[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7MJ8l73SQ]
很多人都會好奇，聽饒舌的時候，難道都聽得懂他們在唱什麼嗎?
我的狀況是，通常在聽的時候會聽懂兩成，然後去猜八成是什麼意思。
偶而真的很喜歡的歌，才會去找歌詞來看。
但常常遇到一個情況，自己非常喜歡的歌，歌詞卻非常愚蠢。
所以看歌詞的次數會越來越少，不過也不是每一首歌都是如此。
有的時候，也有些歌詞非常有趣，有趣的通常不是內容，而是背後作詞人的態度
還有時空背景交錯出來的故事。
因為其實還蠻有趣的，乾脆就在部落格多開一個系列
做一連串有趣的歌詞導讀。(有些歌詞真的蠢到一個無以附加，以後介紹到再講。)
因為是第一篇，所以我就認真地挑了一首我很喜歡的歌
Can I live by Jay-Z
收錄於他的第一張專輯reasonable doubt
道道地地的街頭輓歌
訴說著自己當藥頭時候的心境
第一人稱的呼喊，對我來說，這首比Nas還要Nas
--
[Intro]
Yeah, Roc-A-Fella
耶，洛克斐洛(Jay-z的唱片公司)
We invite you to something epic, you know?
請入座，來點屌的吧，懂嗎?
Well, we hustle out of a sense of hopelessness, sort of a desperation
我們為所欲為，
Through that desperation, we become addicted
Sort of like the fiends we accustomed to serving
因為爛透的生活，為了逃脫，我們像是上了癮頭的拼命，我們信仰惡魔
But we feel we have nothing to lose, so we offer you, well
We offer our lives, right, what do you bring to the table?
把性命放上賭桌，沒在怕(我們沒甚麼好失去的)，你呢?
[Verse 1]
While I'm watching every nigga watching me closely
My shit is butter for the bread, they wanna toast me
那些傢伙看著我，我超屌，他們都想看我殞失敗
I keep my head, both of them where they supposed to be
我保持警醒，做我該做的事情
Hoes'll get you sidetracked, then clap from close feet
女人讓你分心，一不小心她就讓你陷入絕地
I don't sleep, I'm tired, I feel wired like codeine
我不睡，我拼命，就像喝了可待因
These days, a brother gotta admire me from four fiends away
這年頭，大家只能遠遠因為罪刑敬佩我
My pain, wish it was quick to see, from selling 'caine
'til brains was fried to a fricassee, can't lie
我後悔，希望自己早知道賣古柯鹼會讓他們腦漿變成水泥
At the time it never bothered me, at the bar
那時候沒甚麼檔＿住我，我在酒吧負責兜售
Getting my thug on properly, my squad and me
Lack of respect for authority, laughing hard
我們擁有權力，笑的用力
Happy to be escaping poverty, however brief
離開貧窮多開心
I know this game got valleys and peaks, expectation
但很快我就懂了這遊戲太多起起伏伏
For dips, for precipitation we stack chips, hardly
低點我們存錢過冬
The youth I used to be, soon to see a mill'in
年輕時就變成百萬富翁
No more Big Willie, my game has grown: prefer you call me William
不再大屌哥，我就是大哥
Illin' for revenues, Rayful Edmond like
像是大亨小傳，叫我正派一哥
Channel 7 News, 'round seven Jews, head dead in the mic
第七頻道新聞，七磅重的首飾配上我的臉，在電視上就像被通緝
Forgetting all I ever knew, convenient amnesia
我甚麼都忘記，像習慣性失億
"I suggest you call my lawyer, I know the procedure"
建議你找我律師，這就是我的程序
Lock my body, can't trap my mind
關住我的身體擋不住我的思緒
Easily, explain why we adapt to crime
說實在的，我為甚麼要當個罪犯
I'd rather die enormous than live dormant, that's how we on it
我寧願當三天大哥也不要當一輩子小弟
Live at the main event, I bet a trip to Maui on it
我們就是這樣度過每件事，我出錢去茂伊玩
Presidential suites my residential for the weekend
穿著豪華西裝住豪宅
Confidentially speaking in codes since I sense you peeking
自從發現有人在注意，我們談話都經過編碼
The NSX rental, don't be fooled, my game is mental
奢華名車租售，別被騙了，這是我的心理遊戲
We both out of town, dog, what you trying to get into?
我們早就離開了，你想進來幹嘛?
Viva Las Vegas, see ya later at the crap tables
拉斯維加斯萬歲，你可以在賭桌找到我
Meet me by the one that starts a "G" up
This way no Fraud Willies present gambling they re-up
這裡沒有賭博只有贏錢
And we can have a pleasant time, sipping margaritas
而我們負責享受,啜飲馬格莉特
Ge-ge-gyeahh, can I live? Can I live?
我能真正的生活嗎?
[Verse 2]
My mind is infested with sick thoughts that circle
我被變態想法占據
Like a Lexus, if driven wrong it's sure to hurt you
就像Lexus，一不小心就會弄傷你自己
Dual level like duplexes, in unity
兩種思想像是單一複數一樣 (善惡和一的意思)
My crew and me commit atrocities like we got immunity
我們信仰暴力，像是我們免疫
You guessed it, manifest it in tangible goods, platinum Rolexed it
比喻實體，就像白金勞力士一樣
We don't lease, we buy the whole car, as you should
我們不租車，一次付清，你也應該這樣
My confederation, dead a nation, explode!
我們對國家有危
On detonation, overload the mind of a sad patient
引爆的話，那是因為無奈的超載
When it boils to steam, it comes to it
當滾燙到了沸點，就是爆炸的時間
We all fiends, gotta do it, even righteous minds go through this
我們都是惡魔，非得如此。就算是虔誠的人也得這樣
True, this history school us to spend our money foolish
沒錯，歷史教導我們傻傻地浪費
Bond with jewelers and watch for intruders
借貸珠寶名錶讓人搶劫
I stepped it up another level, meditated like a Buddhist
我到了另一個境界，像個佛祖班地思考
Recruited lieutenants with ludicrous dreams of
我用那些豪華幫忙那些可笑夢想
Gettin' cream, "let's do this!" It gets te-di-ous
來幹一票吧，雖然這他媽的實在有夠危險又愚蠢無聊
So I keep one eye open like C-B-S
我得時時刻刻抱持警覺
You see me stressed right? Can I live?
發現我在緊張了吧，哼?
--
第一次被這首歌震撼的時間點是Fade to black的那部記錄片。
慶功宴結束，片尾字母開始roll的時候撥出這一首歌。
那個時間點在我看來，正是Jay成為真正饒舌帝王的時候(剛成為帝王就宣告退休XD)
真是種超epic(史詩)的感覺，而且意外地，和我的人生觀很像。
不信你看下面
我的離開cover[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Nboi_2e_4]
來
我的臉書看看吧
