Macklemore’s latest single, “Can’t Hold Us” has been at the top of the charts for a while now. We have translated the song today for an Advanced Lesson. Check out our previous lesson on Macklemore’s “Same Love”. Our teachers would love to review both of these with you in a private lesson.
Return of the Mac, get em
Mac归来 来吧
Macguī lái lái bā
What it is what it does what it is what it isn’t
怎么回事 那是什么 那不是什么
zěn me huí shì nà shì shén me nà bú shì shén me
Lookin’ for a better way to get up out of bed instead of getting on the internet and checking out who hit me, get up!
我不喜欢每天清晨起床后第一件事 就是迫不及待上网看谁在黑你
wǒ bù xǐ huān měi tiān qīng chén qǐ chuáng hòu dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì pò bù jí dài shàng wǎng kàn shuí zài hēi nǐ
Thrift shop, pimp strut walking, little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
二手店 让我招摇过市 带点谦逊 带点谨慎
èr shǒu diàn ràng wǒ zhāo yáo guò shì dài diǎn qiān xùn dài diǎn jǐn shèn
Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby
介于小丑和猛男之间
jiè yú xiǎo chǒu hé měng nán zhī jiān
Sweater game nope nope y’all can’t copy
我的格调你们永远无法拷贝
wǒ de gé diào nǐ men yǒng yuǎn wú fǎ kǎo bèi
Yup. Bad, moonwalking. This here, is our party
就像MJ的bad月球漫步 这里就是我们的派对
jiù xiàng MJ de bad yuè qiú màn bù zhè lǐ jiù shì wǒ men de pài duì
My posse’s been on Broadway
我兄弟都在百老汇
wǒ xiōng dì dōu zài bǎi lǎo huì
And we did it, our way
我们特立独行
wǒ men tè lì dú xíng
Throne music, I shed my skin and put my bones into everything I record to it
做顶级的音乐 我把自己的血肉都倾注到我的音乐里
zuò dǐng jí de yīn yuè wǒ bǎ zì jǐ de xuè ròu dōu qīng zhù dào wǒ de yīn yuè lǐ
And yet I’m on
我仍在努力攀登
wǒ réng zài nǔ lì pān dēng
Let that stage light go and shine on down
让那舞台的聚光灯打在我身上
ràng nà wǔ tái de jù guāng dēng dǎ zài wǒ shēn shàng
Got that Bob Barker suit game and plinko in my style
我的音乐还有Bob Barker的价格竞猜 节目的调调
wǒ de yīn yuè hái yǒu Bob Barker de jià gé jìng cāi jié mù dì tiáo diào
Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
钞票 我能用我的嘻哈技术赚上不少
chāo piào wǒ néng yòng wǒ de xī hā jì shù zhuàn shàng bù shǎo
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
但我玩嘻哈是为了自己的家乡 把火炬传递下去
dàn wǒ wán xī hā shì wèi le zì jǐ de jiā xiāng bǎ huǒ jù chuán dì xià qù
Trust me. on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit hustlin’
相信我 还有我碉堡的独立嘻哈音乐
xiāng xìn wǒ hái yǒu wǒ diāo bǎo de dú lì xī hā yīn yuè
Chasing dreams since I was 14 with the four track bussing
14岁时我就扛着4轨录音机开始追逐梦想
14 suì shí wǒ jiù káng zhe 4 guǐ lù yīn jī kāi shǐ zhuī zhú mèng xiǎng
Halfway cross that city with the backpack
背着行囊 穿越半个城市
bèi zhe xíng náng chuān yuè bàn gè chéng shì
Fat cat, crushin label’s out here
那里有唱片界大佬和大型唱片公司
nà lǐ yǒu chàng piān jiè dà lǎo hé dà xíng chàng piān gōng sī
Nah they can’t tell me nothing
但他们无法对我指手画脚
dàn tā men wú fǎ duì wǒ zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
We give that to the people
只有我们的粉丝
zhǐ yǒu wǒ men de fěn sī
Spread it across the country
才能把我们的音乐传播到全国
cái néng bǎ wǒ men de yīn yuè chuán bō dào quán guó
Labels out here
那里有唱片公司
nà lǐ yǒu chàng piān gōng sī
Nah they can’t tell me nothing
但他们不能对我指手画脚
dàn tā men bù néng duì wǒ zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
We give that to the people
只有我们的粉丝
zhǐ yǒu wǒ men de fěn sī
Spread it across the country
才能把我们的音乐传播到全国
cái néng bǎ wǒ men de yīn yuè chuán bō dào quán guó
Here we go back, this is the moment
我们再度归来 就是现在
wǒ men zài dù guī lái jiù shì xiàn zài
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
就在今晚 我们要不停抗争
jiù zài jīn wǎn wǒ men yào bù tíng kàng zhēng
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
所以我们高举双手 无人能阻挡我们
suǒ yǐ wǒ mén gāo jǔ shuāng shǒu wú rén néng zǔ dǎng wǒ mén
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
无人能阻挡我们
wú rén néng zǔ dǎng wǒ men
Here we go back, this is the moment
我们再度归来 就是现在
wǒ men zài dù guī lái jiù shì xiàn zài
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
就在今晚 我们要不停抗争
jiù zài jīn wǎn wǒ men yào bù tíng kàng zhēng
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
所以我们高举双手 无人能阻挡我们
suǒ yǐ wǒ men gāo jǔ shuāng shǒu wú rén néng zǔ dǎng wǒ men
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
无人能阻挡我们
wú rén néng zǔ dǎng wǒ men
Now can I kick it? thank you
我能开始了吗 谢谢
wǒ néng kāi shǐ le ma xiè xiè
Yeah I’m so damn grateful
没错 我无比感激
méi cuò wǒ wú bǐ gǎn jī
I grew up, really wanted gold fronts
年轻时 我真的很想戴上金牙套
nián qīng shí wǒ zhēn de hěn xiǎng dài shàng jīn yá tào
But that’s what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
但那是因为你从小就在武当派的熏陶下长大
dàn nà shì yīn wèi nǐ cóng xiǎo jiù zài wǔ dāng pài de xūn táo xià zhǎng dà
Y’all can’t stop me
无人能阻挡我
wú rén néng zǔ dǎng wǒ
Go hard like I got an 808 in my heart beat
我努力奋斗 好像心跳声都成了低音鼓
wǒ nǔ lì fèn dòu hǎo xiàng xīn tiào shēng dōu chéng le dī yīn gǔ
And I’m eating at the beat like you gave a little speed to a great white shark on shark week Raw
我在吞食节奏 就好像鲨鱼周节目里 下了药后飞速游动的大白鲨
wǒ zài tūn shí jié zòu jiù hǎo xiàng shā yú zhōu jié mù lǐ xià le yào hòu fēi sù yóu dòng de dà bái shā
Tell me go up. Gone!
飞向太空 消失不见
fēi xiàng tài kōng xiāo shī bú jiàn
Deuces goodbye. I got a world to see, and my girl she wanna see Rome
道声再见 我要去环游世界 我的女友想去罗马
dào shēng zài jiàn wǒ yào qù huán yóu shì jiè wǒ de nǚ yǒu xiǎng qù luó mǎ
Ceasar will make you a believer
凯撒会让你相信梦想
kǎi sā huì ràng nǐ xiāng xìn mèng xiǎng
Nah I never ever did it for a throne
不过我从来不是为了争名夺利
bù guò wǒ cóng lái bú shì wèi le zhēng míng duó lì
That validation comes from giving it back to the people.
我只要想做出好音乐来回报粉丝
wǒ zhǐ yào xiǎng zuò chū hào yīn yuè lái huí bào fěn sī
Nah sing a song and it goes like
唱一首歌 就像这样
chàng yī shǒu gē jiù xiàng zhè yàng
Raise those hands, this is our party
举起双手 这就是我们的派对
jǔ qǐ shuāng shǒu zhè jiù shì wǒ men de pài duì
We came here to live life like nobody was watching
我们要享受生活 不要在意别人的眼光
wǒ men yào xiǎng shòu shēng huó bú yào zài yì bié rén de yǎn guāng
I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me
全西雅图的粉丝都在我身后 我失败了 他们会支持我
quán xī yǎ tú de fěn sī dōu zài wǒ shēn hòu wǒ shī bài le tā men huì zhī chí wǒ
Learn from that failure gain humility and then we keep marching, I said
从失败中吸取教训 学会谦逊 让我们继续前进
cóng shī bài zhōng xī qǔ jiào xùn xué huì qiān xùn ràng wǒ men jì xù qián jìn
Na na na na na na na na
And all my people say
大家一起唱
dà jiā yì qǐ chàng
Study Up ^_^