Feet fail me not っていう文がすごい好き。 この訳だと「ビビるなよ」になってるけど、もう少し直訳っぽくすると「耐えてくれよ、俺の足」。 主人公(Rabbit)がステージに立つ直前に感じている緊張感がすごく伝わってくる。恐らく足はガクガクに震えてる。それでもここで人生変えるしか無いんだ、という決心も曲のシメとして最高。 しかもこの文は曲の冒頭にある、his palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, etc. とも体の状態の説明という点でつながっている。この曲は掌から始まり、足で終わっている。 その上、主人公のRabbitは日本語でウサギだけど、ウサギの足っていうのはアメリカとかではお守りの一種。だから「耐えてくれよ、俺の足」であると同時に「頼むぜ、俺のお守り」という意味も含んでいる。 たった４単語でこれだけの情報量。本当にいい歌詞だと感じる。
自分も現役この曲を和訳を見ないで仮面浪人してから和訳を知り、おこがましい話ですがエミネムに自分を重ね、死ぬ気で勉強しました。 success is my only motherfucking option, failure`s not あなたにもこの言葉が刺さると思います。 浪人生活は長く苦しいものだと思いますが、ぶっかましてやってください！ 第一志望以外はあり得ないというあなたの心意気を応援させていただきます！ 熱い意志と親御さんへの感謝の意を忘れずに頑張ってくだ！！！！
就職活動の面接直前に、いつもこれを聞く。 こっちはラップや音楽をやる訳じゃないが、狭い部屋の中で相手に何かを伝えなきゃならないことは同じだ。 苦しい現状から目を背けることは可能だけど、それじゃあ何一つ打開策にならない。 心臓バクバクで今更大した話もできないが、人生かけて一回きりのチャンスをつかむしかない。 "You can do anything you set your mind to, man."
Lyrics: Look, If you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Yo His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out He's choking how, everybody's joking now The clock's run out, time's up, over, bloah! Snap back to reality Oh, there goes gravity Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy, no He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes It don't matter, he's dope He knows that but he's broke He's so stagnant, he knows when he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's Back to the lab again, yo This whole rhapsody He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping This world is mine for the taking Make me king, as we move toward a new world order A normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem It only grows harder, homie grows hotter He blows, it's all over These hoes is all on him Coast to coast shows, he's known as the globetrotter Lonely roads, God only knows He's grown farther from home, he's no father He goes home and barely knows his own daughter But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water His hoes don't want him no more, he's cold product They moved on to the next schmoe who flows He nose dove and sold nada So the soap opera is told and unfolds I suppose it's old partner but the beat goes on Da da dum da dum da da You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better No more games, I'ma change what you call rage Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage But I kept rhyming and stepped right into the next cypher Best believe somebody's paying the pied piper All the pain inside amplified by the fact That I can't get by with my 9 to 5 And I can't provide the right type of life for my family 'Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers And there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life And these times are so hard, and it's getting even harder Trying to feed and water my seed, plus Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna Baby mama drama's screaming on and Too much for me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot Success is my only motherfucking option, failure's not Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go I cannot grow old in Salem's lot So here I go it's my shot Feet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got You better Lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better You can do anything you set your mind to, man
