To The Listeners-Eric B. & Rakim

[ti:To The Listeners] [ar:Eric B. & Rakim] [al:Follow The Leader] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To The Listeners - Eric B. & Rakim [00:52.65]Its to the listeners, for those
这是给听众准备的 [00:54.70]That have a ear for this
给那些愿意倾听的人 [00:55.84]State of the art, engineered for the mix
这种艺术，是一种混合形式 [00:57.75]Eardrums are playing along to
要认真听我说 [00:58.78]What I'm sayin you're singin a song
你正在唱着歌 [01:00.86]Stevie blass on the keyboard,
Stevie弹着键盘 [01:02.28]Swingin along
一起摇摆 [01:03.07]But you don't have to dance,
但你不必跳舞 [01:04.32]Play it cool and listen
耍着酷，听着音乐 [01:05.58]My djs mixin, and I'll do the quizzin
我会做混音 [01:08.33]Cause who is number one if
谁会是第一呢 [01:09.49]Not best then better
找到最好的 [01:10.41] [01:11.18]Heres a hint: the 18th letter
这有一个提示 第十八个字母 [01:12.69] [01:13.33]The rhymes is sportable,
旋律是跳动的 [01:14.49]Microphone is portable
麦克风是便携式的 [01:15.13]For any immortal man,
对于任何一个不朽的人来说 [01:16.83]Swords is not affordable
无法承受这一切 [01:18.46]Never take a loss cause
也没有必要承担损失 [01:19.67]I'm hard to beat
因为我很难被打倒 [01:20.95]I ain't cheap but don't sell
我很贫穷 却不会出卖梦想 [01:21.98]Me a dream I don't sleep
我不睡觉 [01:23.51]I'm paid in full, so save the bull
我付出了全部，所以保住了身价 [01:25.97]This ain't a stick-up, you don't
这不是一种坚持 [01:27.98]Have to wave until
直到你感觉不错的时候再挥手 [01:28.51]You feel sure, and you want more
你想要更多 [01:30.34]Then wipe your sweat
擦擦你的汗 [01:31.23]Cause I just wanted to see how
因为我只是想要看看 [01:32.40]Hype you could get
你会有多兴奋 [01:34.11]Cause when I came in the door steppin
因为当我进门 踩响地板 [01:35.43]Hard enough to shake the floor
威震八方 [01:36.70]I just started but the others
我才刚刚开始 [01:37.89]Can't make no more
但其他人也做不了什么 [01:38.58] [01:39.22]Runnin out of beats breaks
节奏停止了 [01:40.29]And out of time
时间耗尽了 [01:41.58]If I was gone, you'd be runnin out of rhymes
如果我离开了，你就没有旋律了 [01:43.77]I improve, record don't have to be long
我将它们弄得完美一些，唱片不用很长 [01:46.58]If its understood and the story is strong
如果它简明易懂 ，故事性强 [01:49.14]You can speak out and hold the
你可以说出来 [01:50.91]Crowd as prisoners
让大家为你所吸引 [01:51.94]The people is peepless, its to the listeners
大家大为赞叹，这是给听众的 [01:54.21] [02:35.61]I'm the lord, for somethin you can absorb
我是上帝，为了让你更用心感受 [02:37.57]Try and control and be cautious
尝试着去控制，但要当心 [02:38.99]But the cuts in a cord
绳子不够用了 [02:40.37]Make me deeper than down,
让我坠落到更深处 [02:41.26]I make the crowd, crowd around
我被人群包围 [02:43.36]People are peepless, cause the soloist found
大家大为赞叹，因为他们发现这是首独奏 [02:45.09] [02:45.66]Phrases, thoughts, made by the r of course
是一段一段的，当然是有思想的 [02:47.74]One thing I do is keep em
我做的其中一件事就是让它们与众不同 [02:49.21]Different, and far from yours
和你的完全不一样 [02:50.39]You keep talkin, when will all
你一直在谈论 [02:52.06]The damage be done?
什么时候所有的损坏能够全部解决 [02:53.17]You say you're rulin but when
你说你会裁定 [02:54.22]I'm in the place you don't come
但当我在的时候你没有来 [02:55.90]Maybe you're waitin, to see
也许你在等 [02:57.53]What I'm makin
想要看看我在做什么 [02:58.45]One more style gets taken,
再多采取一种形式 [02:59.68]Then i maybe breakin
然后我也许就能突破了 [03:00.78]If the patterns are causes, piano is soft
如果形式是原因的话，那么钢琴的声音比较柔和 [03:03.07] [03:03.59]But make it hard for you to start,
但是对你来说开始是很难的 [03:04.90]Where I left off
在我离开的地方 [03:05.59] [03:06.10]You find yourself, till
你找到了自我 [03:07.77]The point is across
直到重要的部分过去了 [03:08.71]You hit reverse to rewind it,
你反复在倒带 [03:10.23]That's when you hit the pause
一直在按暂停键 [03:11.74]I set the scene, first you hear mixin
我设定了场景，首先你听到了混音 [03:13.47]Then the microphone
然后受麦克风恶魔的影响 [03:14.38]Fiends in effect, still listenin?
你仍然在听吗 [03:16.06] [03:16.81]Pay close attention, never before mentioned
密切关注着，这些是之前从未提到过的东西 [03:18.24] [03:19.50]Listen up I got a brand new invention
听着，我有一首全新的创作 [03:21.41]Made from a musician its notes are played crisp
由一位音乐家演奏，音符在跳动着 [03:24.16]But listeners listen to what I wrote on a disc
但听众听到的是我写在唱片上的东西 [03:26.49]Copywritten but still bitten
那些虽然都是复制，但仍然会刺痛人心 [03:28.04]They almost sound like
他们听起来 [03:29.30]Almost pumpin, but it ain't down like
像是流行乐，但又不是 [03:31.83]A records supposed to sound,
应该记录这个声音 [03:33.39]Watch as it go around
看着唱片四处传播 [03:34.73]Records are broken,
记录被打破了 [03:35.64]Smashed into the ground
被砸在了地上 [03:36.72]That ain't my melody, brothers
这不是我的旋律 [03:37.85]Keep runnin up and tellin me
兄弟跑着过来告诉我 [03:39.51]Others are trying to flow
其他人都在试着让它更加流畅 [03:40.85]Smooth and steadily
让它变得更流畅 [03:41.77]Potholes are left in my path
在我前进的道路上到处都是坑洼的地方 [03:43.59]Then I crash and bruise
于是我摔倒受伤了 [03:44.88]Whoever refuse and cruise right past em
不管愿不愿意，伤还是会存在 [03:47.43]Cause I just left to do it for easy whatever
因为我只是留下来做简单的事，无论是否会死 [03:49.54]Death, till I get back you better stay in step
我回来的时候你最好待在那里 [03:52.14]After speaking youll stare,
说完之后，你会盯着我 看我是否在那里 [03:53.47]If I was there your description is
你的药方就是一张 [03:54.81]Letters full of poetical medicine,
充满诗意的信 [03:56.00] [03:57.12]This is for the listeners
这是给听众准备的