Quand la chanson “Last Call” a-t-elle été lancée par Kanye West?

La chanson Last Call a été lancée en 2004, sur l’album “The College Dropout”.

Qui a composé la chanson “Last Call” de Kanye West?

La chanson “Last Call” de Kanye West a été composée par Antony Williams, Kanye West, Kenneth Lewis, Michael Perretta.

Last Call

Antony Williams, Kanye West, Kenneth Lewis, Michael Perretta

(Let's run it, let's run it, let's run it)
Yo, fuck you, Kanye, first and foremost
For making me do this shit, muhfucker
Had to throw everybody out the muhfuckin' room
'Cause they don't fuckin'

I'd like to propose a toast
I said toast, motherfucker

And I am
(Here's to the Roc)
And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them
(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)
Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and
(Here's to the Roc)
This is the last call for alcohol, for the
(Mr. Rockefeller)
So get your ass up off the wall

The all around the world Digital Underground Pac
The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc
I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame
And come back next year with the whole fucking game
Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top
They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop
Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself
Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped
My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair
Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here
They say he bougie, he big-headed
Would you please stop talking about how my dick head is
Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds
I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas
It's funny how wasn't nobody interested
'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus

Now I am
(Here's to the Roc)
And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them
(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)
Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and
(Here's to the Roc)
This is the last call for alcohol, for the
(Mr. Rockefeller)
So get your ass up off the wall

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir
Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir
Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest
But all they got left is this guy called West
That'll take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def
When you call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z
I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and ooh
It come out sweeter than old Sadie
Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards
Girl he had with him, ass coulda won the horse awards
And I was almost famous, now everybody love Kanye
I'm almost Raymond
Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?
It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him
Last year shoppin' my demo, I was tryna shine
Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme
Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem
Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams
I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed
But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh
So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more
You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more
You can't say shit to Kanye West no more
I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga
I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don
Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom
I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards
I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars
I went to the malls and I balled too hard
"Oh my God, is that a black card?"
I turned around and replied, "Why yes
But I prefer the term African American Express"
Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell
Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to
Killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit
Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

And I am
(Here's to the Roc)
And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them
(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)
Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and
(Here's to the Roc)
This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas
(Mr. Rockefeller)
So get your ass up off the wall

So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella, named Hip Hop
Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie
And I was in the session with him, I had my demo with me
You know, like I always do
I played a songs, he's like "Who that spittin'?" I'm like "It's me"
He's like, "Oh, okay."
Uh, he started talkin' to me on the phone, going back and forth
Just askin' me to send him beats
And I think he's tryna get into managing producers
'Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin' with
And um, he was friends with my mentor, No I.D.
And No I.D. told him
"Look, man, if you wanna mess with Kanye you gotta tell him that you like the way he rap"
I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not
But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer
I'm like, oh shit
I was messin' with, uh, D-Dot also
People were like this, started talking about the ghost production
But that's how I got in the game
If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here
So you know, after they picked that "Truth" beat
I was figuring I was gonna get some more work
But shit just wasn't poppin' off like that
I was stayin' in Chicago, I had my own apartment
I be doin' like just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on
And then to go out and buy, get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away
Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine
That's what we wore back then
I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample
I played it for Hip over the phone
He's like, "Oh, yo that shit is crazy
Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty"
And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me
So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time
And really I just, like bit the drums off "Xxplosive"
And put it like with it sped up sample
And now it's kind of like my whole style, where it started
When he rapped on "This Can't be Life"
And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on The Dynasty album
I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound
You know, I got to come in and track the beat
And at the time I was still with my other management
I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop
Just I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause I, I been there for a while
I appreciate what they did for me but
You know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change
And try to move up to the next level
That day I came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said
"Oh, you a real soulful dude"
And he, uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio
You know he do it one take
He said tell me what you think of this
And I heard it, and I was thinking like, man
I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z
I ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion
So he asked me, "What you think of it?"
And I was like, "Man, that shit tight," you know what I'm sayin'? What I'ma tell him?
I was on the train, man, you know
So after that I went back home
And, man I'm, I'm just in Chicago, I'm tryna do my thing
You know, I got groups, I got acts I'm tryna get on
And like wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been
One of my homies that was one of my artists, he got signed
But it was supposed to really go through my production company
But he ended up going straight with the company
So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone
Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryna leave my company
And I got evicted at the same time
So I went down and tracked the beats from him
And I took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul
Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out
So I ain't have to deal with the landlord, 'cause he's a jerk
Me and my mother drove to
Newark, New Jersey, I hadn't even seen my apartment
I remember I pulled up, I unpacked all my shit
You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a bed, I put the bed together myself
I loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat I made was, uh, "Heart of the City"
And Beans was still working on his album at that time
So I came up there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact
And I played like seven beats
And, you know I guess he was in the zone, he already had the beats that he wanted
I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time
But then Jay walked in
I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on
I remember it like, like it was yesterday
And Hip Hop said, "Yo, play that one beat for him"
So I played "Heart of the City"
And really I made "Heart of the City," I really wanted to give that beat to DMX
Then I played another beat, then I played another beat
And I remember that Gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face
And made one of them faces like, ooh
Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame
Dame didn't know who I was and I was like, "Yo, what's up I'm Kanye"
"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay? Yo, this nigga got classics to your beats, B"
You know how he talk his shit
I'm like "oh, shit"
And all this time I'm starstruck, man
I'm still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggas on the show
The Streets is Watching or whatever
I'm lookin', these were superstars in my eyes
And they still are, you know
So, Jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days
I gotta bring up one thing, you know, go back to in story
The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat I tracked
I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly
And Hip Hop was there, I think Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, a bunch of people
I didn't know all these people at the time, they was in the room, and I said, "Yo, Jay I could rap"
And I spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit
Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips"
And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line
But you know the rest, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response
He said, "Man, that was tight"
And that was it, you know, I ain't get no deal or nothin'
Okay, fast forward
So, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," my first hit single
And I just took that proudly, built relationships with people
My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper
Because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him
Man, I appre-, I love him for that
And at this time, you know I didn't have a deal
I had songs, and I had relationships with all these A&R's
'Cause they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats
"Gimme a beat that sound like Jay-Z"
You know, they dick riders, whatever
So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit
I'll be like, "Yo, but I rap too"
Ayy, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know
'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever
Everybody out there listen here
I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they didn't sign me
You know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked with me though
But then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "nah"
Like, Dave Lighty fucked with me, my nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels
Jessica Rivera, man
I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up
Let's just say I ain't get my deal
The nigga that was behind me, I mean, he wasn't even a nigga
The person that actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol Records
He wanted to sign me really bad
Dame was like, "Yo, you got a deal with Capitol? Okay, man, just make sure it's not wack"
Then one day I just went ahead and played it
I wanted to play some songs, cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and Dame was in the room
So I played, actually it's a song you'll never hear
Well maybe I might use it so, it's called 'Wow'
I go to Jacob with 25 thou', you go with 25 hundred, wow
I got eleven plaques on my walls right now
You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow"
Like the chorus went like
Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it
So I play that song for him and he's like "oh, shit"
"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot"
Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper
And I'm sure Dame figured
Like, man, if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack
At least we can throw Cam on every song and save the album, you know
So, uh, Dame took me into the hallway
He's like "Yo, man, B, B, you don't want a brick, you don't want a brick"
"You gotta be under an umbrella or you'll get rained on"
I told Hip Hop and Hip Hop was like, "oh, word?"
Actually, even with that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol
'Cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H
That, you know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word
I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do
Then, you know, I'm not gonna name no names
But people told me, "Oh, he's just a producer rapper"
And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol
And right, the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do, man
I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio sessions
I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes, man, I was ready to go
And, and they had Mel call me, they said, "Yo, Capitol pulled on the deal"
And, you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested and
I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying to gas them up
To try to push the price up or whatever
I went up,I called G, I said, "Man, you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella?"

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?
So won't you raise your glass, won't you?
So won't you raise your glass, won't you?
So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

(Let's run it, let's run it, let's run it)

(Allons-y, allons-y, allons-y)

Yo, fuck you, Kanye, first and foremost

Yo, va te faire foutre, Kanye, en premier lieu

For making me do this shit, muhfucker

Pour m'avoir fait faire cette merde, enfoiré

Had to throw everybody out the muhfuckin' room

J'ai dû virer tout le monde de cette putain de pièce

'Cause they don't fuckin'

Parce qu'ils ne foutent rien

I'd like to propose a toast

J'aimerais porter un toast

I said toast, motherfucker

J'ai dit toast, enfoiré

And I am

Et je suis

(Here's to the Roc)

(Voici à la Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Et ils me demandent, ils me demandent, ils me demandent, je leur dis

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Voici à Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levez vos verres, vos verres, vos verres vers le ciel et

(Here's to the Roc)

(Voici à la Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

C'est le dernier appel pour l'alcool, pour le

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(M. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Alors bouge ton cul du mur

The all around the world Digital Underground Pac

Le tour du monde Digital Underground Pac

The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc

Le Rudolph le renne au nez rouge de la Roc

I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame

Je prends ma chaîne, mes 15 secondes de gloire

And come back next year with the whole fucking game

Et je reviens l'année prochaine avec tout le putain de jeu

Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top

Personne ne s'attendait à ce que Kanye finisse en haut

They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop

Ils s'attendaient à ce que College Dropout tombe et fasse un flop

Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself

Puis peut-être qu'il arrête de garder toutes les bonnes rythmiques pour lui

Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped

Roc-A-Fella's sont les seuls négros qui ont aidé

My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair

Mon argent était plus mince que les poils de la barbiche de Sean Paul

Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here

Maintenant le parfum Jean Paul Gaultier emplit l'air, ici

They say he bougie, he big-headed

Ils disent qu'il est snob, qu'il a la grosse tête

Would you please stop talking about how my dick head is

Pourriez-vous s'il vous plaît arrêter de parler de la taille de ma bite

Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds

Flow infectieux, donnez-moi 10 secondes

I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas

J'aurai un buzz plus grand que les insectes au Texas

It's funny how wasn't nobody interested

C'est drôle comment personne n'était intéressé

'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus

Jusqu'à la nuit où j'ai failli me tuer dans une Lexus

Now I am

Maintenant je suis

(Here's to the Roc)

(Voici à la Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Et ils me demandent, ils me demandent, ils me demandent, je leur dis

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Voici à Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levez vos verres, vos verres, vos verres vers le ciel et

(Here's to the Roc)

(Voici à la Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

C'est le dernier appel pour l'alcool, pour le

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(M. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Alors bouge ton cul du mur

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir

Maintenant, était-ce que Kanye était le plus négligé ? Oui monsieur

Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir

Maintenant, est-ce que Kanye est le plus surbooké ? Oui monsieur

Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest

Bien que les fans veulent le feeling d'A Tribe Called Quest

But all they got left is this guy called West

Mais tout ce qu'ils ont laissé, c'est ce gars appelé West

That'll take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def

Qui prendra Freeway, le mettra sur des morceaux avec Mos Def

When you call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z

Quand vous l'appelez Kwa-li ou Kwe-li, je le mets sur des chansons avec Jay-Z

I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and ooh

Je suis le Gap comme Banana Republic et Old Navy, et ooh

It come out sweeter than old Sadie

Ça sort plus doux que la vieille Sadie

Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards

Sympa comme Bun-B quand je l'ai rencontré aux Source awards

Girl he had with him, ass coulda won the horse awards

La fille qu'il avait avec lui, son cul aurait pu gagner les horse awards

And I was almost famous, now everybody love Kanye

Et j'étais presque célèbre, maintenant tout le monde aime Kanye

I'm almost Raymond

Je suis presque Raymond

Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?

Certains disent qu'il est arrogant. Pouvez-vous lui en vouloir ?

It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him

C'était carrément embarrassant comment vous l'avez joué

Last year shoppin' my demo, I was tryna shine

L'année dernière, en faisant mon démo, j'essayais de briller

Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme

Chaque enfoiré me disait que je ne pouvais pas rimer

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem

Maintenant, je pourrais laisser ces tueurs de rêves tuer mon estime de moi

Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams

Ou utiliser mon arrogance comme la vapeur pour alimenter mes rêves

I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed

Je l'utilise comme mon gaz, alors ils disent que je suis gonflé

But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh

Mais sans ça, je serais le dernier, alors je devrais rire

So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more

Alors je n'écoute plus les costards derrière le bureau

You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more

Vous portez des costumes parce que vous ne savez plus vous habiller

You can't say shit to Kanye West no more

Vous ne pouvez plus rien dire à Kanye West

I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga

J'ai fait bouger 20 000 personnes, j'étais juste en tournée, nigga

I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don

Je suis Kan, le Don de Louis Vuitton

Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom

J'ai acheté un sac à ma mère, maintenant elle est la Maman de Louis Vuitton

I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards

Je n'ai pas joué la main qui m'a été donnée, j'ai changé mes cartes

I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars

J'ai prié les cieux et j'ai changé mes étoiles

I went to the malls and I balled too hard

Je suis allé dans les centres commerciaux et j'ai trop dépensé

"Oh my God, is that a black card?"

"Oh mon Dieu, est-ce une carte noire ?"

I turned around and replied, "Why yes

Je me suis retourné et j'ai répondu, "Pourquoi oui

But I prefer the term African American Express"

Mais je préfère le terme American Express Africain"

Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell

Cerveaux, pouvoir, et muscle, comme Dame, Puffy, et Russell

Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to

Ton garçon est de retour sur son hustle, tu sais ce que j'ai fait

Killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Je vous tue tous sur cette merde lyrique

Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

Benz couleur mayonnaise, je pousse des Miracle Whips

And I am

Et je suis

(Here's to the Roc)

(Voici à la Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Et ils me demandent, ils me demandent, ils me demandent, je leur dis

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Voici à Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levez vos verres, vos verres, vos verres vers le ciel et

(Here's to the Roc)

(Voici à la Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas

C'est le dernier appel pour l'alcool pour mes négros

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(M. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Alors bouge ton cul du mur

So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella, named Hip Hop

Donc ce A&R chez Roc-A-Fella, nommé Hip Hop

Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie

A choisi le beat "Truth" pour Beanie

And I was in the session with him, I had my demo with me

Et j'étais en session avec lui, j'avais ma démo avec moi

You know, like I always do

Tu sais, comme je le fais toujours

I played a songs, he's like "Who that spittin'?" I'm like "It's me"

J'ai joué des chansons, il est comme "Qui crache ça ?" Je suis comme "C'est moi"

He's like, "Oh, okay."

Il est comme, "Oh, d'accord."

Uh, he started talkin' to me on the phone, going back and forth

Euh, il a commencé à me parler au téléphone, à faire des allers-retours

Just askin' me to send him beats

Il me demandait juste de lui envoyer des beats

And I think he's tryna get into managing producers

Et je pense qu'il essaye de se lancer dans le management de producteurs

'Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin' with

Parce qu'il avait ce autre gamin nommé Just Blaze avec qui il s'amusait

And um, he was friends with my mentor, No I.D.

Et euh, il était ami avec mon mentor, No I.D.

And No I.D. told him

Et No I.D. lui a dit

"Look, man, if you wanna mess with Kanye you gotta tell him that you like the way he rap"

"Regarde, mec, si tu veux t'occuper de Kanye, tu dois lui dire que tu aimes sa façon de rapper"

I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not

J'étais tout, je ne sais pas s'il me gonflait ou pas

But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer

Mais il a dit qu'il voulait me manager en tant que rappeur et producteur

I'm like, oh shit

Je suis comme, oh merde

I was messin' with, uh, D-Dot also

Je m'amusais avec, euh, D-Dot aussi

People were like this, started talking about the ghost production

Les gens étaient comme ça, ont commencé à parler de la production fantôme.

But that's how I got in the game

Mais c'est comme ça que je suis entré dans le jeu

If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here

Si ce n'était pas pour ça, je ne serais pas ici

So you know, after they picked that "Truth" beat

Alors tu sais, après qu'ils aient choisi ce beat "Truth"

I was figuring I was gonna get some more work

Je pensais que j'allais avoir plus de travail

But shit just wasn't poppin' off like that

Mais les choses ne se passaient pas comme ça

I was stayin' in Chicago, I had my own apartment

Je restais à Chicago, j'avais mon propre appartement

I be doin' like just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on

Je faisais juste des beats pour des artistes locaux pour essayer de garder les lumières allumées

And then to go out and buy, get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away

Et puis pour sortir et acheter, obtenir un Pelle Pelle en lay-away

Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine

Obtenir des Jordans ou quelque chose ou obtenir une TechnoMarine

That's what we wore back then

C'est ce que nous portions à l'époque

I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample

J'ai fait ce beat où j'ai accéléré cet échantillon de Harold Melvin

I played it for Hip over the phone

Je l'ai joué pour Hip au téléphone

He's like, "Oh, yo that shit is crazy

Il a dit, "Oh, yo ce truc est fou

Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty"

Jay pourrait le vouloir pour cet album de compilation qu'il fait appelé The Dynasty"

And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me

Et à ce moment-là, comme les tambours ne sonnaient pas bien pour moi

So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time

Alors je suis allé et euh, j'écoutais Dre Chronic 2001 à ce moment-là

And really I just, like bit the drums off "Xxplosive"

Et vraiment j'ai juste, comme mordu les tambours de "Xxplosive"

And put it like with it sped up sample

Et je l'ai mis avec cet échantillon accéléré

And now it's kind of like my whole style, where it started

Et maintenant c'est un peu comme mon style entier, où ça a commencé

When he rapped on "This Can't be Life"

Quand il a rappé sur "This Can't be Life"

And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on The Dynasty album

Et c'était comme, vraiment le premier beat de ce genre qui était sur l'album The Dynasty

I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound

Je pourrais dire que c'était la résurgence du son soul

You know, I got to come in and track the beat

Tu sais, j'ai dû venir et suivre le beat

And at the time I was still with my other management

Et à ce moment-là, j'étais encore avec mon autre management

I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop

Je voulais vraiment rouler avec Hip Hop

Just I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm sayin'?

Juste moi, j'avais juste besoin d'un peu d'air frais, tu sais ce que je veux dire ?

'Cause I, I been there for a while

Parce que moi, j'y étais depuis un moment

I appreciate what they did for me but

J'apprécie ce qu'ils ont fait pour moi mais

You know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change

Tu sais qu'il y a un moment dans la vie de chaque homme où il doit faire un changement

And try to move up to the next level

Et essayer de monter au niveau suivant

That day I came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said

Ce jour-là, je suis venu et j'ai suivi le beat et j'ai rencontré Jay-Z et il a dit

"Oh, you a real soulful dude"

"Oh, tu es un vrai mec soulful"

And he, uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio

Et il, euh, a joué la chanson parce qu'il avait déjà craché son verset avant que j'arrive au studio

You know he do it one take

Tu sais qu'il le fait en une prise

He said tell me what you think of this

Il m'a dit de lui dire ce que je pensais de ça

And I heard it, and I was thinking like, man

Et je l'ai entendu, et je pensais comme, mec

I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z

Je voulais vraiment plus du simple type Jay-Z

I ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion

Je ne voulais pas du, du plus introspectif, des rimes compliquées- ou du, à mon avis personnel

So he asked me, "What you think of it?"

Alors il m'a demandé, "Qu'est-ce que tu en penses ?"

And I was like, "Man, that shit tight," you know what I'm sayin'? What I'ma tell him?

Et j'étais comme, "Mec, ce truc est serré," tu sais ce que je vais lui dire ?

I was on the train, man, you know

J'étais dans le train, mec, tu sais

So after that I went back home

Alors après ça, je suis rentré chez moi

And, man I'm, I'm just in Chicago, I'm tryna do my thing

Et, mec, je suis juste à Chicago, j'essaie de faire mon truc

You know, I got groups, I got acts I'm tryna get on

Tu sais, j'ai des groupes, j'ai des actes que j'essaie de faire monter

And like wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been

Et comme il n'y avait rien qui décollait vraiment comme ça aurait dû

One of my homies that was one of my artists, he got signed

Un de mes potes qui était un de mes artistes, il a signé

But it was supposed to really go through my production company

Mais c'était censé vraiment passer par ma compagnie de production

But he ended up going straight with the company

Mais il a fini par aller directement avec la compagnie

So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone

Alors, comme je suis juste là à tenir le téléphone

Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryna leave my company

En recevant la mauvaise nouvelle que le mec essayait de quitter ma compagnie

And I got evicted at the same time

Et j'ai été expulsé en même temps

So I went down and tracked the beats from him

Alors je suis descendu et j'ai suivi les beats pour lui

And I took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul

Et j'ai pris cet argent, je suis revenu, j'ai tout emballé dans un U-Haul

Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out

Peut-être environ dix jours avant que je doive vraiment partir

So I ain't have to deal with the landlord, 'cause he's a jerk

Alors je n'ai pas eu à faire face au propriétaire, parce qu'il est un connard

Me and my mother drove to

Moi et ma mère sommes allés à

Newark, New Jersey, I hadn't even seen my apartment

Newark, New Jersey, je n'avais même pas vu mon appartement

I remember I pulled up, I unpacked all my shit

Je me souviens que je suis arrivé, j'ai déballé toutes mes affaires

You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a bed, I put the bed together myself

Tu sais, nous sommes allés à IKEA, j'ai acheté un lit, j'ai monté le lit moi-même

I loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat I made was, uh, "Heart of the City"

J'ai chargé tout mon matériel, et le premier beat que j'ai fait était, euh, "Heart of the City"

And Beans was still working on his album at that time

Et Beans travaillait encore sur son album à ce moment-là

So I came up there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact

Alors je suis monté là-bas à Baseline, c'était l'anniversaire de Beans, en fait

And I played like seven beats

Et j'ai joué comme sept beats

And, you know I guess he was in the zone, he already had the beats that he wanted

Et, tu sais je suppose qu'il était dans la zone, il avait déjà les beats qu'il voulait

I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time

J'avais déjà fait "Nothing Like It" à ce moment-là

But then Jay walked in

Mais puis Jay est entré

I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on

Je me souviens qu'il avait un seau Gucci sur la tête

I remember it like, like it was yesterday

Je m'en souviens comme si c'était hier

And Hip Hop said, "Yo, play that one beat for him"

Et Hip Hop a dit, "Yo, joue ce beat pour lui"

So I played "Heart of the City"

Alors j'ai joué "Heart of the City"

And really I made "Heart of the City," I really wanted to give that beat to DMX

Et vraiment j'ai fait "Heart of the City", je voulais vraiment donner ce beat à DMX

Then I played another beat, then I played another beat

Puis j'ai joué un autre beat, puis j'ai joué un autre beat

And I remember that Gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face

Et je me souviens de ce seau Gucci, il l'a pris et l'a mis sur son visage

And made one of them faces like, ooh

Et a fait une de ces têtes comme, ooh

Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame

Deux jours plus tard, je suis à Baseline et je vois Dame

Dame didn't know who I was and I was like, "Yo, what's up I'm Kanye"

Dame ne savait pas qui j'étais et j'étais comme, "Yo, quoi de neuf je suis Kanye"

"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay? Yo, this nigga got classics to your beats, B"

"Tu es ce gamin qui a donné tous ces beats à Jay ? Yo, ce mec a des classiques sur tes beats, B"

You know how he talk his shit

Tu sais comment il parle de sa merde

I'm like "oh, shit"

Je suis comme "oh, merde"

And all this time I'm starstruck, man

Et tout ce temps je suis étoilé, mec

I'm still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggas on the show

Je pense encore à, tu sais je les imagine sur le show

The Streets is Watching or whatever

The Streets is Watching ou quoi que ce soit

I'm lookin', these were superstars in my eyes

Je regarde, c'étaient des superstars à mes yeux

And they still are, you know

Et ils le sont toujours, tu sais

So, Jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days

Alors, Jay est entré et il a craché toutes ces chansons en un jour, et en deux jours

I gotta bring up one thing, you know, go back to in story

Je dois mentionner une chose, tu sais, revenir à l'histoire

The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat I tracked

Le jour où j'ai fait le beat de 'Can't be Life' que j'ai suivi

I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly

Je me souviens de Lenny S, il avait des baskets Louis Vuitton, il se croyait cool

And Hip Hop was there, I think Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, a bunch of people

Et Hip Hop était là, je pense Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, un tas de gens

I didn't know all these people at the time, they was in the room, and I said, "Yo, Jay I could rap"

Je ne connaissais pas toutes ces personnes à l'époque, elles étaient dans la pièce, et j'ai dit, "Yo, Jay je peux rapper"

And I spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Et j'ai craché ce rap qui disait, euh "Je vous tue tous sur ce truc lyrique

Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips"

Mercedes couleur mayonnaise, je pousse des miracles"

And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line

Et j'ai vu ses yeux s'illuminer quand j'ai dit cette ligne

But you know the rest, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response

Mais tu connais la suite, le rap était vraiment nul et merdique, donc c'est toute la réponse

He said, "Man, that was tight"

Il a dit, "Mec, c'était serré"

And that was it, you know, I ain't get no deal or nothin'

Et c'était tout, tu sais, je n'ai pas eu de contrat ou quoi que ce soit

Okay, fast forward

D'accord, avançons rapidement

So, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," my first hit single

Alors, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," mon premier single à succès

And I just took that proudly, built relationships with people

Et j'ai juste pris ça fièrement, construit des relations avec les gens

My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper

Ma relation avec Kweli je pense était l'une des meilleures choses qui soit jamais arrivée à ma carrière de rappeur

Because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him

Parce que, tu sais, bien sûr plus tard il m'a permis de partir en tournée avec lui

Man, I appre-, I love him for that

Mec, je l'apprécie, je l'aime pour ça

And at this time, you know I didn't have a deal

Et à cette époque, tu sais je n'avais pas de contrat

I had songs, and I had relationships with all these A&R's

J'avais des chansons, et j'avais des relations avec tous ces A&R

'Cause they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats

Parce qu'ils voulaient des beats de moi, alors ils m'appelaient, je leur jouais quelques beats

"Gimme a beat that sound like Jay-Z"

"Donne-moi un beat qui ressemble à Jay-Z"

You know, they dick riders, whatever

Tu sais, ils sont des suiveurs, peu importe

So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit

Alors je leur joue ces beats post-Blueprint ou quoi et puis je joue mon truc

I'll be like, "Yo, but I rap too"

Je serai comme, "Yo, mais je rappe aussi"

Ayy, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know

Ayy, je suppose qu'ils me regardaient bizarrement parce que tu sais

'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever

Parce que je n'avais pas de maillot ou quoi que ce soit

Everybody out there listen here

Tout le monde là-bas écoute ici

I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they didn't sign me

Je leur ai joué 'Jesus Walks' et ils ne m'ont pas signé

You know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked with me though

Tu sais ce qui s'est passé, il y avait des A&R qui m'ont soutenu

But then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "nah"

Mais ensuite comme les chefs, il y aurait quelqu'un à la compagnie qui dirait "non"

Like, Dave Lighty fucked with me, my nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels

Comme, Dave Lighty m'a soutenu, mon pote Mel m'a amené à un tas de labels

Jessica Rivera, man

Jessica Rivera, mec

I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up

Je ne vais rien dire pour ne pas gâcher ma promotion

Let's just say I ain't get my deal

Disons simplement que je n'ai pas eu mon contrat

The nigga that was behind me, I mean, he wasn't even a nigga

Le mec qui était derrière moi, je veux dire, ce n'était même pas un mec

The person that actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol Records

La personne qui a vraiment tout déclenché était Joe 3H de Capitol Records

He wanted to sign me really bad

Il voulait vraiment me signer

Dame was like, "Yo, you got a deal with Capitol? Okay, man, just make sure it's not wack"

Dame était comme, "Yo, tu as un contrat avec Capitol? D'accord, mec, assure-toi juste que ce n'est pas nul"

Then one day I just went ahead and played it

Puis un jour je suis allé de l'avant et je l'ai joué

I wanted to play some songs, cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and Dame was in the room

Je voulais jouer quelques chansons, parce que tu sais Cam était dans la pièce, Young Guru, et Dame était dans la pièce

So I played, actually it's a song you'll never hear

Alors j'ai joué, en fait c'est une chanson que tu n'entendras jamais

Well maybe I might use it so, it's called 'Wow'

Eh bien peut-être que je pourrais l'utiliser alors, elle s'appelle 'Wow'

I go to Jacob with 25 thou', you go with 25 hundred, wow

Je vais chez Jacob avec 25 mille, tu y vas avec 25 cents, wow

I got eleven plaques on my walls right now

J'ai onze plaques sur mes murs en ce moment

You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow"

Tu as ton premier single en or, putain, mec, wow"

Like the chorus went like

Comme le refrain allait comme

Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it

Ne mords pas ce refrain, je pourrais encore l'utiliser

So I play that song for him and he's like "oh, shit"

Alors je joue cette chanson pour lui et il est comme "oh, merde"

"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot"

"Je ne vais pas mentir, c'est plutôt chaud"

Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper

Comme ils ne me regardaient toujours pas comme un rappeur

And I'm sure Dame figured

Et je suis sûr que Dame a pensé

Like, man, if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack

Comme, mec, s'il fait un album entier, si ses raps sont nuls

At least we can throw Cam on every song and save the album, you know

Au moins on peut mettre Cam sur chaque chanson et sauver l'album, tu sais

So, uh, Dame took me into the hallway

Alors, euh, Dame m'a emmené dans le couloir

He's like "Yo, man, B, B, you don't want a brick, you don't want a brick"

Il est comme "Yo, mec, B, B, tu ne veux pas d'un échec, tu ne veux pas d'un échec"

"You gotta be under an umbrella or you'll get rained on"

"Tu dois être sous un parapluie ou tu seras mouillé"

I told Hip Hop and Hip Hop was like, "oh, word?"

J'ai dit à Hip Hop et Hip Hop était comme, "oh, vraiment?"

Actually, even with that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol

En fait, même avec ça j'étais encore sur le point de prendre le contrat avec Capitol

'Cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H

Parce qu'il était déjà sur la table et à cause de ma relation avec 3H

That, you know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word

Ça, tu sais, parce que je lui avais dit que j'allais le faire, et je suis un homme de parole

I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do

J'allais faire ce que j'avais dit que j'allais faire

Then, you know, I'm not gonna name no names

Puis, tu sais, je ne vais pas nommer de noms

But people told me, "Oh, he's just a producer rapper"

Mais des gens m'ont dit, "Oh, c'est juste un rappeur producteur"

And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol

Et ont dit à 3H qui a dit aux chefs de Capitol

And right, the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do, man

Et juste, le jour dont je parle, j'avais tout prévu ce que j'allais faire, mec

I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio sessions

J'avais choisi des vêtements, j'avais déjà commencé à réserver des sessions en studio

I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes, man, I was ready to go

J'ai commencé à organiser mon album, à penser à des stratégies de marketing, mec, j'étais prêt à y aller

And, and they had Mel call me, they said, "Yo, Capitol pulled on the deal"

Et, et ils ont fait appeler Mel, ils ont dit, "Yo, Capitol a retiré l'offre"

And, you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested and

Et, tu sais j'ai dit qu'ils savaient que Roc-A-Fella était intéressé et

I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying to gas them up

Je ne sais pas s'ils pensaient que c'était juste quelque chose que je disais pour les exciter

To try to push the price up or whatever

Pour essayer de faire monter le prix ou quoi que ce soit

I went up,I called G, I said, "Man, you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella?"

Je suis monté, j'ai appelé G, j'ai dit, "Mec, tu penses qu'on pourrait toujours avoir ce contrat avec Roc-A-Fella?"

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Alors ne lèveras-tu pas ton verre, ne le feras-tu pas?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Alors ne lèveras-tu pas ton verre, ne le feras-tu pas?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Alors ne lèveras-tu pas ton verre, ne le feras-tu pas?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Alors ne lèveras-tu pas ton verre, ne le feras-tu pas?

(Let's run it, let's run it, let's run it)

(Vamos correr, vamos correr, vamos correr)

Yo, fuck you, Kanye, first and foremost

Yo, foda-se você, Kanye, em primeiro lugar

For making me do this shit, muhfucker

Por me fazer fazer essa merda, filho da puta

Had to throw everybody out the muhfuckin' room

Tive que expulsar todo mundo do maldito quarto

'Cause they don't fuckin'

Porque eles não fodem

I'd like to propose a toast

Gostaria de propor um brinde

I said toast, motherfucker

Eu disse brinde, filho da puta

And I am

E eu sou

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aqui está para o Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

E eles me perguntam, eles me perguntam, eles me perguntam, eu digo a eles

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Aqui está para Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levante seus copos, seus copos, seus copos para o céu e

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aqui está para o Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Esta é a última chamada para álcool, para o

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Sr. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Então levante sua bunda da parede

The all around the world Digital Underground Pac

O Digital Underground Pac de todo o mundo

The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc

O Rudolph, a rena de nariz vermelho do Roc

I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame

Eu pego minha corrente, meus 15 segundos de fama

And come back next year with the whole fucking game

E volto no próximo ano com o jogo todo fodido

Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top

Ninguém esperava que Kanye acabasse no topo

They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop

Eles esperavam que o College Dropout caísse e fracassasse

Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself

Então talvez ele pare de guardar todas as boas batidas para si mesmo

Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped

Roc-A-Fella são os únicos negros que ajudaram

My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair

Meu dinheiro era mais fino que o cabelo da barba de Sean Paul

Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here

Agora o perfume de Jean Paul Gaultier enche o ar, aqui

They say he bougie, he big-headed

Eles dizem que ele é esnobe, ele é cabeça grande

Would you please stop talking about how my dick head is

Você poderia por favor parar de falar sobre como minha cabeça de pau é

Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds

Fluxo infeccioso, me dê 10 segundos

I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas

Eu terei um zumbido maior que insetos no Texas

It's funny how wasn't nobody interested

É engraçado como ninguém estava interessado

'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus

Até a noite em que quase me matei em um Lexus

Now I am

Agora eu sou

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aqui está para o Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

E eles me perguntam, eles me perguntam, eles me perguntam, eu digo a eles

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Aqui está para Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levante seus copos, seus copos, seus copos para o céu e

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aqui está para o Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Esta é a última chamada para álcool, para o

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Sr. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Então levante sua bunda da parede

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir

Agora, Kanye foi o mais negligenciado? Sim senhor

Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir

Agora, Kanye é o mais sobrecarregado? Sim senhor

Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest

Embora os fãs queiram a sensação de A Tribe Called Quest

But all they got left is this guy called West

Mas tudo o que sobrou é esse cara chamado West

That'll take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def

Que vai pegar o Freeway, jogá-lo em faixas com Mos Def

When you call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z

Quando você o chama de Kwa-li ou Kwe-li, eu o coloco em músicas com Jay-Z

I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and ooh

Eu sou o Gap como Banana Republic e Old Navy, e ooh

It come out sweeter than old Sadie

Isso sai mais doce que a velha Sadie

Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards

Legal como Bun-B quando o conheci no Source Awards

Girl he had with him, ass coulda won the horse awards

A garota que ele tinha com ele, a bunda dela poderia ter ganhado os prêmios de cavalo

And I was almost famous, now everybody love Kanye

E eu estava quase famoso, agora todo mundo ama Kanye

I'm almost Raymond

Eu sou quase Raymond

Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?

Alguns dizem que ele é arrogante. Vocês podem culpá-lo?

It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him

Foi totalmente embaraçoso como vocês o trataram

Last year shoppin' my demo, I was tryna shine

No ano passado, comprando minha demo, eu estava tentando brilhar

Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme

Todo filho da puta me disse que eu não conseguia rimar

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem

Agora eu poderia deixar esses assassinos de sonhos matar minha autoestima

Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams

Ou usar minha arrogância como o vapor para alimentar meus sonhos

I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed

Eu uso isso como meu gás, então eles dizem que estou cheio de gás

But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh

Mas sem isso eu seria o último, então eu deveria rir

So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more

Então eu não escuto mais os engravatados atrás da mesa

You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more

Vocês usam ternos porque não sabem mais se vestir

You can't say shit to Kanye West no more

Você não pode dizer merda para Kanye West mais

I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga

Eu balancei 20.000 pessoas, eu estava apenas em turnê, mano

I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don

Eu sou Kan, o Don da Louis Vuitton

Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom

Comprei uma bolsa para minha mãe, agora ela é a mãe da Louis Vuitton

I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards

Eu não joguei a mão que me foi dada, eu mudei minhas cartas

I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars

Eu orei para os céus e mudei minhas estrelas

I went to the malls and I balled too hard

Eu fui aos shoppings e joguei duro demais

"Oh my God, is that a black card?"

"Oh meu Deus, é um cartão preto?"

I turned around and replied, "Why yes

Eu me virei e respondi: "Sim

But I prefer the term African American Express"

Mas eu prefiro o termo American Express Africano"

Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell

Cérebros, poder e músculo, como Dame, Puffy e Russell

Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to

Seu garoto de volta ao seu jogo, você sabe o que eu tenho feito

Killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Matando vocês manos nessa merda lírica

Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

Mercedes cor de maionese, eu empurro Whips Milagrosos

And I am

E eu sou

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aqui está para o Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

E eles me perguntam, eles me perguntam, eles me perguntam, eu digo a eles

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Aqui está para Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levante seus copos, seus copos, seus copos para o céu e

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aqui está para o Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas

Esta é a última chamada para álcool para meus manos

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Sr. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Então levante sua bunda da parede

So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella, named Hip Hop

Então este A&R na Roc-A-Fella, chamado Hip Hop

Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie

Escolheu a batida "Truth" para Beanie

And I was in the session with him, I had my demo with me

E eu estava na sessão com ele, tinha minha demo comigo

You know, like I always do

Você sabe, como eu sempre faço

I played a songs, he's like "Who that spittin'?" I'm like "It's me"

Eu toquei uma música, ele perguntou "Quem está cuspindo?" Eu disse "Sou eu"

He's like, "Oh, okay."

Ele disse, "Ah, ok."

Uh, he started talkin' to me on the phone, going back and forth

Uh, ele começou a falar comigo ao telefone, indo e voltando

Just askin' me to send him beats

Apenas me pedindo para enviar a ele batidas

And I think he's tryna get into managing producers

E eu acho que ele está tentando entrar na gestão de produtores

'Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin' with

Porque ele tinha esse outro garoto chamado Just Blaze com quem ele estava mexendo

And um, he was friends with my mentor, No I.D.

E ele era amigo do meu mentor, No I.D.

And No I.D. told him

E No I.D. disse a ele

"Look, man, if you wanna mess with Kanye you gotta tell him that you like the way he rap"

"Olha, cara, se você quer mexer com Kanye, você tem que dizer a ele que gosta do jeito que ele rima"

I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not

Eu estava tipo, eu não sei se ele estava me inflando ou não

But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer

Mas ele disse que queria me gerenciar como rapper e produtor

I'm like, oh shit

Eu fiquei tipo, oh merda

I was messin' with, uh, D-Dot also

Eu estava mexendo com, uh, D-Dot também

People were like this, started talking about the ghost production

As pessoas estavam assim, começaram a falar sobre a produção fantasma

But that's how I got in the game

Mas foi assim que entrei no jogo

If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here

Se não fosse por isso, eu não estaria aqui

So you know, after they picked that "Truth" beat

Então você sabe, depois que eles escolheram aquele beat "Truth"

I was figuring I was gonna get some more work

Eu estava pensando que ia conseguir mais trabalho

But shit just wasn't poppin' off like that

Mas as coisas simplesmente não estavam acontecendo assim

I was stayin' in Chicago, I had my own apartment

Eu estava morando em Chicago, tinha meu próprio apartamento

I be doin' like just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on

Eu fazia apenas beats para artistas locais apenas para tentar manter as luzes acesas

And then to go out and buy, get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away

E então sair e comprar, pegar um Pelle Pelle de lay-away

Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine

Pegar alguns Jordans ou algo assim ou pegar um TechnoMarine

That's what we wore back then

Isso é o que usávamos naquela época

I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample

Eu fiz esse beat onde acelerei essa amostra de Harold Melvin

I played it for Hip over the phone

Eu toquei para o Hip pelo telefone

He's like, "Oh, yo that shit is crazy

Ele disse, "Oh, yo essa merda é louca

Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty"

Jay pode querer isso para o álbum de compilação que ele está fazendo chamado The Dynasty"

And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me

E naquela época, tipo, as baterias realmente não estavam soando bem para mim

So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time

Então eu fui e, eu estava ouvindo Dre Chronic 2001 naquela época

And really I just, like bit the drums off "Xxplosive"

E realmente eu apenas, tipo mordi as baterias de "Xxplosive"

And put it like with it sped up sample

E coloquei isso com a amostra acelerada

And now it's kind of like my whole style, where it started

E agora é meio que o meu estilo todo, onde começou

When he rapped on "This Can't be Life"

Quando ele cantou em "This Can't be Life"

And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on The Dynasty album

E isso foi como, realmente o primeiro beat desse tipo que estava no álbum The Dynasty

I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound

Eu poderia dizer que foi a ressurgência do som soul

You know, I got to come in and track the beat

Você sabe, eu tive que entrar e rastrear o beat

And at the time I was still with my other management

E naquela época eu ainda estava com a minha outra gestão

I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop

Eu realmente queria rolar com o Hip Hop

Just I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm sayin'?

Só eu, eu só precisava de um ar fresco, sabe o que eu estou dizendo?

'Cause I, I been there for a while

Porque eu, eu estive lá por um tempo

I appreciate what they did for me but

Eu aprecio o que eles fizeram por mim mas

You know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change

Você sabe que há um momento na vida de todo homem em que ele tem que fazer uma mudança

And try to move up to the next level

E tentar subir para o próximo nível

That day I came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said

Naquele dia eu vim e rastreei o beat e conheci o Jay-Z e ele disse

"Oh, you a real soulful dude"

"Oh, você é um cara realmente cheio de alma"

And he, uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio

E ele, uh, tocou a música porque ele já tinha cuspido seu verso até o momento em que cheguei ao estúdio

You know he do it one take

Você sabe que ele faz em uma única tomada

He said tell me what you think of this

Ele disse me diga o que você acha disso

And I heard it, and I was thinking like, man

E eu ouvi, e estava pensando tipo, cara

I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z

Eu realmente queria mais do tipo simples Jay-Z

I ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion

Eu não queria o, o mais introspectivo, complicado rhy- ou o, na minha opinião pessoal

So he asked me, "What you think of it?"

Então ele me perguntou, "O que você acha disso?"

And I was like, "Man, that shit tight," you know what I'm sayin'? What I'ma tell him?

E eu disse, "Cara, essa merda é apertada", sabe o que eu estou dizendo? O que eu vou dizer a ele?

I was on the train, man, you know

Eu estava no trem, cara, sabe

So after that I went back home

Então depois disso eu voltei para casa

And, man I'm, I'm just in Chicago, I'm tryna do my thing

E, cara eu, eu estou apenas em Chicago, estou tentando fazer minha coisa

You know, I got groups, I got acts I'm tryna get on

Você sabe, eu tenho grupos, eu tenho atos que estou tentando colocar

And like wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been

E como não estava realmente acontecendo nada do jeito que deveria ter sido

One of my homies that was one of my artists, he got signed

Um dos meus amigos que era um dos meus artistas, ele foi contratado

But it was supposed to really go through my production company

Mas era para realmente passar pela minha produtora

But he ended up going straight with the company

Mas ele acabou indo direto com a empresa

So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone

Então, tipo eu estou apenas segurando o telefone

Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryna leave my company

Recebendo a má notícia de que o cara estava tentando deixar minha empresa

And I got evicted at the same time

E eu fui despejado ao mesmo tempo

So I went down and tracked the beats from him

Então eu desci e rastreei os beats dele

And I took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul

E peguei esse dinheiro, voltei, empacotei todas as minhas coisas em um U-Haul

Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out

Talvez cerca de dez dias antes de eu realmente ter que sair

So I ain't have to deal with the landlord, 'cause he's a jerk

Então eu não tive que lidar com o proprietário, porque ele é um idiota

Me and my mother drove to

Eu e minha mãe dirigimos para

Newark, New Jersey, I hadn't even seen my apartment

Newark, New Jersey, eu nem tinha visto meu apartamento

I remember I pulled up, I unpacked all my shit

Lembro que cheguei, desempacotei todas as minhas coisas

You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a bed, I put the bed together myself

Você sabe, fomos à IKEA, comprei uma cama, montei a cama sozinho

I loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat I made was, uh, "Heart of the City"

Carreguei todo o meu equipamento, e o primeiro beat que fiz foi, uh, "Heart of the City"

And Beans was still working on his album at that time

E Beans ainda estava trabalhando em seu álbum naquela época

So I came up there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact

Então eu subi lá para Baseline, era o aniversário de Beans, na verdade

And I played like seven beats

E eu toquei como sete beats

And, you know I guess he was in the zone, he already had the beats that he wanted

E, você sabe, acho que ele estava na zona, ele já tinha os beats que ele queria

I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time

Eu já tinha feito "Nothing Like It" naquela época

But then Jay walked in

Mas então Jay entrou

I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on

Lembro que ele tinha um chapéu de balde Gucci

I remember it like, like it was yesterday

Lembro disso como, como se fosse ontem

And Hip Hop said, "Yo, play that one beat for him"

E Hip Hop disse, "Yo, toque aquele beat para ele"

So I played "Heart of the City"

Então eu toquei "Heart of the City"

And really I made "Heart of the City," I really wanted to give that beat to DMX

E realmente eu fiz "Heart of the City", eu realmente queria dar aquele beat para DMX

Then I played another beat, then I played another beat

Então eu toquei outro beat, então eu toquei outro beat

And I remember that Gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face

E lembro daquele balde Gucci, ele pegou e colocou sobre o rosto

And made one of them faces like, ooh

E fez uma daquelas caras como, ooh

Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame

Dois dias depois eu estou em Baseline e vejo Dame

Dame didn't know who I was and I was like, "Yo, what's up I'm Kanye"

Dame não sabia quem eu era e eu disse, "Oi, tudo bem, eu sou Kanye"

"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay? Yo, this nigga got classics to your beats, B"

"Você é aquele garoto que deu todos aqueles beats para Jay? Yo, esse cara tem clássicos com seus beats, B"

You know how he talk his shit

Você sabe como ele fala sua merda

I'm like "oh, shit"

Eu estou tipo "oh, merda"

And all this time I'm starstruck, man

E todo esse tempo eu estou deslumbrado, cara

I'm still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggas on the show

Eu ainda estou pensando, sabe, eu estou imaginando esses caras no show

The Streets is Watching or whatever

The Streets is Watching ou o que seja

I'm lookin', these were superstars in my eyes

Eu estou olhando, esses eram superstars aos meus olhos

And they still are, you know

E eles ainda são, você sabe

So, Jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days

Então, Jay entrou e cuspiu todas essas músicas em um dia, e em dois dias

I gotta bring up one thing, you know, go back to in story

Eu tenho que trazer uma coisa, sabe, voltar à história

The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat I tracked

No dia em que fiz a batida 'Can't be Life' eu rastreei

I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly

Lembro-me de Lenny S, ele tinha uns tênis Louis Vuitton, ele se achava o máximo

And Hip Hop was there, I think Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, a bunch of people

E o Hip Hop estava lá, acho que Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, um monte de gente

I didn't know all these people at the time, they was in the room, and I said, "Yo, Jay I could rap"

Eu não conhecia todas essas pessoas na época, elas estavam na sala, e eu disse, "Ei, Jay, eu posso rimar"

And I spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

E eu cuspi essa rima que dizia, uh "Estou matando vocês, caras, nessa merda lírica

Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips"

Mercedes cor de maionese, eu empurro milagres"

And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line

E eu vi seus olhos se iluminarem quando eu disse essa linha

But you know the rest, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response

Mas você sabe o resto, a rima era bem ruim e tal, então essa foi toda a resposta

He said, "Man, that was tight"

Ele disse, "Cara, isso foi demais"

And that was it, you know, I ain't get no deal or nothin'

E foi isso, sabe, eu não consegui nenhum contrato ou nada

Okay, fast forward

Ok, avançando

So, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," my first hit single

Então, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," meu primeiro hit single

And I just took that proudly, built relationships with people

E eu apenas aceitei isso orgulhosamente, construí relações com as pessoas

My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper

Minha relação com Kweli acho que foi uma das melhores coisas que já aconteceu na minha carreira como rapper

Because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him

Porque, sabe, claro que mais tarde ele me permitiu ir em turnê com ele

Man, I appre-, I love him for that

Cara, eu agradeço, eu o amo por isso

And at this time, you know I didn't have a deal

E nessa época, sabe, eu não tinha um contrato

I had songs, and I had relationships with all these A&R's

Eu tinha músicas, e tinha relações com todos esses A&R's

'Cause they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats

Porque eles queriam batidas de mim, então eles me ligavam, eu tocava algumas batidas para eles

"Gimme a beat that sound like Jay-Z"

"Me dê uma batida que soe como Jay-Z"

You know, they dick riders, whatever

Sabe, eles são puxa-sacos, seja lá o que for

So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit

Então eu toco para eles essas batidas pós-Blueprint ou o que seja e então eu toco as minhas

I'll be like, "Yo, but I rap too"

Eu fico tipo, "Ei, mas eu também rimo"

Ayy, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know

Ayy, acho que eles me olhavam estranho porque sabe

'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever

Porque eu não estava usando uma camisa de time ou seja lá o que for

Everybody out there listen here

Todo mundo aí fora escute aqui

I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they didn't sign me

Eu toquei 'Jesus Walks' para eles e eles não me contrataram

You know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked with me though

Você sabe o que aconteceu, tinha alguns A&R's que gostavam de mim

But then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "nah"

Mas então como os chefes, seria alguém na empresa que diria "não"

Like, Dave Lighty fucked with me, my nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels

Tipo, Dave Lighty gostava de mim, meu mano Mel me levou a várias gravadoras

Jessica Rivera, man

Jessica Rivera, cara

I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up

Eu não vou dizer nada para estragar minha promoção

Let's just say I ain't get my deal

Vamos apenas dizer que eu não consegui meu contrato

The nigga that was behind me, I mean, he wasn't even a nigga

O cara que estava por trás de mim, quero dizer, ele nem era um cara

The person that actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol Records

A pessoa que realmente deu início a tudo foi Joe 3H da Capitol Records

He wanted to sign me really bad

Ele queria muito me contratar

Dame was like, "Yo, you got a deal with Capitol? Okay, man, just make sure it's not wack"

Dame estava tipo, "Ei, você tem um contrato com a Capitol? Ok, cara, só se certifique de que não é ruim"

Then one day I just went ahead and played it

Então um dia eu simplesmente fui em frente e toquei

I wanted to play some songs, cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and Dame was in the room

Eu queria tocar algumas músicas, porque sabe, Cam estava na sala, Young Guru, e Dame estava na sala

So I played, actually it's a song you'll never hear

Então eu toquei, na verdade é uma música que você nunca vai ouvir

Well maybe I might use it so, it's called 'Wow'

Bem, talvez eu possa usá-la, então, é chamada 'Wow'

I go to Jacob with 25 thou', you go with 25 hundred, wow

Eu vou para Jacob com 25 mil, você vai com 2.500, uau

I got eleven plaques on my walls right now

Eu tenho onze placas na minha parede agora

You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow"

Você tem seu primeiro single de ouro, caramba, cara, uau"

Like the chorus went like

Como o refrão era tipo

Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it

Não copie esse refrão, eu ainda posso usá-lo

So I play that song for him and he's like "oh, shit"

Então eu toquei essa música para ele e ele ficou tipo "oh, merda"

"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot"

"Eu não vou mentir, é meio quente"

Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper

Tipo, eles ainda não me viam como um rapper

And I'm sure Dame figured

E tenho certeza que Dame pensou

Like, man, if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack

Tipo, cara, se ele fizer um álbum inteiro, se as rimas dele forem ruins

At least we can throw Cam on every song and save the album, you know

Pelo menos podemos colocar Cam em todas as músicas e salvar o álbum, sabe

So, uh, Dame took me into the hallway

Então, uh, Dame me levou para o corredor

He's like "Yo, man, B, B, you don't want a brick, you don't want a brick"

Ele disse "Ei, cara, B, B, você não quer um tijolo, você não quer um tijolo"

"You gotta be under an umbrella or you'll get rained on"

"Você tem que estar sob um guarda-chuva ou vai se molhar"

I told Hip Hop and Hip Hop was like, "oh, word?"

Eu contei para o Hip Hop e o Hip Hop ficou tipo, "oh, sério?"

Actually, even with that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol

Na verdade, mesmo com isso eu ainda estava prestes a fechar o contrato com a Capitol

'Cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H

Porque já estava na mesa e por causa da minha relação com 3H

That, you know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word

Isso, sabe, porque eu disse a ele que ia fazer, e eu sou um homem de palavra

I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do

Eu ia seguir com o que eu disse que ia fazer

Then, you know, I'm not gonna name no names

Então, sabe, eu não vou citar nomes

But people told me, "Oh, he's just a producer rapper"

Mas as pessoas me disseram, "Ah, ele é apenas um produtor que rima"

And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol

E disseram a 3H que contou aos chefes da Capitol

And right, the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do, man

E certo, no dia de que estou falando, eu planejei tudo o que ia fazer, cara

I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio sessions

Eu tinha escolhido roupas, já tinha começado a reservar sessões de estúdio

I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes, man, I was ready to go

Comecei a organizar meu álbum, pensando em estratégias de marketing, cara, eu estava pronto para ir

And, and they had Mel call me, they said, "Yo, Capitol pulled on the deal"

E, e eles fizeram Mel me ligar, eles disseram, "Ei, a Capitol desistiu do contrato"

And, you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested and

E, sabe, eu disse a eles que a Roc-A-Fella estava interessada e

I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying to gas them up

Eu não sei se eles pensaram que era apenas algo que eu estava dizendo para inflá-los

To try to push the price up or whatever

Para tentar aumentar o preço ou seja lá o que for

I went up,I called G, I said, "Man, you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella?"

Eu subi, liguei para G, disse, "Cara, você acha que ainda podemos conseguir aquele contrato com a Roc-A-Fella?"

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Então, você não vai levantar seu copo, não vai?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Então, você não vai levantar seu copo, não vai?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Então, você não vai levantar seu copo, não vai?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Então, você não vai levantar seu copo, não vai?

(Let's run it, let's run it, let's run it)

(Vamos a correrlo, vamos a correrlo, vamos a correrlo)

Yo, fuck you, Kanye, first and foremost

Yo, jódete, Kanye, en primer lugar

For making me do this shit, muhfucker

Por hacerme hacer esta mierda, hijo de puta

Had to throw everybody out the muhfuckin' room

Tuve que echar a todos de la maldita habitación

'Cause they don't fuckin'

Porque no joden

I'd like to propose a toast

Me gustaría proponer un brindis

I said toast, motherfucker

Dije brindis, hijo de puta

And I am

Y yo soy

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aquí está para el Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Y me preguntan, me preguntan, me preguntan, yo les digo

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Aquí está para Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levanta tus copas, tus copas, tus copas al cielo y

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aquí está para el Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Esta es la última llamada para el alcohol, para el

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Sr. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Así que levanta tu trasero de la pared

The all around the world Digital Underground Pac

El todo alrededor del mundo Digital Underground Pac

The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc

El Rudolph el reno de nariz roja del Roc

I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame

Tomo mi cadena, mis 15 segundos de fama

And come back next year with the whole fucking game

Y vuelvo el próximo año con todo el maldito juego

Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top

Nadie esperaba que Kanye terminara en la cima

They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop

Esperaban que College Dropout cayera y luego fracasara

Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself

Entonces tal vez él deje de guardar todas las buenas pistas para él mismo

Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped

Roc-A-Fella's solo negros que ayudaron

My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair

Mi dinero era más delgado que el pelo de la barba de Sean Paul

Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here

Ahora el perfume de Jean Paul Gaultier llena el aire, aquí

They say he bougie, he big-headed

Dicen que es presumido, tiene la cabeza grande

Would you please stop talking about how my dick head is

¿Podrías dejar de hablar de cómo es mi cabeza de pene?

Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds

Flujo infeccioso, dame 10 segundos

I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas

Tendré un zumbido más grande que los insectos en Texas

It's funny how wasn't nobody interested

Es gracioso cómo no estaba interesado nadie

'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus

Hasta la noche que casi me mato en Lexus

Now I am

Ahora yo soy

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aquí está para el Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Y me preguntan, me preguntan, me preguntan, yo les digo

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Aquí está para Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levanta tus copas, tus copas, tus copas al cielo y

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aquí está para el Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Esta es la última llamada para el alcohol, para el

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Sr. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Así que levanta tu trasero de la pared

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir

¿Fue Kanye el más pasado por alto? Sí señor

Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir

¿Es Kanye el más sobrecontratado? Sí señor

Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest

Aunque los fans quieren la sensación de A Tribe Called Quest

But all they got left is this guy called West

Pero todo lo que queda es este tipo llamado West

That'll take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def

Eso tomará a Freeway, lo lanzará en pistas con Mos Def

When you call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z

Cuando lo llamas Kwa-li o Kwe-li, lo pongo en canciones con Jay-Z

I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and ooh

Soy el Gap como Banana Republic y Old Navy, y ooh

It come out sweeter than old Sadie

Sale más dulce que la vieja Sadie

Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards

Tan agradable como Bun-B cuando lo conocí en los premios Source

Girl he had with him, ass coulda won the horse awards

La chica que tenía con él, el trasero podría haber ganado los premios de caballo

And I was almost famous, now everybody love Kanye

Y yo estaba casi famoso, ahora todos aman a Kanye

I'm almost Raymond

Estoy casi Raymond

Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?

Algunos dicen que es arrogante. ¿Podéis culparle?

It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him

Fue totalmente vergonzoso cómo le jugasteis

Last year shoppin' my demo, I was tryna shine

El año pasado comprando mi demo, estaba tratando de brillar

Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme

Cada hijo de puta me decía que no podía rimar

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem

Ahora podría dejar que estos asesinos de sueños maten mi autoestima

Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams

O usar mi arrogancia como el vapor para alimentar mis sueños

I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed

Lo uso como mi gas, así que dicen que estoy gaseado

But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh

Pero sin él sería el último, así que debería reír

So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more

Así que ya no escucho a los trajes detrás del escritorio

You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more

Ustedes negros usan trajes porque ya no pueden vestirse

You can't say shit to Kanye West no more

No puedes decir mierda a Kanye West ya

I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga

Moví a 20,000 personas, acababa de estar de gira, negro

I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don

Soy Kan, el Don de Louis Vuitton

Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom

Compré un bolso a mi madre, ahora ella es la Madre de Louis Vuitton

I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards

No jugué la mano que me dieron, cambié mis cartas

I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars

Oré a los cielos y cambié mis estrellas

I went to the malls and I balled too hard

Fui a los centros comerciales y jugué demasiado duro

"Oh my God, is that a black card?"

"Oh Dios mío, ¿es esa una tarjeta negra?"

I turned around and replied, "Why yes

Me di la vuelta y respondí: "Sí

But I prefer the term African American Express"

Pero prefiero el término American Express Africano"

Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell

Cerebros, poder y músculo, como Dame, Puffy y Russell

Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to

Tu chico de vuelta en su ajetreo, sabes lo que he estado haciendo

Killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Matándote a todos en esa mierda lírica

Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

Mercedes de color mayonesa, empujo Whips milagrosos

And I am

Y yo soy

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aquí está para el Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Y me preguntan, me preguntan, me preguntan, yo les digo

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Aquí está para Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Levanta tus copas, tus copas, tus copas al cielo y

(Here's to the Roc)

(Aquí está para el Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas

Esta es la última llamada para el alcohol para mis negros

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Sr. Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Así que levanta tu trasero de la pared

So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella, named Hip Hop

Así que este A&R en Roc-A-Fella, llamado Hip Hop

Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie

Escogió el ritmo "Truth" para Beanie

And I was in the session with him, I had my demo with me

Y yo estaba en la sesión con él, tenía mi demo conmigo

You know, like I always do

Ya sabes, como siempre hago

I played a songs, he's like "Who that spittin'?" I'm like "It's me"

Reproducí unas canciones, él dice "¿Quién está escupiendo?" Yo digo "Soy yo"

He's like, "Oh, okay."

Él dice, "Oh, está bien."

Uh, he started talkin' to me on the phone, going back and forth

Uh, empezó a hablarme por teléfono, yendo y viniendo

Just askin' me to send him beats

Simplemente pidiéndome que le enviara ritmos

And I think he's tryna get into managing producers

Y creo que está tratando de meterse en la gestión de productores

'Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin' with

Porque tenía a este otro chico llamado Just Blaze con el que estaba jugando

And um, he was friends with my mentor, No I.D.

Y um, era amigo de mi mentor, No I.D.

And No I.D. told him

Y No I.D. le dijo

"Look, man, if you wanna mess with Kanye you gotta tell him that you like the way he rap"

"Mira, hombre, si quieres jugar con Kanye tienes que decirle que te gusta cómo rapea"

I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not

Yo estaba como, no sé si me estaba inflando o no

But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer

Pero él dice que quiere gestionarme como rapero y productor

I'm like, oh shit

Estoy como, oh mierda

I was messin' with, uh, D-Dot also

Estaba jugando con, uh, D-Dot también

People were like this, started talking about the ghost production

La gente estaba como esto, empezó a hablar sobre la producción fantasma.

But that's how I got in the game

Pero así es como entré en el juego

If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here

Si no fuera por eso, no estaría aquí

So you know, after they picked that "Truth" beat

Así que ya sabes, después de que eligieron ese ritmo de "Verdad"

I was figuring I was gonna get some more work

Estaba pensando que iba a conseguir más trabajo

But shit just wasn't poppin' off like that

Pero las cosas simplemente no estaban despegando así

I was stayin' in Chicago, I had my own apartment

Estaba viviendo en Chicago, tenía mi propio apartamento

I be doin' like just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on

Estaba haciendo solo ritmos para actos locales solo para intentar mantener las luces encendidas

And then to go out and buy, get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away

Y luego salir y comprar, conseguir un Pelle Pelle a plazos

Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine

Conseguir unas Jordans o algo o conseguir un TechnoMarine

That's what we wore back then

Eso es lo que usábamos en aquel entonces

I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample

Hice este ritmo donde aceleré esta muestra de Harold Melvin

I played it for Hip over the phone

Se lo toqué a Hip por teléfono

He's like, "Oh, yo that shit is crazy

Él dijo, "Oh, eso está loco

Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty"

Jay podría quererlo para este álbum recopilatorio que está haciendo llamado The Dynasty"

And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me

Y en ese momento, como que los tambores realmente no sonaban bien para mí

So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time

Así que fui y um, estaba escuchando a Dre Chronic 2001 en ese momento

And really I just, like bit the drums off "Xxplosive"

Y realmente solo, como que mordí los tambores de "Xxplosive"

And put it like with it sped up sample

Y lo puse con esa muestra acelerada

And now it's kind of like my whole style, where it started

Y ahora es como mi estilo completo, donde empezó

When he rapped on "This Can't be Life"

Cuando rapeó en "This Can't be Life"

And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on The Dynasty album

Y eso fue como, realmente el primer ritmo de ese tipo que estaba en el álbum The Dynasty

I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound

Podría decir que fue el resurgimiento del sonido soul

You know, I got to come in and track the beat

Ya sabes, tuve que entrar y seguir el ritmo

And at the time I was still with my other management

Y en ese momento todavía estaba con mi otra administración

I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop

Realmente quería rodar con Hip Hop

Just I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm sayin'?

Solo yo, solo necesitaba un poco de aire fresco, ¿sabes a lo que me refiero?

'Cause I, I been there for a while

Porque yo, había estado allí por un tiempo

I appreciate what they did for me but

Aprecio lo que hicieron por mí pero

You know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change

Ya sabes que hay un momento en la vida de cada hombre en el que tiene que hacer un cambio

And try to move up to the next level

E intentar subir al siguiente nivel

That day I came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said

Ese día llegué y seguí el ritmo y conocí a Jay-Z y él dijo

"Oh, you a real soulful dude"

"Oh, eres un tipo realmente soulful"

And he, uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio

Y él, uh, tocó la canción porque ya había escupido su verso para cuando llegué al estudio

You know he do it one take

Ya sabes que lo hace de una vez

He said tell me what you think of this

Dijo dime qué piensas de esto

And I heard it, and I was thinking like, man

Y lo escuché, y estaba pensando como, hombre

I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z

Realmente quería más como el simple tipo Jay-Z

I ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion

No quería como el, el más introspectivo, complicado rhy- o el, en mi opinión personal

So he asked me, "What you think of it?"

Así que me preguntó, "¿Qué piensas de eso?"

And I was like, "Man, that shit tight," you know what I'm sayin'? What I'ma tell him?

Y yo estaba como, "Hombre, eso está apretado," ¿sabes a lo que me refiero? ¿Qué le voy a decir?

I was on the train, man, you know

Estaba en el tren, hombre, ya sabes

So after that I went back home

Así que después de eso volví a casa

And, man I'm, I'm just in Chicago, I'm tryna do my thing

Y, hombre, estoy, estoy solo en Chicago, estoy intentando hacer lo mío

You know, I got groups, I got acts I'm tryna get on

Ya sabes, tengo grupos, tengo actos que estoy intentando poner en marcha

And like wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been

Y como que no estaba pasando nada realmente como debería haber estado

One of my homies that was one of my artists, he got signed

Uno de mis amigos que era uno de mis artistas, consiguió un contrato

But it was supposed to really go through my production company

Pero se suponía que realmente iba a pasar por mi compañía de producción

But he ended up going straight with the company

Pero terminó yendo directamente con la compañía

So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone

Así que, como que estoy solo sosteniendo el teléfono

Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryna leave my company

Recibiendo las malas noticias de que el tipo estaba intentando dejar mi compañía

And I got evicted at the same time

Y me desalojaron al mismo tiempo

So I went down and tracked the beats from him

Así que bajé y seguí los ritmos de él

And I took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul

Y tomé ese dinero, volví, empaqué todas mis cosas en una U-Haul

Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out

Quizás unos diez días antes de que tuviera que salir realmente

So I ain't have to deal with the landlord, 'cause he's a jerk

Así que no tuve que lidiar con el propietario, porque es un imbécil

Me and my mother drove to

Yo y mi madre fuimos a

Newark, New Jersey, I hadn't even seen my apartment

Newark, Nueva Jersey, ni siquiera había visto mi apartamento

I remember I pulled up, I unpacked all my shit

Recuerdo que llegué, desempaqué todas mis cosas

You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a bed, I put the bed together myself

Ya sabes, fuimos a IKEA, compré una cama, monté la cama yo mismo

I loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat I made was, uh, "Heart of the City"

Cargué todo mi equipo, y el primer ritmo que hice fue, uh, "Heart of the City"

And Beans was still working on his album at that time

Y Beans todavía estaba trabajando en su álbum en ese momento

So I came up there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact

Así que subí a Baseline, era el cumpleaños de Beans, de hecho

And I played like seven beats

Y toqué como siete ritmos

And, you know I guess he was in the zone, he already had the beats that he wanted

Y, ya sabes supongo que estaba en la zona, ya tenía los ritmos que quería

I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time

Ya había hecho "Nothing Like It" en ese momento

But then Jay walked in

Pero luego entró Jay

I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on

Recuerdo que llevaba un sombrero de cubo Gucci

I remember it like, like it was yesterday

Lo recuerdo como, como si fuera ayer

And Hip Hop said, "Yo, play that one beat for him"

Y Hip Hop dijo, "Oye, toca ese ritmo para él"

So I played "Heart of the City"

Así que toqué "Heart of the City"

And really I made "Heart of the City," I really wanted to give that beat to DMX

Y realmente hice "Heart of the City", realmente quería darle ese ritmo a DMX

Then I played another beat, then I played another beat

Luego toqué otro ritmo, luego toqué otro ritmo

And I remember that Gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face

Y recuerdo ese cubo Gucci, lo tomó y lo puso sobre su cara

And made one of them faces like, ooh

Y puso una de esas caras como, ooh

Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame

Dos días después estoy en Baseline y veo a Dame

Dame didn't know who I was and I was like, "Yo, what's up I'm Kanye"

Dame no sabía quién era yo y yo estaba como, "Hola, soy Kanye"

"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay? Yo, this nigga got classics to your beats, B"

"¿Eres ese chico que le dio todos esos ritmos a Jay? Oye, este tío tiene clásicos con tus ritmos, B"

You know how he talk his shit

Ya sabes cómo habla su mierda

I'm like "oh, shit"

Estoy como "oh, mierda"

And all this time I'm starstruck, man

Y todo este tiempo estoy impresionado, hombre

I'm still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggas on the show

Todavía estoy pensando en, ya sabes estoy imaginando a estos negros en el show

The Streets is Watching or whatever

The Streets is Watching o lo que sea

I'm lookin', these were superstars in my eyes

Estoy mirando, estos eran superestrellas en mis ojos

And they still are, you know

Y todavía lo son, ya sabes.

So, Jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days

Entonces, Jay entró y escupió todas estas canciones en un día, y en dos días

I gotta bring up one thing, you know, go back to in story

Tengo que mencionar una cosa, ya sabes, volver a la historia

The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat I tracked

El día que hice el ritmo de 'Can't be Life' que rastreé

I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly

Recuerdo a Lenny S, tenía unas zapatillas Louis Vuitton, pensaba que era genial

And Hip Hop was there, I think Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, a bunch of people

Y Hip Hop estaba allí, creo que Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, un montón de gente

I didn't know all these people at the time, they was in the room, and I said, "Yo, Jay I could rap"

No conocía a todas estas personas en ese momento, estaban en la habitación, y dije, "Oye, Jay, puedo rapear"

And I spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Y escupí este rap que decía, uh "Estoy matando a todos ustedes en esa mierda lírica

Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips"

Mercedes color mayonesa, empujo milagros"

And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line

Y vi cómo se le iluminaban los ojos cuando dije esa línea

But you know the rest, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response

Pero ya sabes el resto, el rap era realmente malo y mierda, así que esa es toda la respuesta

He said, "Man, that was tight"

Dijo, "Hombre, eso estuvo bien"

And that was it, you know, I ain't get no deal or nothin'

Y eso fue todo, ya sabes, no conseguí ningún trato ni nada

Okay, fast forward

Vale, avance rápido

So, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," my first hit single

Entonces, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," mi primer single de éxito

And I just took that proudly, built relationships with people

Y lo tomé con orgullo, construí relaciones con la gente

My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper

Mi relación con Kweli creo que fue una de las mejores cosas que le pasó a mi carrera como rapero

Because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him

Porque, ya sabes, por supuesto más tarde me permitió ir de gira con él

Man, I appre-, I love him for that

Hombre, lo aprecio, lo amo por eso

And at this time, you know I didn't have a deal

Y en este momento, ya sabes que no tenía un trato

I had songs, and I had relationships with all these A&R's

Tenía canciones, y tenía relaciones con todos estos A&R's

'Cause they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats

Porque querían ritmos de mí, así que me llamaban, les ponía algunos ritmos

"Gimme a beat that sound like Jay-Z"

"Dame un ritmo que suene como Jay-Z"

You know, they dick riders, whatever

Ya sabes, son lameculos, lo que sea

So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit

Así que les pongo estos ritmos post-Blueprint o lo que sea y luego pongo mi mierda

I'll be like, "Yo, but I rap too"

Seré como, "Oye, pero también rapeo"

Ayy, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know

Ayy, supongo que me miraban raro porque ya sabes

'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever

Porque no llevaba una camiseta o lo que sea

Everybody out there listen here

Todo el mundo ahí fuera escucha aquí

I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they didn't sign me

Les puse 'Jesus Walks' y no me ficharon

You know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked with me though

Ya sabes lo que pasó, había algunos A&R's que se llevaban bien conmigo

But then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "nah"

Pero luego como los jefes, sería alguien en la compañía que diría "no"

Like, Dave Lighty fucked with me, my nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels

Como, Dave Lighty se llevaba bien conmigo, mi amigo Mel me llevó a un montón de discográficas

Jessica Rivera, man

Jessica Rivera, hombre

I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up

No voy a decir nada para estropear mi promoción

Let's just say I ain't get my deal

Digamos simplemente que no conseguí mi trato

The nigga that was behind me, I mean, he wasn't even a nigga

El tío que estaba detrás de mí, quiero decir, ni siquiera era un tío

The person that actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol Records

La persona que realmente lo inició todo fue Joe 3H de Capitol Records

He wanted to sign me really bad

Quería ficharme realmente

Dame was like, "Yo, you got a deal with Capitol? Okay, man, just make sure it's not wack"

Dame dijo, "Oye, ¿tienes un trato con Capitol? Vale, hombre, solo asegúrate de que no sea una mierda"

Then one day I just went ahead and played it

Entonces un día simplemente fui y lo puse

I wanted to play some songs, cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and Dame was in the room

Quería poner algunas canciones, porque ya sabes que Cam estaba en la habitación, Young Guru, y Dame estaba en la habitación

So I played, actually it's a song you'll never hear

Así que puse, en realidad es una canción que nunca escucharás

Well maybe I might use it so, it's called 'Wow'

Bueno, tal vez la use, se llama 'Wow'

I go to Jacob with 25 thou', you go with 25 hundred, wow

Voy a Jacob con 25 mil, tú vas con 2500, wow

I got eleven plaques on my walls right now

Tengo once placas en mis paredes ahora mismo

You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow"

Tienes tu primer single de oro, maldita sea, tío, wow"

Like the chorus went like

Como el estribillo iba así

Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it

No muerdas ese estribillo, todavía podría usarlo

So I play that song for him and he's like "oh, shit"

Así que le puse esa canción y él dice "oh, mierda"

"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot"

"No voy a mentir, está bastante bien"

Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper

Como que todavía no me veían como un rapero

And I'm sure Dame figured

Y estoy seguro de que Dame pensó

Like, man, if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack

Como, hombre, si hace un álbum entero, si sus raps son malos

At least we can throw Cam on every song and save the album, you know

Al menos podemos meter a Cam en cada canción y salvar el álbum, ya sabes

So, uh, Dame took me into the hallway

Entonces, uh, Dame me llevó al pasillo

He's like "Yo, man, B, B, you don't want a brick, you don't want a brick"

Dijo "Oye, hombre, B, B, no quieres un ladrillo, no quieres un ladrillo"

"You gotta be under an umbrella or you'll get rained on"

"Tienes que estar bajo un paraguas o te lloverá encima"

I told Hip Hop and Hip Hop was like, "oh, word?"

Le dije a Hip Hop y Hip Hop dijo, "¿oh, en serio?"

Actually, even with that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol

En realidad, incluso con eso todavía estaba a punto de aceptar el trato con Capitol

'Cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H

Porque ya estaba sobre la mesa y por mi relación con 3H

That, you know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word

Eso, ya sabes, porque le dije que iba a hacerlo, y soy un hombre de palabra

I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do

Iba a seguir con lo que dije que iba a hacer

Then, you know, I'm not gonna name no names

Entonces, ya sabes, no voy a nombrar a nadie

But people told me, "Oh, he's just a producer rapper"

Pero la gente me decía, "Oh, es solo un rapero productor"

And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol

Y le dijeron a 3H que le dijera a los jefes de Capitol

And right, the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do, man

Y justo, el día del que estoy hablando, planeé todo lo que iba a hacer, hombre

I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio sessions

Había elegido ropa, ya había empezado a reservar sesiones de estudio

I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes, man, I was ready to go

Empecé a organizar mi álbum, pensando en estrategias de marketing, hombre, estaba listo para ir

And, and they had Mel call me, they said, "Yo, Capitol pulled on the deal"

Y, y tuvieron a Mel que me llamara, dijeron, "Oye, Capitol se retiró del trato"

And, you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested and

Y, ya sabes que les dije que Roc-A-Fella estaba interesado y

I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying to gas them up

No sé si pensaron que era solo algo que decía para inflarlos

To try to push the price up or whatever

Para intentar subir el precio o lo que sea

I went up,I called G, I said, "Man, you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella?"

Subí, llamé a G, dije, "Hombre, ¿crees que todavía podemos conseguir ese trato con Roc-A-Fella?"

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Entonces, ¿no vas a levantar tu copa, no?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Entonces, ¿no vas a levantar tu copa, no?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Entonces, ¿no vas a levantar tu copa, no?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Entonces, ¿no vas a levantar tu copa, no?

(Let's run it, let's run it, let's run it)

(Lass es laufen, lass es laufen, lass es laufen)

Yo, fuck you, Kanye, first and foremost

Yo, fick dich, Kanye, zuallererst

For making me do this shit, muhfucker

Dafür, dass du mich diesen Scheiß machen lässt, Arschloch

Had to throw everybody out the muhfuckin' room

Musste alle aus dem verdammten Raum werfen

'Cause they don't fuckin'

Weil sie nicht verdammt noch mal

I'd like to propose a toast

Ich möchte einen Toast aussprechen

I said toast, motherfucker

Ich sagte Toast, Arschloch

And I am

Und ich bin

(Here's to the Roc)

(Hier ist das Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Und sie fragen mich, sie fragen mich, sie fragen mich, ich sage ihnen

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Hier ist Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Erhebt eure Gläser, eure Gläser, eure Gläser zum Himmel und

(Here's to the Roc)

(Hier ist das Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Das ist der letzte Aufruf für Alkohol, für den

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Herr Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Also steh auf von der Wand

The all around the world Digital Underground Pac

Der Digital Underground Pac aus aller Welt

The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc

Das Rudolf, das rotnasige Rentier des Roc

I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame

Ich nehme meine Kette, meine 15 Sekunden Ruhm

And come back next year with the whole fucking game

Und komme nächstes Jahr mit dem ganzen verdammten Spiel zurück

Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top

Niemand hat erwartet, dass Kanye ganz oben landet

They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop

Sie erwarteten, dass das College Dropout fällt und dann floppt

Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself

Dann hört er vielleicht auf, alle guten Beats für sich selbst zu sparen

Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped

Roc-A-Fella's sind die einzigen Niggas, die geholfen haben

My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair

Mein Geld war dünner als Sean Pauls Ziegenbart

Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here

Jetzt füllt Jean Paul Gaultier Parfüm die Luft, hier

They say he bougie, he big-headed

Sie sagen, er ist versnobt, er ist großköpfig

Would you please stop talking about how my dick head is

Könntest du bitte aufhören, darüber zu reden, wie mein Schwanzkopf ist

Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds

Flow ansteckend, gib mir 10 Sekunden

I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas

Ich werde einen größeren Buzz haben als Insekten in Texas

It's funny how wasn't nobody interested

Es ist lustig, wie niemand interessiert war

'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus

Bis zu der Nacht, in der ich mich fast in einem Lexus umgebracht habe

Now I am

Jetzt bin ich

(Here's to the Roc)

(Hier ist das Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Und sie fragen mich, sie fragen mich, sie fragen mich, ich sage ihnen

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Hier ist Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Erhebt eure Gläser, eure Gläser, eure Gläser zum Himmel und

(Here's to the Roc)

(Hier ist das Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Das ist der letzte Aufruf für Alkohol, für den

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Herr Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Also steh auf von der Wand

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir

War Kanye der am meisten übersehene? Ja, Sir

Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir

Ist Kanye der am meisten überbuchte? Ja, Sir

Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest

Obwohl die Fans das Gefühl von A Tribe Called Quest wollen

But all they got left is this guy called West

Aber alles, was sie noch haben, ist dieser Typ namens West

That'll take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def

Der Freeway nehmen wird, ihn auf Tracks mit Mos Def werfen wird

When you call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z

Wenn du ihn Kwa-li oder Kwe-li nennst, setze ich ihn auf Songs mit Jay-Z

I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and ooh

Ich bin die Lücke wie Banana Republic und Old Navy, und ooh

It come out sweeter than old Sadie

Es kommt süßer heraus als die alte Sadie

Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards

Nett wie Bun-B, als ich ihn bei den Source Awards getroffen habe

Girl he had with him, ass coulda won the horse awards

Das Mädchen, das er bei sich hatte, hätte den Pferdepreis gewinnen können

And I was almost famous, now everybody love Kanye

Und ich war fast berühmt, jetzt lieben alle Kanye

I'm almost Raymond

Ich bin fast Raymond

Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?

Einige sagen, er sei arrogant. Könnt ihr ihm das vorwerfen?

It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him

Es war geradezu peinlich, wie ihr ihn behandelt habt

Last year shoppin' my demo, I was tryna shine

Letztes Jahr habe ich mein Demo eingekauft, ich wollte glänzen

Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme

Jeder Arschloch hat mir gesagt, dass ich nicht reimen kann

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem

Jetzt könnte ich diese Traumkiller meinen Selbstwertgefühl töten lassen

Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams

Oder meine Arroganz als Dampf verwenden, um meine Träume anzutreiben

I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed

Ich benutze es als mein Gas, also sagen sie, dass ich aufgeblasen bin

But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh

Aber ohne es wäre ich der Letzte, also sollte ich lachen

So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more

Also höre ich nicht mehr auf die Anzüge hinter dem Schreibtisch

You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more

Ihr Niggas tragt Anzüge, weil ihr euch nicht mehr anziehen könnt

You can't say shit to Kanye West no more

Ihr könnt Kanye West nichts mehr sagen

I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga

Ich habe 20.000 Menschen gerockt, ich war gerade auf Tour, Nigga

I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don

Ich bin Kan, der Louis Vuitton Don

Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom

Habe meiner Mutter eine Handtasche gekauft, jetzt ist sie Louis Vuitton Mom

I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards

Ich habe nicht die Hand gespielt, die mir ausgeteilt wurde, ich habe meine Karten gewechselt

I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars

Ich betete zum Himmel und ich änderte meine Sterne

I went to the malls and I balled too hard

Ich ging in die Einkaufszentren und ich spielte zu hart

"Oh my God, is that a black card?"

"Oh mein Gott, ist das eine schwarze Karte?"

I turned around and replied, "Why yes

Ich drehte mich um und antwortete: "Ja

But I prefer the term African American Express"

Aber ich bevorzuge den Begriff African American Express"

Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell

Gehirn, Macht und Muskeln, wie Dame, Puffy und Russell

Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to

Dein Junge ist wieder auf seinem Hustle, du weißt, was ich gemacht habe

Killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Ich töte euch Niggas auf diesem lyrischen Scheiß

Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

Mayonnaise-farbener Benz, ich fahre Miracle Whips

And I am

Und ich bin

(Here's to the Roc)

(Hier ist das Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

Und sie fragen mich, sie fragen mich, sie fragen mich, ich sage ihnen

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Hier ist Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Erhebt eure Gläser, eure Gläser, eure Gläser zum Himmel und

(Here's to the Roc)

(Hier ist das Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas

Das ist der letzte Aufruf für Alkohol für meine Niggas

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Herr Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Also steh auf von der Wand

So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella, named Hip Hop

Also dieser A&R bei Roc-A-Fella, namens Hip Hop

Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie

Wählte den "Truth" Beat für Beanie

And I was in the session with him, I had my demo with me

Und ich war in der Session mit ihm, ich hatte mein Demo dabei

You know, like I always do

Weißt du, wie ich es immer mache

I played a songs, he's like "Who that spittin'?" I'm like "It's me"

Ich spielte ein Lied, er ist wie "Wer spuckt da?" Ich bin wie "Ich"

He's like, "Oh, okay."

Er ist wie, "Oh, okay."

Uh, he started talkin' to me on the phone, going back and forth

Äh, er fing an, mit mir am Telefon hin und her zu reden

Just askin' me to send him beats

Fragte mich einfach, ihm Beats zu schicken

And I think he's tryna get into managing producers

Und ich denke, er versucht, ins Management von Produzenten einzusteigen

'Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin' with

Denn er hatte diesen anderen Kerl namens Just Blaze, mit dem er rummachte

And um, he was friends with my mentor, No I.D.

Und ähm, er war befreundet mit meinem Mentor, No I.D.

And No I.D. told him

Und No I.D. sagte ihm

"Look, man, if you wanna mess with Kanye you gotta tell him that you like the way he rap"

"Schau, Mann, wenn du mit Kanye rummachen willst, musst du ihm sagen, dass dir gefällt, wie er rappt"

I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not

Ich war so, ich weiß nicht, ob er mich aufzieht oder nicht

But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer

Aber er sagt, er will mich als Rapper und Produzent managen

I'm like, oh shit

Ich bin wie, oh Scheiße

I was messin' with, uh, D-Dot also

Ich habe auch mit D-Dot rumgemacht

People were like this, started talking about the ghost production

Die Leute haben so angefangen, über die Geisterproduktion zu reden

But that's how I got in the game

Aber so bin ich ins Spiel gekommen

If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here

Wenn das nicht passiert wäre, wäre ich nicht hier

So you know, after they picked that "Truth" beat

Also weißt du, nachdem sie diesen "Truth" Beat ausgewählt hatten

I was figuring I was gonna get some more work

Ich dachte, ich würde noch mehr Arbeit bekommen

But shit just wasn't poppin' off like that

Aber es lief einfach nicht so ab

I was stayin' in Chicago, I had my own apartment

Ich lebte in Chicago, ich hatte meine eigene Wohnung

I be doin' like just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on

Ich machte einfach Beats für lokale Acts, um die Lichter an zu lassen

And then to go out and buy, get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away

Und dann rauszugehen und zu kaufen, eine Pelle Pelle auf Raten zu holen

Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine

Einige Jordans oder so oder eine TechnoMarine zu bekommen

That's what we wore back then

Das ist das, was wir damals getragen haben

I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample

Ich habe diesen einen Beat gemacht, bei dem ich diese Harold Melvin Probe beschleunigt habe

I played it for Hip over the phone

Ich habe es Hip über das Telefon vorgespielt

He's like, "Oh, yo that shit is crazy

Er meinte: "Oh, yo das ist verrückt

Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty"

Jay könnte es für dieses Kompilationsalbum wollen, das er The Dynasty nennt"

And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me

Und zu der Zeit klangen die Drums für mich einfach nicht richtig

So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time

Also bin ich hingegangen und ähm, ich habe zu der Zeit Dre Chronic 2001 gehört

And really I just, like bit the drums off "Xxplosive"

Und eigentlich habe ich einfach die Drums von "Xxplosive" genommen

And put it like with it sped up sample

Und es mit der beschleunigten Probe kombiniert

And now it's kind of like my whole style, where it started

Und jetzt ist das sozusagen mein ganzer Stil, wo es angefangen hat

When he rapped on "This Can't be Life"

Als er auf "This Can't be Life" gerappt hat

And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on The Dynasty album

Und das war wirklich der erste Beat dieser Art, der auf dem Dynasty Album war

I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound

Ich könnte sagen, dass das die Wiederbelebung des Soul-Sounds war

You know, I got to come in and track the beat

Weißt du, ich musste reinkommen und den Beat aufnehmen

And at the time I was still with my other management

Und zu der Zeit war ich noch bei meinem anderen Management

I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop

Ich wollte wirklich mit Hip Hop zusammenarbeiten

Just I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm sayin'?

Einfach ich, ich brauchte einfach frische Luft, verstehst du?

'Cause I, I been there for a while

Weil ich, ich war schon eine Weile dort

I appreciate what they did for me but

Ich schätze, was sie für mich getan haben, aber

You know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change

Weißt du, es gibt eine Zeit im Leben jedes Mannes, in der er eine Veränderung machen muss

And try to move up to the next level

Und versuchen, auf die nächste Stufe zu kommen

That day I came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said

An diesem Tag kam ich und nahm den Beat auf und ich traf Jay-Z und er sagte

"Oh, you a real soulful dude"

"Oh, du bist ein wirklich gefühlvoller Kerl"

And he, uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio

Und er, äh, spielte das Lied, weil er seinen Vers schon gespuckt hatte, als ich ins Studio kam

You know he do it one take

Weißt du, er macht es in einem Take

He said tell me what you think of this

Er sagte, sag mir, was du davon hältst

And I heard it, and I was thinking like, man

Und ich hörte es, und ich dachte, Mann

I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z

Ich wollte wirklich mehr von dem einfachen Typ Jay-Z

I ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion

Ich wollte nicht den, den introspektiveren, komplizierten Reim- oder den, meiner persönlichen Meinung nach

So he asked me, "What you think of it?"

Also fragte er mich: "Was hältst du davon?"

And I was like, "Man, that shit tight," you know what I'm sayin'? What I'ma tell him?

Und ich war so: "Mann, das ist eng," verstehst du? Was soll ich ihm sagen?

I was on the train, man, you know

Ich war im Zug, Mann, weißt du

So after that I went back home

Also danach bin ich nach Hause zurückgekehrt

And, man I'm, I'm just in Chicago, I'm tryna do my thing

Und, Mann, ich bin einfach in Chicago, ich versuche, mein Ding zu machen

You know, I got groups, I got acts I'm tryna get on

Weißt du, ich habe Gruppen, ich habe Acts, die ich versuche, ins Spiel zu bringen

And like wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been

Und es lief einfach nichts so ab, wie es hätte sein sollen

One of my homies that was one of my artists, he got signed

Einer meiner Homies, der einer meiner Künstler war, wurde unter Vertrag genommen

But it was supposed to really go through my production company

Aber es sollte eigentlich über meine Produktionsfirma laufen

But he ended up going straight with the company

Aber er ging direkt mit der Firma

So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone

Also, wie ich einfach das Telefon halte

Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryna leave my company

Die schlechten Nachrichten bekommen, dass der Typ versucht, meine Firma zu verlassen

And I got evicted at the same time

Und ich wurde zur gleichen Zeit zwangsgeräumt

So I went down and tracked the beats from him

Also bin ich runtergegangen und habe die Beats von ihm aufgenommen

And I took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul

Und ich habe das Geld genommen, bin zurückgekommen, habe all meine Sachen in einen U-Haul gepackt

Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out

Vielleicht etwa zehn Tage, bevor ich tatsächlich raus musste

So I ain't have to deal with the landlord, 'cause he's a jerk

Also musste ich mich nicht mit dem Vermieter auseinandersetzen, weil er ein Idiot ist

Me and my mother drove to

Ich und meine Mutter fuhren nach

Newark, New Jersey, I hadn't even seen my apartment

Newark, New Jersey, ich hatte meine Wohnung noch nicht einmal gesehen

I remember I pulled up, I unpacked all my shit

Ich erinnere mich, ich bin vorgefahren, ich habe all meine Sachen ausgepackt

You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a bed, I put the bed together myself

Weißt du, wir sind zu IKEA gefahren, ich habe ein Bett gekauft, ich habe das Bett selbst zusammengebaut

I loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat I made was, uh, "Heart of the City"

Ich habe all meine Ausrüstung geladen, und der erste Beat, den ich gemacht habe, war, äh, "Heart of the City"

And Beans was still working on his album at that time

Und Beans arbeitete zu der Zeit noch an seinem Album

So I came up there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact

Also bin ich zu Baseline hochgekommen, es war Beans' Geburtstag, um genau zu sein

And I played like seven beats

Und ich habe so sieben Beats gespielt

And, you know I guess he was in the zone, he already had the beats that he wanted

Und, weißt du, ich denke, er war in der Zone, er hatte schon die Beats, die er wollte

I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time

Ich hatte zu der Zeit schon "Nothing Like It" gemacht

But then Jay walked in

Aber dann kam Jay rein

I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on

Ich erinnere mich, er hatte einen Gucci Eimerhut auf

I remember it like, like it was yesterday

Ich erinnere mich daran, als wäre es gestern gewesen

And Hip Hop said, "Yo, play that one beat for him"

Und Hip Hop sagte: "Yo, spiel ihm diesen einen Beat"

So I played "Heart of the City"

Also spielte ich "Heart of the City"

And really I made "Heart of the City," I really wanted to give that beat to DMX

Und eigentlich habe ich "Heart of the City" gemacht, ich wollte diesen Beat eigentlich DMX geben

Then I played another beat, then I played another beat

Dann spielte ich einen anderen Beat, dann spielte ich einen anderen Beat

And I remember that Gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face

Und ich erinnere mich an diesen Gucci Eimer, er nahm ihn und legte ihn über sein Gesicht

And made one of them faces like, ooh

Und machte eines dieser Gesichter wie, ooh

Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame

Zwei Tage später bin ich in Baseline und ich sehe Dame

Dame didn't know who I was and I was like, "Yo, what's up I'm Kanye"

Dame wusste nicht, wer ich war und ich war so: "Yo, was geht, ich bin Kanye"

"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay? Yo, this nigga got classics to your beats, B"

"Bist du der Typ, der all diese Beats an Jay gegeben hat? Yo, dieser Nigga hat Klassiker zu deinen Beats, B"

You know how he talk his shit

Weißt du, wie er seinen Scheiß redet

I'm like "oh, shit"

Ich bin so "oh, Scheiße"

And all this time I'm starstruck, man

Und die ganze Zeit bin ich starstruck, Mann

I'm still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggas on the show

Ich denke immer noch darüber nach, weißt du, ich stelle mir diese Niggas in der Show vor

The Streets is Watching or whatever

The Streets is Watching oder so

I'm lookin', these were superstars in my eyes

Ich schaue, das waren Superstars in meinen Augen

And they still are, you know

Und das sind sie immer noch, weißt du

So, Jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days

Also, Jay kam rein und hat all diese Songs an einem Tag ausgespuckt, und in zwei Tagen

I gotta bring up one thing, you know, go back to in story

Ich muss eine Sache ansprechen, weißt du, zurück zur Geschichte

The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat I tracked

An dem Tag, an dem ich den 'Can't be Life' Beat gemacht habe

I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly

Ich erinnere mich an Lenny S, er hatte einige Louis Vuitton Sneakers an, er dachte, er sei cool

And Hip Hop was there, I think Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, a bunch of people

Und Hip Hop war da, ich denke Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, eine Menge Leute

I didn't know all these people at the time, they was in the room, and I said, "Yo, Jay I could rap"

Ich kannte all diese Leute zu der Zeit nicht, sie waren im Raum, und ich sagte: "Yo, Jay, ich kann rappen"

And I spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Und ich spuckte diesen Rap aus, der sagte, äh "Ich töte euch Niggas mit diesem lyrischen Scheiß

Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips"

Mayonnaise farbener Benz, ich fahre Wunderautos"

And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line

Und ich sah seine Augen aufleuchten, als ich diese Zeile sagte

But you know the rest, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response

Aber du kennst den Rest, der Rap war echt schlecht und so, also das war die ganze Reaktion

He said, "Man, that was tight"

Er sagte: "Mann, das war eng"

And that was it, you know, I ain't get no deal or nothin'

Und das war's, weißt du, ich habe keinen Deal oder so bekommen

Okay, fast forward

Okay, vorspulen

So, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," my first hit single

Also, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," meine erste Hit-Single

And I just took that proudly, built relationships with people

Und ich habe das stolz genommen, Beziehungen zu Leuten aufgebaut

My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper

Meine Beziehung zu Kweli denke ich, war eine der besten, die meiner Karriere als Rapper passiert ist

Because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him

Denn, weißt du, natürlich hat er mich später auf Tour mit ihm gehen lassen

Man, I appre-, I love him for that

Mann, ich schätze-, ich liebe ihn dafür

And at this time, you know I didn't have a deal

Und zu dieser Zeit, weißt du, hatte ich keinen Deal

I had songs, and I had relationships with all these A&R's

Ich hatte Songs, und ich hatte Beziehungen zu all diesen A&R's

'Cause they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats

Denn sie wollten Beats von mir, also riefen sie mich an, ich spielte ihnen einige Beats vor

"Gimme a beat that sound like Jay-Z"

"Gib mir einen Beat, der wie Jay-Z klingt"

You know, they dick riders, whatever

Weißt du, sie sind Schwanzlutscher, was auch immer

So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit

Also spielte ich ihnen diese post-Blueprint Beats oder was auch immer vor und dann spielte ich meinen Scheiß

I'll be like, "Yo, but I rap too"

Ich war so: "Yo, aber ich rappe auch"

Ayy, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know

Ayy, ich denke, sie haben mich komisch angeschaut, weil du weißt

'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever

Weil ich kein Trikot anhatte oder so

Everybody out there listen here

Jeder da draußen hört zu

I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they didn't sign me

Ich spielte ihnen 'Jesus Walks' vor und sie haben mich nicht unter Vertrag genommen

You know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked with me though

Du weißt, was passiert ist, es gab einige A&R's, die mit mir abgehangen haben

But then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "nah"

Aber dann wie die Köpfe, es wäre jemand in der Firma, der "nein" sagen würde

Like, Dave Lighty fucked with me, my nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels

Wie, Dave Lighty hat mit mir abgehangen, mein Nigga Mel hat mich zu einer Menge Labels gebracht

Jessica Rivera, man

Jessica Rivera, Mann

I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up

Ich werde nichts sagen, um meine Promotion zu vermasseln

Let's just say I ain't get my deal

Sagen wir einfach, ich habe meinen Deal nicht bekommen

The nigga that was behind me, I mean, he wasn't even a nigga

Der Nigga, der hinter mir war, ich meine, er war nicht mal ein Nigga

The person that actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol Records

Die Person, die eigentlich alles ins Rollen gebracht hat, war Joe 3H von Capitol Records

He wanted to sign me really bad

Er wollte mich wirklich schlecht unter Vertrag nehmen

Dame was like, "Yo, you got a deal with Capitol? Okay, man, just make sure it's not wack"

Dame war so: "Yo, du hast einen Deal mit Capitol? Okay, Mann, stell nur sicher, dass es nicht schlecht ist"

Then one day I just went ahead and played it

Dann habe ich eines Tages einfach vorgespielt

I wanted to play some songs, cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and Dame was in the room

Ich wollte einige Songs spielen, denn du weißt, Cam war im Raum, Young Guru, und Dame war im Raum

So I played, actually it's a song you'll never hear

Also spielte ich, eigentlich ist es ein Song, den du nie hören wirst

Well maybe I might use it so, it's called 'Wow'

Naja, vielleicht benutze ich ihn also, er heißt 'Wow'

I go to Jacob with 25 thou', you go with 25 hundred, wow

Ich gehe zu Jacob mit 25 Tausend, du gehst mit 25 Hundert, wow

I got eleven plaques on my walls right now

Ich habe elf Plaketten an meinen Wänden gerade jetzt

You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow"

Du hast deine erste Gold-Single, verdammt, Nigga, wow"

Like the chorus went like

Wie der Refrain ging so

Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it

Beiß nicht in diesen Refrain, ich könnte ihn noch benutzen

So I play that song for him and he's like "oh, shit"

Also spiele ich ihm diesen Song vor und er ist so "oh, Scheiße"

"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot"

"Ich werde nicht lügen, es ist irgendwie heiß"

Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper

Wie sie mich immer noch nicht als Rapper ansahen

And I'm sure Dame figured

Und ich bin sicher, Dame dachte

Like, man, if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack

Wie, Mann, wenn er ein ganzes Album macht, wenn seine Raps schlecht sind

At least we can throw Cam on every song and save the album, you know

Zumindest können wir Cam auf jeden Song werfen und das Album retten, weißt du

So, uh, Dame took me into the hallway

Also, äh, Dame nahm mich in den Flur

He's like "Yo, man, B, B, you don't want a brick, you don't want a brick"

Er war so: "Yo, Mann, B, B, du willst keinen Ziegelstein, du willst keinen Ziegelstein"

"You gotta be under an umbrella or you'll get rained on"

"Du musst unter einem Regenschirm sein oder du wirst nass"

I told Hip Hop and Hip Hop was like, "oh, word?"

Ich erzählte es Hip Hop und Hip Hop war so: "oh, wirklich?"

Actually, even with that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol

Tatsächlich war ich selbst mit dem immer noch dabei, den Deal mit Capitol zu nehmen

'Cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H

Denn es war schon auf dem Tisch und wegen meiner Beziehung zu 3H

That, you know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word

Das, weißt du, weil ich ihm gesagt hatte, dass ich es tun würde, und ich bin ein Mann meines Wortes

I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do

Ich wollte das tun, was ich gesagt hatte, dass ich tun würde

Then, you know, I'm not gonna name no names

Dann, weißt du, ich werde keine Namen nennen

But people told me, "Oh, he's just a producer rapper"

Aber Leute haben mir gesagt: "Oh, er ist nur ein Produzenten-Rapper"

And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol

Und haben das 3H erzählt, der es den Chefs von Capitol erzählt hat

And right, the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do, man

Und richtig, an dem Tag, von dem ich rede, habe ich alles geplant, was ich tun wollte, Mann

I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio sessions

Ich hatte Kleidung ausgesucht, ich hatte schon Studio-Sessions gebucht

I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes, man, I was ready to go

Ich fing an, mein Album zu arrangieren, dachte an Marketingstrategien, Mann, ich war bereit zu gehen

And, and they had Mel call me, they said, "Yo, Capitol pulled on the deal"

Und, und sie ließen Mel mich anrufen, sie sagten: "Yo, Capitol hat den Deal zurückgezogen"

And, you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested and

Und, weißt du, ich habe ihnen gesagt, dass Roc-A-Fella interessiert war und

I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying to gas them up

Ich weiß nicht, ob sie dachten, dass das nur etwas war, was ich sagte, um sie aufzupumpen

To try to push the price up or whatever

Um den Preis hochzutreiben oder so

I went up,I called G, I said, "Man, you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella?"

Ich bin hochgegangen, ich habe G angerufen, ich sagte: "Mann, denkst du, wir könnten immer noch diesen Deal mit Roc-A-Fella bekommen?"

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Also, warum erhebst du nicht dein Glas, nicht wahr?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Also, warum erhebst du nicht dein Glas, nicht wahr?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Also, warum erhebst du nicht dein Glas, nicht wahr?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Also, warum erhebst du nicht dein Glas, nicht wahr?

(Let's run it, let's run it, let's run it)

(Facciamolo, facciamolo, facciamolo)

Yo, fuck you, Kanye, first and foremost

Yo, fanculo a te, Kanye, prima di tutto

For making me do this shit, muhfucker

Per avermi fatto fare questa merda, stronzo

Had to throw everybody out the muhfuckin' room

Ho dovuto cacciare tutti dalla cazzo di stanza

'Cause they don't fuckin'

Perché non cazzo di...

I'd like to propose a toast

Vorrei proporre un brindisi

I said toast, motherfucker

Ho detto brindisi, stronzo

And I am

E io sono

(Here's to the Roc)

(Ecco alla Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

E mi chiedono, mi chiedono, mi chiedono, io rispondo

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Ecco a Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Alzate i vostri bicchieri, i vostri bicchieri, i vostri bicchieri al cielo e

(Here's to the Roc)

(Ecco alla Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Questo è l'ultimo richiamo per l'alcol, per il

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Signor Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Quindi alza il culo dal muro

The all around the world Digital Underground Pac

Il tutto intorno al mondo Digital Underground Pac

The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc

La renna dal naso rosso Rudolph della Roc

I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame

Prendo la mia catena, i miei 15 secondi di fama

And come back next year with the whole fucking game

E torno l'anno prossimo con tutto il cazzo di gioco

Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top

Nessuno si aspettava che Kanye finisse in cima

They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop

Si aspettavano che College Dropout cadesse e poi flop

Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself

Poi forse smette di riservare tutte le buone basi per sé

Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped

Roc-A-Fella's solo negri che hanno aiutato

My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair

I miei soldi erano più sottili dei capelli della barba di Sean Paul

Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air, here

Ora il profumo di Jean Paul Gaultier riempie l'aria, qui

They say he bougie, he big-headed

Dicono che sia borghese, che sia testone

Would you please stop talking about how my dick head is

Potresti per favore smettere di parlare di come è la mia testa di cazzo

Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds

Flusso infettivo, dammi 10 secondi

I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas

Avrò un buzz più grande degli insetti in Texas

It's funny how wasn't nobody interested

È divertente come non c'era nessuno interessato

'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus

Fino alla notte in cui ho quasi ucciso me stesso in Lexus

Now I am

Ora io sono

(Here's to the Roc)

(Ecco alla Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

E mi chiedono, mi chiedono, mi chiedono, io rispondo

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Ecco a Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Alzate i vostri bicchieri, i vostri bicchieri, i vostri bicchieri al cielo e

(Here's to the Roc)

(Ecco alla Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol, for the

Questo è l'ultimo richiamo per l'alcol, per il

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Signor Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Quindi alza il culo dal muro

Now was Kanye the most overlooked? Yes sir

Ora era Kanye il più trascurato? Sì signore

Now is Kanye the most overbooked? Yes sir

Ora è Kanye il più sovrapprenotato? Sì signore

Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest

Anche se i fan vogliono la sensazione di A Tribe Called Quest

But all they got left is this guy called West

Ma tutto ciò che è rimasto è questo tizio chiamato West

That'll take Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def

Che prenderà Freeway, lo metterà su tracce con Mos Def

When you call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z

Quando lo chiami Kwa-li o Kwe-li, lo metto su canzoni con Jay-Z

I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy, and ooh

Sono il Gap come Banana Republic e Old Navy, e ooh

It come out sweeter than old Sadie

Esce più dolce della vecchia Sadie

Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards

Gentile come Bun-B quando l'ho incontrato ai Source awards

Girl he had with him, ass coulda won the horse awards

La ragazza che aveva con lui, il culo avrebbe potuto vincere i premi del cavallo

And I was almost famous, now everybody love Kanye

Ero quasi famoso, ora tutti amano Kanye

I'm almost Raymond

Sono quasi Raymond

Some say he arrogant. Can y'all blame him?

Alcuni dicono che sia arrogante. Potete biasimarlo?

It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him

Era proprio imbarazzante come lo avete trattato

Last year shoppin' my demo, I was tryna shine

L'anno scorso comprando la mia demo, stavo cercando di brillare

Every motherfucker told me that I couldn't rhyme

Ogni stronzo mi diceva che non sapevo fare rime

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem

Ora potrei lasciare che questi killer di sogni uccidano la mia autostima

Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams

O usare la mia arroganza come vapore per alimentare i miei sogni

I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed

Lo uso come il mio gas, quindi dicono che sono gonfio

But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh

Ma senza di esso sarei l'ultimo, quindi dovrei ridere

So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more

Quindi non ascolto più i tizi in giacca e cravatta dietro la scrivania

You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more

Voi negri indossate giacche e cravatte perché non sapete più vestirvi

You can't say shit to Kanye West no more

Non potete dire un cazzo a Kanye West

I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga

Ho fatto saltare 20.000 persone, ero appena in tour, negro

I'm Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don

Sono Kan, il Don di Louis Vuitton

Bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom

Ho comprato a mia madre una borsa, ora è la mamma di Louis Vuitton

I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards

Non ho giocato la mano che mi è stata data, ho cambiato le mie carte

I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars

Ho pregato i cieli e ho cambiato le mie stelle

I went to the malls and I balled too hard

Sono andato nei centri commerciali e ho giocato troppo duro

"Oh my God, is that a black card?"

"Oh mio Dio, è una carta nera?"

I turned around and replied, "Why yes

Mi sono girato e ho risposto, "Sì

But I prefer the term African American Express"

Ma preferisco il termine American Express africana"

Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell

Cervello, potere e muscoli, come Dame, Puffy e Russell

Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to

Il tuo ragazzo è tornato alla sua fatica, sai cosa ho fatto

Killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

Uccidendo voi negri con quella merda lirica

Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

Mercedes color maionese, spingo Miracle Whips

And I am

E io sono

(Here's to the Roc)

(Ecco alla Roc)

And they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, I tell them

E mi chiedono, mi chiedono, mi chiedono, io rispondo

(Here's to Roc-A-Fella)

(Ecco a Roc-A-Fella)

Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky and

Alzate i vostri bicchieri, i vostri bicchieri, i vostri bicchieri al cielo e

(Here's to the Roc)

(Ecco alla Roc)

This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas

Questo è l'ultimo richiamo per l'alcol per i miei negri

(Mr. Rockefeller)

(Signor Rockefeller)

So get your ass up off the wall

Quindi alza il culo dal muro

So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella, named Hip Hop

Quindi questo A&R alla Roc-A-Fella, chiamato Hip Hop

Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie

Ha scelto il beat "Truth" per Beanie

And I was in the session with him, I had my demo with me

E io ero in sessione con lui, avevo la mia demo con me

You know, like I always do

Sai, come faccio sempre

I played a songs, he's like "Who that spittin'?" I'm like "It's me"

Ho suonato una canzone, lui dice "Chi sta sputando?" Io dico "Sono io"

He's like, "Oh, okay."

Lui dice, "Oh, okay."

Uh, he started talkin' to me on the phone, going back and forth

Uh, ha iniziato a parlarmi al telefono, andando avanti e indietro

Just askin' me to send him beats

Chiedendomi solo di mandargli dei beat

And I think he's tryna get into managing producers

E penso che stia cercando di entrare nel management dei produttori

'Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messin' with

Perché aveva questo altro ragazzo di nome Just Blaze con cui stava giocando

And um, he was friends with my mentor, No I.D.

E um, era amico del mio mentore, No I.D.

And No I.D. told him

E No I.D. gli ha detto

"Look, man, if you wanna mess with Kanye you gotta tell him that you like the way he rap"

"Guarda, uomo, se vuoi giocare con Kanye devi dirgli che ti piace come rappa"

I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not

Ero tutto, non so se mi stava gonfiando o no

But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer

Ma ha detto che voleva gestirmi come rapper e produttore

I'm like, oh shit

Io sono tipo, oh merda

I was messin' with, uh, D-Dot also

Stavo giocando con, uh, D-Dot anche

People were like this, started talking about the ghost production

Le persone erano così, hanno iniziato a parlare della produzione fantasma.

But that's how I got in the game

Ma è così che sono entrato nel gioco

If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here

Se non fosse stato per quello, non sarei qui

So you know, after they picked that "Truth" beat

Quindi sai, dopo che hanno scelto quel beat "Truth"

I was figuring I was gonna get some more work

Stavo pensando che avrei avuto un po' più di lavoro

But shit just wasn't poppin' off like that

Ma le cose non stavano proprio decollando così

I was stayin' in Chicago, I had my own apartment

Stavo vivendo a Chicago, avevo il mio appartamento

I be doin' like just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on

Facevo solo beats per artisti locali solo per cercare di mantenere le luci accese

And then to go out and buy, get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away

E poi uscire e comprare, prendere un Pelle Pelle a rate

Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine

Prendere delle Jordans o qualcosa o prendere un TechnoMarine

That's what we wore back then

Questo è quello che indossavamo allora

I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample

Ho fatto questo beat dove ho accelerato questo campione di Harold Melvin

I played it for Hip over the phone

L'ho fatto ascoltare a Hip al telefono

He's like, "Oh, yo that shit is crazy

Lui ha detto, "Oh, yo quella roba è pazzesca

Jay might want it for this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty"

Jay potrebbe volerlo per questo album compilation che sta facendo chiamato The Dynasty"

And at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me

E in quel momento, come i tamburi non suonavano proprio bene per me

So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time

Quindi sono andato e um, stavo ascoltando Dre Chronic 2001 in quel momento

And really I just, like bit the drums off "Xxplosive"

E davvero ho solo, come preso i tamburi da "Xxplosive"

And put it like with it sped up sample

E l'ho messo con il campione accelerato

And now it's kind of like my whole style, where it started

E ora è un po' come il mio stile, da dove è iniziato

When he rapped on "This Can't be Life"

Quando ha rappato su "This Can't be Life"

And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on The Dynasty album

E quello era come, davvero il primo beat di quel tipo che era su The Dynasty album

I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound

Potrei dire che era la rinascita del suono soul

You know, I got to come in and track the beat

Sai, ho dovuto entrare e tracciare il beat

And at the time I was still with my other management

E a quel tempo ero ancora con il mio altro management

I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop

Volevo davvero andare con Hip Hop

Just I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm sayin'?

Solo io, avevo solo bisogno di un po' d'aria fresca, capisci cosa dico?

'Cause I, I been there for a while

Perché io, ci sono stato per un po'

I appreciate what they did for me but

Apprezzo quello che hanno fatto per me ma

You know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change

Sai c'è un momento nella vita di ogni uomo in cui deve fare un cambiamento

And try to move up to the next level

E cercare di salire al livello successivo

That day I came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he said

Quel giorno sono venuto e ho tracciato il beat e ho incontrato Jay-Z e lui ha detto

"Oh, you a real soulful dude"

"Oh, sei un tipo davvero pieno di soul"

And he, uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio

E lui, uh, ha messo la canzone perché aveva già sputato la sua strofa prima che arrivassi in studio

You know he do it one take

Sai lui lo fa in una sola presa

He said tell me what you think of this

Ha detto dimmi cosa ne pensi di questo

And I heard it, and I was thinking like, man

E l'ho sentito, e stavo pensando, uomo

I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z

Volevo davvero più del semplice tipo Jay-Z

I ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion

Non volevo come il, il più introspettivo, complicato rhy- o il, a mio parere personale

So he asked me, "What you think of it?"

Quindi mi ha chiesto, "Cosa ne pensi?"

And I was like, "Man, that shit tight," you know what I'm sayin'? What I'ma tell him?

E ho detto, "Uomo, quella roba è stretta," capisci cosa dico? Cosa gli dico?

I was on the train, man, you know

Ero sul treno, uomo, sai

So after that I went back home

Quindi dopo quello sono tornato a casa

And, man I'm, I'm just in Chicago, I'm tryna do my thing

E, uomo sono, sono solo a Chicago, sto cercando di fare la mia cosa

You know, I got groups, I got acts I'm tryna get on

Sai, ho gruppi, ho atti che sto cercando di mettere su

And like wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been

E come non stava davvero decollando come avrebbe dovuto

One of my homies that was one of my artists, he got signed

Uno dei miei amici che era uno dei miei artisti, ha firmato

But it was supposed to really go through my production company

Ma doveva davvero passare attraverso la mia casa di produzione

But he ended up going straight with the company

Ma alla fine è andato direttamente con la compagnia

So, like I'm just straight holdin' the phone

Quindi, come sto solo tenendo il telefono

Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryna leave my company

Ricevendo la brutta notizia che il tizio stava cercando di lasciare la mia compagnia

And I got evicted at the same time

E sono stato sfrattato nello stesso momento

So I went down and tracked the beats from him

Quindi sono sceso e ho tracciato i beats per lui

And I took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a U-Haul

E ho preso quei soldi, sono tornato, ho impacchettato tutte le mie cose in un U-Haul

Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out

Forse circa dieci giorni prima che dovessi effettivamente andarmene

So I ain't have to deal with the landlord, 'cause he's a jerk

Quindi non ho dovuto occuparmi del padrone di casa, perché è un idiota

Me and my mother drove to

Io e mia madre siamo andati a

Newark, New Jersey, I hadn't even seen my apartment

Newark, New Jersey, non avevo nemmeno visto il mio appartamento

I remember I pulled up, I unpacked all my shit

Ricordo che sono arrivato, ho disimballato tutte le mie cose

You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a bed, I put the bed together myself

Sai, siamo andati all'IKEA, ho comprato un letto, l'ho montato da solo

I loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat I made was, uh, "Heart of the City"

Ho caricato tutta la mia attrezzatura, e il primo beat che ho fatto è stato, uh, "Heart of the City"

And Beans was still working on his album at that time

E Beans stava ancora lavorando al suo album in quel momento

So I came up there to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact

Quindi sono salito lì a Baseline, era il compleanno di Beans, a dire il vero

And I played like seven beats

E ho suonato come sette beats

And, you know I guess he was in the zone, he already had the beats that he wanted

E, sai immagino che fosse in the zone, aveva già i beats che voleva

I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time

Avevo già fatto "Nothing Like It" in quel momento

But then Jay walked in

Ma poi è entrato Jay

I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on

Ricordo che aveva un cappello secchiello Gucci

I remember it like, like it was yesterday

Lo ricordo come, come se fosse ieri

And Hip Hop said, "Yo, play that one beat for him"

E Hip Hop ha detto, "Yo, suona quel beat per lui"

So I played "Heart of the City"

Quindi ho suonato "Heart of the City"

And really I made "Heart of the City," I really wanted to give that beat to DMX

E davvero ho fatto "Heart of the City", volevo davvero dare quel beat a DMX

Then I played another beat, then I played another beat

Poi ho suonato un altro beat, poi ho suonato un altro beat

And I remember that Gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face

E ricordo quel secchiello Gucci, lo ha preso e come messo sulla sua faccia

And made one of them faces like, ooh

E ha fatto una di quelle facce come, ooh

Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame

Due giorni dopo sono a Baseline e vedo Dame

Dame didn't know who I was and I was like, "Yo, what's up I'm Kanye"

Dame non sapeva chi fossi ed io ero tipo, "Yo, ciao sono Kanye"

"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay? Yo, this nigga got classics to your beats, B"

"Sei quel ragazzo che ha dato tutti quei beats a Jay? Yo, questo negro ha dei classici con i tuoi beats, B"

You know how he talk his shit

Sai come parla

I'm like "oh, shit"

Sono tipo "oh, merda"

And all this time I'm starstruck, man

E tutto questo tempo sono starstruck, uomo

I'm still thinking 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggas on the show

Sto ancora pensando a, sai mi immagino questi negri nello show

The Streets is Watching or whatever

The Streets is Watching o qualcosa del genere

I'm lookin', these were superstars in my eyes

Sto guardando, questi erano superstar ai miei occhi

And they still are, you know

E lo sono ancora, sai

So, Jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days

Allora, Jay è entrato e ha sputato tutte queste canzoni in un giorno, e in due giorni

I gotta bring up one thing, you know, go back to in story

Devo portare su una cosa, sai, tornare indietro nella storia

The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat I tracked

Il giorno in cui ho fatto il beat di 'Can't be Life' che ho tracciato

I remember Lenny S, he had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly

Ricordo Lenny S, aveva delle sneakers Louis Vuitton, pensava di essere figo

And Hip Hop was there, I think Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, a bunch of people

E Hip Hop era lì, penso Ty-Ty, John Meneilly, un sacco di gente

I didn't know all these people at the time, they was in the room, and I said, "Yo, Jay I could rap"

Non conoscevo tutte queste persone all'epoca, erano nella stanza, e ho detto, "Yo, Jay posso rappare"

And I spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical shit

E ho sputato questo rap che diceva, uh "Sto uccidendo voi negri con quella merda lirica

Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips"

Mercedes color maionese, spingo miracoli"

And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line

E ho visto i suoi occhi illuminarsi quando ho detto quella riga

But you know the rest, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response

Ma sai il resto, il rap era davvero scadente e merda, quindi quella è tutta la risposta

He said, "Man, that was tight"

Ha detto, "Uomo, era stretto"

And that was it, you know, I ain't get no deal or nothin'

E quello era tutto, sai, non ho ottenuto nessun accordo o niente

Okay, fast forward

Okay, avanti veloce

So, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," my first hit single

Quindi, Blueprint, "H to the Izzo," il mio primo singolo di successo

And I just took that proudly, built relationships with people

E l'ho preso con orgoglio, ho costruito relazioni con le persone

My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper

La mia relazione con Kweli penso sia stata una delle migliori cose che sia mai successa alla mia carriera da rapper

Because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him

Perché, sai, ovviamente più tardi mi ha permesso di andare in tour con lui

Man, I appre-, I love him for that

Uomo, lo apprezzo, lo amo per questo

And at this time, you know I didn't have a deal

E in questo momento, sai che non avevo un accordo

I had songs, and I had relationships with all these A&R's

Avevo canzoni, e avevo relazioni con tutti questi A&R

'Cause they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, I'd play them some beats

Perché volevano dei beat da me, quindi mi chiamavano, gli facevo ascoltare dei beat

"Gimme a beat that sound like Jay-Z"

"Dammene uno che suoni come Jay-Z"

You know, they dick riders, whatever

Sai, sono dei leccaculo, qualsiasi cosa

So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever and then I'll play my shit

Quindi gli faccio ascoltare questi beat post-Blueprint o qualsiasi cosa e poi faccio ascoltare la mia roba

I'll be like, "Yo, but I rap too"

Dico, "Yo, ma rappo anche"

Ayy, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know

Ayy, immagino che mi guardassero strano perché sai

'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever

Perché non avevo una maglia o qualsiasi cosa

Everybody out there listen here

Tutti là fuori ascoltate qui

I played them 'Jesus Walks' and they didn't sign me

Ho fatto ascoltare loro 'Jesus Walks' e non mi hanno fatto firmare

You know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked with me though

Sai cosa è successo, c'erano alcuni A&R che mi hanno fottuto

But then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "nah"

Ma poi come i capi, sarebbe qualcuno nell'azienda che direbbe "no"

Like, Dave Lighty fucked with me, my nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels

Tipo, Dave Lighty mi ha fottuto, il mio negro Mel mi ha portato in un sacco di etichette

Jessica Rivera, man

Jessica Rivera, uomo

I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up

Non dirò niente per rovinare la mia promozione

Let's just say I ain't get my deal

Diciamo solo che non ho ottenuto il mio accordo

The nigga that was behind me, I mean, he wasn't even a nigga

Il negro che era dietro di me, intendo, non era nemmeno un negro

The person that actually kicked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol Records

La persona che ha effettivamente dato il via a tutto era Joe 3H della Capitol Records

He wanted to sign me really bad

Voleva farmi firmare davvero

Dame was like, "Yo, you got a deal with Capitol? Okay, man, just make sure it's not wack"

Dame ha detto, "Yo, hai un accordo con Capitol? Okay, uomo, assicurati solo che non sia scadente"

Then one day I just went ahead and played it

Poi un giorno sono andato avanti e l'ho suonato

I wanted to play some songs, cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Guru, and Dame was in the room

Volevo suonare alcune canzoni, perché sai che Cam era nella stanza, Young Guru, e Dame era nella stanza

So I played, actually it's a song you'll never hear

Quindi ho suonato, in realtà è una canzone che non sentirai mai

Well maybe I might use it so, it's called 'Wow'

Beh forse potrei usarla, si chiama 'Wow'

I go to Jacob with 25 thou', you go with 25 hundred, wow

Vado da Jacob con 25 mila, tu vai con 2500, wow

I got eleven plaques on my walls right now

Ho undici targhe sulle mie pareti adesso

You got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow"

Hai il tuo primo singolo d'oro, dannazione, negro, wow"

Like the chorus went like

Come andava il ritornello

Don't bite that chorus, I might still use it

Non mordere quel ritornello, potrei ancora usarlo

So I play that song for him and he's like "oh, shit"

Quindi suono quella canzone per lui ed è tipo "oh, merda"

"I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot"

"Non lo negherò, è un po' caldo"

Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper

Come se non mi guardassero ancora come un rapper

And I'm sure Dame figured

E sono sicuro che Dame ha pensato

Like, man, if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack

Tipo, uomo, se fa un intero album, se i suoi rap sono scadenti

At least we can throw Cam on every song and save the album, you know

Almeno possiamo mettere Cam su ogni canzone e salvare l'album, sai

So, uh, Dame took me into the hallway

Quindi, uh, Dame mi ha portato nel corridoio

He's like "Yo, man, B, B, you don't want a brick, you don't want a brick"

Dice "Yo, uomo, B, B, non vuoi un mattone, non vuoi un mattone"

"You gotta be under an umbrella or you'll get rained on"

"Devi stare sotto un ombrello o ti pioverà addosso"

I told Hip Hop and Hip Hop was like, "oh, word?"

Ho detto a Hip Hop e Hip Hop era tipo, "oh, davvero?"

Actually, even with that I was still about to take the deal with Capitol

In realtà, anche con quello stavo ancora per prendere l'accordo con Capitol

'Cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3H

Perché era già sul tavolo e a causa della mia relazione con 3H

That, you know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word

Quello, sai, perché gli avevo detto che l'avrei fatto, e sono un uomo di parola

I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do

Stavo per andare avanti con quello che avevo detto che avrei fatto

Then, you know, I'm not gonna name no names

Poi, sai, non dirò nomi

But people told me, "Oh, he's just a producer rapper"

Ma la gente mi ha detto, "Oh, è solo un rapper produttore"

And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol

E ha detto a 3H che ha detto ai capi della Capitol

And right, the day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do, man

E giusto, il giorno di cui sto parlando, avevo pianificato tutto quello che avrei fatto, uomo

I had picked out clothes, I already started booking studio sessions

Avevo scelto i vestiti, avevo già iniziato a prenotare sessioni in studio

I started arranging my album, thinking of marketing schemes, man, I was ready to go

Avevo iniziato a organizzare il mio album, pensando a schemi di marketing, uomo, ero pronto per andare

And, and they had Mel call me, they said, "Yo, Capitol pulled on the deal"

E, e hanno fatto chiamare Mel, hanno detto, "Yo, Capitol ha ritirato l'accordo"

And, you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested and

E, sai che ho detto loro che Roc-A-Fella era interessata e

I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying to gas them up

Non so se pensavano che fosse solo qualcosa che stavo dicendo per gasarli

To try to push the price up or whatever

Per cercare di alzare il prezzo o qualcosa del genere

I went up,I called G, I said, "Man, you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella?"

Sono salito, ho chiamato G, ho detto, "Uomo, pensi che possiamo ancora ottenere quell'accordo con Roc-A-Fella?"

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Allora non alzerai il tuo bicchiere, vero?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Allora non alzerai il tuo bicchiere, vero?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Allora non alzerai il tuo bicchiere, vero?

So won't you raise your glass, won't you?

Allora non alzerai il tuo bicchiere, vero?

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