Videyo Clip
Lyrics
Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
– Gade, si ou te gen yon sèl piki oswa yon sèl opòtinite
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
– Pou sezi tout bagay ou te janm vle nan yon moman
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
– Èske ou ta kaptire li oswa jis kite li glise?
Yo
– Yo
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
– Palmis li yo swe, jenou yo fèb, bra yo lou
There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti
– Gen vomisman sou sweat li deja, espageti manman an
He’s nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready
– Li se nève, men sou sifas la, li sanble kalm ak pare
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
– Pou lage bonm, men li kenbe sou bliye
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
– Sa li te ekri, tout foul moun yo ale tèlman fò
He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out
– Li louvri bouch li, men mo yo pa pral soti
He’s chokin’, how? Everybody’s jokin’ now
– Li ap boulvèse, ki jan? Tout moun ap jwe jwèt kounye a
The clock’s run out, time’s up, over, blaow
– Tan an kouri soti, tan an se moute, sou, blaow
Snap back to reality, ope, there goes gravity
– Snap tounen nan reyalite, ope, gen ale gravite
Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he’s so mad
– Ope, Gen Ale Lapen, li te boulvèse, li tèlman fache
But he won’t give up that easy, no, he won’t have it
– Men, li pa pral bay moute ki fasil, non, li pa pral gen li
He knows his whole back’s to these ropes, it don’t matter
– Li konnen tout do l ‘ nan kòd sa yo, li pa gen pwoblèm
He’s dope, he knows that, but he’s broke, he’s so stagnant
– Li se dope, li konnen sa, men li se kase, li se konsa stagnant
He knows when he goes back to this mobile home, that’s when it’s
– Li konnen lè li retounen nan mobil kay sa a, se lè sa a li
Back to the lab again, yo, this old rhapsody
– Retounen nan laboratwa a ankò, yo, sa a rapsody fin vye granmoun
Better go capture this moment and hope it don’t pass him
– Pi bon ale kaptire moman sa a epi espere ke li pa pase l
You better lose yourself in the music
– Ou pi bon pèdi tèt ou nan mizik la
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– Moman an, ou posede li, ou pi bon pa janm kite l ale (Ale)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Ou sèlman jwenn yon sèl piki, pa manke chans ou a kònen
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– Okazyon sa a vini yon fwa nan yon lavi, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
– Ou pi bon pèdi tèt ou nan mizik la
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– Moman an, ou posede li, ou pi bon pa janm kite l ale (Ale)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Ou sèlman jwenn yon sèl piki, pa manke chans ou a kònen
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– Okazyon sa a vini yon fwa nan yon lavi, yo
You better
– Ou pi bon
His soul’s escaping through this hole that is gaping
– Nanm li ap chape nan twou sa a ki se gaping
This world is mine for the taking, make me king
– Mond sa a se pou mwen pou pran, fè m wa
As we move toward a new world order
– Pandan n ap deplase nan direksyon yon nouvo lòd mondyal
A normal life is boring, but superstardom’s
– Yon lavi nòmal se raz, men superstardom a
Close to post-mortem, it only grows harder
– Toupre post-mortem, li sèlman ap grandi pi rèd
Homie grows hotter, he blows, it’s all over
– Homie vin pi cho, li soufle, li tout sou
These hoes is all on him, coast-to-coast shows
– Sa yo hoes se tout sou l’, kòt-a-kòt montre
He’s known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads
– Li se ke yo rekonèt kòm globetrotter, lonely roads
God only knows he’s grown farther from home, he’s no father
– Bondye sèlman konnen li te grandi pi lwen lakay, li pa papa
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
– Li ale lakay li e li apèn konnen pwòp pitit fi li
But hold your nose ’cause here goes the cold water
– Men kenbe nen ou paske isit la ale dlo a frèt
These hoes don’t want him no mo’, he’s cold product
– Sa yo hoes pa vle l’ pa gen mo’, li se pwodwi frèt
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
– Yo te deplase sou nan pwochen schmoe ki koule
He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera
– Li te plonje nan nen li e li te vann nada, se konsa opera savon an
Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it’s old, partner
– Se te di, li dewoulman, mwen devine li se fin vye granmoun, patnè
But the beat goes on, da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah-dah-dah
– Men, bat la kontinye, da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah-dah-dah
You better lose yourself in the music
– Ou pi bon pèdi tèt ou nan mizik la
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– Moman an, ou posede li, ou pi bon pa janm kite l ale (Ale)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Ou sèlman jwenn yon sèl piki, pa manke chans ou a kònen
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– Okazyon sa a vini yon fwa nan yon lavi, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
– Ou pi bon pèdi tèt ou nan mizik la
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– Moman an, ou posede li, ou pi bon pa janm kite l ale (Ale)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Ou sèlman jwenn yon sèl piki, pa manke chans ou a kònen
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– Okazyon sa a vini yon fwa nan yon lavi, yo
You better
– Ou pi bon
No more games, I’ma change what you call rage
– Pa gen plis jwèt, mwen pral chanje sa ou rele kòlè
Tear this motherfuckin’ roof off like two dogs caged
– Chire sa a motherfucking ‘ touf tankou de chen nan kaj
I was playin’ in the beginning, the mood all changed
– Mwen te jwe nan kòmansman an, atitid la tout chanje
I’ve been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
– Mwen te manje moute ak krache soti ak booed soti nan sèn nan
But I kept rhymin’ and stepped right in the next cypher
– Men, mwen te kenbe rim’ ak te mache dwa nan pwochen cypher la
Best believe somebody’s payin’ the Pied Piper
– Pi bon kwè yon moun ap peye Pied Piper la
All the pain inside amplified by the
– Tout doulè anndan anplifye pa
Fact that I can’t get by with my nine-to-
– Lefèt ke mwen pa ka jwenn pa ak mwen nèf-a-
Five and I can’t provide the right type of life for my family
– Senk e mwen pa ka bay bon kalite lavi pou fanmi mwen
‘Cause, man, these goddamn food stamps don’t buy diapers
– Paske, nonm, sa yo bon manje madichon pa achte kouchèt
And there’s no movie, there’s no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
– E pa gen okenn fim, pa gen Okenn Mekhi Phifer, sa a se lavi mwen
And these times are so hard, and it’s gettin’ even harder
– E fwa sa yo tèlman difisil, e li ap vin pi difisil toujou
Tryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter
– Eseye manje ak dlo grenn mwen an, plis teeter-totter
Caught up between bein’ a father and a prima donna
– Te kenbe ant ke yo te yon papa ak yon prima donna
Baby-mama drama, screamin’ on her, too much for me to wanna
– Ti bebe-mama dram, kriye sou li, twò anpil pou m ‘ vle
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony’s gotten me
– Rete nan yon sèl kote, yon lòt jou nan monotoni te resevwa m’
To the point I’m like a snail, I’ve got
– Nan pwen mwen tankou yon eskalye, mwen gen
To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
– Pou fòmile yon konplo oswa fini nan prizon oswa tire
Success is my only motherfuckin’ option, failure’s not
– Siksè se sèl opsyon motherfuckin’ mwen, echèk se pa
Mom, I love you, but this trailer’s got
– Manman, mwen renmen ou, men trelè sa a gen
To go, I cannot grow old in Salem’s Lot
– Pou m ale, mwen pa ka vin granmoun Nan Pakèt Salem la
So here I go, it’s my shot; feet, fail me not
– Se konsa, isit la mwen ale, li nan piki mwen an; pye, echwe m ‘ pa
This may be the only opportunity that I got
– Sa a ka opòtinite a sèlman ke mwen te resevwa
You better lose yourself in the music
– Ou pi bon pèdi tèt ou nan mizik la
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– Moman an, ou posede li, ou pi bon pa janm kite l ale (Ale)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Ou sèlman jwenn yon sèl piki, pa manke chans ou a kònen
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– Okazyon sa a vini yon fwa nan yon lavi, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
– Ou pi bon pèdi tèt ou nan mizik la
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– Moman an, ou posede li, ou pi bon pa janm kite l ale (Ale)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Ou sèlman jwenn yon sèl piki, pa manke chans ou a kònen
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– Okazyon sa a vini yon fwa nan yon lavi, yo
You better
– Ou pi bon
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
– Ou ka fè anyen ou mete tèt ou nan, nonm
