No Name是美国说唱歌手NF的歌曲,发行于2018年1月19日。他的作品里不仅有爆发力极强的说唱,也有配着钢琴的柔和吟唱。所以简单粗暴地把他分为跟姆爷一类的硬核说唱歌手是不靠谱地,NF作品的内核精神实际就是他的信仰,稍微分析以下歌词,你会发现不论他什么风格的作品实际都是对于本我的追寻。剥开他歌词下那一层层不同情绪的外壳,最终支撑NF走下去的还是对于那一份信念的不懈追求。
Look, people ask me what the future is
看,人们问我未来是什么样子
All I know is that I’ll be doin’ this
我只知道我会一直做下去
All I know is that things are moving quick
我只知道世界在飞速变化
That’s convenient for me because that’s how I live
对我来说很好因为这就是我的生活方式
Now they see me out here moving up
现在他们看到我在进步
You don’t like me, that makes two of us
你不喜欢我,所以我们不一样
Time change, yeah I can’t adjust
时间在变化,我无法改变这点
It’s who you are not who you was, oh my
重要的是现在不是过去啊?
Yeah, just went to Europe, they said the single is working
刚去了欧洲,他们说工作工作工作
I think I’m learning,
我想我正从中学习着
I am way more than people might think
我远不止人们以为的
When they look on the surface
他们在表面上看到的样子
What is my purpose? Yeah
我的目的是什么?
That is a question that
嗯那是个
I have been asking myself and it hurts
我一直在问自己的让我痛苦的问题
Cuz’ prolly something
因为也许是
I should already know but I don’t know yet
我早该知道却还没知道的东西
I’m trying to grow as a person, woah
我想成长
I’m sick people tellin' people I'm here
我厌恶人们说我在这
'Cause of marketing dollars? Oh
是因为钱?哦
You think that everything is gonna blow
你以为一切都会到来
Just 'cause you market it harder? No
只因为你投入资金多?并不会
I got my hands in everything,
我掌握一切了
Now they out here tryna get to me
现在他们想接近我
Stop tryna lecture me
不要再说教我
You don't compare to my level of thinking,
你的思想跟不上我
So why do you think you compare to my energy, huh?
所以你凭什么觉得你的能力能跟我比,嗯?
Small circle, but the number's growin'
圈子不大,但数字在增加
Fame called me, I'm like, "How you doin'?"
名誉打给我,我说你好啊
Hung up on him, I ain't ready for it
挂断了电话,我还没准备好
I'll get back to that when I make album four
等我出第四张专辑的时候再打给它吧
Less talking, I've been workin' more
少说话,我一直做事更多
Better me is what I'm workin' towards
更好的自己就是我努力的方向
Y'all judgin', but we not in court,
你们都在发表评判,但我们并不在法庭
No, we not in court; oh Lord!
不,我们不在法庭上好伐?
Last couple years, let's recap
把过去几年概括一下
I make a livin' off of writin' out my regrets
我在用写出遗憾来谋生
I'm doin' me, I don't care where the scene's at
我在做我自己,我不在乎场景
Try to give me feedback, I don't really need that
想评论我,但我不需要
I used to walk on stage in a V-neck
我曾穿着V领站在台上
I used to wear a lil' tie with a black vest
我曾穿着黑色马甲打着小领带
I came a long way, why you lookin' upset?
我经历了很多,为什么你看上去感到不快?
I'm tryna paint a picture, get the vision,
我正试着描绘出你还不知道的画面
You ain't hear it yet, woo!
得到你还不知道的视野
Look, hold up, hold up, wait a minute, please
嘿,等等,等一下
Flow's switchin', I got ADD
改变了风格,我的注意力出现缺陷
Brain scatters when you play the beat
打节拍时头脑无法集中
It don't matter what you say to me
你怎么说我都无所谓
I'll be doin' this at 83
到83岁我还会做下去
I've been doin' this since ABCs
从很小的时候就开始了
In the major leagues doin' major things,
在职业级别就做职业的事
Don't play with me, woo!
别跟我闹
I'm livin' life in the fast lane
我活在快节奏的方式里
Wake up every morning thinkin' I'ma have a bad day
每天早上醒来想着可能会是糟糕的一天
Drive my own car, I don't like the valet
开着我自己的车,我不需要司机
Parked, then I go into my mind with an AK
停车,然后带着AK进入脑中
Shoot every thought in my head then it rotates
射杀我脑中的每一个想法让它开始转动
Losin' it all, but I think that I'm okay
失去了所有但我觉得我还好
Who is involved? I don't know, but I'm insane
谁卷入其中?我不知道但我疯了
Poof and I'm gone, wanna call me a no name, what!?
突然我离开了,想说我是个无名氏,哈啊?!
I'm prolly not what you thought
我可能和你想的不一样
I'm prolly not what you thought
我大概不是你想的那样
I used to judge everybody that wasn't like me
我曾经评判所有和我不一样的人
'Til I learned it was wrong
最终发现我错了
Girl told me I should get it together and get out the dark
一个女孩告诉我要振作要离开黑暗
I'm tryna give her my heart
我想给她我的心
That's when I sit in my car,
所以我坐在自己车里
Writin' for hours until I can barely talk
写了几个小时直到几乎说不出话
I mean, where do I start?
我的意思是,我该从哪开始?
Feels like I'm fallin' apart
感觉我正逐渐崩溃
Act like my image is hard
装作强硬
I always put it my guard
我总是竖起防备
Even when talking to god
在祷告时也一样
Sit in my room and I plot
坐在房间里我思索着
Everything that I’m not
所有闭口不谈的
Comes out in the music I jot
从我写下的音乐里显现出来
I give it all that I got
我付出了我所有
I give it all that I got!
我倾尽了我所有!
I’m trying to think out the box, no!
我想跳出思维定式,不
I got people standing outside a bus screaming my name
人们在车外,叫喊着我的名字
I don’t come out and take pictures
我不下车不拍照
They tell me I change
他们要我改变
I don’t smile in VIPs,
我不在VIP中微笑
You get mad like you know what I pay?
你生气了像是知道我付出了多少?
Guess I don’t know what to say
我大概不知道该说什么
Guess I don’t know what to say
我大概不知道该说什么
I leave it all on the stage
我把它们都留在舞台上
I leave it all on the stage
我把它们都留在舞台上
Tags: NF(4)