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Rica
I once knew a nigga whose real name was William
– Un biaha mi a topa Un hòmber pretu Ku Su nòmber Berdadero Tabata William
His primary concern was makin’ a million
– Su preocupacion principal tabata pa haci un miyon
Bein’ the illest hustler that the world ever seen
– Komo e estafador mas malu ku mundu a yega di mira
He used to fuck movie stars and sniff coke in his dreams
– E tabata kustumá di follá ku strea di pelikula i sinti e olor di coca den su soño.
A corrupted young mind at the age of 13
– Un mente hoben corupto na edad di 13 aña
Nigga never had a father and his mom was a fiend
– Nigga nunka tabatin un tata i su mama tabata un demoño
She put the pipe down, but for every year she was sober
– E a bandoná e pipa, pero pa kada aña ku e tabata sobrio
Her son’s heart simultaneously grew colder
– Su yu su kurason a bira friu simultáneamente
He started hangin’ out, sellin’ bags in the projects
– El a kuminsá pasa tempu, bendé maleta den e proyekto
Checkin’ the young chicks, lookin’ for hit-and-run prospects
– Revisando e muhénan hóben, buskando prospectonan di atropelo i fuga
He was fascinated by material objects
– E tabata fascina pa obhetonan material.
But he understood money never bought respect
– Pero e tabata komprondé ku plaka nunka a kumpra rèspèt.
He built a reputation, ’cause he could hustle and steal
– El a traha un reputashon, pasobra e por a kore i hòrta
But got locked once and didn’t hesitate to squeal
– Pero nan a sera mi un biaha i mi no a duda di grita
So criminals he chilled with didn’t think he was real
– E ora ei e kriminalnan ku e tabata relahá kuné no tabata kere ku e tabata real.
You see, me and niggas like this have never been equal
– Bo ta mira, niggas manera esaki i mi nunka tabata meskos
I don’t project my insecurities on other people
– Mi no ta proyecta mi inseguridadnan den otro hende
He fiended for props like addicts with pipes and needles
– E a bira loco pa e accesorios manera adicto cu pipa y aguja.
And so he felt he had to prove to everyone he was evil
– I asina el a sinti ku e mester a demostrá tur hende ku e tabata malbado.
A feeble-minded young man with infinite potential
– Un hóben di mente débil ku potencial infinito
The product of a ghetto-bred capitalistic mental
– E producto di un mentalidad capitalista cria den ghetto
Coincidentally dropped out of school to sell weed
– E tabata sali for di skol pa bende marihuana
Dancin’ with the Devil, smoked until his eyes would bleed
– Baila ku E Diabel, huma te ora su wowonan sangra
But he was sick of sellin’ trees and gave in to his greed
– Pero e tabata kansá di bende palu i a entregá na su ganashi
Everyone tryin’ to be trife, never face the consequences
– Tur hende ta purba di ta trife, nunca enfrenta e consecuencianan
You probably only did a month for minor offenses
– Probablemente bo a hasi solamente un luna pa delito menor.
Ask a nigga doin’ life if he had another chance
– Puntra un hende pretu ku ta biba si e tabatin un otro chèns
But then again, there’s always the wicked that knew in advance
– Pero atrobe, semper tin e malbado ku nan tabata sa di antemano
Dance forever with the Devil on a cold cell block
– Baila pa semper ku E Diabel den un blòk di selnan friu
But that’s what happens when you rape, murder, and sell rock
– Pero esei ta loke ta sosodé ora bo ta viola, mata i bende piedra.
Devils used to be God’s angels that fell from the top
– E demoñonan tabata angelnan Di Dios ku tabata kai for di ariba
There’s no diversity because we’re burnin’ in the melting pot
– No tin diversidat pasobra nos ta kima den e kriol
So Billy started robbin’ niggas, anything he could do
– E ora Ei Billy a kuminsá hòrta hende pretu, kualke kos ku e por a hasi
To get his respect back in the eyes of his crew
– Pa rekuperá su respet den bista di su tripulashon.
Startin’ fights over little shit up on the block
– Kuminsando peleanan pa un kos di bèrdat den e blok
Stepped up to sellin’ mothers and brothers the crack rock
– El a yega pa bende mama y ruman e piedra kibra
Workin’ overtime for makin’ money for the crack spot
– Trahando oranan extra pa gana plaka pa e lugá di crack
Hit the jackpot and wanted to move up to cocaine
– El a gana e premio grandi i e tabata ke pasa na kokaina.
Fulfillin’ the Scarface fantasy stuck in his brain
– Cumpliendo Cu Scarface su fantasia atrapa den su cerebro
Tired of the block niggas treatin’ him the same
– Keda kansá di e block negro trat é di e mesun manera
He wanted to be major like the cut throats and the thugs
– E tabata ke ta mas grandi ku e skèrpi i e matanan.
But when he tried to step to ’em, niggas showed him no love
– Pero ora el a purba di yega serka nan, e hendenan skur no a mustra amor na dje.
They told him any motherfuckin’ coward can sell drugs
– Nan a bis’é ku kualke cobarde maldito por bende droga.
Any bitch nigga with a gun can bust slugs
– Tur kachó pretu ku arma por kibra slug
Any nigga with a red shirt can front like a Blood
– Tur hende ku tin un kamisa kòrá por bai dilanti manera sanger
Even Puffy smoked a motherfucker up in the club
– Hasta Puffy a huma un yu di puta den e club
But only a real thug can stab someone ’til they die
– Pero solamente un matón di bèrdat por saka un hende ku un bisturi te ora e muri
Standin’ in front of them, starin’ straight into their eyes
– Pará dilanti di nan, mirando nan fiho den nan wowo
Billy realized that these men were well-guarded
– Billy a realisá ku e hòmbernan aki tabata bon protehá
And they wanted to test him before business started
– Y nan kier a prueba esaki prome cu e negoshi a cuminsa.
Suggested rapin’ a bitch to prove he was cold-hearted
– El a sugeri pa rap un kachó pa demostrá ku e tabatin un kurason friu
So now he had a choice between goin’ back to his life
– Asina awor e mester a skohe entre bai bèk na su bida
Or makin’ money with made men up in the cyph’
– Of haciendo placa cu hombernan inventá den cyph’
His dreams about cars and ice made him agree
– Su soño di outo i ijs a hasié di akuerdo
A hardcore nigga is all he ever wanted to be
– Un hende pretu duru ta tur loke semper e tabata ke ta
And so he met them Friday night at a quarter to three
– I asina el a topa nan djabièrnè anochi na tres menos un kuart
Everyone tryin’ to be trife, never face the consequences
– Tur hende ta purba di ta trife, nunca enfrenta e consecuencianan
You probably only did a month for minor offenses
– Probablemente bo a hasi solamente un luna pa delito menor.
Ask a nigga doin’ life if he had another chance
– Puntra un hende pretu ku ta biba si e tabatin un otro chèns
But then again, there’s always the wicked that knew in advance
– Pero atrobe, semper tin e malbado ku nan tabata sa di antemano
Dance forever with the Devil on a cold cell block
– Baila pa semper ku E Diabel den un blòk di selnan friu
But that’s what happens when you rape, murder, and sell rock
– Pero esei ta loke ta sosodé ora bo ta viola, mata i bende piedra.
Devils used to be God’s angels that fell from the top
– E demoñonan tabata angelnan Di Dios ku tabata kai for di ariba
There’s no diversity because we’re burnin’ in the melting pot
– No tin diversidat pasobra nos ta kima den e kriol
They drove around the projects slow while it was rainin’
– Nan a conduci lentamente pa e proyectonan mientras tabata cay awa
Smokin’ blunts, drinkin’ and jokin’ for entertainment
– Ta huma blunts, bebe i broma pa entretenimentu
Until they saw a woman on the street, walkin’ alone
– Te ora nan a mira un muhé na kaya, kana su so
Three in the mornin’, comin’ back from work, on her way home
– Tres di mainta, regresando for di trabou, riba kaminda pa kas
And so they quietly got out the car and followed her
– I asina nan a sali trankil for di e outo i a siguié.
Walkin’ through the projects, the darkness swallowed her
– Caminando den e proyectonan, e scuridad a hinca e
They wrapped her shirt around her head and knocked her onto the floor
– Nan a envolvé e kamisa den su kabes i tir’é na suela.
“This is it, kid, now you got your chance to be raw”
– “Esaki ta tur kos, mucha, awor bo tin e chèns di ta krudo
So Billy yoked her up and grabbed the chick by the hair
– E ora Ei Billy a pone e muhé den yugo i a kohe e mucha muhé pa su kabei.
And dragged her into a lobby that had nobody there
– I el a trese e muhé den un foyer ku no tabatin niun hende einan
She struggled hard, but they forced her to go up the stairs
– E tabata lucha duru, pero nan a oblig’é subi e eskalanan.
They got to the roof and then held her down on the ground
– Nan a yega te na dak i despues a tene e na suela.
Screamin’, “Shut the fuck up, and stop movin’ around!”
– Gritando, ” Keda Ketu un biaha i stòp di move!”
The shirt covered her face, but she screamed and clawed
– E kamisa tabata tapa su kara, pero e muhé a grita i a skrap.
So Billy stomped on the bitch until he’d broken her jaw
– Asina Billy a dal e kachó te ora el a kibra su mandíbula.
The dirty bastards knew exactly what they were doin’
– E bastardonan sucio tabata sa exactamente kico nan tabata haci
They kicked her until they cracked her ribs and she stopped movin’
– Nan a dal’é un pia te ora nan a kibra su ribenan i e no a move mas
Blood leakin’ through the cloth, she cried silently
– Sanger ta kana dor di e tela, e muhé a yora den silensio
And then they all proceeded to rape her violently
– Despues tur hende a viola’é violentemente.
Billy was made to go first, but each of them took a turn
– Billy a ser obligá pa bai promé, pero kada un di nan a tuma un turno
Rippin’ her up and chokin’ her until her throat burned
– E ta kibra e dama i afog é te ora su garganta a kima
Her broken jaw mumbled for God, but they weren’t concerned
– Su mandíbula kibrá A murmurá Pa Dios, pero nan no tabata preokupá.
When they were done and she was layin’
– Ora nan a kaba i e tabata drumi
Bloody, broken and bruised
– Sanguiná, kibrá i bruiná
One of them niggas pulled out a brand new .22
– Un di nan niggas a saca un nobo .22
They told him that she was a witness of what she’d gone through
– Nan a bis’é ku e tabata testigu di loke a pasa.
And if he killed her, he was guaranteed a spot in the crew
– I si e mata e, e tabata garantisá un lugá den e tripulashon.
He thought about it for a minute, she was practically dead
– E tabata pensa un minuut, e tabata practicamente morto.
And so he leaned over and put the gun right to her head
– E ora ei el a hinka su kurpa i a pone e arma direktamente riba su kabes.
I’m fallin’ and I can’t turn back
– Mi ta kai i mi no por bai bèk
I’m fallin’ and I can’t turn back
– Mi ta kai i mi no por bai bèk
Right before he pulled the trigger and ended her life
– Djis promé ku e tira e gatillo i kaba ku su bida
He thought about the cocaine with the platinum and ice
– El a pensa riba cocaina cu platino y hielo.
And he felt strong standin’ along with his new brothers
– I el a sinti su mes fuerte kompañando su rumannan nobo
Cocked the gat to her head and pulled back the shirt cover
– El a dal e gat na su kabes i a tira e tapa di e kamisa atras.
But what he saw made him start to cringe and stutter
– Pero loke el a mira a hasi ku el a kuminsá tembla i stotter
‘Cause he was starin’ into the eyes of his own mother
– Pasobra e tabata keda wak den bista di su mes mama
She looked back at him and cried ’cause he had forsaken her
– E muhé a duna su bista bèk i a yora pasobra el a bandon’é.
She cried more painfully than when they were rapin’ her
– E tabata yora mas dolorosamente ku ora nan tabata viola’é
His whole world stopped, he couldn’t even contemplate
– Tur su mundu a para, e no por a ni mira
His corruption had successfully changed his fate
– Su korupshon a kambia su destino ku éksito
And he remembered how his mom used to come home late
– I el a kòrda kon su mama tabata yega kas lat.
Workin’ hard for nothin’, because now what was he worth?
– Trahando duro pa nada, pasobra awor kiko tabata bal?
He turned away from the woman that had once given him birth
– E a bai for di e muhé ku un bia a duna lus na dje.
And cryin’ out to the sky, ’cause he was lonely and scared
– I yora na shelu, pasobra e tabata su so i spanta
But only the Devil responded, ’cause God wasn’t there
– Pero solamente E Diabel a kontestá, pasobra Dios No tabata tei
And right then he knew what it was to be empty and cold
– I na e momentu ei el a sa kiko tabata pa ta bashí i friu
And so he jumped off the roof and died with no soul
– Asina el a bula for di dak i a muri sin alma
They say death takes you to a better place, but I doubt it
– Nan ta bisa ku morto ta hiba bo na un mihó lugá, pero mi ta duda
After that, they killed his mother, and never spoke about it
– Despues di esei, nan a mata su mama i nunka nan no a papia di dje.
And listen, ’cause the story that I’m tellin’ is true
– I skucha, pasobra e storia ku mi ta konta ta bèrdat
‘Cause I was there with Billy Jacobs, and I raped his mom too
– Pasobra mi tabata aya ku Billy Jacobs, i mi a viola su mama tambe.
And now the Devil follows me everywhere that I go
– I awor E Diabel ta sigui mi tur kaminda ku mi bai
In fact, I’m sure he’s standin’ among one of you at my shows
– De echo, mi ta sigur ku e lo ta entre boso den mi shownan.
And every street cypher, listenin’ to little thugs flow
– I kada sifra di kaya, skuchando e matanan chikitu ta kore
He could be standin’ right next to you, and you wouldn’t know
– E por ta para mes banda di bo, i bo no sa.
The Devil grows inside the hearts of the selfish and wicked
– E Diabel ta krese den kurason di egoistanan i malbado
White, brown, yellow and black — color is not restricted
– Blanku, brun-ber i pretu: e koló no ta restringi
You have a self-destructive destiny when you’re inflicted
– Bo tin un destino autodestructivo ora nan infligi bo
And you’ll be one of God’s children that fell from the top
– I lo bo ta un di E yunan Di Dios ku A kai for di e seru
There’s no diversity because we’re burnin’ in the melting pot
– No tin diversidat pasobra nos ta kima den e kriol
So when the Devil wants to dance with you, you better say never
– Pues ora E Diabel ke baila ku bo, lo ta mihó pa bo bisa nunka
Because a dance with the Devil might last you forever
– Pasobra un baile ku E Diabel por dura pa semper
Oh, y’all motherfuckers thought it was over, huh?
– Oh, tur yu di puta a kere ku e tabata kaba, eh?
Well, it’s not, you didn’t count on a fallen angel gettin’ back
– Pues, e no ta, bo no tabata konta ku un angel kai lo a bolbe
Into the grace of God and comin’ after you
– Den E grasia Di Dios i biniendo tras di bo
Y’all niggas ain’t shit, your producers ain’t shit
– Tur hende pretu no ta un kos di bèrdat, bo produsentanan no ta un kos di bèrdat.
Your fuckin’ A & R ain’t shit
– Bo Maldito a & amp; R no ta un mierda
I’ll fuckin’ wipe my ass with your demo deal
– Mi ta limpia mi trasero ku bo trato di demostrashon.
Yo, Diabolic, take this motherfucker’s head off
– Tende, Diabóliko, kita kabes di e yu di puta aki.
Go ‘head and grip Glocks
– Glocks di kabes I grip go ‘
I’ll snap your trigger finger in six spots
– Mi ta bati bo e gatillo den seis punto.
You’ll have to lip lock with hypodermic needles to lick shots
– Bo mester sera bo lipnan ku aguja hipodérmiko pa laba e inyeccionnan.
I’ll watch you topple flat
– Mi ta mira bo kai plat
Put away your rings and holla back
– Warda bo anjanan i grita bèk
Can’t freestyle; you’re screwed off the top, like bottle caps
– Bo no por hasi estilo liber; bo ta f * * * * na e parti ariba, manera tapa di boter
Beneath the surface
– Bou di e superfisio
I’m overheatin’ your receiving circuits
– Mi ta sobrecargando bo circuito di recepcion
By unleashin’ deeper verses than priests speak in churches
– Desatando versonan mas profundo cu loke e sacerdotenan ta papia den e iglesianan
What you preach is worthless
– Loke bo ta prediká no tin balor
Your worship defeat the purpose
– Su adorashon ta derotá e propósito
Like President Bush takin’ bullets for the secret service
– Manera presidente Bush ku ta tuma bala pa e servisio sekreto
Beyond what y’all fathom, I shit on cats and jaw tap ’em
– Mas aleu di loke boso tur por imaginá, mi ta kai den e kachonan i ta bati nan mandíbula
Show no compassion, like havin’ a straight-faced orgasm
– No mustra kompashon, manera tin un orgasmo direkto
Tour jack ’em, have his half-a-10 bitch suck my friend’s dick
– Jack ‘ em ta bira, hasi su kachó di medio 10 chupá e kachó di mi amigu
In the meantime, you can french kiss this clenched fist
– Mientras tanto, bo por sunchi e puño será.
Diabolic: a one-man brigade spreadin’ cancer plague
– Diabolic: un brigada unipersonal propagando e plaga di kanser
Fist-fuckin’ a pussy’s face, holdin’ a hand grenade
– Ponchanan den kara di un kachó, ku un granada di man den man
So if I catch you bluffin’, faggot, you’re less than nothin’
– Pues si mi pega bo ku lanterna, maricon, bo ta ménos ku nada
I just had to get that stress off my chest like breast reduction
– Mi mester a kita e stress ei for di mi kabes, manera redukshon di pecho.
You motherfuckers are nothin’, you cannot harm me
– Yu di puta, boso no ta nada, boso no por hasi mi daño.
I’ll resurrect every aborted baby and start an army
– Lo mi resusitá kada yu aborto i kuminsá un ehérsito.
Storm the planet, huntin’ you down, ’cause I’m on a mission
– Asaltá e planeta, buskando bo, pasobra mi ta riba un mishon
To split your body into a billion one-celled organisms
– Pa dividi bo kurpa den un miyon organismonan uniselulá
Immortal Technique’ll destroy your religion, you stupid bitch
– E téknika inmortal lo destruí bo religion, un kachó bobo.
You’re faker than blue-eyed crackers nailed to a crucifix
– Bo ta mas falso cu biscuit cu wowo blauw cla den un crucifijo
I’m ’bout to blow up, like NASA Challenger computer chips
– Mi ta na punto DI explotá, manera E chipnan Di Komputadó Challenger DI NASA
Arsenic language transmitted revolutionarily
– Idioma arsenico transmiti revolucionariamente
I’m like time itself: I’m gonna kill you inevitably
– Mi ta manera tempu mes: lo mi mata bo inevitablemente
Chemically bomb you, fuck usin’ a chrome piece
– Bombardá bo kimikamente, f * * * * usando un pida kromo
I’m Illmatic, you won’t make it home, like Jerome’s niece
– Mi ta ilmátiko, bo no ta yega kas, manera E sobrina di Jerome.
I’ll sever your head diagonally for thinkin’ of dissin’ me
– Mi ta kita bo kabes diagonalmente pa pensa riba dissin ‘ mi
And then use your dead body to write my name in calligraphy
– I despues usa bo kurpa pa skirbi mi nòmber den kaligrafia
This puppet democracy brain-washed your psychology
– E demokrasia marioneta aki a laba bo mente di sikologia
So you’re nothin’, like diversity without equality
– Pues bo no ta nada, manera diversidat sin igualdat
And your crew is full of more faggots than Greek mythology
– I bo tripulashon ta yen di mas maricon ku mitologia griego
Usin’ numerology to count the people I sent to Heaven
– Laga nos usa numerologia pa konta e personanan ku mi a manda Na Shelu
Produces more digits than 22 divided by seven
– E ta produsí mas dígito ku 22 dividí ku shete
You’re like Kevin Spacey: your style is usually suspect
– Bo ta Manera Kevin Spacey: bo estilo ta sospechoso
You never killed a cop, you, not a motherfuckin’ thug yet
– Bo no a mata un polis, bo no ta un matón maldito ainda.
Your mind is empty and spacious
– Bo mente ta bashí i espacioso
Like the part of the brain that appreciates culture in a racist
– Manera e parti di e cerebro cu ta aprecia cultura den un racista
Face it, you’re too basic, you’re never gonna make it
– Enfrent’é, bo ta muchu básiko, nunka lo bo logra.
Like children walkin’ through Antarctica, butt-naked
– Manera mucha ta kana Riba Antartika, desnuda na tapa
