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Wagyu on the fifty-second floor just to take the piss?
– Wagyu kwenye ghorofa ya hamsini na mbili tu kuchukua piss?
But, somehow we’ve had to deal with higher stakes than this
– Lakini, kwa namna fulani tumekuwa na kukabiliana na vigingi juu kuliko hii
You’re the reason that I take the risk, had me on your tour team
– Wewe ni sababu kwamba mimi kuchukua hatari, alikuwa na mimi katika timu yako ziara
I studied you since I was fourteen
– Nilikusoma tangu nilipokuwa na miaka kumi na nne
I wanna know what life was like in your teens
– Nataka kujua maisha yalikuwaje katika ujana wako
We shared dreams, and even when we shared screens, I couldn’t get no face time
– Tulishiriki ndoto, na hata wakati tulishiriki skrini, sikuweza kupata wakati wa uso
I got questions like “How’d you do it”, “Do you have regrets”, like “What’s your life like?”
– Nina maswali kama ” jinsi gani wewe kufanya hivyo”, ” je, una majuto”, kama ” nini maisha yako kama?”
See mine was like the sun setting, pray the moon shine, it’s the prohibition
– Angalia yangu ilikuwa kama jua kutua, kuomba mwezi kuangaza, ni marufuku
No ignition, ran for two parties, it’s the coalition
– Hakuna moto, mbio kwa vyama viwili, ni muungano
Rum and Redbull, like Max Verstappen, but the race is different
– Rum Na Redbull, Kama Max Verstappen, lakini mbio ni tofauti
Taste is different, this adult dances in my pole positions
– Ladha ni tofauti, ngoma hii ya watu wazima katika nafasi zangu za pole
Youngers dying like they save the game and could reload the mission
– Vijana kufa kama wao kuokoa mchezo na inaweza reload ujumbe
Wearing jewellery, heard they’re plotting on me when I walk my ends
– Amevaa kujitia, kusikia wao ni njama juu yangu wakati mimi kutembea mwisho wangu
It’s South London, somethin’ you can’t teach Streatham common sense
– Ni Kusini Mwa London, kitu ambacho huwezi kufundisha Streatham common sense
Eating healthy cah we trust our guts more than we trust our friends
– Kula cah yenye afya tunaamini matumbo yetu zaidi ya tunavyowaamini marafiki zetu
Many frauds, lot of man fake, lot of imitators, innovators
– Wengi udanganyifu, mengi ya mtu bandia, mengi ya waigaji, wavumbuzi
Take that shit to heart like defibrillator (Pah-pah-pah)
– Chukua shit hiyo moyoni kama defibrillator (Pah-pah-pah)
Mothers shed tears and don’t sleep for days, weep for days
– Mama humwaga machozi na hawalali kwa siku, hulia kwa siku
And killers celebrate with ID parades
– Na wauaji husherehekea NA gwaride ZA KITAMBULISHO
Then you got this scene I face
– Kisha umepata eneo hili ninalokabiliana nalo
And this pressure I inherited from you
– Na shinikizo hili nilirithi kutoka kwako
It sounds funny, but it’s true
– Inaonekana funny, lakini ni kweli
I loved you on the big screen, but, bro, I want you back
– Nilikupenda kwenye skrini kubwa, lakini, kaka, nataka urudi
‘Cause what acting gained with you, we done lost in rap
– ‘Kwa sababu kile uigizaji alipata na wewe, sisi kufanyika waliopotea katika rap
You got a lot of years ahead of you
– Una miaka mingi mbele yako
Some years are worse on you and some were better you
– Miaka kadhaa ni mbaya kwako na wengine walikuwa bora kwako
If it’s not positive, drop it, the streets’ residue
– Ikiwa sio chanya, iangushe, mabaki ya barabara
But keep a piece of yourself when you’re selling you
– Lakini weka kipande chako wakati unakuuza
This game ain’t for the throne, and kings are checkable
– Mchezo huu si kwa ajili ya kiti cha enzi, na wafalme ni checkable
It’s to be a better you, envy’s inevitable
– Ni kuwa bora wewe, wivu hauepukiki
And please take pics with your friends, ’cause I’m telling you, this
– Na tafadhali piga picha na marafiki zako, ‘ kwa sababu ninakuambia, hii
Industry attention will sever crews and the sick turns to an addiction of the jealous Jews
– Uangalifu wa tasnia utakata wafanyikazi na wagonjwa watageukia ulevi wa Wayahudi wenye wivu
Till they diss you again like you ain’t fed ’em food
– Mpaka watakapokukataa tena kama vile hukulishwa chakula
But if you whip Cullinan’s, ‘front of desperate yutes
– Lakini kama wewe mjeledi cullinan ya, ‘ mbele ya yutes kukata tamaa
You, Chris in a Benz, then the devil’s due
– Wewe, Chris Katika Benz, basi shetani kutokana
Them’s the rules
– Wao ni sheria
You made it, lay in it, this bed ain’t new
– Umeifanya, lala ndani yake, kitanda hiki sio kipya
But let’s keep it true, you know you’re reckless with Pateks and jewels
– Lakini wacha tuiweke kweli, unajua wewe ni mzembe na Pateks na vito
Flexers do what flexers do, and steppers do what steppers do, beef
– Flexers hufanya kile flexers hufanya, na steppers hufanya kile steppers hufanya, nyama ya ng’ombe
Looking over your shoulder every time we turn keys
– Kuangalia juu ya bega lako kila wakati tunapogeuza funguo
‘Bout turned the other cheek, must a man be the bigger man?
– ‘Bout aligeuza shavu lingine, lazima mtu awe mtu mkubwa?
I know we strap the fire, but that’s the mass of giants
– Najua tunafunga moto, lakini huo ndio umati wa majitu
[These be guessin’? 2:00], take it on the chin, you’re an Aston buyer
– [Hizi kuwa guessin’? 2: 00], chukua kwenye kidevu, wewe ni mnunuzi Wa Aston
And I’m bias, but my generation got the classic writers
– Na nina upendeleo, lakini kizazi changu kilipata waandishi wa kawaida
Your gen’, that’s mostly your pain, you’re the rap messiah
– Gen yako’ ,hiyo ni zaidi ya maumivu yako, wewe ni rap masihi
And you and Simbi, go grab the accolades, that they would never give me
– Na wewe na Simbi, kwenda kunyakua accolades, kwamba wao kamwe kunipa
But that’s another story, I ain’t goated for the glory
– Lakini hiyo ni hadithi nyingine, mimi si goated kwa utukufu
Couple trophies in my storage, poor me
– Nyara za wanandoa katika hifadhi yangu, maskini mimi
Ivor Novello don’t rate a man, so be it
– Ivor Novello usimkadirie mtu, iwe hivyo
I was in ’03 on the mic getting lourdy
– Nilikuwa katika ‘ 03 juu ya mic kupata lourdy
You think you would have flourished in my era at 140?
– Unafikiri ungefanikiwa katika enzi yangu saa 140?
It’s quick to break jollof with you, swap knowledge
– Ni haraka kuvunja jollof na wewe, kubadilishana maarifa
But, sorry, I didn’t make no time, back at Troxy
– Lakini, samahani, sikufanya wakati wowote, kurudi Troxy
I watched your soundcheck that day, I saw promise
– Niliangalia soundcheck yako siku hiyo, niliona ahadi
Then I came to your O2 show, I saw polish
– Kisha nikaja kwenye onyesho lako La O2, nikaona kipolishi
But during all the pyrotechnics, I was pondering, like
– Lakini wakati wa pyrotechnics yote, nilikuwa nikitafakari, kama
Do you have family, politics, and problems?
– Je, una familia, siasa, na matatizo?
Can you ever see when you’re just someone’s wallet?
– Unaweza kuona wakati wewe ni mkoba wa mtu tu?
Have you ever smelt when a cousinship turns rotten?
– Umewahi kunusa wakati binamu anageuka kuoza?
Tell me, do you ever hear from you’re brother and start sobbing?
– Niambie, umewahi kusikia kutoka kwa wewe ni kaka na kuanza kulia?
Tell me, have you ever touched a million and felt office?
– Niambie, umewahi kugusa milioni na kujisikia ofisi?
Tell me, have you ever tasted victory and didn’t want it?
– Niambie, umewahi kuonja ushindi na haukutaka?
There was five senses, I’ll make sense to true bosses
– Kulikuwa na hisia tano, nitakuwa na maana kwa wakubwa wa kweli
I’ve got a sixth sense for knowing there’s truly from it
– Nina hisia ya sita kwa kujua kuna kweli kutoka kwake
Bond Street donny, I know what the same cloth is, I know what the game offers
– Mtaa wa bond donny, najua kitambaa sawa ni nini, najua mchezo hutoa nini
Raise boffin, bake of in, the sunshine till I lay in coffin, legacy
– Kuongeza boffin, bake ya katika, jua mpaka mimi kuweka katika jeneza, urithi
Will they remember me, Dave?
– Je, watanikumbuka, Dave?
Pfft, well, I guess we don’t know, that’s why we wake up, go get it by ourselves
– Pfft, kweli, nadhani hatujui, ndio sababu tunaamka, nenda upate peke yetu
And I’d love to tell you yes, but, bro, I question that myself
– Na ningependa kukuambia ndiyo, lakini, bro, mimi swali kwamba mimi mwenyewe
Health, wealth, happiness, all somebody really needs
– Afya, utajiri, furaha, kila mtu anahitaji kweli
And some water I can give to my seed (Uh-huh)
– Na baadhi ya maji naweza kutoa kwa mbegu yangu (Uh-huh)
Heart cold like Courchevel, core Chanel, Tortoiseshell glasses that I bought this girl
– Moyo baridi kama Courchevel, Core Chanel, glasi Za Kobe ambazo nilimnunulia msichana huyu
Toured the world, love, I can’t seem to find it
– Alitembelea ulimwengu, upendo, siwezi kuonekana kuipata
This the shit I do for women, I don’t even like ’em
– Hii ni shit mimi kufanya kwa ajili ya wanawake, mimi hata kama ‘ em
Bro I need some guidance
– Nahitaji mwongozo
Guida—?
– Guida -?
Bro, I ain’t no relationship advisor, but all of this defence won’t make you strike her
– Ndugu, mimi si mshauri wa uhusiano, lakini ulinzi huu wote hautakufanya umpige
God loves a tryer, David loves a liar
– Mungu anapenda tryer, Daudi anapenda mwongo
But even a harp’s half a heart, so why could Cupid fire?
– Lakini hata nusu ya moyo wa kinubi, kwa nini Cupid moto?
Ayy, where’s she from this time?
– Ayy, yuko wapi tangu wakati huu?
Do your ting, bro
– Fanya ting yako, kaka
Every time, I see your new ting bro
– Kila wakati, naona ting yako mpya bro
‘Cause you don’t date, you Duolingo
– ‘Kwa sababu huna tarehe, Wewe Duolingo
Ayy, big bro
– Ayy, ndugu mkubwa
I don’t know where you got that info, but that wasn’t me
– Sijui ulipata wapi habari hiyo, lakini hiyo haikuwa mimi
I need that in record and in writing
– Ninahitaji hiyo katika rekodi na kwa maandishi
But still I love the game, it’s enticing
– Lakini bado napenda mchezo, ni ya kuvutia
I moved out west and it’s nice in these days, we driving
– Nilihamia magharibi na ni nzuri katika siku hizi, tunaendesha gari
Ah, your lifestyle bougie (Ah), lifestyle bougie (Ah, cool)
– Ah, maisha yako bougie (ah), maisha bougie (ah, baridi)
I used to push a silver Porsche with two seats (Of course you did)
– Nilikuwa nikisukuma Porsche ya fedha na viti viwili (bila shaka ulifanya)
Leatherbacks, cosy baby seats in the SUV
– Leatherbacks, viti vya watoto vyema KWENYE SUV
You know I’ve been Naija and I’ve never had Egusi (So, blud, what was you eating?)
– Unajua nimekuwa Naija na sijawahi kuwa Na Egusi (kwa hivyo, blud, ulikuwa unakula nini?)
Fried plaintin
– Plaintin iliyokaangwa
You ain’t have the pepper soup, G? And it’s “Plantain”, but trust me that’s all Gucci listen (Aight here we go)
– Wewe si kuwa na supu ya pilipili, G? Na ni ” Plantain”, lakini niamini kwamba Yote ni gucci sikiliza (Aight hapa sisi kwenda)
I was in Jamaica having cow foot soup, in the middle of Greenwich, like I’m a real ghetto yute
– Nilikuwa Jamaica nikiwa na supu ya miguu ya ng’ombe, katikati Ya Greenwich, kama mimi ni ghetto yute halisi
Touched up town Monday and my killys gone shoot (Pump-pump-pump)
– Kuguswa up mji jumatatu na killys yangu gone risasi (Pampu-pampu-pampu)
I don’t fuck with the gang, just till I’m billing up a zoot
– Mimi si kutomba na genge, tu mpaka mimi nina bili juu zoot
Got me feeling like I must really have eyes in the back of my head (Mad)
– Nilihisi kama lazima niwe na macho nyuma ya kichwa changu (Wazimu)
Range Rover television the interior red (Interior, red)
– Televisheni ya Range rover mambo ya ndani nyekundu (Mambo ya ndani, nyekundu)
Fell asleep in the whip becau’ I feel like it a bed
– Nililala kwenye mjeledi kwa sababu ‘ ninahisi kama kitanda
I just wanna give thanks for this life to me
– Ninataka tu kutoa shukrani kwa maisha haya kwangu
Look, mic check, one, two, three, school dinners
– Angalia, kuangalia mic, moja, mbili, tatu, chakula cha jioni cha shule
Now we sacked off the sacks of off sea-salt living
– Sasa sisi sacked mbali magunia ya bahari-chumvi hai
I’m go-funding to bring back peaceful villains
– Mimi ni kwenda-fedha kuleta nyuma villains amani
Cah all these thirty-eight years, that’s a evil sentence
– Cah miaka hii yote thelathini na nane, hiyo ni hukumu mbaya
Like I don’t love you no more
– Kama sikupendi tena
Dave, I used to be married to the game, I’m a husband no more
– Dave, nilikuwa nimeolewa na mchezo, mimi ni mume tena
All these SM7B’s ain’t for us like before
– SM7B hizi zote sio zetu kama hapo awali
Mike Billie-Jeaned on that, they just discuss couple wars
– Mike Billie-Jeaned juu ya kwamba, wao tu kujadili wanandoa vita
And they short change us
– Na wanatubadilisha kwa muda mfupi
Paper chasing all good till it’s divorce papers
– Karatasi kufukuza yote mema mpaka ni talaka karatasi
Newspapers, court papers, they all write my wills
– Magazeti, magazeti ya mahakamani, wote wanaandika wosia wangu
They gon’ talk about your won’ts till they divide your wills
– Wao gon’ majadiliano juu ya won’ts yako mpaka wao kugawanya mapenzi yako
That’s how family feels, growing up so fast
– Ndivyo familia inavyohisi, kukua haraka sana
Twenty-six, feelin’ like our lives on timers
– Twenty-six, feelin ‘ kama maisha yetu juu ya timers
Lines in the face, she getting fillers to hide it
– Mistari katika uso, yeye kupata fillers kuificha
And hoes lying ’bout their age like Nigerian strikers
– Na majembe uongo ‘ bout umri wao kama washambuliaji Nigeria
Sorry, waiter, can I get this food in containers?
– Samahani, mhudumu, naweza kupata chakula hiki kwenye vyombo?
Had to move, it was dangerous
– Ilibidi kuhama, ilikuwa hatari
Seen beautiful places, bro, I used to have braces
– Kuonekana maeneo mazuri, bro, nilikuwa na braces
Now it’s my driver that’s on a retainer
– Sasa ni dereva wangu ambaye yuko kwenye kihifadhi
But that’s just testament to God in His favour
– Lakini hiyo ni ushuhuda tu Kwa Mungu Kwa niaba Yake
And, bro, I wanted a favour, let’s see each other more
– Na, bro, nilitaka neema, hebu kuona kila mmoja zaidi
Catch up and make deets
– Pata na ufanye deets
Cah the fans, they miss you, I know the fans, they miss me
– Cah mashabiki, wanakukosa, najua mashabiki, wananikosa
Let’s make a track about this dinner and this stamp you gave me
– Hebu kufanya wimbo kuhusu chakula cha jioni hii na muhuri huu ulinipa
And base it on the book of Samuel, call it “Chapter 16” if you’re down?
– Na msingi juu ya kitabu Cha Samweli, kuiita “Sura ya 16” kama wewe ni chini?
So who’s gonna get this one then?
– Kwa hivyo ni nani atakayepata hii wakati huo?
Hahahaha
– Hahahaha
Aight, that’s cool
– Aight, hiyo ni baridi
So, what’s her name?
– Jina lake ni nani?
Nah, I’m just fuckin’ with you, just do your thing, man
– Nah, mimi tu fucking ‘ na wewe, tu kufanya kitu yako, mtu
But trust me, don’t overthink it
– Lakini niamini, usifikirie kupita kiasi
Like, it is what it is, if it’s gonna be something, it’s gonna be something
– Kama, ni nini ni, kama ni gonna kuwa kitu, ni gonna kuwa kitu
But I know you, I know you, you’re like—
– Lakini najua wewe, najua wewe, wewe ni kama—
You’re thinking, five, ten years down the line
– Unafikiria, miaka mitano, kumi chini ya mstari
Day at a time
– Siku kwa wakati
