King Kunta

• 作者: Kendrick Lamar
• 专辑: To Pimp A Butterfly

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

I got a bone to pick

我有事要说

I don't want you monkey mouth motherfuckers sittin' in my throne again

我不想让你们这些猴嘴娘们再坐在我的宝座上

(Aye aye nigga whats happenin' nigga, K Dot back in the hood nigga)

(哎哎，老兄，发生啥事了，K Dot又回到老街啦)

I'm mad (He mad), but I ain't stressin'

我很生气（他生气），但我不烦恼

True friends, one question

真正的朋友，一个问题

Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, Kunta

每个人都想砍断他的腿，Kunta

Black man taking no losses

黑人不怕输

Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

每个人都想砍断他的腿

When you got the yams (What's the yams?)

你有炸弹（炸弹是什么？）

The yam is the power that be

炸弹就是掌控力

You can smell it when I'm walking down the street

你走在街上我都能闻到它的味道

(Oh yes we can, oh yes we can)

(哦，是的，我们能，哦，是的，我们能)

I can dig rapping, but a rapper with a ghost writer?

我喜欢说唱，但带鬼笔的说唱是谁写的？

What the fuck happened? (Oh no) I swore I wouldn't tell

发生了什么？（哦不）我发誓我不会说

But most of y'all share bars, like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell

但你们大多数人都在晒歌，像你们在两人牢房的底铺一样

(A two man cell)

(两人牢房)

Something's in the water (Something's in the water)

水里有猫腻（水里有猫腻）

And if I got a brown nose for some gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller

如果我为了点金就奉承，那宁愿当个流浪汉也不做那该死的富豪

Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, Kunta

每个人都想砍断他的腿，Kunta

Black man taking no losses

黑人不怕输

Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

每个人都想砍断他的腿

When you got the yams (What's the yams?)

你有炸弹（炸弹是什么？）

The yam brought it out of Richard Pryor

炸弹把理查德·普赖尔都带出来了

Manipulated Bill Clinton with desires

用欲望操控比尔·克林顿

...

24小时，365天乘以二

24/7, 365 days times two

我在考虑上台表演

I was contemplatin' gettin' on stage

只是想回到老街，见见我的敌人，然后说……

Just to go back to the hood see my enemies and say...

Just to go back to the hood see my enemies and say...

Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, Kunta

每个人都想砍断他的腿，Kunta

Black man taking no losses

黑人不怕输

Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

每个人都想砍断他的腿

(You goat mouth mammy fucker)

(你这山羊嘴的娘们)

I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves

我本打算杀几位说唱歌手，但他们自己作的孽

Everybody's suicidal they don't even need my help

大家都在自杀，都不需要我帮忙

This shit is elementary, I'll probably go to jail

这事很简单，我可能会进监狱

If I shoot at your identity and bounce to the left

如果我对你的身份开枪，然后左转

Stuck a flag in my city, everybody's screamin' "Compton"

在我的城市插上一面旗帜，大家都在喊“康普顿”

I should probably run for Mayor when I'm done, to be honest

说实话，我快竞选市长了

And I put that on my Mama and my baby boo too

我把这话当作对我妈和我宝贝的承诺

Twenty million walkin' out the court buildin', woo woo!

两千万走出法院大楼，哇哇！

Ah yeah, fuck the judge

哎呀，去他的法官

I made it past 25 and there I was

我活过了25岁，那时候我还在

A little nappy headed nigga with the world behind him

一个蓬头垢面的小黑人，背后是全世界

Life ain't shit but a fat vagina

人生不过是一只肥 Vagina

Screamin' "Annie are you ok? Annie are you ok?"

喊着“安妮，你还好吧？安妮，你还好吧？”

Limo tinted with the gold plates

豪华车加金盘的大厅

Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast

从底层来，这就是野兽的腹地

From a peasant to a prince to a motherfuckin' king

从农民到王子，再到那该死的国王

Bitch where was you when I was-

妹子，你那会在哪儿——

*POP*

*啪！*

(By the time you hear the next pop, the funk shall be within you)

(当你听到下一声啪，魔力就会在你心中)

*POP*

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, (King) Kunta

每个人都想砍断他的腿，（K）Kunta

Black man taking no losses

黑人不怕输

Bitch where was you when I was walkin'

妹子，你那会在哪儿？

Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta

现在我掌控全场，让全世界都在谈论，King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

每个人都想砍断他的腿

(Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk)

(放克，放克，放克，放克，放克，放克)

We want the funk

我们要放克

We want the funk

我们要放克

(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)

(如果我给你放克，你会接受吗？)

We want the funk

我们要放克

(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)

(如果我给你放克，你会接受吗？)

We want the funk

我们要放克

(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)

(如果我给你放克，你会接受吗？)

We want the funk

我们要放克

(Do you want the funk?)

(你想要放克吗？)

We want the funk

我们要放克

(Do you want the funk?)

(你想要放克吗？)

We want the funk

我们要放克

(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)

(如果我给你放克，你会接受吗？)

We want the funk

我们要放克

I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence

我记得你曾内心挣扎，滥用你的影响力

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这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - 跑 verb - 经营
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - 说话
man /mæn/ A1	noun - 男人
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - 走
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - 世界
friend /frend/ A1	noun - 朋友
cut /kʌt/ A2	verb - 切
share /ʃeər/ A2	verb - 分享
tell /tel/ A2	verb - 告诉
cell /sel/ A2	noun - 牢房
judge /dʒʌdʒ/ B1	noun - 法官
power /ˈpaʊər/ B1	noun - 力量, 权力
enemies /ˈenəmiz/ B1	noun - 敌人
influence /ˈɪnfluəns/ B2	noun - 影响 verb - 影响
contemplating /ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪŋ/ C1	verb - 沉思

语法:

• I don't want you monkey mouth motherfuckers sittin' in my throne again

  ➔ 非标准地使用现在分词'sittin''代替动词'sitting'

  ➔ 这句歌词使用'sittin''代替标准的'sitting'，这是非正式方言和嘻哈音乐中常见的特征。 这增加了歌曲的口语化和侵略性语气。 结构是 "I don't want you... sitting..." (我不希望你...坐着...)，展示了不希望的行为。

• Bitch where you when I was walkin'?

  ➔ 时态和词序不正确（“where were you when”是标准形式）

  ➔ 这是白话英语的一个例子。标准形式是“Where *were* you when I was walking？”。 “where you when”的使用在语法上是不正确的，但在文体上是故意的，以反映某种方言并创造一种原始的个人语气。

• Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'

  ➔ 省略 'and' 或 'which' 或 'that' 等关系代词

  ➔ 这句话在语法上被压缩了。 可以将其改写为“Now I run the game, *and* I've got the whole world talking”，或“Now I run the game, *which* got the whole world talking”。 省略有助于节拍的速度。

• When you got the yams (What's the yams?)

  ➔ 使用'got'来表示拥有（非标准但常见）

  ➔ 短语“When you got the yams”以一种在非正式语中更常见的方式使用“got”。 标准英语等效物是“When you *have* the yams”。 这是一种表达所有权的简短口语方式。

• I can dig rapping, but a rapper with a ghost writer?

  ➔ 第二子句中省略/省略主语和动词：（暗示：在“说唱”之后“可以接受”）

  ➔ 这句话暗示了一种对比，暗示肯德里克对说唱本身没意见，但质疑了使用代笔的说唱歌手的正直性。 完整的句子可能是“I can dig rapping, but *is* a rapper with a ghost writer *acceptable*？”。 省略号创造了更直接，更具对话性的语气。

• But most of y'all share bars, like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell

  ➔ 非标准的“y'all”（you all）和口语化的比喻

  ➔ “Y'all”是“you all”的缩写，在美国南方英语方言中很常见。 将说唱歌手分享歌词与分享小牢房中的下铺相比喻的明喻富有创造力和生动性，突出了他们作品的局限性和缺乏原创性。