Video Clip
Lyrics
Look, uh
– Vultus, uh
Early in the morning, got sun in my eyes
– In matutinis [laudibus] an genuit puerpera [sola.
Giving glory to God, I’m alert and alive
– In se habitabat deus; apud Te habitat, et apud Se est
I ain’t even sleep, I been workin’, I’m tired
– Ego quidem somnum, ego workin fuerit, fessus sum
But it’s not gon’ deter my assignment
– Sed suus ‘non gonn’ deterrere assignationem meam
At the Lord’s service like I’m workin’ a job
– In servitio Domini sicut im ‘opus’ officium
Black man shouted, robbin’ people in Kalb
– Puella plorat, robbin ‘ gli Uomini di Catilina
Playin’ Crime Mob, he a child of the corn
– Playin ‘ Scelus Vulgus, puer frumenti
Take him into court and on the Bible, he sworn
– Juro jovem
Take him into church, you know your mom and them goin’
– Accipe eum in ecclesiam, scis matrem tuam et eos ite’
To praise a King with a crown that’s provided with thorns
– Laudare Regem corona quae spinis praebetur
Breakin’ rules, skippin’ school, pullin’ fire alarms
– Breakin ‘praecepta, skippin’ schola, pullin ‘ terrores ignis
Got with a crew, made a truce, an alliance was formed
– Obtinuit cum cantavit, inducias fecit, societas formata est
Got a tool, start shootin’, then the violence was born
– Surrexit instrumentum, satus shootin’, tunc natus est violentiam
The world spinnin’ as he look into the eye of the storm
– Mundus spinnin ‘ l ‘ orage qui cuit
Pray for the boy, bow head, then lock arms
– Laudes an proprio filio, arcum caput, deinde bracchia claude
And lock your car doors, he could trigger the alarm
– Et currum tuum fores claude, terrorem felis potuit
Got caught one time and they left him with just a warnin’
– Got captus uno tempore et reliquit eum iustus a warnin’
Got baptized in cold water, it turned warm
– Baptizati estis in aqua frigida, vertit calidum
He blacked out, don’t act out, he ain’t performin’
– Ille niger, non agit, non facit’
Our only path now is back to prison reform or
– Solus nunc iter nostrum ad reformationem carceris revertitur vel
Cold world, you know the sad route
– Frigus mundum, tu scis tristis iter itineris
The key is get into the game and then cash out
– Clavis est in ludum ingredi et deinde nummi
Lil’ buddy got to swervin’ in the lane and then crashed out
– Lil ‘buddy surrexit swervin’ in lane et tunc ingruat
It happens when you takin’ the fast route
– Quod fit cum takin ‘ la rue de gand
But I be tryna understand the mind of where you livin’ in
– Ego sum tryna intellige mentem ubi habitas ‘ in
Trauma, to find a way, a reminder, put it behind us
– Trauma, viam invenire, admonitio, pone post nos
Mission was unaccomplished, it was tough, but in the rough we found diamonds
– Missio sine effectu, lenta erat, sed in aspera adamantes invenimus
Category, my life a comedy drama
– Category: comedia esse dia
Come with the comments, come with the sticks or the stones
– Veni cum commentaria, veni cum lignis vel lapidibus
Come with that red dot, I’m wearin’ Comme des Garçons
– Veni autem cum rubrum dot, im ‘ garçons Garçons
Better come with a headshot, better hit me, drop me, get me gone
– Melius venire cum a headshot, melius ledo me, stillabunt mihi, ut abiit
‘Cause when daylight come, then you gon’ wanna go home
– “Quando o dia seguinte chegar, ele também será chamado de hoje
Oh (Mhm, let’s go)
– (Mmm, eamus)
He’s decked us out
– Ipse suus ornata nobis
Hasn’t God decked you out?
– Nonne deus te exaudiet?
Hasn’t He made you brand new?
– Nonne novum te fecit?
Brought you up out of the muck and the mire?
– Et deducis ad portas mortis, et reducis?
Turned you around and placed your feet on solid ground?
– Et fugit ad salices, et se cupit ante videri.”
He’s decked you out, can I get a witness? (Uh)
– Ille te decoravit, testem possum accipere? (Uh)
And get this (Look, uh)
– Esse [o] Conventos.
Nighttime, I can see the stars and moon
– Nox, stellas et lunam videre possum
And the light shine down on the wars and wounds
– Allora anche gli occhi sembrano cominciare a sfuggire la luce e la vita
No guts, no glory, no thugs, no goons
– Oehlke: non, mos vesparum comedendi non est mutatus.
Just us, my story, my life, my rules, my fight
– Sicut nos, fabula mea, vita mea, praecepta mea, pugna
My plight when the light hit the jewels on my ice
– Lumen meum cum ledo gemmas glaciem meam
My mood, in the club off a lot of shots of Clase Azul
– Sulla cum equitatu apud dextimos, in sinistra Parte [a.]
Hungover, doin’ million-dollar meetings on Zoom
– Hungover, doin ‘ decies centena milia dollariorum Conventus in Zoom
Let the speaker resume
– Fiat orator aliquam
Ayy, yeah, we can hear you now, go ahead, Victoria
– Ayy, yeah, possumus audire nunc, perge, Victoria
Hey guys, hey JID, just getting back from a meeting
– Heus guys, HEUS JID, iustus questus a conventu
The numbers are looking great and we’re about to get—
– Numeri magni sunt vultus et ut sumus—
Look, uh
– Vultus, uh
Odds against me (Switch), I’m against the odds
– Am ante me, vel [am] o, si occurrit.
Tryna get even, see the evil in my eyes
– Tryna etiam adepto, videre malum in oculis meis
Vengeance is the Lord, so I leave it up to God
– Vindicta Est Dominus, et relinquo Eam Usque Ad Deum
But if He don’t move forward, I’ma get me mines
– Si non, eadem ratione standum [est] in primo.
Had you cleanin’ out your closet, I’ma empty mines
– Si vestri ‘e vestibus, im’ inanis fodinis,
And if you tempt me, sinner send ’em six feet down
– Si tentaveris me, peccator mitte ‘ em sex pedes deorsum
Take a drive ’til Xzibit come and pimp me ride
– Accipe coegi ‘ donec xzibit veni et libera me
I make her switch anything that ain’t gon’ get me time
– Et faciam eam switch aliquid quod non est gon’ adepto mihi tempus
You get the gist, just in case I’m in the wrong state of mind
– Vos adepto summum, sicut si im ‘ iniuriam in statu mentis
Which I am most the time, but then I toe a thin line
– Sunt [do] qui optio, sint ut et sapiente distinctio
Diamonds and gold shine, twinkle and glisten, so the women
– Adamantes et aurum lucent, scintillant et splendent, sic feminae
Assemble like Voltron then try and get your attention
– Convenire sicut Voltron deinde experire et animum tuum accipere
But I give it to the most high, millionaire
– Sed ego dabo eam ad summum, nummorum
Multi-talented, multi-taskin’ master
– Multi ingeniosi, multi-taskin’ magister
Multi-faceted, multi-functionin’ stander
– Multi-faceted, multi-functionin ‘ stander
.45 caliber, four, five passengers, no life matters
– .45 gente, quattuor, quinque viatores, nulla res vitae
When matter whatever, so meet the pastor
– Si quid habes, interrogata a pastore
Open the Bible up and read a chapter, I’m tryna free the shackles
– Aperi bibliam sursum et capitulum legite, sum tryna liberum vinculis
My brother back inside a cell, so I just said a prayer
– Frater meus intra cellam reversus est, ut orationem modo dixi
In the Garden of Eden, say he couldn’t help but eat the apple
– In Paradiso Voluptatis, dicunt eum adiuvare non posse sed pomum edere
Even after all of this stuff, I’m at the chapel
– Post haec omnia etiam supellectilem, ego sum ad sacellum
And it’s natural, I know my foundation build castles
– Et quod naturale est, scio fundamentum meum aedificare castella
Even a statue, no limitation in a time capsule
– Etiam statua, nulla limitatio in capsula temporis
I’m sendin’ glory up to God to give it back to you, casual
– Et repropiciatus est deus terre populi sui.
Nothing in my wardrobe compares to what he’s outfitted me with
– Nihil in vestiario comparat quod suus outfited mihi
Calvin Klein can’t touch it, Gucci can’t touch it
– Calvinus Klein eam tangere non potest, Gucci eam tangere non potest
Louis Vuitton can’t touch it, Armani can’t touch it
– Ludovicus Vuitton eam tangere non potest, Armani eam tangere non potest
I may not look much to you now, but God sees me through Christ
– Non multum tibi nunc respiciam, Sed Deus me Per Christum videt
And when He sees me, I look like a million bucks
– Et cum videt me, ego tamquam decies illos leones, quos
Can I get a witness in here, somebody? (Hallelujah)
– Potesne mihi aliquid momenti ad verum afferre? (Alleluia)
