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Wagyu on the fifty-second floor just to take the piss?
– Wagyu in quinquaginta secundo tabulato iustus ad piss?
But, somehow we’ve had to deal with higher stakes than this
– Sed nescio quomodo cum superioribus sudibus quam hoc agere debuimus
You’re the reason that I take the risk, had me on your tour team
– Causa es quod periculum accipio, me in quadrigis tuis pretium habui
I studied you since I was fourteen
– Ego studuit cum essem quattuordecim
I wanna know what life was like in your teens
– Volo scire quid esset similis vitae tuae pubescentem
We shared dreams, and even when we shared screens, I couldn’t get no face time
– Somnia communicavimus, et etiam cum tegumenta communia communicavimus, tempus faciem non obtinere non potui
I got questions like “How’d you do it”, “Do you have regrets”, like “What’s your life like?”
– Ego got ut quaestiones ” Quam vellem facere”, ” Non habent paenitet”, sicut “Quid suus’ vestri vita similis?”
See mine was like the sun setting, pray the moon shine, it’s the prohibition
– Vide meum erat sicut sol occasum, ora luna luceat, prohibitionis effecta est
No ignition, ran for two parties, it’s the coalition
– Non ignitionem, cucurrit ad duas partes, suus ‘ congregatio
Rum and Redbull, like Max Verstappen, but the race is different
– Rum Et Redbull, Sicut Max Verstappen, sed aliud genus est
Taste is different, this adult dances in my pole positions
– Gustus diversus est, hic adultus saltat in locis meis poli
Youngers dying like they save the game and could reload the mission
– Iuvenes morientes sicut ludum servant et missionem reload potuerunt
Wearing jewellery, heard they’re plotting on me when I walk my ends
– Gerunt jewelry, audivi ipsi erant ‘ insidiari mihi cum ambulare in finem
It’s South London, somethin’ you can’t teach Streatham common sense
– Londinii Meridionalis est, somethin’ Non Potes Docere Stretham sensum communem
Eating healthy cah we trust our guts more than we trust our friends
– Sanus manducans ca viscera nostra plus confidimus quam amicis nostris confidimus
Many frauds, lot of man fake, lot of imitators, innovators
– Multi fraudes, multum fake hominis, multum imitatores, innovators
Take that shit to heart like defibrillator (Pah-pah-pah)
– Quia esse debitis cum corrupti defibrillator (Pah-pah-pah)
Mothers shed tears and don’t sleep for days, weep for days
– Matres lacrimas effundunt et diebus non dormiunt, flent diebus
And killers celebrate with ID parades
– Interfectores id pompis celebrant
Then you got this scene I face
– Tunc vos got is scena faciem meam
And this pressure I inherited from you
– Et haec dicens, communione accepta hereditate
It sounds funny, but it’s true
– Hoc sonat ridiculam, tamen suus ‘ verum
I loved you on the big screen, but, bro, I want you back
– Amavi te in magno velamento, sed, bro, volo te revenire
‘Cause what acting gained with you, we done lost in rap
– ‘Causa quod agens lucrata tecum, nos fecit perdidit in raptu
You got a lot of years ahead of you
– Et vixerit multos annos ante te
Some years are worse on you and some were better you
– Aliquot annos in te peius sunt et quidam meliores fuerunt
If it’s not positive, drop it, the streets’ residue
– Si suus ‘non positivum, stillabunt eam, plateas’ residuum
But keep a piece of yourself when you’re selling you
– Sed serva te ipsum fragmen cum te vendis
This game ain’t for the throne, and kings are checkable
– Ludus hic non est pro throno, et reges sunt checkable
It’s to be a better you, envy’s inevitable
– Suus ‘ melius esse te, invidia necesse est
And please take pics with your friends, ’cause I’m telling you, this
– Et accipe quaeso pics cum amicis tuis, ‘ causam dico tibi, haec
Industry attention will sever crews and the sick turns to an addiction of the jealous Jews
– Industria operam et sociis navalibus conpleret conversus ad infirmos proclivitas ad aemulor Iudaeorum
Till they diss you again like you ain’t fed ’em food
– Donec iterum te disss sicut tu non pasceris ‘ em cibum
But if you whip Cullinan’s, ‘front of desperate yutes
– Et, si quid Potes, Adiuva Nos, misertus nostri, ” ante yutes desperatis
You, Chris in a Benz, then the devil’s due
– Et Tu, Puer, Es Benius, et diabolus debet esse
Them’s the rules
– Eorum praecepta
You made it, lay in it, this bed ain’t new
– Et posuit illud in ea, haec nova non lectum
But let’s keep it true, you know you’re reckless with Pateks and jewels
– Sed lets custodiant illud verum, tu scis te Esse temeraria Cum Pateks et gemmis
Flexers do what flexers do, and steppers do what steppers do, beef
– Flexores faciunt quod flexores faciunt, et steppers faciunt quod steppers faciunt, bubulae
Looking over your shoulder every time we turn keys
– Vultus super humerum tuum omni tempore claves convertimus
‘Bout turned the other cheek, must a man be the bigger man?
– ‘Praedura palaestra conversa est altera maxilla, num maior homo esse debet?
I know we strap the fire, but that’s the mass of giants
– Ignem lorum scio, sed massa gigantum est
[These be guessin’? 2:00], take it on the chin, you’re an Aston buyer
– [Iste est qui contempsi]. 2: 00], tolle eam super mentum, Tu Es Aston emptor
And I’m bias, but my generation got the classic writers
– Et ego inclinatio, sed generatio mea scriptores classicos obtinuit
Your gen’, that’s mostly your pain, you’re the rap messiah
– Tuum gen’, quod suus ‘ plerumque dolor tuus, tu es raptus messias
And you and Simbi, go grab the accolades, that they would never give me
– Et Tu Et Simbi, capto accolades, ut nunquam mihi
But that’s another story, I ain’t goated for the glory
– Sed quod suus ‘ alius fabulam, quia non capta gloria
Couple trophies in my storage, poor me
– Copulabis tropaeis in repono, pauperes mihi
Ivor Novello don’t rate a man, so be it
– Ivor Novello nolite rate hominem, ut sit illud
I was in ’03 on the mic getting lourdy
– Ego eram in ” 03 mic questus lourdy
You think you would have flourished in my era at 140?
– 140 tu credis quoniam in aeternum misericordia mea?
It’s quick to break jollof with you, swap knowledge
– Suus ‘ velox ad conteram jollof apud vos, permuto scientia
But, sorry, I didn’t make no time, back at Troxy
– Sed, ut spero, iam non revertar Ad Triumphum
I watched your soundcheck that day, I saw promise
– Et vidi, et cecidi in faciem meam, et audivi vocem loquentis,
Then I came to your O2 show, I saw polish
– Deinde veni ad spectaculum Tuum O2, nitorem vidi
But during all the pyrotechnics, I was pondering, like
– Sed per omnes pyrotechnics ego cogito, sicut
Do you have family, politics, and problems?
– Habesne familiam, politicam et difficultates?
Can you ever see when you’re just someone’s wallet?
– Potesne umquam videre cum aliquis es iustus peram?
Have you ever smelt when a cousinship turns rotten?
– Have vos umquam conflavit cum cognatio putrida vertit?
Tell me, do you ever hear from you’re brother and start sobbing?
– Dic mihi, tu umquam audierit a te, et frater satus singultus?
Tell me, have you ever touched a million and felt office?
– Dic mihi, have vos umquam decies centena millia tetigit et officium sensit?
Tell me, have you ever tasted victory and didn’t want it?
– Dic mihi, have vos umquam gustaverunt nihilominus victoriam, et non vis eam?
There was five senses, I’ll make sense to true bosses
– Quinque sensuum erat, ego faciam sensu ad verum bullas
I’ve got a sixth sense for knowing there’s truly from it
– Sextum sensum nactus sum ad cognoscendum ibi vere ex eo
Bond Street donny, I know what the same cloth is, I know what the game offers
– Vinculum Vicum donny, scio quid sit idem pannus, scio quid ludus offerat
Raise boffin, bake of in, the sunshine till I lay in coffin, legacy
– Erige boffin, coquamus in, solem donec pono in loculo, legatum
Will they remember me, Dave?
– Cedo Igitur quid faciam, Dave?
Pfft, well, I guess we don’t know, that’s why we wake up, go get it by ourselves
– Pg questa l ‘ ho fatta io nescio, perché ci fossero quelli che mi avrebbero ucciso
And I’d love to tell you yes, but, bro, I question that myself
– Et ego etiam amare dicere, sed, bro, ego ipse interrogo
Health, wealth, happiness, all somebody really needs
– Sanitas, divitiae, felicitas, omnes aliquis vere indiget
And some water I can give to my seed (Uh-huh)
– Am ante me, vel [am] o, si occurrit.
Heart cold like Courchevel, core Chanel, Tortoiseshell glasses that I bought this girl
– Cor frigidum sicut Courchevel, nucleus Canali, specula Testudinum quae hanc puellam emi
Toured the world, love, I can’t seem to find it
– Più non attendo il mondo, amore, non ho trovato nulla
This the shit I do for women, I don’t even like ’em
– Hoc stercore quod facio pro feminis, ne mihi quidem placet ‘ em
Bro I need some guidance
– Bro mihi opus aliquod ductu
Guida—?
– Guida -?
Bro, I ain’t no relationship advisor, but all of this defence won’t make you strike her
– Bro, non nulla relatio consiliarius, sed haec omnia defensio te non percutiet
God loves a tryer, David loves a liar
– Et Adorent te tribus: Et David pro confractione, et salomon pro Eis qui in sanctificationem,
But even a harp’s half a heart, so why could Cupid fire?
– Sed etiam dimidium cordis citharae, cur ignis Cupidus?
Ayy, where’s she from this time?
– Sed ubi est illa hora?
Do your ting, bro
– Si erravi, o amici, corrigete
Every time, I see your new ting bro
– Omne tempus, novum t bro video tuum
‘Cause you don’t date, you Duolingo
– Et idcirco non dimittant [o] horas Canonicas.
Ayy, big bro
– Houla! il est grand
I don’t know where you got that info, but that wasn’t me
– Nescio quid agerem-nada bottle.
I need that in record and in writing
– Mihi necesse est scribere et legere
But still I love the game, it’s enticing
– Sed adhuc ludum amo, allicit
I moved out west and it’s nice in these days, we driving
– Et occidentem movetur suus ‘ nice quod in diebus illis, et aurigabat
Ah, your lifestyle bougie (Ah), lifestyle bougie (Ah, cool)
– Ah, tuum lifestyle bougie( Ah), lifestyle bougie (Ah, frigus)
I used to push a silver Porsche with two seats (Of course you did)
– Porsche argenteum cum duabus sedibus impellere solebam (sane fecisti)
Leatherbacks, cosy baby seats in the SUV
– Leatherbacks, cosy infantem sedes in SUV
You know I’ve been Naija and I’ve never had Egusi (So, blud, what was you eating?)
– Tu scis Ego Sum Naija et Ego Numquam Habuit Egusi (o burro, quid edis?)
Fried plaintin
– Frixum campetin
You ain’t have the pepper soup, G? And it’s “Plantain”, but trust me that’s all Gucci listen (Aight here we go)
– Ego non habeo animale domestika, habest Tu? Et suus ‘ ” Plantaginis”, sed mihi crede quod Suus ‘ Omnes gucci audi (Aight hic imus)
I was in Jamaica having cow foot soup, in the middle of Greenwich, like I’m a real ghetto yute
– Ego eram in jamaica pulmenti pedem bubulum habens, in Medio Greenwich, sicut verus sum ghetto yute
Touched up town Monday and my killys gone shoot (Pump-pump-pump)
– Tetigit sursum oppidum lunae et killys abiit virga (Sentinam, sentinam, sentinam)
I don’t fuck with the gang, just till I’m billing up a zoot
– Non irrumabo cum cohors, donec ego exosculatio sursum zoot
Got me feeling like I must really have eyes in the back of my head (Mad)
– Sententia obtinuit me sicut ego vere debet habere oculos in occipitio capitis mei (Insanire)
Range Rover television the interior (Interior, bread)
– Televisificae televisificae quod intus (intus, panis)
Bread fell asleep in the whip becau’ I feel like it
– Panis in flagello obdormivit quia ‘ sentio amo eam
Bed, I just wanna give thanks for this life to me
– Lectum, ego iustus volo gratias ago pro hac vita mihi
Look, mic check, one, two, three, school dinners
– Vide, mic reprehendo, unum, duo, tres, cenae scholae
Now we sacked off the sacks of off sea-salt living
– Nunc direptum off reportate de off mare-sal vivere
I’m go-funding to bring back peaceful villains
– Im ‘ ire-funding adducere retro pacificis scelerati
Cah all these thirty-eight years, that’s a evil sentence
– Ca omnes hi triginta et octo annos, quod suus ‘ a mala damnationem
Like I don’t love you no more
– Non amo te amplius
Dave, I used to be married to the game, I’m a husband no more
– Dave, ego potest nupta ad ludum, ego sum vir amplius
All these SM7B’s ain’t for us like before
– HAEC OMNIA SM7B nobis non sunt sicut ante
Mike Billie-Jeaned on that, they just discuss couple wars
– Mike Billie-Jeaned in illo, sicut de duobus bella
And they short change us
– Et ipsi brevis mutatio nobis
Paper chasing all good till it’s divorce papers
– Charta persequimur omne bonum donec suus divortium papers
Newspapers, court papers, they all write my wills
– Ephemerides, libelli curiae, omnes voluntates meas scribunt
They gon’ talk about your won’ts till they divide your wills
– Et abiit, disputatio de vestris donec non dividant voluntatem vestram
That’s how family feels, growing up so fast
– Quod suus quid sentit familia, crescente usque tam celeriter
Twenty-six, feelin’ like our lives on timers
– Viginti sex, feelin ‘ sicut animabus nostris in timers
Lines in the face, she getting fillers to hide it
– Lineae in facie, fillers questus celare eam
And hoes lying ’bout their age like Nigerian strikers
– Mentiram (e muito) para mim ‘ nigerian percutientibus aetatis suae quasi praedura palaestrae
Sorry, waiter, can I get this food in containers?
– Paenitet, architriclinus, possum hunc cibum in vasis accipere?
Had to move, it was dangerous
– ,anere è diventato pericoloso
Seen beautiful places, bro, I used to have braces
– Pulchra loca vidi, bro, capreolis habere solebam
Now it’s my driver that’s on a retainer
– Nunc suus meus coegi quod suus super comitem teneretur
But that’s just testament to God in His favour
– Testamento Facit deus in suo bono
And, bro, I wanted a favour, let’s see each other more
– Et, bro, si quis mihi ministraverit, lets ‘ animadverto invicem magis
Catch up and make deets
– Cumque et facere deleniti
Cah the fans, they miss you, I know the fans, they miss me
– Quod fans, ipsi te requiro, scio fans, ipsi me fallunt
Let’s make a track about this dinner and this stamp you gave me
– Lets facere semita circa prandium et haec tibi stamp mihi dedit
And base it on the book of Samuel, call it “Chapter 16” if you’re down?
– Et pones illud in libro Samuelis, voca illud: “caput 16” si vestri ‘ descendit?
So who’s gonna get this one then?
– Sic quis suus ‘ agnus dei adepto hoc unum ergo?
Hahahaha
– Gn hahahae th
Aight, that’s cool
– Aight, quod suus frigus
So, what’s her name?
– Cum te cheama???
Nah, I’m just fuckin’ with you, just do your thing, man
– Nah, im ‘iustus fuckin’ tecum, sicut facis rem tuam, homo
But trust me, don’t overthink it
– Sed crede mihi, non overthink eam
Like, it is what it is, if it’s gonna be something, it’s gonna be something
– Similis, quid est, si suus ‘agnus dei esse aliquid, quod suus’ agnus dei esse
But I know you, I know you, you’re like—
– Sed scio te, quia tu sis—
You’re thinking, five, ten years down the line
– Cogitas, quinque, decem annos in linea
Day at a time
– Un día en el medio natural
