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“Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings”
– “Ecce ego eram agnus dei ire non facile ad nocere affectus tuus”
“But I’m only going to get this one chance” (Six minutes—, six minutes—)
– “Sed im’ tantum iens impetro huic casu “(Sex minuta -, sex minuta—)
“Something’s wrong, I can feel it” (Six minutes, Slim Shady, you’re on!)
– “Aliquid mali, sentire possum ” (Sex minuta, Gracili Umbrosa, es!)
“Just a feeling I’ve got, like something’s about to happen, but I don’t know what.
– “Ego iustus got a sensu, sicut aliquid fit ut suus, sed nescio quid.
If that means what I think it means, we’re in trouble, big trouble;
– Si autem bene, quid me cedis, inquies, ;
And if he is as bananas as you say, I’m not taking any chances”
– Si lo necesitas, aquí tienes un diccionario.”
“You are just what the doc ordered”
– “Tu iustus es quod doc iussit”
I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– Inicio “banderas” men “clothings” deus Rapit
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Omnes gentes a fronte ad dorsum nutus, retro nutus
Now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
– Nunc, quis putat arma sua satis longa esse ad capsam alapam, capsam alapam?
They said I rap like a robot, so call me Rap-bot
– Dixerunt ei: raptor sicut robot, sic voca Me Rap-bot
But for me to rap like a computer it must be in my genes
– Is sub me computatore ludit
I got a laptop in my back pocket
– Ego got a laptop in sinum dorsum meum
My pen’ll go off when I half-cock it
– Calamum meum abibo cum dimidium-gallus eam
Got a fat knot from that rap profit
– Nodum pinguem obtinuit ab illo rap lucrum
Made a livin’ and a killin’ off it
– Factum est autem livin et killin ‘ off eam
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
– Cum bill Clinton umquam esset adhuc in officio
With Monica Lewinsky feelin’ on his nutsack
– Cum Monica lewinsky feelin ‘ in sua veiuit
I’m an MC still as honest
– RP iste HOMO cum reliquis
But as rude and as indecent as all hell
– Sed tam rudis et tam indecens quam omnes inferni
Syllables, skill-a-holic (Kill ’em all with)
– Syllabae, arte-a-holic (omnes Cum Occidere ‘ em)
This flippity dippity-hippity hip-hop
– Haec flippity dippity-hippopotamiae
You don’t really wanna get into a pissin’ match
– Tu vero non audebas me admonere in hanc epistolam
With this rappity brat, packin’ a MAC in the back of the Ac’
– Cum hac rapacitate brat, packin’mac in tergo Ac’
Backpack rap crap, yap-yap, yackety-yack
– Rp noli mihi esse, jackety-yack
And at the exact same time, I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I’m practicin’ that
– Et in eodem tempore, ego conatus dum im ‘stunts haec lyrici acrobat practicin’ quod
I’ll still be able to break a motherfuckin’ table
– Ego tamen potest conteram a motherfuckin ‘ mensam
Over the back of a couple of faggots and crack it in half
– Super dorsum duorum faggotum et resiliunt in medium
Only realized it was ironic, I was signed to Aftermath after the fact
– Tantum intellexit quod esset irrisorie, Ego Signati Ad Chordus post factum
How could I not blow? All I do is drop F-bombs
– Cur non flare? Omnes ego facio Gutta F-bombs
Feel my wrath of attack
– Racconto di un attacco
Rappers are havin’ a rough time period, here’s a maxi pad
– Rappers sunt havin ‘ tempus asperum, hic codex maxi
It’s actually disastrously bad for the wack
– Malum est actu perniciose wack
While I’m masterfully constructing this masterpièce
– Dum hoc magisterio construo
‘Cause I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– ‘Ego incipiam causam, ut sentio amo A Rap Deus, Rap Dei
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Omnes gentes a fronte ad dorsum nutus, retro nutus
Now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
– Nunc, quis putat arma sua satis longa esse ad capsam alapam, capsam alapam?
Let me show you maintainin’ this shit ain’t that hard, that hard
– Et hoc est quod dicit conservando ‘ haec igitur pars manifeste est impossibilis,
Everybody want the key and the secret to rap immortality like Ι have got
– Omnes volunt clavem et secretum rapere Immortalitatem Sicut Et Sic Habent
Well, to be truthful the blueprint’s
– Si quis vero blueprint est
Simply rage and youthful exuberance
– Simpliciter iram et iuvenilem exuberantiam
Everybody loves to root for a nuisance
– Omnes enim amat radix nocumentum
Hit the Earth like an asteroid
– Ledo Terram sicut asteroidum
Did nothing but shoot for the Moon since (Pew!)
– Nihil nisi Mitterent ad Lunam quoniam (Pew!)
MCs get taken to school with this music
– Cicerone si autoinvita a scuola con questa musica
‘Cause I use it as a vehicle to “bus the rhyme”
– “É loucura fixar o olhar no que rapidamente passa”.
Now I lead a new school full of students
– Nunc novam scholam discipulorum plenam duco
Me? I’m a product of Rakim
– Me? Ego sum productum ex Rakim
Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac, N.W.A, Cube, hey Doc, Ren
– Lakim Sabazz, 2Pac, N. W. A, Cubus, Heus Doc, Ren
Yella, Eazy, thank you, they got Slim
– Yella, Ezy, gratias tibi ago, gracili obtinuit
Inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and be in a position
– Satis inspirati ad unum diem crescunt, flare et in positione esse
To meet Run–D.M.C., and induct them
– Ad occursum Run-D. M. C. et inducere illos
Into the motherfuckin’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
– In motherfuckin ‘ Rock et Roll Praetorium Famae
Even though I’ll walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames
– Etiamsi in ecclesia ambulabo et in pila flammarum erumpam
Only Hall of Fame I’ll be inducted in is the alcohol of fame
– Tantum Aula famae inducam vocatus famae est
On the wall of shame
– De muro romano visitando
You fags think it’s all a game, ’til I walk a flock of flames
– Tu fags puto suus ‘a omnes ludum,’ dum ambulo grex flammarum
Off a plank and, tell me what in the fuck are you thinkin’?
– Et dic mihi, quid putas in irrumabo’?
Little gay-lookin’ boy
– Puer parvus hilaris-lookin
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face, lookin’ boy (Ha-ha!)
– Ita hilaris vix possum dicere faciem rectam, lookin ‘ puer (Ha-ha!)
You’re witnessin’ a mass-occur
– Am hoc est testimonium vel [am] o quod occurrit
Like you’re watching a church gathering take place, lookin’ boy
– Sicut vos erant ‘vigilo a congregatione ecclesiae accipere locum, lookin’ puer
“Oy vey, that boy’s gay!”—that’s all they say, lookin’ boy
– “Oh, oh, pueri!”- quod suus ‘omnes dicunt, lookin’ puer
You get a thumbs up, pat on the back
– Pollex sursum accipis, pat a tergo
And a “way to go” from your label every day, lookin’ boy
– Et a “via ire ” ex pittacium tuum quotidie, lookin ‘ puer
Hey, lookin’ boy! What you say, lookin’ boy?
– Salve, puer! Quid dicis, o puer?
I get a “hell yeah” from Dre, lookin’ boy
– Ego adepto a “infernum yeah” ex Dre, lookin ‘ puer
I’ma work for everything I have, never asked nobody for shit
– Im ‘ opus omne enim habeo, numquam nemo quaesivit pro stercore
Get outta my face, lookin’ boy!
– Ut outta faciem meam, lookin ‘ puer!
Basically, boy, you’re never gonna be capable
– Plerumque, puer, numquam amet capax es
Of keepin’ up with the same pace, lookin’ boy, ’cause—
– De keepin ‘cum eodem pace, lookin’ puer, ‘ causa—
I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– Inicio “banderas” men “clothings” deus Rapit
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Omnes gentes a fronte ad dorsum nutus, retro nutus
The way I’m racin’ around the track, call me NASCAR, NASCAR
– Ego sum via racin, circum semita, voca me NASCAR, NASCAR
Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, the White Trash God
– Dale Earnhardt parcum sequor, Quisquiliae Albae Deus
Kneel before General Zod
– Genua ante Generalis Zod
This planet’s Krypton—no, Asgard, Asgard
– Haec Planeta krypton-non, Asgardus, Asgardus
So you’ll be Thor and I’ll be Odin
– Et Tu Eris Thor et Ego Ero Odin
You rodent, I’m omnipotent
– Rhamnusium se aiebat omnipotens
Let off, then I’m reloadin’
– Repellat et sunt repellat’
Immediately with these bombs I’m totin’
– Statim cum his bombs sum totin’
And I should not be woken
– Non debere [f] auguriari nec observare magos et ariolos
I’m the walkin’ dead, but I’m just a talkin’ head, a zombie floatin’
– Ego walkin ‘mortuus est, sed sum iustus talkin ‘caput, a zombie floatin’
But I got your mom deep-throatin’
– Sed ego got vestri mom altum-throatin’
I’m out my Ramen Noodle
– Sunt ut nostrum Nostrum
We have nothin’ in common, poodle
– Nothin habemus ‘ in communi, poodle
I’m a Doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage, pupil
– Ego Sum Doberman, premunt te in brachium tuum et homagium, pupillam
It’s me, my honesty’s brutal
– Est mihi, mihi inhumanum est honestas
But it’s honestly futile if I don’t utilize what I do though
– Si vero non est dicendum quid faciat
For good at least once in a while
– Nam bonum saltem semel in a dum
So I wanna make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle enough rhymes
– Volo igitur fac alicubi in hoc pullum vulnus ego scribble et doodle satis rithimorum
To maybe try to help get some people through tough times
– Ut fortasse conantur adiuvare aliquos homines per tempora difficilia
But I gotta keep a few punchlines
– Sed redditus sum paucis pugnis
Just in case ’cause even you unsigned
– Sicut si ‘causa etiam tu unsigned
Rappers are hungry lookin’ at me like it’s lunchtime
– Rappers esurientem lookin ‘ mihi placet prandium
I know there was a time where once I
– Scio ubi olim fuit tempus ego
Was king of the underground
– Erat rex sub terra
But I still rap like I’m on my Pharoahe Monch grind
– Ego sum qui Sum In Pharao Monch tere
So I crunch rhymes, but sometimes when you combine
– Sic rithimos frango, sed interdum cum coniungis
Appeal with the skin color of mine
– Appellatio cum colore cutis mea
You get too big and here they come tryin’
– Id maiores et qui veniam tryin’
To censor you like that one line
– Censor tibi placet una linea
I said on “I’m Back” from The Mathers LP 1 when I
– Ego dixi “Retro ” ex Mathers LP 1 quando
Tried to say I’ll take seven kids from Columbine
– Conati sunt dicere ego septem haedos ex Columbiano accipiam
Put ’em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver and a 9
– Pone ‘ em omnes in linea, addere AK-47, revolver et 9
See if I get away with it now that I ain’t as big as I was, but I’m
– Vide si nunc cum illo abeo quod non tam magnus sum quam fui, sed sum
Morphin’ into an immortal, comin’ through the portal
– Immortalitatis est gratiam consecutus,
You’re stuck in a time warp from 2004 though
– 2004 in attesa di compimento
And I don’t know what the fuck that you rhyme for
– Nescio quid agerem nada bottle
You’re pointless as Rapunzel with fuckin’ cornrows
– Tu es frustra Sicut Rapunzel cum fuckin ‘ angulis terminantur
You write normal? Fuck being normal!
– Scribis normalis? Couche avec sa putain.
And I just bought a new raygun from the future
– Ego iustus emit novum raygun a futuro
Just to come and shoot ya, like when Fabolous made Ray J mad
– Venite, et disperdamus eam de Loco, Cum Fabulosa Facta Ray J insanire
‘Cause Fab said he looked like a fag at Mayweather’s pad
– ‘Causa Fab dixit se tamquam codex Fag apud Mayweather
Singin’ to a man while he played piano
– Cantare ‘ ad hominem dum played piano
Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel
– Homo, o homo, quod erat 24/7 speciale in fune canali
So Ray J went straight to the radio station
– Sic Ray J recta ad stationem radiophonicam abiit
The very next day, “Hey Fab, I’ma kill you!”
– Il giorno seguente, “Heus Fab, im’ interficere te!”
Lyrics comin’ at you at supersonic speed (J.J. Fad)
– Lyrics comin ‘ ad vos celeritas supersonica (J. J. Fad)
Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin’ I’m a human
– -Summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, tu assumin ‘ io sono un uomo
What I gotta do to get it through to you? I’m superhuman
– Quid faciam si non revertes? Sunt superbus
Innovative and I’m made of rubber so that anything you say is ricochetin’ off of me and it’ll glue to you and
– Eget porttitor et factus sum e flexilis ut aliquid quod dicis ricochetin est’ et me alias tanto honore [honorasti] postmodum, et damna maxima intulisti.
I’m devastating, more than ever demonstrating
– Im ‘ vastare, quam unquam demonstrandum
How to give a motherfuckin’ audience a feeling like it’s levitating
– Quam dare motherfuckin ‘ a affectum sicut suus levitating
Never fading, and I know the haters are forever waiting
– Numquam evacuatur, et scio osores in aeternum exspectantes
For the day that they can say I fell off, they’ll be celebrating
– Dies enim, quo cecidi, dicere possunt, celebrabunt
‘Cause I know the way to get ’em motivated
– ‘Scio causam ut’ em motivated
I make elevating music, you make elevator music
– Elevatio autem fit per musicam, et per elevationem
“Oh, he’s too mainstream.”
– “O suus’ quoque amet.”
Well, that’s what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it
– Bene, id quod faciunt cum invident, confundunt
“It’s not hip-hop, it’s pop,”—’cause I found a hella way to fuse it
– “Non est hip-saliunt, suus’ pop, ” – ‘ causam inveni hella viam fuse eam
With rock, shock rap with Doc
– Cum petram, ictus Inpulsa Cum Doc
Throw on “Lose Yourself” and make ’em lose it
– Es increíble que él pierda el tren
“I don’t know how to make songs like that
– “Nescio quo modo praetervolavit hic cantus
I don’t know what words to use.”
– Nescio quo pacto placeat facere.”
Let me know when it occurs to you
– Sciam quando tibi occurrat
While I’m rippin’ any one of these verses that versus you
– Dum ego rippin’ recordamini: et uos non fuistis, et creati estis;
It’s curtains, I’m inadvertently hurtin’ you
– Est cortinarum vela, im ‘imprudens hurtin’ te
How many verses I gotta murder to
– Quam multos versus mihi redditus est homicidium
Prove that if you were half as nice, your songs you could sacrifice virgins too?!
– Proba quod si dimidium eras sicut delicatus, carmina tua etiam virgines immolare potuisti?!
Ugh, school flunky, pill junkie
– Ugh, schola flunky, pill junkie
But look at the accolades these skills brung me
– Sed vide accolades hae artes me brung
Full of myself, but still hungry
– Plenus ipse, sed adhuc esurit
I bully myself ’cause I make me do what I put my mind to
– Ego ipse probus ‘ causam facio quod mentem meam pono
And I’m a million leagues above you
– Et decies centena millia foedera supra te sum
Ill when I speak in tongues, but it’s still tongue-in-cheek, fuck you
– Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco,
I’m drunk, so, Satan, take the fucking wheel
– Ego sum ebrius, ita, satanas, accipere fucking rota
I’ma sleep in the front seat
– Ego in prima sede dormio
Bumpin’ Heavy D and the Boyz, still “Chunky but Funky”
– Bumpin ‘Gravis D et Boyz, adhuc ” Chunky sed Ranky”
But in my head there’s something I can feel tugging and struggling
– Sed in capite meo est aliquid quod sentio luctantem et luctantem
Angels fight with devils and here’s what they want from me
– Angeli pugnant cum diabolis et hic est quod volunt a me
They’re askin’ me to eliminate some of the women hate
– Sunt askin ‘ mihi ut eliminate quidam ex mulieribus odio
But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred
– Et si quid forte ignorat odium amarum
I have, then you may be a little patient
– Habeo, tunc parum patiens sis
And more sympathetic to the situation
– Et magis aequos situ
And understand the discrimination
– 3 contra discriminationem
But fuck it, life’s handin’ you lemons? Make lemonade then!
– Sed irrumabo eam, vitam handin ‘ tu citrea? Fac igitur lemonade!
But if I can’t batter the women
– An non licet mihi quod volo feminam
How the fuck am I supposed to bake ’em a cake then?
– Quam irrumabo ego volo ad coquendum ‘ em crustulam tunc?
Don’t mistake him for Satan
– Et non insultent In eum Diabolus
It’s a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas and take a vacation
– Suus a fatalem errorem si putas me oportet esse transmarinis et accipies vacation
To trip a broad, and make her fall on her face and
– Ad iter latum, et fac super faciem eius cadere et
Don’t be a retard—be a king? Think not
– Noli esse retardare—esse regem? Non credi
Why be a king when you can be a god?
– Quare rex es, cum deus esse potes?
