Videoclip
Rica
Make your mind up
– Desidí
Are you gonna stay with me, lay with me tonight?
– Bo ta keda ku mi, bo ta drumi ku mi awe nochi?
Tonight
– Awe nochi
When life gets rough, how can I complain? I got bros in jail, so it could be worse
– Ora bida bira difísil, kon mi por keha? Mi tin ruman hòmber den prizòn, pues e por ta mas pió.
I put up the bread for my broski’s funeral, that was my first time bookin’ a hearse
– Mi a pone pan pa e entiero di mi Broski, esei tabata e promé biaha ku mi a kumpra un outo funerario.
I sold coke to the white people in the ends, I’m glad that my hood’s diverse
– Mi a bende coca na e blankonan na final, mi ta kontentu ku mi barrio ta diverso.
I’m writin’ a verse, and my sis told me that my niece is listenin’, please don’t—
– Mi ta skirbi un vers, i mi ruman muhé a bisa mi ku mi sobrina ta skucha, por fabor, no—
How do I put this pain into words? Like a bullet from a gun, it burns
– Kon mi ta pone e doló aki den palabra? Manera un bala di un arma, e ta kima
Slept on the bando sofa, and I woke up with spots on my face from germs
– Mi a drumi riba e sofá banda i a lanta ku mancha di germen riba mi kara
I feel betrayed by my girl, you were ungrateful when I gave you the Merc’
– Mi ta sinti mi traishoná pa mi mucha muhé, bo tabata ingrato ora Mi A duna Bo Merc’
Even though I’m a man, I should hide it, I swallow my pride and say that it hurts
– Aunke mi ta un hòmber, mi mester skonde esaki, mi ta kome mi orguyo i bisa ku e ta doló
I’m lit right now, I got motion, but I still need a plan B cah tables turn
– Mi ta na e momento aki, mi tin moveshon, pero ainda mi mester di un plan B cah kambio di mesa
Negotiation landed at twenty-five M, I’m makin’ the label work
– E negoshashon a yega na 25 M, mi ta hasiendo e etiketa funshoná
I won’t even lie, I put family second, I’m sorry, the money’s my main concern
– Mi no ta ni gaña, mi ta pone famia na di dos lugá, mi ta lamentá, plaka ta mi preokupashon prinsipal
If my funds are low, I get suicidal, so I gotta put paper first
– Si mi fondo ta abou, mi ta bira suicida, p’esei mi mester pone e papel promé.
If I don’t pay the bills, then who will?
– Si mi no paga e fakturanan, ken lo hasié?
Remember I felt like the man, got train OT, two days, got two bills
– Kòrda ku mi a sinti mi mes manera e hòmber, mi a subi e trein, dos dia, mi a risibí dos faktura
Open my mind, I’m feelin’ limitless, just like the film, popped two pills
– Habri mi mente, mi ta sinti mi ilimitá, manera den e pelíkula, mi a tuma dos pilula
It’s a full-circle moment, I come out the Nike HQ with a shoe deal
– Ta un momento di circulo completo, mi ta sali for Di E sede Di Nike cu un trato di sapato
I still didn’t lose ambition
– Mi no a pèrdè mi ambishon ainda
When the shower never got warm and the ceiling leakin’, the roof was drippin’
– Ora e dushi nunka tabata kalorá i e dak tabata gota, e dak tabata gota
We can go to the same optician, I’m afraid you won’t view man’s vision
– Nos por bai e mesun optica, mi tin miedo cu bo no lo mira e vision di hende.
Me and Ybeeez linked up with Columbia, still just us on a two-man mission
– Ybeeez y ami a conecta Cu Columbia, nos ta keda nos so den un mision di dos homber
If I made a short film and put it on YouTube, it would need viewer’s discretion
– Si mi a traha un cortometraje i pone Riba YouTube, lo mi mester di e diskrecion di e espectador
Livin’ a movie, I can’t press pause or fast-forward when a scene gets graphic
– Biba un pelíkula, mi no por preshoná pausa òf avansá lihé ora un sèn bira gráfiko
Five-percent tints on all of the whips, I cannot get seen in traffic
– Tintu di sinku porshento riba tur whip, mi no por wòrdu mirá den tráfiko
Made some P’s and left the street, relieved, but none of my grief did vanish
– Mi a Hasi Algun P i a sali for di kaya, aliviá, pero nada di mi doló a disparsé.
Me and my girl keep bumpin’ heads, I feel like I’m speakin’—
– Mi mucha muhé i mi ta sigui bati kabes, mi ta sinti ku mi ta papia—
¿Cómo estás? Muy bien, what’s good? How you been?
– Kon bo ta? Bon, kiko ta bon? Kon bo tabata?
I say I’m alright, but I’m stressed within, deep breaths won’t help with the mess I’m in
– Mi ta bisa ku mi ta bon, pero mi ta stresá paden, e rosea profundo lo no yuda ku e desaster den kua mi ta envolví.
I hope my good deeds outweigh all the fuckery, I’m tryna repent my sins
– Mi ta spera ku mi bon akshonnan ta surpasá tur kos, mi ta purba di repentí di mi pikánan
Already rich, still grindin’, how greedy, I’m still not content with M’s
– Mi ta riku kaba, mi ta keda hari, kon ganadó, mi no ta kontentu ainda Ku M
If I don’t pay the bills, then who will?
– Si mi no paga e fakturanan, ken lo hasié?
Remember I felt like the man, got train OT, two days, got two bills
– Kòrda ku mi a sinti mi mes manera e hòmber, mi a subi e trein, dos dia, mi a risibí dos faktura
Open my mind, I’m feelin’ limitless, just like the film, popped two pills
– Habri mi mente, mi ta sinti mi ilimitá, manera den e pelíkula, mi a tuma dos pilula
It’s a full-circle moment, I come out the Nike HQ with a shoe deal
– Ta un momento di circulo completo, mi ta sali for Di E sede Di Nike cu un trato di sapato
Alright
– Bon
Single-parent household, livin’ on benefits, council housin’ tenant
– Un kas ku un mayor so, ku ta biba di benefisionan, un hóben di konseho
Restraining order, cemetery visits, hard drug habits, our life weren’t pleasant
– Orden di restriksyon, bishita na cementerio, kustumbernan di droga duru, nos bida no tabata agradabel
Took away our innocence, we don’t wanna die, we rely on weapons
– E ta kita nos inocencia, nos no kier muri, nos ta depende di arma
Hood ambience, I’m used to fallin’ asleep to the sound of sirens
– Ambiente di campana, mi ta kustumbrá na drumi ku e zonido di sirena
So I don’t know if I like this change, it’s too quiet
– Pues mi no sa si mi gusta e kambio aki, e ta muchu trankil
You’ll always think that the grass is greener till you step foot over there and try it
– Semper bo lo pensa ku e yerba ta mas berde te ora bo pone un pia einan i purba
You can have financial freedom, but the P don’t stop people dyin’
– Bo por tin libertat finansiero, pero P no ta stòp hende di muri
Invest in guns for the ends, won’t help them, war won’t stop, the beef’s still fryin’
– Invertí den arma pa e metanan, e no ta yuda nan, e guera no ta stòp, e karni ta friu ainda
I’m not ridin’, I’m the one decidin’
– Mi no ta montá, ami ta esun ku ta disidí
Got my brothers for life, through right or wrong, I’m standin’ strong beside him
– Mi tin mi rumannan pa bida largu, bon òf malu, mi ta fuerte banda di dje
When you’re the one providin’ in a yes-man environment, everyone biased
– Ora ta abo ta duna den un ambiente di hende ku sí, tur ta parsial
More money, less violence, time is free but somehow priceless
– Mas plaka, ménos violensia, tempu ta gratis pero di un manera òf otro no tin preis
So watch how you spend it wisely
– P’esei wak kon bo ta gasta esaki sabiamente
If I don’t pay the bills, then who will?
– Si mi no paga e fakturanan, ken lo hasié?
Remember I felt like the man, got train OT, two days, got two bills
– Kòrda ku mi a sinti mi mes manera e hòmber, mi a subi e trein, dos dia, mi a risibí dos faktura
Open my mind, I’m feelin’ limitless, just like the film, popped two pills
– Habri mi mente, mi ta sinti mi ilimitá, manera den e pelíkula, mi a tuma dos pilula
It’s a full-circle moment, I come out the Nike HQ with a shoe deal
– Ta un momento di circulo completo, mi ta sali for Di E sede Di Nike cu un trato di sapato
Make your mind up
– Desidí
Are you gonna stay with me, lay with me tonight?
– Bo ta keda ku mi, bo ta drumi ku mi awe nochi?
Tonight
– Awe nochi
Girl, make your mind up
– Mucha, disidí.
Are you gonna stay with me, stay with me tonight?
– Bo ta keda ku mi, keda ku mi awe nochi?
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah-yeah
– Oh-sí, oh-sí-sí
