何様 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SKY-HI, ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ
• Album: ベストカタリスト -Special Edition EP-

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and lyrical journey with "Nanisama" by SKY-HI and ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ. This song offers a fascinating opportunity to explore modern Japanese hip-hop and the innovative use of language, particularly through ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ's unique 'constructed language' in the chorus. Understanding the song's powerful message against societal conformity will deepen your appreciation for nuanced Japanese expression and contemporary social commentary embedded in its lyrics.

[English]

Right after the first cry, a maze

Gates we dive into with different abilities

Trying to rise even one rank

Neon lights shining on the fallen body

The art of living well is a smile, flattery, and hate

Honor that can't be obtained without dating the devil

The morals and laws taught in childhood

Are proven unreliable by the very teachers who taught them

Look, those who fell out of the frame, those who are left behind

If you don't want to be hit, from the start, don't stand out, don't speak

If you join the side that hits, you wear the badge of justice

Bang, witch trial, the flavor of burnt nets

Expanding pressure to conform, common sense, the suspect is already severely injured

Ah, fanatics, hey, what kind of new religion is that?

Only what you believe will save you, no, - not even what you believe will save you from God

Still, today I cling on, ah, how grateful

〜♪〜

What should I do?

If you know, please give me a hint

A mirage that dirties reality

Even so, it's the greatest hope

How much longer do the remaining breaths and blinks last?

The time spent every morning and night is the staircase to the gallows

I'm scared to see how long this mood will last

Since I came in a one-way street, I don't even remember what I dropped

What did I eat, and what did I spit out?

Someone says just living is better

It's a mistake for people to talk about people, a contradiction in the valley of speaking to others

“I don't know where hell is, but - it seems easier to live than here,” they say

People laughing while stepping on the shadow of that teary-eyed one - spitting back

Sickness and darkness are Yum Yum Yummy

What on earth made it so?

I too, if judging others, should leave it to God

Guidance for a happy way of living generally shares common values

A trial for the lost child who strayed from the God made from the start

Guilty? Not Guilty?

Still just a newcomer for a few million years at most

Please teach me how we live?

〜♪〜

[Japanese]

産声を上げてすぐに迷路

違う性能で共に潜るゲート

一つでも順位をあげようと

蹴落とされた肢体をキラキラと照らすネオン

上手に生きる芸当は笑顔と媚びとヘイト

悪魔とデートしなきゃ手に入らない名誉

子どもの頃教えられた道徳とか法則

が当てにならないのは教えた先生こそ証拠

ほら見ろ枠から外れたあぶれた落ちぶれた

叩かれたくなきゃハナから目立つな喋るなと仕向けた

叩く側に回れば勝ちって正義のバッジを付けた

Bang魔女裁判焦げた網のフレーバー

膨張する同調圧力、常識、被疑者はもう重症

嗚呼、狂信者達よ、ねぇそれなんて新興宗教？

信じたものしか救わない、否、 信じるものすら救わない 神さまに

それでも今日もすがるのさ ああ有り難い

〜♪〜

どうしたらいいの？

ご存知なら何卒ヒントを

リアルを汚す蜃気楼

だとしても何よりの希望

残された呼吸は瞬きはあとどのくらいだ？

毎朝毎晩過ごす時間が処刑台へ上る階段

このムードがいつまで続くか怖くて見てられない

一方通行で来たから落した物すら覚えてない

何を食べて 何吐き出した？

誰かが言う生きてるだけマシだ

人が人を語るなど間違いと人に語る矛盾の谷間

「地獄がどこかもわかりゃしないけれど ここよりかいくらか生きやすそうだね」と

涙を浮かべたアイツの影を踏み笑う人々 がぶつける反吐

病むとか闇こそYum Yum Yummy

何が一体そうさせたのかい？

かく言う僕も変わりゃしない人を裁くなら 神に任せたらいい

幸せな生き方のガイダンスとか大体共通する価値観

端から作る神さまにはみ出した迷子の裁判

Guilty？Not Guilty？

まだせいぜい何百万年かの新人

にどうか教えてくれHow we live？

〜♪〜

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
迷路 /めいろ/ B1	noun - maze
名誉 /めいよ/ B2	noun - honor
道徳 /どうとく/ B2	noun - morality
法則 /ほうそく/ B2	noun - law, rule
証拠 /しょうこ/ B2	noun - evidence
正義 /せいぎ/ B2	noun - justice
信じる /しんじる/ B1	verb - to believe
希望 /きぼう/ B1	noun - hope
時間 /じかん/ A1	noun - time
人 /ひと/ A1	noun - person
影 /かげ/ B1	noun - shadow
裁判 /さいばん/ B2	noun - trial, judgment
闇 /やみ/ B2	noun - darkness
生き方 /いきかた/ B1	noun - way of living
価値観 /かちかん/ B2	noun - values, value system

Key Grammar Structures

• 産声を上げてすぐに迷路

  ➔ The use of 『て-form』 + 『すぐに』 expresses that one action occurred immediately after another.

  ➔ 『て-form』 of a verb combined with 『すぐに』 (immediately) expresses that one action happens right after another.

• 違う性能で共に潜るゲート

  ➔ The use of 『で』 indicates the means or method by which an action is performed.

  ➔ 『で』 marks the means, method, or location where an action takes place.

• 一方通行で来たから落した物すら覚えてない

  ➔ The phrase 『で』 indicates the means or manner of coming (here, traversing one way).

  ➔ 『で』 in this context shows the manner or route taken to arrive, emphasizing a one-way flow.

• まだせいぜい何百万年かの新人

  ➔ The phrase 『か』 indicates an uncertain or approximate amount or duration.

  ➔ 『か』 is used to indicate uncertainty or approximation about the number of millions of years or the status of being a newcomer.

• 信じたものすら救わない 神さまに

  ➔ The particle 『すら』 emphasizes even the very notion or thing mentioned, highlighting extreme exclusion or exception.

  ➔ 『すら』 indicates that even what might be expected to be included is excluded, emphasizing the extremity of the action or situation.