Reminisce (feat. BillySouL)

在美国有Billy SouL这样一个听Hip Hop长大的华人小孩，拿起纸笔用音乐写下生活，不知不觉已经过了二十年，嘻哈并没有让他功成名就，日子依然要过，身为独自扶养小孩的单亲爸爸，他教武术、当司机、甚至当过清洁工，嘻哈音乐却成为他心灵的解药。擅长lo-fi, Chill Vibe的嘻哈制作人Tower da Funkmasta 与东岸街头风格的Billy SouL 联手产出《Reminisce》慵懒舒爽的Jazzhop，讲述一段长达二十年的旅程。

Billy SouL
Tower Da Funkmasta
Portland to Taipei

Sitting back reminisced the old time,
10 years passed wishing it would slow down,
Now 20 years gone, it seems like it was yesterday,
Time is precious, I can’t let it slip away

Started out 17, just rhyming for fun,
No expectations or what i would become,
And never thought this journey would have gone this long,
Turn life to verses, verses into songs,
500, 600 I have wrote many more,
Stack my rhyme books together about 10 feet tall,
I’ve seen many things but have not seen it all,
From pyramid of Giza, to the streets of Singapore,
Let me go, let me travel see the globe,
Do a couple show, pick up the mic and spit some flow,
Cuz hip hop is worldwide, not just black and white,
We are all working hard, trying to do this thing right,
And it’s sacred, many MC’s misuse it,
And so called DJ’s don’t owe one record,
They do it for the fame and short term profit,
We making history by kicking knowledge

Sitting back reminisced about the old time,
10 years passed wishing it would slow down,
Now 20 years gone, it seems like it was yesterday,
Time is precious, I can’t let it slip away

Sitting back reminisced about the old time,
10 years passed wishing it would slow down,
Now 20 years gone, it seems like it was yesterday,
Time is precious, I can’t let it slip away

If you never try then you never know
sometimes you have to let go and let the rubber meets the road x2

If I could do it again, I won’t change a thing,
All the ups and downs, joy and pain,
Its all part of it, turn a boy to a man
The experiences, made me who I am,
Wishing everyday would never rain like So. Cal
Relationship got me stuck in a timeout
Living in a big house but feel so alone, wow
I didn’t know back then but I do now
I’m still here, this time I’m on a mission,
Creating my own path my own destination,
Somewhere by the coast, secret location,
Enjoying life, laying low with my love ones,
It feels like I’m away but the music keeps coming,
World wide reaching million, press the share button,
Let’s go viral, i know more people need it,
Music is the medicine it uplift the spirt

Sitting back reminisced about the old time,
10 years passed wishing it would slow down,
Now 20 years gone, it seems like it was yesterday,
Time is precious, I can’t let it slip away x2

中文翻译：
坐下来 话说重头
10年很快就过 希望时间停留
像是昨日才发生，现在已过了二十个年头
光阴荏苒 不能让它溜走

17开始 只为赋新词强说愁
无法预见未来的我
这趟旅程可以走这么远 我也没想过
把生活写成词 把词编成歌
写过的早已超过 100首 200首
我的押韵笔记已经叠到10呎高楼
看过再多的风景仍旧无法一览无遗
从吉萨的金字塔到新加坡的街道
让我走 让我去世界环游
有机会表演 拿起麦克风尽情饶舌
嘻哈遍及全球 不管血统肤色
我们用尽全力 要拨乱反正
许多饶舌歌手消费它的神圣
许多人自称DJ却没买过半张唱片
他们短视近利
我们则开创历史 传承知识火炬

坐下来 话说重头
10年很快就过 希望时间停留
像是昨日才发生，现在已过了二十个年头
光阴荏苒 不能让它溜走

没试过永远不会懂
有时候就该放下一切 踏上路口

如果能够重来，我还是会做一样的事
高峰低谷 欢笑痛苦
都是男孩变成男人的过程
这些历练造就现在的我
但愿没有一天会下著如南加州倾盆大雨
感情让我触礁
孤独地住在大房子
我当时不知道为什么 但我现在恍然大悟
我人还在这，但我这一次我身负重任
要开辟自己的道路 立定目标
可能在海岸线上的隐密处
低调地和我爱的人们畅享人生
以为我已退隐但却不断有新作品
触及全天下 他们按赞分享
我的音乐会爆红 我知道更多人会需要它
因为音乐是心灵解药

坐下来 话说重头
10年很快就过 希望时间停留
像是昨日才发生，现在已过了二十个年头
光阴荏苒 不能让它溜走