Videoclip
Rica
Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
– Wak, si bo tin un chèns òf un chèns
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
– Pa haci uso di tur loke semper bo a desea den un momento
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
– Bo lo a kap’é òf simplemente laga e skapa?
Yo
– Mi ta
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
– Su palmanan ta sudá, su rudia ta débil, su brasa ta pisá.
There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti
– E tin vómito den su sweater, e spaghetti di mama
He’s nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready
– E ta nervioso, pero na suela, e ta parse trankil i inteligente.
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
– Pa tira bom, pero e ta keda lubidá
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
– Loke el a skirbi, henter e multitut ta bai asina fuerte
He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out
– E ta habri su boka, pero e palabranan no ta sali.
He’s chokin’, how? Everybody’s jokin’ now
– E ta dronkendo, kon? Tur hende ta broma awor
The clock’s run out, time’s up, over, blaow
– E reloj a kaba, tempu a kaba, kambio, blaow
Snap back to reality, ope, there goes gravity
– Bai bèk na realidat, ope, ei gravedat ta bai
Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he’s so mad
– Ope, ei Rabbit ta bai, e ta strangula, e ta asina loko
But he won’t give up that easy, no, he won’t have it
– Pero e no ta entregá su mes asina fásil, no, e no tin.
He knows his whole back’s to these ropes, it don’t matter
– E sa ku su lomba ta kontra e strings aki, no ta importá.
He’s dope, he knows that, but he’s broke, he’s so stagnant
– E ta bobo, e sa, pero e ta ruiná, e ta asina stagná
He knows when he goes back to this mobile home, that’s when it’s
– E sa ku ora e ta bolbe na e kas mobil aki, ta ora e ta
Back to the lab again, yo, this old rhapsody
– Bek den laboratorio atrobe, mi, e bieu rhapsody aki
Better go capture this moment and hope it don’t pass him
– Mihor mira e momento aki y spera cu e no pasa.
You better lose yourself in the music
– Lo ta mihó pa bo pèrdè bo mes den músika
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– E momento cu bo tin e, ta miho cu nunca laga e bai
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Bo tin solamente un tiru, no pèrdè e chèns pa bula
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– E oportunidat aki ta bini un biaha den bida, mi
You better lose yourself in the music
– Lo ta mihó pa bo pèrdè bo mes den músika
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– E momento cu bo tin e, ta miho cu nunca laga e bai
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Bo tin solamente un tiru, no pèrdè e chèns pa bula
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– E oportunidat aki ta bini un biaha den bida, mi
You better
– Lo ta mihó ku
His soul’s escaping through this hole that is gaping
– Su alma ta sali for di e buraco aki ku ta habri
This world is mine for the taking, make me king
– E mundu aki ta di mi pa bo tuma, hasi mi rei
As we move toward a new world order
– Mientras nos ta avansa pa un orden mundial nobo
A normal life is boring, but superstardom’s
– Un bida normal ta aburrido, pero e fama ta
Close to post-mortem, it only grows harder
– Serka di e otopsia, e ta bira mas difísil
Homie grows hotter, he blows, it’s all over
– Homie ta bira mas kayente, e ta sopla, tur kos ta kaba
These hoes is all on him, coast-to-coast shows
– E hacha aki ta tur den dje, show di kosta pa kosta
He’s known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads
– E ta konosí komo e trotamundos, e kaminda solitario.
God only knows he’s grown farther from home, he’s no father
– Dios so sa ku E ta mas leu for di kas, ku E no ta un tata
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
– E ta bai kas i apenas e konosé su mes yu muhé
But hold your nose ’cause here goes the cold water
– Pero e ta soportá su nès pasobra aki ta bai awa friu
These hoes don’t want him no mo’, he’s cold product
– E hacha aki no ke sin mo’, e ta un produkto friu
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
– Nan a pasa pa e siguiente schmoe ku ta kore
He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera
– El a baha i bende nada, i asina e telenovela
Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it’s old, partner
– E ta bisa, e ta desaroyá, mi ta kere ku e ta bieu, kompanyero
But the beat goes on, da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah-dah-dah
– Pero e ritmo ta sigui, da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah-dah
You better lose yourself in the music
– Lo ta mihó pa bo pèrdè bo mes den músika
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– E momento cu bo tin e, ta miho cu nunca laga e bai
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Bo tin solamente un tiru, no pèrdè e chèns pa bula
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– E oportunidat aki ta bini un biaha den bida, mi
You better lose yourself in the music
– Lo ta mihó pa bo pèrdè bo mes den músika
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– E momento cu bo tin e, ta miho cu nunca laga e bai
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Bo tin solamente un tiru, no pèrdè e chèns pa bula
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– E oportunidat aki ta bini un biaha den bida, mi
You better
– Lo ta mihó ku
No more games, I’ma change what you call rage
– No mas wega, mi ta bai kambia loke bo ta yama rabia
Tear this motherfuckin’ roof off like two dogs caged
– E ta kita e dak maldito aki manera dos kachó den kais
I was playin’ in the beginning, the mood all changed
– Mi tabata hunga na prinsipio, e estado di ánimo a kambia tur kos
I’ve been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
– Mi a ser mashá, spuit i abuchá pafó di e entablado
But I kept rhymin’ and stepped right in the next cypher
– Pero mi a sigui rima i a dal un paso na man drechi den e siguiente sifra
Best believe somebody’s payin’ the Pied Piper
– Mi ta kere ku un Hende ta pagando E Flautista Di Hamelin
All the pain inside amplified by the
– Tur e dolor interno amplifiká pa e
Fact that I can’t get by with my nine-to-
– Mi no por drecha mi mes ku mi nuebe-
Five and I can’t provide the right type of life for my family
– Cinco y mi no por provee e tipo di bida adecuado pa mi famia
‘Cause, man, these goddamn food stamps don’t buy diapers
– Pasobra, hòmber, e kuponan di kuminda maldito aki no ta kumpra paña
And there’s no movie, there’s no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
– I no tin un pelikula, No Tin Mekhi Phifer, esaki ta mi bida
And these times are so hard, and it’s gettin’ even harder
– Y e temponan aki ta asina dificil, y ta birando mas dificil ainda
Tryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter
– E ta purba di alimenta y awa mi simia, ademas di tambaliá
Caught up between bein’ a father and a prima donna
– Trapa entre ta un tata i un prima donna
Baby-mama drama, screamin’ on her, too much for me to wanna
– Drama di mama baby, gritando na dje, muchu pa mi ke
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony’s gotten me
– Keda na un lugá, otro dia di monotonia a atrapa mi
To the point I’m like a snail, I’ve got
– Te na e punto ku mi ta manera un snail, mi tin
To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
– Pa formula un konspirashon òf terminá den prizòn òf fusilá
Success is my only motherfuckin’ option, failure’s not
– E exito ta mi unico opcion maldito, e fracaso no
Mom, I love you, but this trailer’s got
– Mama, mi ta stima bo, pero e trailer aki tin
To go, I cannot grow old in Salem’s Lot
– Pa go, mi no por bira Bieu Na Salem’s Lot
So here I go, it’s my shot; feet, fail me not
– Pues aki mi ta bai, ta mi chèns; pia, no faya mi
This may be the only opportunity that I got
– Esaki por ta e úniko chèns ku mi tin
You better lose yourself in the music
– Lo ta mihó pa bo pèrdè bo mes den músika
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– E momento cu bo tin e, ta miho cu nunca laga e bai
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Bo tin solamente un tiru, no pèrdè e chèns pa bula
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– E oportunidat aki ta bini un biaha den bida, mi
You better lose yourself in the music
– Lo ta mihó pa bo pèrdè bo mes den músika
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
– E momento cu bo tin e, ta miho cu nunca laga e bai
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
– Bo tin solamente un tiru, no pèrdè e chèns pa bula
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
– E oportunidat aki ta bini un biaha den bida, mi
You better
– Lo ta mihó ku
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
– Bo por hasi kualke kos ku bo ta proponé, hòmber.
