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Load up the Pro Tools and press three
– Cargar As Ferramentas Pro e premer tres
Studio filled with Jack In The Box and Pepsis
– Estudio cheo De Jack Na Caixa e pepsis
Niggas watchin’ WorldStar videos, not the ESPYs
– Os negros ven vídeos De WorldStar, non Os ESPYs
Laughin’ at B. Pumper, stomach turnin’, I get up and proceeded to write somethin’
– Rindo de B. Pumper, volvendo o estómago, levantoume e escribín algo
Ab-Soul in the corner mumblin’ raps, fumblin’ packs of Black & Milds
– Ab-Soul no canto mumblin ‘raps, fumblin’ paquetes De Black &Amp; Milds
Crumblin’ kush ’til he cracked a smile
– Crumblin ‘kush’ ata que rompeu un sorriso
His words legendary, wishin’ I could rhyme like him
– As súas palabras lendarias, desexando poder rimar como el
Studied his style to define my pen
– Estudou o seu estilo para definir a miña pluma
That was back when the only goal was to get Jay Rock through the door
– Iso foi cando o único obxectivo era meter A Jay Rock pola porta
Warner Brother Records, hope Naim Ali would let us know
– Warner Brother Records, espero Que Naim Ali nos avise
Was excited just to go to them label meetings
– Estaba emocionado só de ir a eles reunións de etiqueta
Wasn’t my record deal, but still, I couldn’t believe it
– Non era o meu contrato discográfico, pero aínda así, non podía crelo
Me and Rock inside the booth hibernatin’
– Eu e Rock dentro da cabina hibernando
It was simple math, if he made it, that mean I made it
– Foi unha matemática sinxela, se o fixo, iso significa que o fixen
Everything I had was for the team, I remained patient
– Todo o que tiña era para o equipo, seguín sendo paciente
Grindin’ with my brothers, it was us against them, no one above us, bless our hearts
– Moendo cos meus irmáns, fomos contra eles, ninguén por riba de nós, bendice os nosos corazóns
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Use o seu corazón e non os seus ollos (Bebé, só relaxa a súa mente)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Se tes tempo, entón teño tempo (Si, si)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Libera os teus pensamentos e mira como voan
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
– Usa o teu corazón e non os teus ollos (Mm-Hmm)
My nigga Dave had a champagne Acura
– O Meu Negro Dave tiña un champagne Acura
A bunch of instrumentals I freestyled in the passenger
– Un montón de instrumentos eu freestyle no pasaxeiro
That nigga wore several hats, a producer, a manager, director, and DJ
– Ese negro levaba varios sombreros, un produtor, un director, un director e UN dj
A hothead squabblin’, Bloods, Pirus, and Keeways
– Unha disputa de cabeza quente, Bloods, Pirus e Keeways
For this little thing of ours we called TDE
– Por esta pequena cousa que chamamos TDE
I watched you take some penitentiary chances to say the least
– Vin que tomabas algunhas oportunidades penitenciarias para dicir o mínimo
Remember in the county building with MixedByAli
– Lembra no edificio do condado Con MixedByAli
We tried to freak the system just to make a couple ends meet
– Intentamos asustar o sistema só para facer que un par de fins se atopasen
That’s my nigga for shit sure
– Ese é o meu negro por merda seguro
He brought Q over, but Q didn’t rap, but he learned from our inspo
– Trae Q, Pero Q Non rapeou, pero aprendeu do noso inspo
We split Louisiana chicken riverboat specials
– Dividimos Os Especiais De Louisiana chicken riverboat
Sleepin’ next to 02R consoles to be our refuge
– Durmindo xunto ás consolas 02R para ser o noso refuxio
He was homeless and I left home
– Estaba sen fogar e saín de casa
Q said, “Dot, you won’t be slept on, you the nigga to bet on” (Use your h—)
– Q dixo: “Dot, non serás durmido, o negro para apostar” (Use o seu h—)
Top had given us dominion in the home he lived in
– Top nos deu dominio na casa na que vivía
Hopin’ that we see some millions, God bless our hearts
– Esperando que vexamos uns millóns, Deus bendiga os nosos corazóns
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Use o seu corazón e non os seus ollos (Bebé, só relaxa a súa mente)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Se tes tempo, entón teño tempo (Si, si)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Libera os teus pensamentos e mira como voan
Use your heart and not your eyes
– Usa o teu corazón e non os teus ollos
Punch played Phil Jackson in my early practices
– Punch interpretou A Phil Jackson nos meus primeiros adestramentos
Strategies on how to be great amongst the averages
– Estratexias sobre como ser grande entre as medias
I picked his brain on what was ordained, highly collaborative
– Eu escollín o seu cerebro sobre o que foi ordenado, altamente colaborativo
RET pushed the label the same, amongst the savages
– RET empurrou a etiqueta do mesmo xeito, entre os salvaxes
Moose kept my name in the function that he would run in
– Moose mantivo o meu nome na función na que se presentaría
TEEZ kept the vultures away from me that was comin’
– TEEZ mantivo os abutres lonxe de min que estaba chegando
Sounwave let me borrow his clothes for shows as a hype man
– Sounwave deixe me emprestar a súa roupa para espectáculos como un home de publicidade
To cook up in this room ’til the night ends
– Para cociñar nesta sala ata que remate a noite
Time flies, I’m carryin’ debates of a top five
– O tempo voa, estou a levar debates dos cinco primeiros
Buryin’ my opps and allies
– Enterrando os meus opps e aliados
But I’d done a half job communicatin’ feelings of being stagnant
– Pero fixen medio traballo comunicando sentimentos de estar estancado
Life was gettin’ bigger than just rappin’
– A vida era cada vez máis grande que só rapear
The business, what I was lackin’
– O negocio, o que me faltaba
Top used to record me back when it was poor me
– Top adoitaba gravarme cando era pobre
And now we at the round table for what assures me
– E agora na mesa redonda para o que me asegura
I guess my motivation was the yearnin’ for independence
– Supoño que a miña motivación era o anhelo da independencia
Poured everything I had left in the family business
– Derramou todo o que deixara no negocio familiar
Now it’s about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skillset as a Black exec’
– Agora trata De Kendrick, quero evolucionar, colocar a miña habilidade como un executivo Negro’
I jog my memory, knowin’ Black Hippy didn’t work ’cause of me
– Corro a miña memoria, sabendo Que Black Hippy non funcionou por min
Creatively, I moved on with new concepts in reach
– Creativamente, seguín con novos conceptos ao alcance
Top, remember all them sessions we would strategize
– En primeiro lugar, lembra todas as sesións que elaboraríamos
To hit the streets, then come back, record three records? Ah
– Para chegar ás rúas, despois volver, gravar tres discos? Ah, por favor.
To tell the truth, it fucked me up when D-Man passed
– Para dicir a verdade, fodeume cando Faleceu D-Man
The motive was the condolences, but the pride crashed
– O motivo eran as condolencias, pero o orgullo caeu
I had to bypass old mythologies I had
– Tiña que evitar as antigas mitoloxías que tiña
Put my heart on display like it was an iMac
– Pon o meu corazón en exhibición como se fose un iMac
To all my young niggas, let me be the demonstration
– Para todos os meus mozos negros, deixe – me ser a manifestación
How to conduct differences with a healthy conversation
– Como facer diferenzas cunha conversa saudable
If that’s your family, then handle it as such
– Se esa é a túa familia, entón manexa-lo como tal
Don’t let the socials gas you up or let emotions be your crutch
– Non deixes que os sociais te gaseen ou deixen que as emocións sexan a túa muleta
Pick up the phone and bust it up before the history is lost
– Colle o teléfono e rompe antes de que se perda a historia
Hand-to-handshake is good when you have a heart-to-heart
– O aperto de mans a mans é bo cando tes un corazón a corazón
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Use o seu corazón e non os seus ollos (Bebé, só relaxa a súa mente)
If you got time and I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Si tienes tiempo y yo tengo tiempo (Si, si)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Libera os teus pensamentos e mira como voan
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
– Usa o teu corazón e non os teus ollos (Mm-Hmm)
