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Que reflejan tu mirada
– Quae reflejan tu mirada
La noche, tú y yo
– Ad nocturnos legitur in illo loco
I got this fire burnin’ in me from within
– Quaeso, quemdam inter vos quaero!
Concentrated thoughts on who I used to be, I’m sheddin’ skin
– Cogitationes concentratae in quibus esse solebam, sum sheddin ‘ pellis
Every day, a new version of me, a third of me demented, cemented in pain
– Quotidie, nova versio mihi, tertia me dementitus, coagmentata in dolore
Juggling opposing kinds of fame
– Praestigiae contraria species famae
I don’t know how to make friends, I’m a lonely soul
– Nescio quid de mea passione tam tristes estis
I recollect this isolation, I was four years old
– Ego hanc solitudinem recolo, quattuor annos natus sum
Truth be told, I’ve been battling my soul
– Et dixit veritas, ego iam pugnans animam meam
Tryna navigate the real and fake
– Tryna navigare verum et fictum
Cynical about the judgement day
– Il giorno del giudizio
I did bad, slight progression last year and it fucked me up
– Feci malum, leve progressum annum et eruditionis habes me
Reincarnated on this earth for a hundred plus
– Reincarnatus in hac terra centum plus
Body after body, lesson after lesson, let’s take it back to Michigan in 1947
– Corpus post corpus, lectio post lectionem, eam ad Michigan anno 1947 recipiamus
My father kicked me out the house ’cause I wouldn’t listen to him
– Pater meus eduxit me in domum ‘causa quia non sentio eum
I didn’t care about his influence, only loved what I was doing
– Ego non curo eius potentia, nisi quod amari ageret
Gifted as a musician, I played guitar on the grand level
– Praeditus ut musicus, cithara in gradu magno lusi
The most talented where I’m from, but I had to rebel
– Maxime ingeniosi ubi sum, sed rebellare habui
And so I’m off in the sunset, searchin’ for my place in the world
– Je vous repeteray, ce que de vous ay escrit de paris, buscar solo en food
With my guitar up on my hip, that’s the story unfurled
– Cum cithara mea in coxam meam, haec fabula explicata est
I found myself with a pocket full of money and a whole lot of respect
– Inveni me sinum plenum pecuniae et totum multum respectu
While the record business loved me
– Dum recordum negotium dilexit me
I was head of rhythm and blues
– Ego eram caput numeris et agnus dei
The women that fell to they feet, so many to choose
– Mulieres, quae ceciderunt ad pedes, tot eligere
But I manipulated power as I lied to the masses
– Sed potentia manipulated sicut mentitus sum ad missas
Died with my money, gluttony was too attractive, reincarnated
– Mortuus est cum pecunia mea, gula nimis venusta erat, reincarnata
Another life had placed me as a Black woman in the Chitlin’ Circuit
– Alius Fuerat positus Est Mihi vita Nigrum mulier In Circuitu Chitlin’
Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains
– Blanda vocalist sicut promotor ledo aulaea
My voice was angelic, straight from heaven, the crowd sobbed
– Vox mea angelica recta de caelo turba sobrius
A musical genius what the articles emphasized
– A musicis ingenio quae articuli extulerunt
Had everything I wanted, but I couldn’t escape addiction
– Quae volui, sed proclivitas effugere non potui
Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted
– Acus heroinae me in foetus positione, restricta
Turned on my family, I went wherever cameras be
– Conversus in familiam meam, veni ubicumque camerae sint
Cocaine, no private planes for my insanity
– Cocaini minimi, nulla privata planis insaniam meam
Self-indulged, discipline never been my sentiments
– Indulgeret, disciplinam numquam mihi animum
I needed drugs, to me, an 8-ball was like penicillin
– Mihi opus medicinae, mihi 8 pila erat sicut penicillinum
Fuck love, my happiness was in that brown sugar
– Couche avec sa putain … beatitudo mea erat in eo brunneis sugar
Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody’s lookin’
– Sexus et melodiae mihi spem dederunt cum nemo lookin’
My first assistant was a small town scholar
– Primus adiutor meus parvus oppidum scholar erat
Never did a Quaalude ’til I got myself around her
– Numquam Fecit Quaalude ‘ donec ego got circa illam
My daddy looked the other way, he saw sin in me
– Pater meus alterum aspexit, vidit peccatum in me
I died with syringes pinched in me, reincarnated
– Mortuus sum syringes strinxit in me, reincarnatus
My present life is Kendrick Lamar
– Dj Khaled Planea trabajar Con Kendrick Lamar
A rapper looking at the lyrics to keep you in awe
– A rapper vultus ad lyrics ut custodiant te in tremendum
The only factor I respected was raisin’ the bar
– Solum elementum ego respexit rasin erat ‘ bar
My instincts sent material straight to the charts, huh
– Mea instinctus misit materiam recta ad chartis, huh
My father kicked me out the house, I finally forgive him
– Pater meus domum calce mihi, tandem ei ignosco
I’m old enough to understand the way I was livin’
– Ego sum senex satis intellegere viam ego livin’
Ego and pride had me looking at him with resentment
– Ego et superbia quae mihi respiciens ad eum cum ira
I close my eyes, hoping that I don’t come off contentious
– Oculos claudo, sperans me non contendere
I’m yelling, “Father, did I finally get it right?” Everything I did was selfless
– Ego clamans, ” Pater, ego tandem adepto ius? “Omnia fecit mihi erat gratuiti
I spoke freely, when the people needed me, I helped them
– Grazie mille, mi sei stata di grande aiuto
I didn’t gloat, even told ’em, “No,” when the vultures came
– Et non dixit: “non,” quando venit vulpes
Took control of my fleshly body when the money changed
– Tulit imperium corporis carnis meae cum pecunia mutata est
Son, you do well, but your heart is closed
– Fili, bene facis, sed clausum est cor tuum
I can tell residue that linger from your past creates a cell
– Residuum dicere possum quod ex praeterito morari cellam gignit
Father, I’m not perfect, I got urges, but I hold them down
– Pater, non sum perfectus, ego got adest, sed tenere eos
But your pride has to die,” okay, Father, show me how
– Tu morieris quia morieris tu, ” ae. di me, pater, cum
Tell me every deed that you done and what you do it for
– Dimmi che casa hai e ti dirò chi sei
I kept one hundred institutions paid
– Centum institutiones servavi solvit
Okay, tell me more
– Bene, dic mihi magis
I put one hundred hoods on one stage
– Centum cucullas in uno gradu posui
Okay, tell me more
– Bene, dic mihi magis
I’m tryna push peace in L.A.
– Ego tryna ventilabis pacem In L. A.
But you love war
– At tu bellum amas
No, I don’t
– Non, non
Oh, yes, you do
– O, quod sic, facis
Okay, then tell me the truth
– Si quis vero [fol
Every individual is only a version of you
– Omnis homo est solum versionem vestrum
How can they forgive when there’s no forgiveness in your heart?
– Quomodo possunt ignoscere, cum nulla sit remissio in corde tuo?
I could tell you where I’m going
– Dic mihi unde venio
I could tell you who you are
– Possum dicere quis es
You fell out of Heaven ’cause you was anxious
– Et cecidit de Caelo causa quia tu es sollicitus
Didn’t like authority, only searched to be heinous
– Non placet auctoritas, solum scrutatus est nefas esse
Isaiah fourteen was the only thing that was prevalent
– Isaias quattuordecim res sola erat quae praevalebat
My greatest music director was you
– Quot principia musicae sunt
It was colors, it was pinks, it was reds, it was blues
– Colores erat, pinks erat, rubra erat, venetae erat
It was harmony and motion
– Erat harmonia et motus
I sent you down to earth ’cause you was broken
– Et prosternetur veritas in terra, et faciet, et prosperabitur.
Rehabilitation, not psychosis
– Rehabilitatio, non psychosis
But now we here now
– Nunc autem hic nunc sumus
Centuries you manipulated man with music
– Saecula vos manipulated homo cum musica
Embodied you as superstars to see how you moving
– Et cum invenerit eam inponit in umeros suos gaudens
You came a long way from garnishing evilish views
– Et tu quidem [65] saeculo illustrando sufficis.
And all I ever wanted from you was love and approval
– Et omne quod volui a te erat amor et approbatio
I learned a lot, no more putting these people in fear
– Multum didici, non amplius hos homines in timore ponere
The more that word is diminished, the more it’s not real
– Quo magis verbum illud minuitur, eo magis verum non est
The more light that I can capture, the more I can feel
– Quo plus lucis est quam capere possum, eo magis sentire possum
I’m using words for inspiration as an idea
– Ego verbis utens ad inspirationem sicut idea
So can you promise that you won’t take your gifts for granted?
– Potesne igitur promittere te munera tua pro concesso non accipere?
I promise that I’ll use my gifts to bring understanding
– Promitto me uti muneribus meis ad intellectum adducere
For every man, woman and child, how much can you vow?
– Omnis enim vir, mulier et puer, quantum potes votum?
I vow my life just to live one in harmony now
– Vovi vitam meam modo vivere in concordia nunc
You crushed a lot of people keeping their thoughts in captivity
– Et oppressi multus of populus observatio eorum cogitationes in captivitatem
And I’m ashamed that I ever created that enemy
– Ego autem pudet quod semper creatum est inimicus
Then let’s rejoice where we at
– Placeat unde autem at
I rewrote the devil’s story just to take our power back, ‘carnated
– Ego iustus rewrote diaboli fabulam ad potentiam nostram retro, ‘ carnated