Now nod your head and wake up. 现在，点点头，醒来。

   

I see so many people lost who really try to pretend 我看到那么多的人失去了谁真正尝试假装

But am I just another white boy who has caught on to the trend 但我只是另一个白人男孩谁也闻风而至的趋势

When I take a step to the mic is hiphop closer to the end? 当我迈开脚步向麦克风是HIPHOP接近结束了吗？

'Cause when I go to shows the majority have white skin 因为当我去显示多数有白皙的肌肤

They marketed the windmill, the air flair and head spin 他们销售的风车，空中天赋和头晕

And white rappers albums really get the most spins 和白说唱专辑真正得到最自旋

The face of hip hop has changed a lot since Eminem 嘻哈面对，因为阿姆有了很大的变化

And if he's taking away black artists' profits I look just like him 如果他带走黑人艺术家的利润，我看起来像他一样

Claimed a culture that wasn't mine, the way of the american 宣称一种文化，这不是我的，美国的方式

Hip hop is gentrified and where will all the people live 嘻哈是gentrified并在将所有的人生活

It's like the central district, beacon hill to the south end 这就像中央区，笔架山的南端

Being pushed farther away because of what white people did, now 被推因为离开了白的人做的更远，现在

Where's my place in a music that's been taken by my race 哪里是我在音乐的地方采取了我的比赛了

Cultural appropriated by the white face 文化的白脸拨款

And we don't want to admit that this is existing 我们不想承认这是存在的

So scared to acknowledge the benefits of our white privilege 如此害怕承认白人特权的好处

Cause it's human nature to want to be part of something different 因为这是人的本性，要成为不同的东西组成部分

Especially when your ancestors are European Christians 尤其是当你的祖先是欧洲的基督徒

And most whites don't want to acknowledge this is occurring 和大多数白人不愿意承认这是发生

Cause we got the best deal, the music without the burden 因为我们得到了最好的交易，音乐无负担

Of being black in a system that really wants you to rock 被黑的系统，真正要你摇滚

Cause all you need is a program and you can go and make hiphop 因为所有你需要的是一个程序，你可以去让嘻哈

And we hate the mainstream cause we're the ones that took it 我们的仇恨主流的事业，我们是那些把它

Now we listen to Aesop Rock and wear t-shirts that say Brooklyn 现在我们听伊索岩石和穿T恤的说，布鲁克林

But it's not about black and white right 但是，这不是黑白的权利

I mean good music is good music regardless of what you look like 我的意思是好音乐就是好音乐，无论你是什么样子

But when you don't give them props isn't that selfish? 但是，当你不给他们的道具是不是自私？

That's like saying rock was actually started by Elvis 这等于是说摇滚实际上是由猫王开始

So where does this leave me? 所以，这给我吗？

I feel like I pay dues but I'll always be a white MC 我觉得自己交纳会费，但我永远是白的MC

I give everything I have when I write a rhyme 我给我的一切，当我写一韵

But that doesn't change the fact that this culture's not mine 但是，这并不能改变一个事实，即这种文化不是我的

But I'm gonna be me so please be who you are 但我会是我，所以请你是谁

This is something that's effortless and shouldn't be hard 这是东西是毫不费力的，不应该硬

I said I'm gonna be me so please be who you are 我说我会是我，所以请你是谁

But we still owe 'em 40 acres now we've stolen their 16 bars 但我们还欠时间40英亩现在我们已经被盗的16条

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to HIPHOP的，我从来没有去过块起步

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through 为了对抗行为斗争，我也从来没有经历过

If I think I understand just because I flow too 如果我想我明白只是因为我流过

That means I'm not keeping it true, nope 这意味着我不会保持它真实的，没了

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to HIPHOP的，我从来没有去过块起步

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through 为了对抗行为斗争，我也从来没有经历过

If I think I understand just because I flow too 如果我想我明白只是因为我流过

That means I'm not keeping it true, I'm not keeping it true 这意味着我不会保持它真的，我没打扰真的

Now I don't rap about guns so they label me conscious 现在我不说唱枪，使他们标签我意识

But I don't rap about guns cause I wasn't forced into the projects 但我不说唱的枪，因为我不是被迫的项目

See I was put in the position where I could chose my options 看到我放在哪里，我可以选择我的选择位置

Blessed with the privilege that my parent's could send me to college 具有得天独厚的特权，我的父母会送我上大学

Now who's going to shows the kids on the block starving 现在谁去显示块挨饿的孩子们

Or the white people with dough that can relate to my content? 或白人与面团，可以与我的内容？

Marketed the music now adapted to the lifestyle 市场上销售的音乐现在适合于生活方式

What happened to jazz and rock and roll is happening right now 发生了什么事，以爵士乐和摇滚乐现在这样

Where's my place in the music that's been taken by the media 哪里是我在音乐的地方一直采取对媒体表示，

With white corperations controlling what their feeding ya 用白色corperations控制他们的喂养雅

I brought up aesop rock but I'm not even dissing dude 我带了伊索摇滚，但我还没有瞧不起花花公子

We love hiphop and what do you think caucasians are listening to 我们热爱HIPHOP和你有什么感想白种人在听

And I speak freely when I write this 我畅所欲言，当我写这篇文章

If a black emcee examined race there goes half their fan base, white kids 如果黑司仪研究人种那还有一半的粉丝群，白人孩子

And this is so true. and we didn't even have to fight the system 这是如此的真实。我们甚至没有打制

We just went and picked up the microphone too 我们刚去，拿起麦克风太

And we got good at it so we should be rapping 我们得到了很好了，所以我们应该说唱

But only supporting them is like burning Jimmy and buying Clapton 但是，只有支持他们就像是燃烧的吉米和克莱普顿购买

Now Clapton's incredible. but no Jimmy no foundation 现在Clapton的不可思议。但吉米没有基础

So here comes history and the cultural appropriation 所以这里来的历史和文化拨款

White kids with do rags trying to practice their accents 白色与孩子做抹布努力实践他们的口音

From the suburbs to the upperclass mastering a language 从郊区到高年级掌握一门语言

But hiphop is not just memorizing words 但是HIPHOP不只是背单词

It's rooted in authenticity something you literally can't learn 它植根于真实的东西，你简直不能学

But I'm gonna be me so please be who you are 但我会是我，所以请你是谁

This is something that's effortless and shouldn't be hard 这是东西是毫不费力的，不应该硬

I said I'm gonna be me so please be who you are 我说我会是我，所以请你是谁

But as I'm blessed with the privilege, they're still left with the scars 但我很幸运的特权，他们仍然留下的伤痕

   

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to HIPHOP的，我从来没有去过块起步

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through 为了对抗行为斗争，我也从来没有经历过

If I think I understand just because I flow too 如果我想我明白只是因为我流过

That means I'm not keeping it true, nope 这意味着我不会保持它真实的，没了

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to HIPHOP的，我从来没有去过块起步

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through 为了对抗行为斗争，我也从来没有经历过

If I think I understand just because I flow too 如果我想我明白只是因为我流过

That means I'm not keeping it true, I'm not keeping it true 这意味着我不会保持它真的，我没打扰真的