Make The Money

Now, this is my job, I will not quit it
聽著，說唱是我的事業，我將不會放棄
Pulled me out the depths when I thought that I was finished
當我覺得我要完蛋的時候，它將我拉離深淵
Yeah I questioned if I could go the distance
是的我曾問自己能否走的更遠
That's just the work, regardless of who's listening, listening
但這是我的音樂，我不在於到底是誰在聽
Listen, see I was meant to be a warrior
聽著，我注定將成為一個戰士
Fight something amongst me, leave here victorious
與擋在我面前的人戰鬥，然後在這裡留下勝跡
Classroom of kids, or a venue performing
我做過學生，也在舞台上演出過
If I'd done it for the money I'd have been a fucking lawyer
如果我只是為了錢而做這些那我還不如當一個該死的律師
Concrete, vagabond, van telling stories
堅強，漂泊，我是演講者的先鋒
Humbled by the road, I'm realizing I'm not important
卻輕易地被這條路（意指現實）打敗，我才意識到我在人們眼裡並不重要
See life's a beautiful struggle, I record it
然後我看到了人生挫折中也有美好之處，於是將它錄在歌中
Hope it helps you maneuvering through yours and
希望這歌能夠幫你們渡過你們人生的低谷
That's why we stay in the lab at night
這就是為什麼我深夜還在錄音棚裡停留
I' ve been staring into this pad for over half my life
我半輩子一直在精進自己寫詞的技術
A true artist won't be satisfied
但一個真正的藝術家不會輕易滿足
So I guess that's the sacrifice
所以我猜這是為了音樂的奉獻和犧牲
And I say
所以我說
Make the money, don't let the money make you
去賺錢，但不要被錢蒙蔽雙眼
Change the game, don't let the game change you
去改變生活的遊戲法則，而不要被生活改變原本的你
I'll forever remain faithful
而我，會一直保持虔誠
All my people stay true, I say
聽到這首歌的朋友們，請做真實的自己
Make the money, don't let the money make you
去賺錢，但不要被錢蒙蔽雙眼
Change the game, don't let the game change you
去改變生活的遊戲法則，而不要被生活改變原本的你
I'll forever remain faithful
而我，會一直保持虔誠
All my people stay true
我的朋友們，請做真實的自己
Forget about the fame, fortune and the mansion
忘記那些虛無的名利，錢財和豪宅
Sitting and tripping watching myself on a plasma
坐著，從最微小的角度開始審視我自己
Yeah, I start slipping when I'm thinking about that stuff
是的，每當我想起那些我都會躲避
Ego won't swole until karma catches that up, that up
經歷了因果報應後我開始野心勃勃
I'm my grandma's number one grandson
我是我外婆最眼中最棒的孫子
I lost myself to remember who that was
但我不覺得外婆眼中的我和我本身是同一個人
We start thinking about some kicks, necklace
我開始想一些令我們興奮的一系列事情
What I really need is a job off CraigsList
但那時我真正需要的其實只是一個從招聘廣告上找到的工作
Take away the dot com, name, love
不去想我的公共主頁，名聲，愛
Fans, Twitter followers, and the buzz
粉絲，推特好友和議論我的嗡嗡聲
See, you keep the issues but you take away the drugs
看，保持了真我，戒掉了毒品
And I had to find out who I really was
剩下的就是要分辨出真正的我
Who I really wasn' t
和不是真正的我
So sick of who I was becoming
而我將要變成的樣子讓我覺得噁心
Yeah, tired of running
嗯，疲於奔命
Time to look at the man in the mirror until I can learn to love him
是時候看著審視自己，找出自己的優點，堅持自己了
Make the money, don't let the money make you
去賺錢，但不要被錢蒙蔽雙眼
Change the game, don't let the game change you
去改變生活的遊戲法則，而不要被生活改變原本的你
I' ll forever remain faithful
而我，會一直保持虔誠
All my people stay true, I say
聽到這首歌的朋友們，請做真實的自己
Make the money, don 't let the money make you
去賺錢，但不要被錢蒙蔽雙眼
Change the game, don't let the game change you
去改變生活的遊戲法則，而不要被生活改變原本的你
I'll forever remain faithful
而我，會一直保持虔誠
All my people stay true
聽到這首歌的朋友們，請做真實的自己
Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac
當然我想要好名聲和一輛糖果色的凱迪拉克
Watch the videos and get the girls in the back
看看片子，然後就可以得到那個出鏡過的妹子
But if that's what I believe in, and the reason that I rap
但是如果那是我的信仰和我rap的理由
Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track
那美國政府才是唆使我開始錄音的皮條客
Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac
當然我想要好名聲和一輛糖果色的凱迪拉克
Watch the videos and get the girls in the back
看看片子，然後就可以得到那個出鏡過的妹子
But if that's what I believe in, and the reason that I rap
但是如果那是我的信仰和我rap的理由
Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track
那美國政府才是唆使我開始錄音的皮條客
Make the money, don't let the money make you
去賺錢，但不要被錢蒙蔽雙眼
Change the game, don't let the game change you
去改變生活的遊戲法則，而不要被生活改變原本的你
I'll forever remain faithful
而我，會一直保持虔誠
All my people stay true, I say
聽到這首歌的朋友們，請做真實的自己
Make the money, don't let the money make you
去賺錢，但不要被錢蒙蔽雙眼
Change the game, don't let the game change you
去改變生活的遊戲法則，而不要被生活改變原本的你
I'll forever remain faithful
而我，會一直保持虔誠
All my people stay true
聽到這首歌的朋友們，請做真實的自己
Forget about the fame
忘記所謂的名利
I said forget about the fame
我說，忘記該死的名利
I'll forever remain faithful
我將永遠虔誠下去
Stay true, stay true, stay true
保持真我，保持真我，保證真我