Текст песни: And Then... + перевод

I always felt I was misunderstood, I would die for my mother, I would shoot for

my hoods

I would starve for my sons, eat with the wolves

Even though I strive for greatest it’s all to the good

And I love my niggas like I love my fam

And I’m turning atheist but it’s just God’s plan

And I’m probably just a mortal, but not just a man

I’m a spirit, I’m a will, impossible force fam

Psssh

And I swam with a tail coming from my dad’s nuts

Call it sperm but a nigga made it fuck it I have guts

'Cause I beat ninety million potential people to the clutch

So I’m here on Earth and I only deserve such

And I decided at age eight, growing up in Watts

Purposely losing my glasses

So mom would buy

Short kid, but big homie saw my heart

'Cause I did what it took respect my one-man march

A then I went to public school, really saw hate

Whites blacks and Mexicans didn’t affiliate

Some us grew better, when niggas started getting the next door neighbor’s

daughters preggers

Little half black and Filipino babies popping up

Worked at McDonald’s for a week (quit), I don’t do mopping up

Some blew us, some got redder

Some of us just specialised and got cheddar

And everybody went to college I was in the studio

Had a deal with Delicious Vinyl Paul Stewart put me on

San Fran introduced him to Paul

Brought him upstairs then did ya mama a capella no song

Crashed my shit drunk driving juvenile hall, now we gone

Pharcyde got that deal, shooting «They Keep Running Away» video when I got home

Yeah, true

Hey, but that’s called a missed opportunity

Now I’m in the cypher slaying niggas in unity

First show ever, wow crowd not booing me

Think if he paid me, on the low I would do this for free

Then I dropped my first record, 'bout to do the second (Teedra gets pregnant)

Execs pressuring me to release «Ghetto Fabulous»

Dr. Dre produced it that’s to they advantages

Garnett sabotaged me, so scandalous

Label moved on, don’t give a fuck about my damages

Not returning my calls, one way to handle this

Money getting low, so goodbye Los Angeles

C-c-c-c-'cause in LA if you broke, the streets start talking you a crackhead

you smoke

Gave all my material wealth away

Baby mama got the Lexus I hopped on the plane

Nowhere to stay getting saved by a female

Thanks to DJ Scrap hooked up with C. L

Saw Russell Simmons said «I heard you moved to NY

Coulda at least got ya gold did they even try?»

Damn, I gotta start over get hot

Took a year, but thanks a case laying doo-wop

David Banner was with me when I told, «That's enough dog release me out this

production deal»

One down, one clown to go

Get rid of Priority so a nigga can grow

In psychology class they teach you life as steps

Though I accomplished the first mentally can’t get to the next

So after Soul On Ice, did Rasassination

1998 fighting a bad situation

Ran into Doc, chilling with big bro

Listen to final mixes of The Eminem Show

, then he gave me a bar

Said «If you stay on that label you will never be a star»

Five album contract, fuck three mo'

Y2K, too slow, they killed Van Gogh

A year later the label come with the absurd

The Dre song my single, but they ain’t never heard it

Fuck that verdict

Coke and a smile, said «If you ain’t do it first we ain’t putting you out»

And that’s how the Goldyn Chyld got aborted

Snatched my masters moved to New York kid

Made a hunnid grand, won’t do another bid

State time nigga but it is what it is

And I got out on parole, fuck-fucked up again

Did the BET Awards and went back in

Not my first rodeo, feeling like it’s corny yo

the only people there for me though

And I’m thinking how to get to the next chapter

Well my career’s been shitty

But I’m the best rapper

'Cause I ain’t taking minimum wage

Fellas can’t be lawyers, no military I’m overage

Nowadays only garbage rappers get paid

But I’m most happy in the booth and onstage

Think of my favourite hip-hop moments, like Rhyme & Reason movie premiere and I

was on it

Chilling with Nas the day he dropped «Ether», for D&D, same night I saw Jay Z

When Big L took me to After-Hours in Harlem

With Big Pun who at the time who I’m loving the bardom

When The Lox and Canibus rhymed at Maria Davis

Anger management took my twins backstage

Just literally had 'em onstage while performing

All-access passes, Snoop was like «Oh cuz you got two Ras Kass'»

Then Xzibit made a beat, banging on the wall to Ras and Tash spitting

star-studded crowd

My lil niggas ripped it to say the least

Then Jeff from pulled out a twenty apiece

Said «Freestyles is dope but youngsters get paid for what you do»

You will never hear words spoken more true

Watch how my niggas grew now they taller than you

I just pray they a better father than you Ras

And the story begins where it ends, 'cause I lost a lot of fam that’s why I

don’t have a lot of friends

And now I understand got to finish what I started

Much more to a T than being a rap artist

Cathartic but the fathers from executing

Y’all respect the hottest and reward what’s retarded

But I’ma play the game get the fame and win regardless

Make my final album say «Fuck y’all corny ass niggas» and retire for trill with

like five hunnid mill

Create some schools like Oprah, 'cause I’m trying to build

And that’s when I’m in my sixties trying to chill

Become a archeologist, 'cause I am the reel

Hahaha

Yo, Cee Cee, fuck this song man, let’s move on