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Mito
Okay, okay, yeah
– Sawa, sawa, ndio
Lennox where the brown boys at
– Lennox ambapo brown boys katika
I can’t go over there
– Siwezi kwenda huko
Del Aire where the white boys at
– Del Aire ambapo white boys katika
I don’t live over there
– Siishi huko
Dody, where the dope boys at?
– Dody, ambapo wavulana dope katika?
I won’t go over there
– Sitaenda huko
Unless I’m tryna get pressed up, like hair
– Isipokuwa mimi ni tryna kupata taabu juu, kama nywele
White tees, Nike Air is the daily atear, or attire, not mine
– Tees nyeupe, Nike Air ni atear ya kila siku, au mavazi, sio yangu
So they just might stare if I’m there
– Kwa hivyo wanaweza tu kutazama ikiwa nipo
Walk by in the pink ice Airs
– Tembea Katika hewa ya barafu ya pink
What size? Not mine
– Ukubwa gani? Si yangu
Wouldn’t really be a fair fight there, pipe down
– Si kweli kuwa mapambano ya haki huko, bomba chini
Not scared, dark blue, dark red
– Si hofu, giza bluu, giza nyekundu
Don’t give a fuck there, might die
– Usipe kutomba huko, inaweza kufa
Might dare over what you’d wear or won’t
– Unaweza kuthubutu juu ya kile ungevaa au hautavaa
Where niggas from, can’t breathe, low air
– Ambapo niggas kutoka, hawezi kupumua, hewa ya chini
So, no
– Kwa hiyo, hapana
Don’t call me, nigga
– Usiniite, nigga
Talkin’ ’bout bailin’ you outta jail
– Kuzungumza ’bout bailin’ wewe outta jela
Because your stupid ass over there stole a ****
– Kwa sababu punda wako mjinga huko aliiba ****
Tryna impress a friend
– Tryna kumvutia rafiki
And I’m a single parent, I’ve got bills to pay
– Na mimi ni mzazi mmoja, nina bili za kulipa
I’m not tryna bail you outta jail, nigga, ’cause you’re stupid as fuck
– Mimi si tryna bail wewe outta jail, nigga, ‘ kwa sababu wewe ni mjinga kama kutomba
Yeah, momma told me not to come over there
– Ndio, mama aliniambia nisije huko
Y’all niggas lost and you trapped in your thoughts (Mm)
– Y’all niggas waliopotea na wewe trapped katika mawazo yako (Mm)
‘Cause you shoot and you kill over land you ain’t bought (Mm)
– ‘Kwa sababu wewe risasi na wewe kuua juu ya ardhi wewe si kununuliwa (Mm)
Y’all probably gon’ end up dead or in jail (Mm)
– Y’all pengine gon ‘ kuishia wafu au jela (Mm)
Momma told me not to come over there (Mm)
– Mama aliniambia nisije huko (Mm)
Y’all niggas smoke and you drink ’til it’s dark (Mm)
– Y’all niggas moshi na kunywa ‘ til ni giza (Mm)
And you think that it’s smart and I heard you sell dope (Mm)
– Na unafikiri kwamba ni smart na nikasikia wewe kuuza dope (Mm)
And you rob and you steal, shoot your guns in the air (Mm)
– Na wewe kuiba na kuiba, risasi bunduki yako katika hewa (Mm)
Momma told me not to come over there (Bih)
– Mama aliniambia nisije huko (Bih)
Y’all niggas bang and you all from a gang (Bih)
– Y’all niggas bang na nyote kutoka genge (Bih)
And you hang and you press little niggas like me (Bih)
– Na hutegemea na vyombo vya habari niggas kidogo kama mimi (Bih)
Outside a area, nobody care (Bih)
– Nje ya eneo, hakuna mtu anayejali (Bih)
Momma told me not to come over there (Bih)
– Mama aliniambia nisije huko (Bih)
Y’all with the shits, I was born with a gift (Bih)
– Y’all na shits, nilizaliwa na zawadi (Bih)
And if I fall in love, y’all can unwrap it quick (Bih)
– Na kama mimi kuanguka katika upendo, y’all unaweza unwrap ni haraka (Bih)
So I make sure that I’m never present (Bih)
– Kwa hivyo ninahakikisha kuwa sipo kamwe (Bih)
Momma told me not to come over there (Bih, bih, bih, bih)
– Mama aliniambia nisije huko (Bih, bih, bih, bih)
That ain’t the move and niggas is coons (What?)
– Hiyo si hoja na niggas ni coons (Nini?)
And that I’m a real nigga, shit isn’t cool (Bih)
– Na kwamba mimi ni nigga halisi, shit si baridi (Bih)
Said I should never abide by the rules of the street (Ooh, ooh)
– Alisema mimi kamwe kuzingatia sheria za mitaani (Ooh, ooh)
Shit is real and it’s also not real (Hey)
– Shit ni ya kweli na pia sio ya kweli (Hey)
Spray what you claim and fuck up the building
– Nyunyizia kile unachodai na kutomba jengo
Spray up the party and rake all the bodies
– Nyunyiza sherehe na utafute miili yote
Nobody gon’ stop ’til somebody get killed (Mm)
– Hakuna mtu gon ‘kuacha’ til mtu kupata kuuawa (Mm)
Momma told me not to come over there (Ooh)
– Mama aliniambia nisije huko (Ooh)
But that’s all y’all knew, the red and the blue
– Lakini hiyo ndiyo yote uliyojua, nyekundu na bluu
I liked baby pink at the time (Mm)
– Nilipenda mtoto pink wakati huo (Mm)
Homie made sure nobody came to press lines, fine
– Homie alihakikisha hakuna mtu aliyekuja kwenye mistari ya waandishi wa habari, sawa
Momma told me not to come over there (Mm, yeah)
– Mama aliniambia nisije huko (Mm, ndio)
But y’all treat me right, y’all handle my fights (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
– Lakini y’all kutibu mimi haki, y’all kushughulikia mapambano yangu (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
And told me not to ever, ever, ever, ever pick up this life (Yeah, yeah)
– Na kuniambia si milele, milele, milele, milele kuchukua maisha haya (Ndiyo, ndiyo)
I hope I did right (Yeah)
– Natumaini nilifanya haki (Ndiyo)
Father told me nothin’, fuck it
– Baba aliniambia chochote, fuck ni
I understand as a man that I wasn’t his plan (Woo, woo, woo)
– Ninaelewa kama mtu kwamba sikuwa mpango wake (Woo, woo, woo)
Had some other ideas in his head
– Alikuwa na mawazo mengine kichwani mwake
I hold no grudges, I heard he a fan
– Sina kinyongo, nikamsikia shabiki
Pockets hella heavy, healthy, sweet as Betty Crocker (Mm)
– Mifuko hella nzito, afya, tamu Kama Betty Crocker (Mm)
I wake every mornin’, gettin’ ready (Mm)
– Mimi kuamka kila asubuhi’, gettin ‘ tayari (Mm)
Happy as a motherfucker, spent five hundred thousand (Mm)
– Furaha kama mama wa mama, alitumia laki tano (Mm)
Ain’t think nothin’ of it, that must count for somethin’, right? (Yeah)
– Je, si kufikiri nothin ‘ya hayo, kwamba lazima kuhesabu kwa somethin’, haki? (Yes)
Life, got the cheese, want a slice? (Uh, yeah)
– Maisha, got jibini, unataka kipande? (Uh, ndiyo)
Got the cheese, where the mice? (Yeah)
– Got jibini, ambapo panya? (Yes)
With the pussy, what’s my vice?
– Na pussy, ni nini makamu wangu?
New threads and a bike
– Nyuzi mpya na baiskeli
Shit sweet, like rice
– Shit tamu, kama mchele
With the sugar and the butter, got it from my grandmother (Mm)
– Pamoja na sukari na siagi, niliipata kutoka kwa bibi yangu (Mm)
I ain’t like the salt and pepper, lil’ nigga from the gutter (Mm)
– Mimi si kama chumvi na pilipili, lil ‘ nigga kutoka gutter (Mm)
I don’t show it, but I know it (Know it)
– Sikuionyesha, lakini ninaijua (I Know it)
I’m a painter, not a poet (Not a poet)
– Mimi ni msanii, sio mshairi (Sio mshairi)
Get the picture, come together (Mm)
– Make the picture, make together (Mm)
Like stitches with a scar
– Kama mishono yenye kovu
Daddy gone, I ain’t lyin’ (La-la)
– Daddy gone, mimi si uongo ‘(La-la)
That’s a bar, yeah, I said it (Uh, uh)
– Hiyo ni bar, ndiyo, nikasema (Uh, uh)
Like alarm, now set it (La-la)
– Kama kengele, sasa weka (La-la)
Like speak, but you read it (Uh)
– Kama kusema, lakini wewe kusoma (Uh)
Like bleed
– Kama damu
Momma told me, 1970
– Mama aliniambia, 1970
Youngest of seven, it wasn’t heavenly
– Mdogo wa saba, haikuwa ya mbinguni
Home was South Central, school’s Beverly
– Nyumbani ilikuwa South Central, shule Ya Beverly
Brother locked up, sister strung out
– Ndugu imefungwa, dada strung nje
High school president, ran for it
– Rais wa shule ya sekondari, alikimbia kwa ajili yake
Had the chance to move out, ran for it
– Alikuwa na nafasi ya kuondoka, mbio kwa ajili yake
Love them Africans, met one
– Wapende Waafrika, walikutana moja
Let him in, when they got the news, he ran for it (Ooh)
– Hebu aingie, walipopata habari, alikimbia kwa ajili yake (Ooh)
Twenty, I popped out—
– Ishirini, mimi popped nje—
I was perfect, she ain’t need to plan for it (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
– Nilikuwa mkamilifu, yeye si haja ya mpango kwa ajili yake (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Knew I was the future, she was clairvoyant (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
– Alijua mimi ni siku zijazo, alikuwa clairvoyant (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Touched me and she catch the hand (Woo, woo, hey, woo)
– Alinigusa na akashika mkono (Woo, woo, hey, woo)
Me and her, we ain’t need a man (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
– Mimi na yeye, hatuhitaji mtu (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
College courses with me in her hand (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
– Masomo ya chuo kikuu na mimi mkononi mwake (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Asked her why she didn’t have a plan B
– Aliuliza kwa nini hakuwa na mpango b
She said I wouldn’t understand
– Alisema sitaelewa
Then, she had a daughter, the father had a baby momma (Baby momma)
– Kisha, alikuwa na binti, baba alikuwa na mama wa mtoto (Mama Wa Mtoto)
Causin’ problems, momma almost caught a gun charge-uh, ’cause of drama (Phew-phew-phew)
– Causin ‘matatizo, mama karibu hawakupata bunduki malipo-uh,’ sababu ya mchezo wa kuigiza (Phew-phew-phew)
Court case, hair gone (Gone)
– Kesi ya korti, nywele zimepita (Zimepita)
Weight gone, bare bones (Bones)
– Uzito umekwenda, mifupa wazi (Mifupa)
Switched homes, ain’t right to me, light for me
– Nyumba zilizogeuzwa, sio sawa kwangu, nuru kwangu
She would always fight for me, yeah, she over-protect
– Angenipigania kila wakati, ndio, analinda zaidi
‘Cause she had a momma who got a boyfriend who ain’t know how to keep hands to himself (Mm, hands to himself, nigga)
– ‘Kwa sababu alikuwa na mama ambaye got mpenzi ambaye hajui jinsi ya kuweka mikono kwa mwenyewe (Mm, mikono kwa mwenyewe, nigga)
I was raised in a house full of love
– Nililelewa katika nyumba iliyojaa upendo
I was raised on that type of time
– Nililelewa katika aina hiyo ya wakati
Niggas say, “She did a good job”
– Niggas kusema, ” alifanya kazi nzuri”
Duh, bitch, I turned out fine
– Duh, bitch, niligeuka vizuri
Duh, bitch, I turned out fine
– Duh, bitch, niligeuka vizuri
Lookin’ like him, bitch, I turned out fine (Ooh)
– Nikiwa kama yeye, bitch, niligeuka vizuri (Ooh)
Say what you want, bitch, I turned out fine (Hoo, hoo, hoo)
– Sema unachotaka, bitch, niligeuka vizuri (Hoo, hoo, hoo)
Some niggas fall, but I turned out fine
– Baadhi ya niggas huanguka, lakini niligeuka vizuri
Can’t have it all, now I have it all (Woo)
– Siwezi kuwa na yote, sasa nina yote (Woo)
‘Cause I had it all, bitch, I turned out fine (Woo)
– ‘Kwa sababu nilikuwa na yote, bitch, niligeuka vizuri (Woo)
Can’t tell me nun’, bitch, I turned out fine
– Siwezi kuniambia nun’, bitch, niligeuka vizuri
I am the guy, bitch, I turned out fine
– Mimi ni mvulana, bitch, niligeuka vizuri
Look at this house, bitch, I turned out fine (Turned out fine)
– Angalia nyumba hii, bitch, niligeuka vizuri (Nikageuka vizuri)
Look at these kids, I turned out fine
– Angalia watoto hawa, niligeuka vizuri
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Angalia mimi, bitches, niligeuka vizuri
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Angalia mimi, bitches, niligeuka vizuri
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Angalia mimi, bitches, niligeuka vizuri
Look at me, niggas, I turned out fine
– Angalia mimi, niggas, niligeuka vizuri
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Angalia mimi, bitches, niligeuka vizuri
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Angalia mimi, bitches, niligeuka vizuri
Mother
– Mama
