Текст песни Respiration (Common) с переводом

«What'd you do last night?»

«We did, umm, two whole cars

It was me, Dez, and Mean Three, right?

And on the first car in small letters it said

'All you see is…' and then, you know

Big, big, you know, some block silver letters

That said 'crime in the city', right?»

«It just took up the whole car?»

«Yeah, yeah, it was a whole car and shit…»

Escúchela, la ciudad respirando

Escúchela, la ciudad respirando

Escúchela, la ciudad respirando

Escúchela…

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis

Shinin', like «Who on top of this?»

People was tusslin', arguin' and bustlin'

Gangstas of Gotham hardcore hustlin'

I’m wrestlin' with words and ideas

My ears is pricked, seekin' what will transmit

The scribes can apply to transcript

Yo, this ain’t no time where the usual is suitable

Tonight alive, let’s describe the inscrutable, the indisputable (What?)

We New York, the narcotics

Draped in metal and fiber optics

Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock tips for profits

Thirsty criminals pick pockets

Hard knuckles on the second hands of working-class watches

Skyscrapers is colossus, the cost of living is preposterous

Stay alive, you pay or die, no options

No Batman and Robin

Can’t tell between the cops and the robbers

They both partners, they all heartless, with no conscience

Back streets stay darkened where unbeliever hearts stay hardened

My eagle talons stay sharpened, like city lights stay throbbin'

You either make your way or stay sobbin'

The shiny Apple is bruised, but sweet

And if you choose to eat, you could lose your teeth

Many crews retreat

Nightly news repeat who got shot down and locked down

Spotlight the savages, NASDAQ averages

My narrative grows to explain this existence

Amidst the harbor lights which remain in the distance

So much on my mind that I can’t recline

Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine

Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine

Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline

Heard the bass ride out like an ancient mating call

I can’t take it, y’all, I can feel the city breathin'

Chest heavin', against the flesh of the evenin'

Sigh before we die like the last train leavin'

Breathin' in deep city breaths, sittin' on shitty steps

We stoop to new lows, Hell froze the night the city slept

The Beast crept through concrete jungles

Communicatin' with one another

And ghetto birds where waters fall

From the hydrants to the gutters

The Beast walk the beats, but the beats we be makin'

You on the wrong side of the track, lookin' visibly shaken

Takin' them plungers

Plungin' to death that’s painted by the numbers

With Krylon applied pressure; cats is playin' God

But havin' children by a lesser baby mother, but fuck it

We played against each other like puppets, swearin' you got pull

When the only pull you got is the wool over your eyes

Gettin' knowledge in jail like a blessin' in disguise

Look in the skies for God, what you see besides the smog

Is broken dreams flyin' away on the wings of the obscene

Thoughts that people put in the air

Places where you could get murdered over a glare

But everything is fair

It’s a paradox we call reality

So keepin' it real will make you casualty of abnormal normality

Killers Born Naturally, like Mickey and Mallory

Not knowin' the ways’ll get you capped like an NBA salary

Some cats be emceein' to illustrate what we be seein'

Hard to be a spiritual being

When shit is shakin' what you believe in

For trees to grow in Brooklyn, seeds need to be planted

I’m askin' if y’all feel me and the crowd left me stranded

My blood pressure boiled and rose

'Cause New York niggas actin' spoiled at shows

To the winners, the spoils go

I take the L, transfer to the 2, head to the gates

New York life type trife, the Roman Empire state

So much on my mind, I just can’t recline

Blastin' holes in the night till she bled sunshine

Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine

Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline

Yo, don’t the bass ride out like an ancient mating call? I can’t

Take it, y’all, I can feel the city breathing

Chest heaving, against the flesh of the evening

Sigh before we die like the last train leaving

¡Escuchela… Respirando como yo… Ojos sinceros, escondiendo pena y temor… El

silencio de mentira, tocando al hogar escapando sentimientos entre ella y yo…

Yo, on The Amen

Corner I stood lookin' at my former hood

Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good

Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn’t mask it

Mixin' down emotions, struggle I hadn’t mastered

I choreograph seven steps to Heaven

In Hell, waiting to exhale and make the bread leaven

Veteran of a cold war; it’s Chica-I-go for

What I know or what’s known

So some days I take the bus home, just to touch home

From the crib I spend months gone, sat by the window

With a clutched dome listening to shorties cuss long

Young girls with weak minds, but they butt strong

Tried to call, or at least beep the Lord but didn’t have a touch-tone

It’s a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on

Some of this land I must own, outta the city, they want us gone

Tearing down the 'jects creating plush homes

My circumstance is between Cabrini and Love Jones

Surrounded by hate, yet I love home

Ask my guy how he thought travelling the world sound

Found it hard to imagine he hadn’t been past downtown

It’s deep, I heard the city breathe in its sleep

Of reality I touch, but for me it’s hard to keep

Deep, I heard my man breathe in his sleep

Of reality I touch, but for me it’s hard to keep

So much on my mind, I just can’t recline

Blastin' holes in the night till she bled sunshine

Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine

Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline

Yo, how the bass ride out like an ancient mating call? I can’t

Take it, y’all, I can feel the city breathing

Chest heaving, against the flesh of the evening

Kiss the odds goodbye, I’m on the last train leaving