This Life Forever - Jay-Z

[00:00.000] 作词 : Shawn Carter/T. Fyffe/B. Jackson/E. Darby
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Shawn Carter/T. Fyffe/B. Jackson/E. Darby
[00:20.86]I ride throught the ghetto windows down halfway
[00:23.54]Halfway out of my mind music on 9, blasting Donny Hathaway
[00:27.24]Me and my ****** spending half the day
[00:29.25]Plotting, how we gon get this math with out getting balst away
[00:31.46]I wake up to the same problems after today
[00:35.44]Life is harsh, ****** gotta ?
[00:37.10]Right from the start they place me in the ghetto tender age of nine
[00:41.48]I tend to mine and to surrender to crime
[00:43.89]Wouldnt wish this on nobody like the end of like mine
[00:46.43]Ever since i was quite young a ***** been in divine
[00:49.36]Had to scratch for every plaque, rap aint even all its cracked up to be
[00:53.19]****** dont stack up to me
[00:54.67]Had to hustle in a world of trouble
[00:56.45]trapped in, clostrophobic the only way out was rapping
[01:00.12]America dont understand it, the demographics i tapped in
[01:02.75]I'm the truest ***** to do this ***** and anything else is foolish
[01:05.75]Like those who stay high, under God's grey skies
[01:08.36]My lyrics is like Bible, made to save lives
[01:10.92]In the midst of all your misery *****, stay fly
[01:13.72]Never let em see you frown, even smile when you down
[01:16.58]****, i floss on my off-days **** what they all say
[01:18.24]****** cant stop me like rumors, i'm too strong
[01:22.00]All-day
[01:22.36]Socks explode and sweatpants pockets is bulging
[01:25.07]Holding it down on the corner with my glock holding
[01:28.04]My spot is golden, drop the price on the coke and
[01:30.60]Drove the competition out and let the dough flow in
[01:32.96]The cops is closing in, i can do the time
[01:35.67]But whats really on my mine, is there's no hoes in the pen
[01:37.97]I play the low and try and make it hard to find me
[01:40.96]Feds still tryna build a case since '93
[01:43.52]I told them, i'm retired but they like whatever
[01:46.07]You know them pigs dont wanna see you get your life together
[03:05.81][02:54.64][01:48.80]I'm stuck in this life forever
[03:07.27][02:55.93][01:50.62]The more things change the more they stay the same
[03:09.54][02:58.32][01:53.01]Who am i to change the game?
[03:11.43][02:59.86][01:54.70]You gotta move quick like her-o-in and **** can
[03:13.73][03:02.70][01:57.33]The blocks hotter than its ever been
[01:59.74]Hold the gun at eye level, i aint afraid of conflict
[02:02.70]I let the nine rip, ***** say "hi" to the devil
[02:05.46]I blind with the bezel, i'm in line with the ghetto
[02:08.07]What yall ***** afraid of my mind or the metal
[02:10.84]****** tryna subtract my life, my mathematics is precise
[02:14.01]I carry the nine, so ******* with me just aint the answer
[02:17.51]I cant lose when i was young i was like Fresh
[02:20.53]Poppa raised me to chess moves
[02:22.67]And though your gone i'm not bitter you left me prepared
[02:25.04]We got divided by the years, but i got it from here
[02:28.37]Dont sweat that, sounds bump from Marcy to Lefrak
[02:30.15]To that pocket in DC where my man caught his death at
[02:33.60]Over my years i've seen Rooks get tooken by the Knight
[02:36.08]Lose they Crown by tryna defend a Queen
[02:38.29]Checkmate, in 4 moves the Bobby Fischer of rap
[02:41.78]With raw moves,in a time where we all move
[02:43.93]Lets face it either your dough chasin, or basing
[02:46.57]Lacing, cops got your face sprung like mason
[02:49.52]Careful, any infultration i'm leaving ******
[02:52.09]Leaving more than just information
[03:18.11]Uh
[03:18.26]Real ****
[03:20.24]The Black Gangsta
[03:22.77]Blackhand Ent.
[03:25.57]Roc a Fella
[03:29.07]Never interrupt this thing of ours
[03:33.79]The Black Ganagsa
[03:35.34]Jigga
[03:36.57]Hova
[03:39.34]Roll with me