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This is God’s plan, He said it to me
– Hoc Est consilium Dei, dixit mihi
An angel either side of my bed in a dream
– Angelus utraque parte lecti mei in somnio
Singin’, “You don’t know what you’ve yet to achieve
– Singulos’, ” Nescis quid adhuc habes ad consequi
And you’re destined for some shit you would never believe”
– Et vos erant ‘ destined aliquam stercore nunquam credere”
Now the garden same size as Adam and Eve’s
– Nunc hortus eiusdem magnitudinis cum Adam et Eva
I got trees, a forest, you better believe
– Ego got arboribus, silva, tu melius credere
For the bass and the treble, I treble the fee
– In his est et illud de perseverantia, de qua disputamus.
I can’t wish my ex the best, she would end up with me
– Non possum optimum velle meum, quae mecum esset terminus sursum
How can I sleep when there’s money to get with the team?
– Quomodo possum dormire cum illic ‘ pecuniam ut cum quadrigis?
You disrespect the 16, your head on a beam
– 16 audacia tua vincit studia nostra
For the lust of the money, the head of the Queen
– Un point retrait argent, Tragica fine di una regina
I done shit I didn’t think I could ever redeem
– Ego feci stercore non puto me umquam redimere
I’m from South where they struggle with sayin’ your name
– Ego Sum A Meridie ubi cum sayin nituntur ‘ nomen tuum
But it’s easy when pronouncin’ you dead on the scene
– Facile est feminam decipere sed quanto facilius tanto turpius’ la morte in scena
So when you see me on these stages steppin’ in clean
– Cum ergo vides me super his gradibus steppin ‘ in mundum
I hope
– Spero
You know it’s history in the makin’
– Vos scitis quod suus ‘historiae makin’
Shall we make it? Oh God
– Mala quare non suscipiamus?”. Deus
Yeah
– Yeah
And when they talk on my name in this country, they gon’ tell you that I’m already a legend (In the makin’)
– Et cum loquuntur nomen meum in hac regione, illi gon’ amen dico vobis quia ego sum iam legenda (In makin’)
Streatham that I’m reppin’, clean steppin’, bro, you need to forget it
– Quod ego Streatham reppin’, mundus steppin’, bro, vos postulo ut obliviscatur eam
Fuck eco-friendly, my car eco-aggressive (Yeah)
– Eco-amica irrumabo, currus eco-infestantibus (Yeah)
And my ego aggressive (Yeah), you better leave me a message
– Et ego infestantibus (Yeah), tu melius mihi nuntium relinquere
Yeah, you’ve done it for a year, but that ain’t impressive
– Yeah, te enim factum est per annum, sed quod non infigo
I give a fuck about success if it ain’t successive, that ain’t (History)
– Ho fatto una bruttissima esperienza all ‘ interno si non est perversa, non est Per Se Sensibilis [Ps-Per Se], Quia Quod Quid
City’s gonna listen on repeat (Yeah)
– Urbs ‘ agnus audi repetere (Yeah)
Gone a couple summers, so they miss me on the beat (Woo)
– Et me alias tanto honore [honorasti] postmodum, et damna maxima intulisti.
It don’t matter if she pretty and petite
– Non quia ea magni et quo
If she ain’t B, she can’t even kiss me on the cheek (Yeah)
– Si Non Est B, non potest etiam osculari me in maxillam (Yeah)
Mum said, “Never build a house on sand”
– Mum dixit: ” Numquam aedificare domum in harenae”
But I don’t think I listen cah the villas by the beach
– Sed non sentio me audisse quod le ville sulla litore
And I did it off of beats (Yeah), I just whip it and I screech (Yeah)
– Am ante me, vel [am] o, si occurrit.
Any time you see my niggas in the streets
– Quando videbo caelum meum in caelo
You know it’s history in the makin’ (Makin’)
– Vos scitis quod suus ‘historiae in makin’ (Makin’)
Shall we make it? Oh God
– Mala quare non suscipiamus?”. Deus
Ah
– Ah
Did I, did I get addicted to the life?
– Nonne ego adepto deditus ad vitam?
Well, it’s all that I wanted
– Bene, quod suus ‘ omnes volui
And it was fun for a while
– Diverte a malo et fac bonum
But history smiles on us
– Sed historia nobis ridet
Now we’re on to somethin’
– Nunc ad aliquid sumus’
On to somethin’ higher (Higher)
– Et est aliquid ‘ superiore (Superiore)
Now hold my hand close
– Nunc prope manum tene
I’m inspired
– Ego inspiravit
And I’m holdin’ on to a version of our lives
– Ego autem holdin’ ho bisogno della traduzione di una nuova versione apri un nuovo post
Where you’re still mine
– Ubi tu es meus
You know it’s history in the makin’ (Ooh)
– Vos scitis quod suus’ historiae in makin ‘ (Ooh)
Shall we make it? Oh God
– Mala quare non suscipiamus?”. Deus
Yeah
– Yeah
My mum told me what my name really means and the powers just kicked in
– Mum meum mihi dixit quod nomen meum vere significat et potestates mox calce in
Got me thinkin’ back to days when I was a victim to this ting
– Surrexit me thinkin ‘ ad victimam diebus cum essem huic t
Thinkin’ I was keepin’ it balanced
– At ille: “ego feci”, sed libratum
I was even embarrassed, sellin’ CDs in Paris
– Etiam erubescebam, vellin ‘ Cd Lutetiae
But this music gave me everything I need in a marriage
– Sed haec musica mihi omnia quae in matrimonio egent dedit
I can’t speak sideways on grime, jungle or garage
– Non possum dicere in obliquum squalore, saltu vel garage
When I know that it’s the reason we managed to make (History)
– Cum scio quod suus curo ut facere rationem (Historia)
Don’t be a hero, I ain’t lookin’ to hurt anyone
– Noli esse heros, non lookin ‘ aliquem laedere
I got a clean one, and I got a dirtier one
– Unum mundum accepi, et sordidiorem nactus sum
I never see a man late to his own funeral, but
– Numquam hominem sero ad funus suum videbo, sed
I done see a man show up early to one
– Videtur mihi aliquid momenti ad verum afferre posse libra
I prefer the one that’s slim, but I don’t mind me the curvier one, yeah
– Malo unum quod gracili est, sed curvi unum mihi non sapiunt, yeah
And I’m comin’ from the South of the river, where the sky is black
– Im’ a meridie fluminis, ubi caelum nigrum est
If not for the history that we made, they wouldn’t like rap
– Si non, quom eam [con] sequitur alienus puer.
Niggas tryna water down our ting, it’s time to fight back
– Niggas tryna aquam nostraming descendit, tempus est retro pugnare
For seventy hours, I’ve been steppin’ with powers, and it’s definitely ours, it’s time
– Per septuaginta horas steppin cum potestatibus fui, et suus certus noster, tempus est
You mention my name, better know that you’re playin’ with pepper
– Tu nomen meum mentionem, melius scis te esse ludibrium ‘ cum piperis
You borrowed a mil’, and I told him to pay me whenever
– Tu mille mutuatus’, et dixi ei reddere mihi quotiens
Knew it was different from the moment we came in
– Sciebant enim quod esset diversum a tempore quo factum est
And you can call me ’cause I said it verbatim
– Potes me appellare ‘ et ideo dicit ad verbum
The woman with me like a renaissance paintin’
– Mulier mecum sicut renaissance paintin’
I’m Michelangelo’s David
– Ego Sum David Michelin
And any time you mention me in a statement, you better know that it’s
– Et quando meministi in denuntiatione, tu melius nosti quod suus
History
– Historia
