J. Cole - Home For The Holidays 【中文翻譯歌詞】

（初次翻譯，有不詳盡的地方非常歡迎告知><）

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Hey, this is the story of a youngin' dreamin’

嘿，這是一位年輕人正在做夢的故事

Left his city to see if he could be what he dreamin’

離開他的故鄉 想看看自己能不能實現夢想

Big city on his own shit

獨自一人帶著行李 到了大城市

But every now and then a nigga get homesick

但總有某些時候 這傢伙總會開始想家

Pick up the phone, holla at my partner he tellin' me, be warned

拿起手機，打給我的夥伴 他告訴我，要小心

A lot of shit done changed in the time that you've been gone

自從你走了 很多事情早已物換星移

Streets got meaner, the hoes got growner

街上變得更邪惡 婊子越來越多

And went and got babies the day they got they diplomas, damn

甚至在她們畢業當天剛好也是待產日，尬電

Gon' be some niggas missin' when you fly back

當你說要飛回來 肯定有群傢伙正想著你

If you black, they sendin' you to jail or to Iraq

如果你是黑人，他們會送你去監獄或伊拉克（做詐騙）*註解一

Old buddy that we hoop with, with the bad chick and a fly ‘Lac

記得之前一起玩耍 跟著那些婊子 跟一台超潮的凱迪拉克

And a gold chain? Caught him on the Merc, tryna buy crack

還帶著一條金項鍊的老傢伙？ 某次撞見他在奔馳車上，試圖買快克（一種毒品）

Damn, homie, shit, in high school you was the man, homie

電，老兄，該死的，在高中時他可是天選之人，老兄

The fuck happened to you?

到底他媽的發生什麼事？

Used to beat niggas down at the buses after school

曾經放學後在巴士裡痛扁那些混蛋

Now you lookin' like a motherfuckin' fool

現在的他 看起來像是個他媽的小丑

Said, "I'll be home for the holidays”

說著：我會回家，大肆過節

So when you see me, better holla at me

所以當你看見我 最好大聲呼喚我

I gotta get up out this city 'fore it try to trap me

我肯定滾出這城市 在他們想盡辦法困住我之前

I gotta leave, I wish I could stay

我該走了 即使希望能留下

But I'll be home for the holidays (yeah)

但我必須回家 為了大肆過節

And to those that I used to know

加上那些我曾經所知

From way before, keep your head up

為了那些走過的路，給我繼續抬起你的頭

Come let's get this bread up

來吧 我們再繼續加油一下

Girl, I gotta go, I wish I could stay

女孩，我該走了，我也想留下

But I'm comin' home for the holidays (yeah)

但我得回家 大肆過節

Hey, this is a story 'bout some puppy love

嘿，這是一個關於初戀的故事

But at the time, boy, I was feelin' like this must be love

但在那時，老弟，我覺得這就是真愛

Although now I'm on my grown shift

即使我現在正在值班

She bad as hell, a nigga still get homesick

她已經壞的要命，但這傢伙還是有點留戀

I was fresh up off a scholarship

剛拿到獎學金 舒服的

Dressed like a black man in college, shit

穿的像是大學裡會出現的黑人小夥

Got a little knowledge now I'm followin' the politics

現在的我有了點學識 也正在關注著政治

But I still gotta holla at my old chick

但我還是要向我的前任打個招呼

So sweet, so thick, girl, pick up your phone, it's me

太甜蜜了，寶貝，接起妳的電話，是我

She said, "What, we ain't homies no more

她說：「什麼，我們已經不再是好友

You go to college now you act like you don't know me no more”

去大學之後，你表現的像是根本就不認識我」

Girl, please, we got history, semester seem so long

寶貝，拜託，我們有著以前相同的經歷，一學期感覺好長

The last time I seen you, baby, you ain't have no clothes on

最後一次我看見你，寶貝，你沒穿任何衣服

So if history repeats itself (yeah)

如果說 現在讓歷史重演（耶）

When I get home, girl it's on, you ain't gon' need ya belt

當我到了家，寶貝，一切都開始了，妳不需要穿著任何皮帶

Or your pants or your drawers, then we hit the rewind

或褲子，接著 我們直接按下回放

Just don't give it up in the meantime

只是在這等待的期間 可別走啊

Said, "I'll be home for the holidays" (ayy, I'll be home for the holidays)

說著「我會回家，大肆過節」（耶，我會回家 大肆過節）

So when you see me, better holla at me

所以當你看見我 最好大聲呼喚我

I gotta get up out this city 'fore it try to trap me

我肯定滾出這城市 在他們想盡辦法困住我之前

I gotta leave, I wish I could stay

我該走了 即使希望能留下

But I'll be home for the holidays (yeah)

但我必須回家 為了大肆過節

And to those that I used to know

加上那些我曾經所知

From way before, keep your head up

為了那些走過的路，給我繼續抬起你的頭

Come let's get this bread up

來吧 我們再繼續加油一下

Girl, I gotta go, I wish I could stay

女孩，我該走了，我也想留下

But I'm comin' home for the holidays (yeah)

但我得回家 大肆過節（耶）

Man, I reminisce on them school days

老兄，我回想起他們在校園的那些回憶

I know you know them act a fool days

我知你知 他們在耍白痴的那些日子

That missed the bus then hit the blunt and go to school blazed

錯過巴士 先抽些麻 再精神閃爍的去學校

Tryin' to get laid so I gotta stay fly

嘗試著打砲 這樣我才能保持很酷的模樣

But a nigga hella shy, you would have thought that's where the Bulls play

但有個傢伙超級害羞，當時你肯定在想 那正是開始登大人的時候

Was just a freshman could used a little cool aid

當時只是個大一 只能穿點小小的酷玩意兒

Crushin' on the upperclassmen but it was too late

看上一位學姊 但為時已晚

Buddy she was datin', yeah, he had the freshest shoes

他正在約會的那男人，對，穿著最潮的鞋子

But the nigga graduated and he never made two A’s

但這傢伙已經畢業了 但不曾拿超過兩個Ａ

Hey if you're listenin', we got in school

嘿如果你正在聽，我們考得比你好

But who gon' pay our tuition, man?

但誰會幫我們付學費呢，兄弟？

These niggas crazy

這群傢伙瘋了

One year cost 'bout same as a Mercedes

一年開銷比的上一台賓士

Four years cost wife, crib, and a baby

四年都可以拿來換老婆、嬰兒床跟一個寶寶

Ayy, maybe this ain't for me

欸，也許這就不是我的命

Only if I could be LeBron and go straight to league

除非我是詹姆斯 直接被送進大聯盟

The worst part of growin' up, man, shit just ain't for free

長大最糟糕的地方，老哥，肯定是不再自由

Maybe I can be somebody people pay to see

或許我可以成為一個 大家想付錢來看的人

And maybe I should move up out here to the place to be

也或許 我可搬去另一個地方

To get from A to Z, ayy, would you think I'm crazy?

把居住地名 從Ａ到Ｚ都蒐集一遍 ，你會覺得我很ㄎㄧㄤ嗎？

If I told you one day that I'ma sign with Jay-Z

如果我跟你說 有天我會跟Jay-Z簽約

And will I make it, man? I guess we gotta wait and see

那我會成功嗎，老兄？我想我們拭目以待

Said, "I'll be home for the holidays" (I'm comin' home for the holidays)

說著「我會回家，大肆過節」（耶，我會回家 大肆過節）

So when you see me, better holla at me

所以當你看見我 最好大聲呼喚我

I gotta get up out this city 'fore it try to trap me

我肯定滾出這城市 在他們想盡辦法困住我之前

I gotta leave, I wish I could stay

我該走了 即使希望能留下

But I'll be home for the holidays (yeah)

但我必須回家 為了大肆過節

And to those that I used to know

加上那些我曾經所知

From way before, keep your head up

為了那些走過的路，給我繼續抬起你的頭

Come let's get this bread up

來吧 我們再繼續加油一下

Girl, I gotta go, I wish I could stay

女孩，我該走了，我也想留下

But I'm comin' home for the holidays (yeah)

但我得回家 大肆過節（耶）

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註解一：有陣子美國時常有人收到來自伊拉克的信件，而在網路上詢問，而大概率都是詐騙訊息。

來源：https://www.quora.com/If-someone-tells-you-that-he-will-send-his-documents-to-you-from-Iraq-is-it-a-scam