Videoclip
Rica
Load up the Pro Tools and press three
– Karga e hermentnan Profesional i preshoná tres
Studio filled with Jack In The Box and Pepsis
– Estudio yen Di Jack In the Box I Pepsis
Niggas watchin’ WorldStar videos, not the ESPYs
– Niggas mirando video Di WorldStar, no E ESPYs
Laughin’ at B. Pumper, stomach turnin’, I get up and proceeded to write somethin’
– Riendo Di B. Pumper, ku su stoma turbulento, mi a lanta i a kuminsá skirbi algu
Ab-Soul in the corner mumblin’ raps, fumblin’ packs of Black & Milds
– Ab-Soul na e esquina ta rap murmurando, fumblin ‘ paketenan di blauw y suave
Crumblin’ kush ’til he cracked a smile
– Crumblin ‘kush’ te ora el a skibi un sonrisa
His words legendary, wishin’ I could rhyme like him
– Su palabranan legendario, deseando por rima manera e
Studied his style to define my pen
– El a studia su estilo pa defini mi pluma
That was back when the only goal was to get Jay Rock through the door
– Esey tabata ora Cu E unico meta tabata pa Haci Jay Rock drenta door di e porta.
Warner Brother Records, hope Naim Ali would let us know
– Warner Brother Records, mi ta spera Ku Naim Ali lo laga nos sa
Was excited just to go to them label meetings
– E tabata entusiasmá pa bai e reunionnan di e label.
Wasn’t my record deal, but still, I couldn’t believe it
– No tabata mi kontrato di disk, pero aunke esei, mi no por a kere esei.
Me and Rock inside the booth hibernatin’
– Mi I Rock den e kabai hibernatin’
It was simple math, if he made it, that mean I made it
– E tabata un matemátika simpel, si e logra, esei tabata nifiká ku mi tabata logra.
Everything I had was for the team, I remained patient
– Tur loke mi tabatin tabata pa e ekipo, mi a keda pasenshi.
Grindin’ with my brothers, it was us against them, no one above us, bless our hearts
– Hariendo ku mi rumannan, nos a bai kontra nan, niun hende riba nos, bendishoná nos kurason
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Usa bo kurason i no bo wowonan (Kariño, solamente relaha bo mente)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Si bo tin tempu, anto mi tin tempu (Sí, sí)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Libera bo pensamentunan i wak nan bula
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
– Usa bo kurason i no bo wowonan (Mm-hmm)
My nigga Dave had a champagne Acura
– Mi negro Dave tabatin Un acura champagne
A bunch of instrumentals I freestyled in the passenger
– Un kantidat di instrumental ku mi a skohe libremente den the passenger
That nigga wore several hats, a producer, a manager, director, and DJ
– E negro aki tabata bisti varios sombrero, un productor, un manager, un director y un DJ
A hothead squabblin’, Bloods, Pirus, and Keeways
– Un lucha exaltá, Sanger, Pirus i Keeways
For this little thing of ours we called TDE
– Pa e kos chikitu aki nos ta yama TDE
I watched you take some penitentiary chances to say the least
– Mi a mira bo tuma algun oportunidat penitensiario, por bisa por lo ménos.
Remember in the county building with MixedByAli
– Kòrda riba e edifisio di E kondado Ku MixedByAli
We tried to freak the system just to make a couple ends meet
– Nos a purba spanta e sistema solamente pa un par yega na fin di luna.
That’s my nigga for shit sure
– Esey ta mi negro di mierda sigur
He brought Q over, but Q didn’t rap, but he learned from our inspo
– E a trese Q, pero Q no a rap, pero el a siña di nos inspo
We split Louisiana chicken riverboat specials
– Nos a dividi Louisiana chicken riverboat special
Sleepin’ next to 02R consoles to be our refuge
– Drumiendo banda DI e CONSOLA 02R pa ta nos refugio
He was homeless and I left home
– E no tabatin kas i mi a bandoná kas.
Q said, “Dot, you won’t be slept on, you the nigga to bet on” (Use your h—)
– Q a bisa: “Dot, bo no ta drumi, bo ta e negro pa apostá” (Usa bo h -—
Top had given us dominion in the home he lived in
– Top a duna nos dominio den e kas den kua e tabata biba
Hopin’ that we see some millions, God bless our hearts
– Esperando cu nos mira algun miyon, Dios bendiciona nos curason
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Usa bo kurason i no bo wowonan (Kariño, solamente relaha bo mente)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Si bo tin tempu, anto mi tin tempu (Sí, sí)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Libera bo pensamentunan i wak nan bula
Use your heart and not your eyes
– Usa bo kurason i no bo wowonan
Punch played Phil Jackson in my early practices
– Punch a hunga Phil Jackson den mi promé praktikanan
Strategies on how to be great amongst the averages
– Estrategianan riba kon pa ta grandi entre e promedionan
I picked his brain on what was ordained, highly collaborative
– Mi a skohe su cerebro den loke tabata ordená, sumamente kolaborativo.
RET pushed the label the same, amongst the savages
– RET a pone e etiketa meskos, entre e bèrdènan
Moose kept my name in the function that he would run in
– Moose a mantené mi nòmber den e funshon den kua e lo presentá
TEEZ kept the vultures away from me that was comin’
– TEEZ a tene e vultunan ku tabata bini leu for di mi
Sounwave let me borrow his clothes for shows as a hype man
– Sounwave a laga mi haya su paña pa desfile manera un homber exagerado
To cook up in this room ’til the night ends
– Pa kushiná den e kamber aki te ora anochi kaba
Time flies, I’m carryin’ debates of a top five
– Tempo ta bula, mi ta hiba debate di e promé sinku
Buryin’ my opps and allies
– Enterrá mi opps i aliadonan
But I’d done a half job communicatin’ feelings of being stagnant
– Pero el a haci un trabou medio comunicando sentimentonan di stagnashon
Life was gettin’ bigger than just rappin’
– Bida tabata bira mas grandi ku rap
The business, what I was lackin’
– E negoshi, loke mi tabata falta
Top used to record me back when it was poor me
– Top tabata graba mi ora mi tabata pober di mi mes
And now we at the round table for what assures me
– I awor nos ta riba e mesa rondo p’esei e ta sigurá mi
I guess my motivation was the yearnin’ for independence
– Mi ta kere ku mi motivashon tabata e anhelo di independensia
Poured everything I had left in the family business
– Mi a pone tur loke mi tabatin den mi negoshi familiar
Now it’s about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skillset as a Black exec’
– Awor Ta Trata Di Kendrick, mi ke evolushoná, pone mi abilidatnan komo ehekutivo pretu’
I jog my memory, knowin’ Black Hippy didn’t work ’cause of me
– Mi a refreská mi memoria, sabiendo ku e hippy negro no tabata funshoná pa mi motibu
Creatively, I moved on with new concepts in reach
– Creativamente, mi a sigui ku konseptonan nobo na alcance
Top, remember all them sessions we would strategize
– Riba, kòrda tur e seshonnan ku nos lo diseñá estratehianan
To hit the streets, then come back, record three records? Ah
– Sali na kaya, despues bolbe, graba tres disk? Ah
To tell the truth, it fucked me up when D-Man passed
– Pa bisa berdad, el a kibra mi ora D-Man a fayece.
The motive was the condolences, but the pride crashed
– E motibu tabata kondolensia, pero orguyo a kibra
I had to bypass old mythologies I had
– Mi mester a pasa dilanti mitologia bieu ku mi tabatin
Put my heart on display like it was an iMac
– Pone mi kurason riba ekshibicion manera un iMac
To all my young niggas, let me be the demonstration
– Tur mi hóbennan pretu, laga mi ta e demostrashon
How to conduct differences with a healthy conversation
– Kon pa hasi diferensia ku un kombersashon saludabel
If that’s your family, then handle it as such
– Si ta bo famia, anto trata bo komo tal
Don’t let the socials gas you up or let emotions be your crutch
– No laga e rednan sosial akselerá bo ni laga e emoshonnan ta bo krul.
Pick up the phone and bust it up before the history is lost
– Lanta bo telefòn i trese bo dilanti promé ku bo pèrdè e historia
Hand-to-handshake is good when you have a heart-to-heart
– E manshak ta bon ora bo tin un kurason pa kurason
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Usa bo kurason i no bo wowonan (Kariño, solamente relaha bo mente)
If you got time and I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Si bo tin tempu i mi tin tempu (Sí, sí)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Libera bo pensamentunan i wak nan bula
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
– Usa bo kurason i no bo wowonan (Mm-hmm)
