Life Of The Party

It's after hours at that glamorous blind spot
光鲜之后的黯淡角落
Where they're taking it easy, swapping personal experiences
人们轻描淡写，聊着彼此的人生经历
Let's listen in America Today
听听今天的美国故事
Life of the party, mhm, 'til I almost cry, mhm
派对人生，结束时我已哽咽
It's the life of the party, to think I could've almost died
这是派对人生，想到我本可能离开人世
Lord, help us
老天帮帮我们

Hey, Miss Donda
嘿，Donda小姐
You run into my mama, please tell her I said, "Say something"
如果见到我的妈妈，请告诉她我在呼唤她
I'm startin' to believe ain't no such thing as Heaven's trumpets
我开始相信天国没有号角
No after-over, this is it, done
没有续集，一切已经结束
If there's a Heaven, you would think they'd let ya speak to your son
如果天堂存在，神会允许你们对儿子说话
Maybe she has in the form of a baby's laugh
也许她说过什么，藏在一个婴儿的笑声中
I heard passing by in a stroller remindin' me, "Hey, keep rolling"
婴儿车推过我身旁，我听到它说“继续前进”(继续前进/轮子继续滚动)
I don't know, maybe she has with a ***** of a blade of grass
我不知道，她可能藏在刺人的青草里
I've been layin' on way too long, got me itchy
我在里面躺了太久，草扎得我痒痒
Got up and roamed a lil' more
我起身惘然若失
Miss Donda, you see my mama, tell her I'm lost
Donda小姐，如果见到我的妈妈，请告诉她我迷了路
You see, she'd always light a cigarette, we talk, I would cough
她总会点上一支香烟，我们说话时呛得我咳嗽
Exaggeratin' a lil' bit so she get the point
为了表达她的意思，她总说得很夸张
Tryna get her to stop smokin', I would leave and fire up a joint
想让她别抽了，我转身离开，点起一根麻
'Til I quit, started back up again, twenty years later
直到我戒掉，重新开始，二十年已过去
All that time, y'all thought a nigga was high, thought I was crazy
那些年你们以为我上了瘾，以为我疯了
My mom, she ain't cut no corners
妈妈有点钻牛角尖
Got me back on track, I don't miss her overstepping
让我回到正轨，我不想让她干涉太多
But do miss her showin' Seven civilian life shit
但怀念她分享生活里的破事
Ah, Miss Donda, you see my mama, whisper her this:
啊，Donda小姐，如果见到我的妈妈请悄悄告诉她
The real reason I was geeked to go to church
我急着去教堂的真正原因
Must confess, when y'all grown-ups would be in Bible study
对不起妈妈，我必须坦白，你们大人在修读圣经时
That girl helping me with my homework? Her and I were ****in'
那女孩教我写作业？其实在干那档子事
So pure and perverted, so spirit spinning and dirty
又纯净又堕落，扭曲又肮脏
So on, so on, and so on, we hoped that no one heard us
继续，一次又一次，我们希望没人听到
Sh-sh, ah, ah
嘘——嘘——
And to this day, I think her mama knew but let us explore
到今天，也许妈妈知道了但还是让我说出来吧
Miss Donda, you see my father, please, ask him why he never married
Donda小姐，如果见到我的爸爸，请问问他为什么没有结婚
Always smiled, but was he happy inside?
脸上挂着笑，他是否真的快乐？
Because I carried my mother's name, did he carry shame with him?
我继承了妈妈的名字，他是否感到羞耻？
I'm sure she did it out of spite, it was her decision at birth
她肯定是出于怨恨做出了那个决定
Shit, she probably was hurt, ah, poor baby
也许她被深深伤害，可怜的女孩
Two young people with different views, a lot for a young lady
两个年轻人意见相左，这令她难以承受
No coincidence, they both passed away from heart conditions
两人都因心脏问题离世
There's a dissidence at play, dad and mom do hard division
矛盾一直存在，爸妈艰难地告别
Three Thou', poster child for big **** niggas raised by their mothers
3000，一个典型的妈妈带大的大*老黑
I'm supposed to smile as if God knew that I would be troubled
我应当保持微笑，“保持信念命中注定”那一套
Keeps me around, for what? I don't know
我们要相伴左右吗，为了什么？我不知道
But I do know that it's crucial, that we do so, pronto
我知道这很重要
I don't know how much long though
但不知道还要持续多久，未来是怎样

Straight from Shibuya, on some zen
置身涉谷，心中带着禅意
We back, ramped up, we on ten
归来加大力度，我们一触即发
It's a marathon and look, we comin' for the win
这是场马拉松，为胜利而来
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (C'mon)
就像Puff Daddy告诉Biggie，我们要干票大的 (Christopher是Biggie原名，此处采样了Biggie “Hypnotize” 中的ad-libs)
Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did
带上整个家庭，看我的Kim是怎么做的
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (Uh)
就像Puff Daddy告诉Biggie，我们要干票大的
We gon' win big (What?)
我们要干票大的

Southside gang mentality way heavy
南部帮的味太正了(André来自南部)
I was thinkin' out the box even in a Box Chevy
我坐在Box Chevy (一类donk改装车)里，思想不被束缚
And my favorite art teacher name was Mrs. Levy
我最喜欢的艺术老师是Levy夫人
'Round the time, I learned to put my feelings to a medley (The life of the party)
也就在那时候我学会将情感注入音乐 (派对人生)
I ain’t turn in homework for like four months and I bet she let me
我差不多四个月都没交作业，她也默许
She saw the vision
她好眼力
"Yeezy you special, go make your own decisions then"
“Yeezy你很特别，自己做决定”
Man, that was a good choice, faith driving us like a Rolls Royce
啊，那是个正确的选择，信念像劳斯莱斯驱使着我
They tried to take my voice away, I ain't try to take ya choice away
有人总要夺走我的声音，我可从没夺走你们的选择
I just prayed the water break, just for my daughter sake, from a slip-up
我只曾祈祷羊水快点破，为了我意外怀上的女儿
Fake signatures from fake managers, it all damage her, good Lord
虚伪的经纪人开出空头支票，这都伤害了她，老天
Give 'em enough of they own rope to hang 'em with
我会用他们自己埋下的祸根让他们自行了断
The paparazzi never really got what my angle is
狗仔从没拍到过我真正的一面
They treat my married life like some type of entanglement
他们把我的婚姻生活当作一团乱麻 (entanglement通常特指Will Smith夫妇的混乱婚姻生活)
My neighbor still dissin', wonderin' why I ain't saying it
邻居还在diss我，纳闷我怎么还没上钩 (有人认为此处邻居暗指Drake)
I can smell the setup, that's that 2Pac in Vegas hit
我能察觉到你在构陷，像2Pac在拉斯维加斯落入圈套 (2Pac与1996年在拉斯维加斯被枪击后逝世)
I revealed myself and some don't know what to make of it
我都没藏着掖着，但小人都不会利用我的秘密
God has said himself to make sure that the baby live
上帝说过要保护好孩子们
And if Ye ain't here, then tell me who gonna say this here?
如果Ye不站出来，那还有谁会呢？
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a goddamn minute
等一下，等一下，他妈的等一下！
Let me stop playing with it, hopped in a Lamb' with it
我不陪你们玩了，钻进我的兰博基尼
Hopped in a Lamb' with it, in a damn pandemic
钻进我的兰博基尼，这该死的疫情
Know that Uncle Sam gotta have his damn hand in it
我就知道该死的美国又得插一手！

Listen, straight from Shibuya, on some zen
听着，置身涉谷，心中带着禅意
I'm on ten, it's a marathon and look, we comin' for the win
我一触即发，这是场马拉松，我们为胜利而来
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (C'mon)
就像Puff Daddy告诉Biggie，我们要干票大的
Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did
带上整个家庭，看我的Kim是怎么做的
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (Uh)
就像Puff Daddy告诉Biggie，我们要干票大的
We gon' win big (What?)
我们要干票大的

Do y'all feel me? Really?
你懂我吗？真的吗？
Get off Scott Free, I'm talking Ridley
躲过惩罚，我说Ridley (“Scott free”指逃过处罚, Ridley指导演Ridley Scott)
Get off our knees, that's if you're with me
如果你站在我这边，我们别再跪着
Get off your knees, that's if you're with me
如果你站在我这边，你们别再跪着
Get off your knees and let's get free
站起身来，走向自由
Get off your knees and let's get free
站起身来，走向自由
Really, I mean really
真的，我说真的
Really, I mean really
真的，我说真的
I need release, I don't need police
我需要解脱，不需要警察
I'm like, "Nigga, puh-lease"
我说兄弟，拜托 (police警察和please拜托谐音)
Y'all can't hear me, (Harmonizing), for the real me
你们不理解真正的我
For the real me, I mean, mhmm-mm
真正的我，我说…

Alright, it's gonna shoot us in the— woah, uh-oh, uh-oh
好，我们马上就起飞了——啊哦 (这是DMX在游乐场陪女儿坐游乐设施的一段录音)
Ready mama? (Yup)
准备好了吗宝贝？
I'm so proud of you, yup, you're gonna have so much fun
我真为你骄傲，很好玩的
They gonna shoot us in the air, mama, okay?
我们马上起飞，好吗宝贝
C'mon, P, I got you, it's okay, mama
来，P，我在这呢，没关系宝贝
Hold your head back, hold your head back (Three, two, one)
头靠后，头靠后（三，二，一）
Daddy's here, daddy's here, daddy's right here
爸爸在这呢，爸爸在这呢，我就在这呢
It's okay, mama, daddy's here, daddy here
没问题宝贝，爸爸在这呢
Help, help, daddy's right here, I'm scared
救命！救命！爸爸就在这呢。我害怕！
Okay, okay, I got you, it's okay
好了，好了，我在这呢宝贝，没问题
Okay, we goin' slow, we goin' slow down
好了，慢下来了，慢慢滑下去了
It's okay, stop cryin', daddy got you, see, it's over, you did it, P!
好了，别哭了，爸爸在这呢，你看，停了，你做到了P！
You already did it! See? It's already over! Yay! You did it!
你做到了！看见没？已经结束了！耶！你做到了！
Big Girl! It's already over! It's already over, it's already over
好宝！已经结束了，结束了结束了
Daddy right here, daddy right here
爸爸在这呢，爸爸在这呢
I told you I'm not gon' let you go
我跟你说了你不会掉下去吧
I'm not gon' let you go, mama, okay?
我不会让你掉下去的宝贝，好吗？
Daddy got you, daddy gon' bring us all the way down, okay?
爸爸抱着你了，咱们一起下去好吗？
How was it? (We good)
怎么样？（没问题）
You did a good job (It was scary)
你们真棒！(有点吓人)
Good job! (Our daughter got more heart than you)
真棒！(咱们宝贝比你胆大！)