Take It Back - Ed Sheeran
I'm not a rapper;
我不是一个说唱歌手
I'm a singer with a flow
我只是个有自己风格的歌手
I've got a habit of spitting
我有随地吐痰的习惯
Quicker lyrics you know
你知道那是因为快速的旋律
You found me ripping the writtens
你发现我撕下
Out of the pages they sit in
他们所在的页面
And never once I get bitten
从未想要报仇
Because plagiarism is hidden
因为剽窃一般是暗地进行
Which I would sit on the rhythm
看我呆在节奏中
Prisoner with a vision
狭隘的视野
Signs of a label,
显而易见
but didn't listen to any criticism
不听任何批评
Thought you knew but you didn't
以为你知道,但你并不知道
So perk your ears up and listen
所以竖起你的耳朵听
Studio is a system
工作室是个完整的体系
And you could say that I'm driven
你可以说我驱动
And now it's on to the next saga
下一个传奇
We drink the best lager
我们喝最好的啤酒
I never tried to win you over
我从未试图赢得你
Like your stepfather
像你的继父
I do my own thing now,
现在我做我自己的事情
and get respect after
然后得到尊重
And I'm avoiding cocaine
我躲着争端
like it was Get Carter
像是电影男主角一般
For four years I never had a place to stay
四年我从没有个固定的居住地
But it's safe to say
但肯定地说
that it kept me grounded like a paperweight
它使我脚踏实地像是书镇使我踏实
At 16 years old, yeah I moved out of my home
十六岁时我搬出家
I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye
我曾是梅西·格雷我想说再见
and I choked
却说不出口
To make from sleeping at the subway station
在地铁站从睡梦中惊醒
To sleeping with a Movie star
跟电影海报一起睡觉
and adding to the population
还有那涌动的人群
Not my imagination, I don't wanna relax
并不是我的想象我不想放松
Would it hurt your reputation
但会损害你的名声
If I put it on wax?
如果我让一切消逝
I'll take it back now...
那能换回一切吗
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
来吧,带回爱
C'mon and take it back for us
来吧,还给我们
Don't you fade into the back love
还是你跟这爱一起消逝
No
不
Take it back with the rhythm and blues
带回我曾经的旋律我的布鲁斯音乐
With my rap pack I'll be singing the news,
还有我的背包我唱歌
Trying to act like Jack Black
试图模仿杰克·布莱克
when I bring 'em to school
当我把那些歌带到学校
I'll make a beat
我只是用脚打着节拍
with my feet by just hitting a loop,
只是一个循环
Bringing the lyrics to prove
让歌词来证明
that I can fit in these shoes,
我可以适应这行
I give you the truth through
也能说出真相
the vocal booth,
在录音棚中唱歌
Stars burst out on
星光出现
the scene like an opal fruit,
像是水果软糖
They try and take aim like Beckham
他们像贝克汉姆
when he goes to shoot,
准备射门时一样试着瞄准
But then again that's
但话又说回来
what they're supposed to do,
这是他们应该做的
And I'm supposed to be calm,
我应该保持冷
I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm,
我将歌词纹在我的胳膊上
Whispering everything
低语着一切
that happens is from now on,
从现在开始
I'll be ready to start again
我愿意重新开始
at the end of the song,
这首歌的结束
Still their claiming that I handled it wrong,
他们仍声称我处理错了
But then I never had an enemy, except for NME,
但我从来没有敌人NME除外
But I'll be selling twice
但我将卖出备份的两倍多
as many copies as the magazines will ever be,
杂志会盯着我
With only spectacles ahead of me
嫉妒我
and festival fees,
节日还有补贴
I'm healthier than a Dalmatian on Pedigree,
我会比达尔马西亚人
Singing for the masses,
还要健康为大众歌唱
Rubber dinghy rapids,
像是急流中的橡皮艇
Keep this rapping a habit
保持这种说唱的习惯
And keep on passioning magic,
保持这种激情
I'm battling for respect,
我才能赢得尊重
I don't know if I'll have it,
我不知道如果我要
This songs from the heart,
由心而唱的歌
Cover the planet
让整个地球都能听到
I'll take it back now
现在我要找回自己
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
来吧,带回爱
C'mon and take it back for us
来吧,还给我们
Don't you fade into the back love
还是你跟这爱一起消逝
No
不
Take it back now
找回自己
Now I don't ever want to be perfect,
我永远都不奢求完美
Cause I'm a singer that you
因为我只是个歌手
Never want to see shirtless
你再也不想看到我赤膊上阵
And I accept the fact
我接受这个事实
that someone has to win worst-dressed,
有人必须得到最差
Taking my first steps into the scene,
我会第一个到达现场
Giving me focus
赢得关注
Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton
假装很勇敢像蒂莫西·道尔顿
Considering a name change,
考虑改名换姓
Thinking it was hopeless
想着没什么可能
Rhyming over recordings
押着韵
Avoiding tradition
避免一尘不变
Cause every day some lyrics
每天写的歌词
And a melody can be written
和旋律
Now absence can make your heart break
现在没有什么可以让你心痛
But drinking absinthe
除开喝苦艾酒
can change your mind-state,vividly,
可以改变你的想法
I need to let my liver be
我需要让我的肝脏再来一次
And I say it again,
再说一遍
Living life on the edge,
生活在边缘
With a closed hand full of friends
满是朋友
Is good advice from a man
这是个男人的建议
Who took his life on the road with me
在路上,他结束了自己的生命
And I hope to see him blowing up globally
我希望能再看到他世界都已被摧毁
Cause that's how it's supposed to be
应该是这样的
I'm screaming out vocally
我尖叫似乎
It might seem totally impossible
这不是真的
Achieving life's dreams
实现人生的梦想
But, but I just write schemes
但是,但我只是写着计划
I'm never having a stylist,
我从不是个设计师
giving me tight jeans
给我紧身牛仔裤
Madison Square Garden is where I might be
麦迪逊广场花园就是我会常呆的地方
But more likely,
但更有可能的是
You'll find me in the back
你会发现我会
Room of a dive bar with my mates
跟我的朋友在潜水酒吧 里
Having a pint with McDaid
喝点酒
Discussing records we made
讨论着我们的唱片
And every single second knowing
每一次的第二名让我知道
That we'll never betray
我们永远不会泄气
The way we were raised
我们提高的方式
Remembering our background
就是记住我们的背景
Sat down
坐了下来
That's how we plan it out;
这就是我们计划
It's time to take it back now
现在是时候把它拿回来
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
来吧,带回爱
C'mon and take it back for us
来吧,还给我们
Don't you fade into the back love
还是你跟这爱一起消逝
No
不
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
来吧,带回爱
C'mon and take it back for us
来吧,还给我们
Don't you fade into the back love
还是你跟这爱一起消逝
No
不