Intro]
Look, I was gonna go easy on you and not to hurt your feelings
Look, 我原打算对你们手下留情,不至于伤害你们
But I'm only going to get this one chance
可是我要把握这唯一的机会
Something's wrong, I can feel it
情况有点儿不对,我能感觉到
六分钟,Slim Shady,该你出场了!
Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on!
【”Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on”这句采样自专辑MMLP的歌曲《Remember me?》】
Just a feeling I've got, like something's about to happen, but I don't know what
我只是觉得,要出大事儿了,但是我不知道会发生什么
If that means, what I think it means, we're in trouble, big trouble
如果那意味着…若是一切如我所料,我们会遇上麻烦,大麻烦
And if he is as bananas as you say, I'm not taking any chances
若他真像你说的那样疯狂,我要是你,绝不会去冒任何险的
You are just what the doc ordered
你可是Dr. Dre相中的人才!
[Hook 1]
I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神
【flow源自Bizzare(feat. Eminem) - Hip Hop:” Man, I thought this was supposed to be hip hop, hip hop. I’d rather be fishing in flip flops, flip flops”】
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是
Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?
现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?
【Slapbox是掌掴与拳击相结合的攻击方式。这句引用了诗歌James Weldon Johnson《The Prodigal Son》:“Young man—Your arm's too short to box with God.” 你手臂太短,无以跟上帝对打拳击。】
They said I rap like a robot, so call me Rapbot
人们说我饶舌时像是机器人,所以请叫我饶舌机
[Verse 1]
But for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes
对我来说,像电脑一样饶舌,必是我基因所定
(genes "基因"谐音"仔裤",这第二层意思与下句吻合)
I got a laptop in my back pocket
在我仔裤后袋中,装着一台笔记本电脑
My pen'll go off when I half-cock it
我半上膛的笔蓄势待发,随时开火
【全上膛才是枪待开火状态,Em说自己用笔开火不需考虑,如条件反射】
Got a fat knot from that rap profit, made a living and a killing off it
通过饶舌,我赚得盆盈钵满~谋生同时,血腥杀戮
【Eminem在职业生涯中diss了一些rapper,这些人因他几乎退出了这场游戏】
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
那年Bill Clinton还是美国总统
【Bill Clinton和Monica Lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,Em的第一张
专辑恰好在96年发布;Em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. Role Model),所以这两句指的是Em的过去】
With Monica Lewinsky feeling on his nut-sack
Monica Lewinsky还在和他翻云覆雨
【Bill Clinton和Monica Lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,Em的第一张专辑恰好在96年发布;Em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. Role Model),所以这两句指的是Em的过去】
I'm an MC still as honest
时至今日,我依然是个敢说实话的MC
But as rude and as indecent as all hell
只不过我极度粗俗无礼,残暴下流
Syllables, killaholic
擅用多音节押韵,嗜杀成瘾
(Kill 'em all with) This slickety, gibbedy, hibbedy hip-hop
(用)这漂亮娴熟至极、让人欲罢不能的hip-hop(把他们统统杀光!)
【hibbedy hip-hop借鉴了Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight: ” I said the Hip-Hop, the hibby, the hibby to hip-hip-hop”】
You don't really wanna get into a pissing match with this rappidy rap
面对我的快嘴rap,你们绝不想和我打口水战
Packing a Mac in the back of the Ac, backpack rap crap, yep, yep, yackity-yak
把冲锋枪装进阿库拉·传奇后备箱中,用地下风格来饶舌,胡言乱语
【Ac(Acura Legend): 阿库拉·传奇,九十年代初期rapper们经常用Ac代指这种车。此句源于Big Punisher – Pakinamac Pt. II】
【Backpack Rap,指饶舌艺人偏离主流;Yackity-yak,胡言乱语,讲没有意义的话,地下饶舌歌手经常会这么做】
Now at the exact same time, I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I'm practicing that
与此同时,我练习时~会试着去挑战高难饶舌杂技
I'll still be able to break a motherfuckin' table over the back of a couple of faggots and crack it in half
我依然能够打乱排名,登上巅峰,把一对儿小娘炮的王冠劈成了两半
(字面意:我依然能把一张桌子狠砸在一对娘炮背后,一分为二)
【Watch the Throne(看紧王位)是Jay-Z Kanye West合作的专辑,Em很可能在此隐讳针对了这两位。。。】
Only realized it was ironic I was signed to Aftermath after the fact
直到现在我才意识到被Aftermath签下是多讽刺的事
【Aftermath, Eminem的姓是 Mathers ,所以Aftermath 让他想到了After Mathers; Aftermath, 灾难,他被Aftermath签下后虽然功成名就,但是也失去了很多,这一切显得ironic;Aftermath植物再生,这句也指他摆脱药瘾劫后余生】
How could I not blow? All I do is drop F-bombs, feel my wrath of attack
我怎可能不红爆?天天毒言恶语,狂扔爆粗弹~感受神的愤怒吧
【blow双关“出名”和“爆炸”两个意思,F-bomb爆粗弹,指的是粗口。而Em争议性、脏话连篇的歌词让他迅速走红】
Rappers are having a rough time period, here's a maxipad
Rapper们正在苦苦与大姨妈对抗,这有张卫生巾送给你们
【period双关“时间段”“大姨妈”,讽刺有些rapper太娘】
It's actually disastrously bad for the wack
对于那些下流选手来说,这确实是不祥之兆
While I'm masterfully constructing this masterpiece as