intro]look, i was gonna go easy on you and not to hurt your feelingslook, 我原打算对你们手下留情,不至于伤害你们but i'm only going to get th** one chance可是我要把握这唯一的机会something's wrong, i can feel it情况有点儿不对,我能感觉到六分钟,slim shady,该你出场了!six minutes, slim shady, you're on!【”six minutes, slim shady, you're on”这句采样自专辑mmlp的歌曲《remember me?》】just a feeling i've got, like something's about to happen, but i don't know what我只是觉得,要出大事儿了,但是我不知道会发生什么if that means, what i think it means, we're in trouble, big trouble如果那意味着…若是一切如我所料,我们会遇上麻烦,**烦and if he ** as bananas as you say, i'm not taking any chances若他真像你说的那样疯狂,我要是你,绝不会去冒任何险的you are just what the doc ordered你可是dr. dre相中的人才![hook 1]i'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神【flow源自bizzare(feat. eminem) - hip hop:” man, i thought th** was supposed to be hip hop, hip hop. i’d rather be f**hing in flip flops, flip flops”】all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?【slapbox是掌掴与拳击相结合的攻击方式。这句引用了诗歌james weldon johnson《the prodigal son》:“young man—your arm's too short to box with god.” 你手臂太短,无以跟上帝对打拳击。】they said i rap like a robot, so call me rapbot人们说我饶舌时像是机器人,所以请叫我饶舌机[verse 1]but for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes对我来说,像电脑一样饶舌,必是我基因所定(genes "基因"谐音"仔裤",这第二层意思与下句吻合)i got a laptop in my back pocket在我仔裤后袋中,装着一台笔记本电脑my pen'll go off when i half-cock it我半上膛的笔蓄势待发,随时开火【全上膛才是枪待开火状态,em说自己用笔开火不需考虑,如条件反射】got a fat knot from that rap profit, made a living and a killing off it通过饶舌,我赚得盆盈钵满~谋生同时,**杀戮【eminem在职业生涯中d**s了一些rapper,这些人因他几乎退出了这场游戏】ever since bill clinton was still in office那年bill clinton还是美国**【bill clinton和monica lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,em的第一张专辑恰好在96年发布;em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. role model),所以这两句指的是em的过去】with monica lewinsky feeling on h** nut-sackmonica lewinsky还在和他翻云覆雨【bill clinton和monica lewinsky的性丑闻事件在95-97年曾被媒体大肆报道,em的第一张专辑恰好在96年发布;em早期的作品中曾多次提到这一事件(eg. role model),所以这两句指的是em的过去】i'm an mc still as honest时至今日,我依然是个敢说实话的mcbut as rude and as indecent as all hell只不过我极度粗俗无礼,残暴下流syllables, killaholic擅用多音节押韵,嗜杀成瘾(kill 'em all with) th** slickety, gibbedy, hibbedy hip-hop(用)这漂亮娴熟至极、让**罢不能的hip-hop(把他们**!)【hibbedy hip-hop借鉴了sugar hill gang - rappers delight: ” i said the hip-hop, the hibby, the hibby to hip-hip-hop”】you don't really wanna get into a p**sing match with th** rappidy rap面对我的快嘴rap,你们绝不想和我打口水战packing a mac in the back of the ac, backpack rap crap, yep, yep, yackity-yak把**装进阿库拉·传奇后备箱中,用地下风格来饶舌,胡言乱语【ac(acura legend): 阿库拉·传奇,九十年代初期rapper们经常用ac代指这种车。此句源于big pun**her – pakinamac pt. ii】【backpack rap,指饶舌艺人偏离主流;yackity-yak,胡言乱语,讲没有意义的话,地下饶舌歌手经常会这么做】now at the exact same time, i attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while i'm practicing that与此同时,我练习时~会试着去挑战高难饶舌杂技i'll still be able to break a motherfuckin' table over the back of a couple of faggots and crack it in half我依然能够打乱排名,登上巅峰,把一对儿小娘炮的王冠劈成了两半(字面意:我依然能把一张桌子狠砸在一对娘炮背后,一分为二)【watch the throne(看紧王位)是jay-z kanye west合作的专辑,em很可能在此隐讳针对了这两位。。。】only realized it was ironic i was signed to aftermath after the fact直到现在我才意识到被aftermath签下是多讽刺的事【aftermath, eminem的姓是 mathers ,所以aftermath 让他想到了after mathers; aftermath, 灾难,他被aftermath签下后虽然功成名就,但是也失去了很多,这一切显得ironic;aftermath植物再生,这句也指他摆脱药瘾劫后余生】how could i not blow? all i do ** drop f-bombs, feel my wrath of attack我怎可能不红爆?天天毒言恶语,狂扔爆粗弹~感受神的愤怒吧【blow双关“出名”和“**”两个意思,f-bomb爆粗弹,指的是粗口。而em争议性、脏话连篇的歌词让他迅速走红】rappers are h**ing a rough time period, here's a maxipadrapper们正在苦苦与大姨妈对抗,这有张卫生巾送给你们【period双关“时间段”“大姨妈”,讽刺有些rapper太娘】it's actually d**astrously bad for the wack对于那些下流选手来说,这确实是不祥之兆 while i'm masterfully constructing th** masterpiece as而我用神来之笔写出这首无以伦比的rap力作,因为我:[hook 2]i'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god开始感觉自己俨然是说唱天神all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是now who thinks their arms are long enough to slapbox, slapbox?现在,谁觉得自己手臂够长~能跟我对打掌掴拳击?let me show you maintaining th** ** ain't that hard, that hard让我示范给你看:其实坐稳说唱之神宝座也没那么难[verse 2]everybody want the key and the secret to rap immortality like i h**e got所有人都想得到常青钥匙和秘诀~成为我这种不朽说唱传奇well, to be truthful the blueprint's simply rage and youthful exuberance说实话,n年激情下的这张蓝图,其实仅是愤怒张狂、青春勃发【暗指jay-z的经典专辑blueprint上em加盟的那首renegade,其实只是简单宣泄了一个年轻人对家长、**、媒体的忿恨,结果这首歌获得极大成功】everybody loves to root for a nu**ance所有人都热衷支持某个麻烦狠货hit the earth like an asteroid小行星撞地球那种角色did nothing but shoot for the moon since从出道起,我孤注一掷追求完美巅峰mc's get taken to school with th** music我的音乐让败北的mc搭学校巴士去补习押韵(taken to school引申意:一败涂地)cause i use it as a vehicle to bust a rhyme犀利技巧,是我口喷流畅韵词的 手段 / 交通工具(vehicle双关“手段”“交通工具”) 【在向busta rhymes前辈致敬,busta rhymes的组合名是leaders of the new school。在唱bust时特别谐音了bus】now i lead a new school full of students现在我统领新流派,学生爆满【在向busta rhymes前辈致敬,busta rhymes的组合名是leaders of the new school】me? i'm a product of rakim, lakim shabazz, 2pac n-我?本人集rakim, lakim shabazz, 2pac之大成,-w.a, cube, hey, doc, ren, yella, eazy, thank you还有nwa组合的ice cube, the d.o.c., mc ren, dj yella, eazy-e,谢谢你们~they got slim inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and 他们给予我slim足够强大的灵感,终有天~这货技巧成熟,一炮而红be in a position to meet run dmc 并有机会跟run dmc见面and induct them into the motherfuckin' rock n' roll hall of fame引荐他们入主mlgb的摇滚名人堂even though i walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames尽管我这种邪恶化身,一走进教堂就会被上帝燃成烈焰【93年run dmc发新专辑强调了他们皈依上帝的转变,em说尽管自己深陷邪恶,上帝不肯宽恕他,但他在说唱圈的地位依然让他有资格介绍run dmc入主名人堂】only hall of fame i be inducted in ** the alcohol of fame我能被引荐进入的唯一名人堂,是酒鬼名人堂on the wall of shame我瘾君子的过去,被钉在耻辱柱上you fags think it's all a game 'til i walk a flock of flames off a plank你们这帮娘炮以为这只是儿戏,直到我把成群gay当地板践踏脚下【用waka flocka flame的名字玩儿文字游戏,waka flocka flame曾在电台采访上说自己虽然写词平平,但音乐创作厉害照样可以成功,而阿姆只会押韵,缺乏音乐造诣】tell me what in the fuck are you thinking?告诉我**到底在想神马?【继续反击waka flocka flame,此处引用了waka的歌词】little gay looking boy看上去超娘的小gay【这几句的flow用了hotstylz的歌:lookin' boy】so gay i can barely say it with a straight face looking boy娘到不忍直视,我都没法用我这张直男面瘫脸取笑你~娘货(straight face双关“异性恋的脸”“面无表情”)you witnessing a massacre你将目睹一场****【用**massacre谐音民众聚集mass occur 此处引用琼斯镇**:78年吉姆·琼斯带领九百多信众**。】like you watching a church gathering take place looking boy就像看到教堂外信徒集结~娘货oy vey, that boy's gay, that's all they say looking boy唉~呃。。那孩子是gay,大家对你只有这一句评价~娘货you get a thumbs up, pat on the back只需你主子几句赞赏,再在你背后赞许轻拍and a way to go from your label everyday looking boy你被自家厂牌控制的傀儡人生就开始了~娘货hey, looking boy, what you say looking boy?嗨,小gay,你有什么要反驳的~娘货?i got a "hell yeah" from dre looking boy我曾让dre由衷大赞“太他妈正了”~娘货i'mma work for everything i h**e我拥有的一切都是自己挣的never ask nobody for **, get outta my face looking boy从不向谁索取,**我视线~娘货basically boy you're never gonna be capable基本上,孩子,你永远没能力to keep up with the same pace looking boy跟上我的步法节奏~娘货[hook 3]i'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god我开始感觉自己是说唱天神all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod跟随我的信众,从前至后,无不点头称是the way i'm racing around the track, call me nascar, nascar我高速在赛车道 / 伴奏音轨 上绕圈飙车,请叫我“纳斯卡赛车”(track双关“车道”“音轨”)dale earnhardt of the trailer park, the white trash god我是这拖车区的赛车教主,统领白垃圾之神(dale earnhardt:著名赛车手)kneel before general zod th** planet's krypton, no asgard, asgard在我**将军面前速速下跪,此处是氪星,而非你们这些小神的仙宫【**将军是超人的死敌,超人和**将军都来自氪星 asgard是北欧神话中诸神居住处】[verse 3]so you be thor and i'll be odin, you rodent, i'm omnipotent你是索尔,我便是奥丁,你如鼠辈平庸,而我权力无上限【北欧神话中雷神索尔是奥丁之子,而奥丁是相当于上帝的主神】let off then i'm reloading immediately with these bombs i'm totin'开火后~立即启用我的秘制饶舌弹补充火力and i should not be woken我不应被唤醒i'm the walking dead, but i'm just a talking head, a zombie floating我是《行尸走肉》,气绝嘴不死的话痨,四处游移的僵尸but i got your mom deep throating哥这只箫深深插入**喉咙中i'm out my ramen noodle, we h**e nothing in common, poodle大脑沟回写满押韵,我绝逼是疯的,贵宾犬~我们没一丝共同点(拉面ramen谐音押韵rhyming,用面条指大脑)i'm a doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage, pupil我可是杜宾犬,你还是掐一下胳膊醒过来~对老师我肃然起敬吧,学生(word play,这里谐音杜宾全称:doberman pinscher)it's me, my honesty's brutal这就是我,诚实到近乎残忍but it's honestly futile if i don't utilize what i do though实话实说,天赐禀赋~不用则废for good at least once in a while至少我会在恰当时机秀一手so i wanna make sure somewhere in th** chicken scratch i scribble and doodle我想要确保: 在我乱画疾书成的狂草歌词手稿间~enough rhymes to maybe to try and help get some people through tough times容纳足够强的押韵,这些词也许能帮人们走出逆境重生but i gotta keep a few punchlines just in case cause even you unsigned不过我必须留些**锏妙语自卫,因为你们这些未签约的rappers are hungry looking at me like it's lunchtimerapper,看到我如同看到午餐,想靠d**s我获取存在感i know there was a time where once i was king of the underground想当年,我曾一度是地下说唱之王but i still rap like i'm on my pharoahe monch grind如今的我,依然会像pharoahe在麦克上执着死拼【pharoahe monch,地下rapper,跟em一样执着于押韵技巧】so i crunch rhymes, but sometimes when you combine捏碎的药片幻化成韵词,有时~当你appeal with the skin color of mine把强烈感染力、药瘾和我的肤色相融合(appeal谐音a pill)【em承认他的白人肤色和曾经的药瘾曾助推了他的事业】you get too big and here they come trying to censor you你变得名声大噪,所有人都想方设法和谐你的歌词like that one line i said on "i'm back" from the mathers lp还记得在mmlp的i'm back这首歌中我有这样一句:one where i tried to say i take seven kids from columbine“我要从科伦拜高中带走7个小孩put 'em all in a line, add an ak-47, a revolver and a nine让他们站成一排,再掏出**,**和9mm口径**”see if i get away with it 来看看我现在说这句能否躲过和谐?now that i ain't as big as i was, 反正我早不再有鼎盛期的名气but i've morphed into an immortal coming through the portal从传送门走出的我,已神不知鬼不觉变种成不死金刚身you're stuck in a timewarp from 2004 though而你们被困于扭曲时间中~品味停滞在04年前【许多人认为em在04年后水准下降,再写不出超越他04年前水准的歌】 20210311