边 我想还有Tata John Minnelli这些人 [08:39.35]Minnelli, a bunch of people. I didn't know all these people at the
我记不清那天在工作室里的所有人了 [08:41.98]time they was in the room, and I said, "yo Jay I could rap." And I
我说“Jay-Z 我也能搞说唱”然后我就开始了我的表演 [08:44.79]spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin y'all niggaz on that lyrical
“我可以凭几句歌词就杀你们个片甲不留 开着蛋黄酱色大奔 我再抹上一点调味酱” [08:47.90]shit. Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips." And I saw his
然后我看见了他的眼神中的光当我表演的时候 [08:51.08]eyes light up when I said that line. But you know the West, the rap
但你知道 我的这段真的很疯狂 [08:54.68]was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response.
这就是大家的反应 [08:57.33]He said "man that was tite."
Jay-Z说“这太连贯了” [08:58.32](Jay-Z:) "That, that was cool. That was hot."
（Jay-Z原音）“这太棒了 太疯狂了” [08:59.18]That was it. You know, I ain't get no deal then, hehe.
事情就是这样的 当时我脑袋空空的 [09:01.57]Okay, fast forward.
OK 然后 [09:03.55]So, Blueprint, H to the Izzo, my first hit single. And I just
《Blueprint》里的《Lzzo》成了我的第一首热门单曲 [09:09.08]took that proudly, built relationships with people. My relationship
我很自豪了接受了这份荣誉 和其他人建立了联系 [09:12.47]with KwelI I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my
我和Kwell的联系我认为是在我的说唱生涯中最完美的一段友谊 [09:15.43]career as a rapper. Because, you know, of course later he allowed me
因为 他让我跟着他去巡演 [09:19.29]to go on tour with him. Man, I appre-- I love him for that. And at
我很感激 我爱这哥们 [09:25.98]this time, you know I didn't have a deal, I had songs, and I had
那时候 你知道的我没有签约 我有歌曲作品 [09:29.71]relationships with all these A&R's, and they wanted beats from me, so
我和一些A&R（艺人开发）有联系 他们想要我的伴奏 [09:32.59]they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats. "Gimme a beat that sound
所以他们给我打来电话 我会给他们放我的伴奏“给我一些Jay-Z的type beat” [09:34.70]like Jay-Z." You know, they d**k riders. Whatever. So I'll play them
你懂得 他们可真是没眼光 无所谓 [09:38.13]these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit. I'll
然后我会给他们放一些《Blueprint》专辑弃置的伴奏 然后再给他们播放我的歌曲 [09:41.33]be like, "yo but I rap too." Hey, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy
我会说“但我也会说唱啊” 我猜他们应该会惊讶的看着我 [09:43.95]'cause you know, 'cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever
因为你知道的 我可不像其他rapper一样穿着球衣或者什么的 [09:46.88]Everybody out there listen here. I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they
每个人都在那听着 我给他们播放了《Jesus Walks》这首歌 [09:50.37]didn't sign me. You know what happened, it was some A&R's that ****ed
然后他们并没有签下了我 你知道后来的事 一些A&R看中了我 [09:53.02]with me though, but then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the
然后一些公司高层 或者一些公司的其他管理层 [09:56.66]company that'll say "naw." Like, Dave LottI ****ed with me, my
他们会说“没门”Dave Lottl看中了我 [09:59.76]nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels. Jessica Rivera, man
我的好哥们Mel带我去见了许多厂牌的老板 Jessica Rivera说 [10:03.47](Jessica:) "Man, you niggaz is stupid if y'all don't sign Kanye, for real."
（Jessica原音）“你们这些家伙肯定是疯了才不会去签Kanye 说真的” [10:06.91]I'm not gonna say nothin to mess my promotion up
我不敢乱说话怕毁了我的星途 [10:10.32]"Y'all niggaz is stupid". Let's just say I didn't get my deal.
“你们这些家伙真是蠢”然后我还是没得到签约 [10:13.17]The nigga that was behind me, I mean,
在我面前的这个家伙 你知道的 [10:15.32]he wasn't even a nigga, you know?
他根本就不是个黑人 [10:17.07]The person who actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol
然后给我扫清障碍的贵人就是来自Capitol Records的Joe 3H [10:20.47]Records. He wanted to sign me really bad.
他真的很渴望签下我 [10:22.54](Joe:) "We gonna change the game, buddy."
（Joe原音）“我们想要改变这场说唱游戏 哥们” [10:23.95]Dame was like, "yo you got a deal with Capitol,
Dame当时说“你和Capitol唱片公司签约了？ [10:25.63]okay man, just make sure it's not wack."
好吧哥们 你一定不会看错的” [10:27.15](Dame:) "you gotta make sure it's not wack."
（Dame原音）“你得保证这不是个烂合同” [10:28.33]Then one day I just went ahead and played it, I wanted to
然后一天我正在播放些歌曲 [10:30.39]play some songs, 'cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and
我想要播放一些歌曲 因为你Cam和Young Guru正在这个房间里 [10:33.62]Dame was in the room. So I played... actually it's a song that you'll
Dame也在这里 所以我播放了我的歌曲 这是一首还没有发行的歌 [10:37.76]never hear, but maybe I might use it. So, it's called 'Wow.'
但我可能以后会发布 歌名叫做《Wow》 [10:41.16]"I go to Jacob with 25 thou, you go with 25 hundred, wow
（歌词）“我花2.5w刀搞到Jacob的珠宝 你却只有2500 wow [10:45.37]I got eleven plaques on my walls right now
我的墙上有11块单曲认证牌匾了 [10:47.79]You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow."
你才刚得到你的第一个黄金认证单曲 这太der了哥们 wow” [10:50.84]Like the chorus went. Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it. So
就像副歌唱的那样 别觉得烂 这可能还会发布的 [10:54.11]I play that song for him, and he's like "oh shit"
然后 我给他播放了这首歌 他就像“我的天”那样 [10:56.78](Dame:) "Oh shit it's not even wack."
（Dame原音）“我的天哪 这首太顶了” [10:58.16]"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot."
“我不是在开玩笑 这首太炸了” [11:00.05](Dame:) "it's actually kinda hot."
（Dame原音）“这真的是首实打实的热单” [11:01.48]Like they still weren't looking at me
他们仍然没有将我像一个Rapper一样看待 [11:02.61]like a rapper. And I'm sure Dame figured, 'like man. If he do a whole
但我确信Dame看出了我的志向 他说“如果让这家伙做一张专辑 [11:06.39]album, if his raps is wack at least we can throw Cam on every song and
如果他的说唱很烂的话 我们可以把verse都替换成Cam的来拯救” [11:09.31]save the album, you know. So uh Dame took me into the office, and he's
你懂得 然后Dame把我带进办公室 [11:13.67]like "yo man, we, we on a brick, we on a brick"
然后他说“哥们 我们现在就在一条船上了” [11:15.61](Dame:) "you don't wanna catch a brick"
（Dame原音）“你不会想搞砸的” [11:17.26]You gotta be under an umbrella, you'll get rained on.
为你的梦想 你必须得时刻做好准备（得时刻撑伞不然会被雨淋的） [11:19.45]I told Hiphop and Hiphop was all, "oh, word?" Actually, even with
我告诉Hiphop然后他说“你说的是真的吗” [11:24.25]that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol 'cause it was
事实上 即使事情已经有了苗头 但我和Capitol唱片的合同就准备签约了 [11:28.89]already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H. That, you
因为我和3H的这层关系 [11:32.52]know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word, I
我告诉过他我想自己出一张专辑 我说到做到 [11:34.61]was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do. Then, you know, I'm
我时刻准备着为自己说的话付出努力 [11:39.02]not gonna name no names, but people told me, "oh he's just a producer
还有 我就不点名了 一些人跟我说“你不过是个制作人版本的rapper” [11:42.69]rapper" and told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol, and right--
这些人也对3H和唱片公司的高层这么说了 [11:46.38]the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do
然后那天我在想着这些事 我计划着我接下来要做的所有事 [11:50.04]man, I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio
然后我收拾了衣服 我开始预订录音室 [11:53.47]sessions, I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes
我开始筹划我自己的专辑 开始规划营销方案 [11:56.85]man I was ready to go. And they had Mel call me, they said
我真的已经蓄势待发了 然后他们让Mel打电话告诉我 [12:00.24]"yo... Capitol pulled on the deal"
他们说“Capitol唱片决定放弃这份签约合同” [12:04.07](Mel:) "Yo, Capitol pulled out on the deal."
（Mel原音）“Capitol唱片放弃了这份签约合同” [12:05.35]And, you know I told them that Rocafella was interested
然后 我告诉他们Rocafella唱片对我很感兴趣 [12:08.25]and I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying
我不知道他们是不是认为我只是说说而已的 [12:10.63]to gas them up to try to push the price up or whatever.
认为我只是在说一些假话来气他们 来提高自己的身价或者什么的 [12:12.40]I went up...
我走起来了 [12:14.95]Icalled G, I said, "man, you think we could still get that deal with Rocafella?"
我打电话给G 我说“伙计 你觉得我们还能跟Rocafella签约吗” [12:23.54] [12:25.54] [12:27.47]( Lyrics by nostaticsin ) [12:30.11] [12:32.33]