Rap Translation

I was listening to The Notorious B.I.G. on the way home tonight and singing along with the lyrics. I realised that some of what Biggie says can hardly be called english, so I've decided to translate a song or two for your pleasure. Here we go:

"Ready To Die"
The Notorious B.I.G.
(feat. Puff Daddy)

italics - Original lyrics
bold - Translation

Yeah...
Yeah...
(You ready motherfucker?)
(We gon' kill your ass)

I don't like you and wish you ill health

As I grab the glock, put it to your headpiece

I will take my gun and point it to your head

One in the chamber, the safety is off release
Straight at your dome homes, I wanna see cabbage

Oh yes, there is a bullet in this gun, when I fire it I will most likely see your grey matter

Biggie Smalls the savage, doin your brain cells much damage

I am not good for your mental health

Teflon is the material for the imperial
mic ripper girl stripper the Henny sipper

I prefer teflon guns, I sing very well, I like naked women and Hennessey liquor

I drop lyrics off and on like a lightswitch

I'm very good at making things rhyme

Quick to grab the right bitch and make her drive
the Q-45, glocks and tecs are expected when I wreck shit

I will make my girlfriend drive my fancy car while I carry a lot of guns to do a lot of damage

Respect is collected, so check it

You will respect me because of all my guns

I got techniques drippin out my buttcheeks
Sleep on my stomach so I don't fuck up my sheets, huh

I'm very talented

My shit is deep, deeper than my grave G

My music is thoughtful

I'm ready to die and nobody can save me
Fuck the world, fuck my moms and my girl

I am very angry with life

My life is played out like a jheri curl, I'm ready to die

Again, I am very angry with life

As I sit back and look when I used to be a crook
Doin whatever it took from snatchin chains to pocketbooks

I used to be a criminal

A big BAD motherfucker on the wrong road
I got some drugs tried to get the avenue sold

I used to sell drugs to make money

I want it all from the Rolexes
to the Lexus gettin paid, is all I expected

I wanted money

My mother didn't give me what I want, what the fuck?
Now I got a glock, makin motherfuckers duck

I did not get an allowance, but now I have a gun

Shit is real, and hungry's how I feel
I rob and steal because that money got that whip appeal

I do bad things for money

Kickin niggaz down the steps just for rep
Any repercussion lead to niggaz gettin wet

I will do almost anything for money and a bad reputation (which means good)

The infrared's at your head real steady
You better grab your guns cause I'm ready, ready

I am pointing my gun at you

I'm ready to die!

In a sec I throw the tec to your fuckin neck
Everybody hit the deck, Biggie bout to get some wreck

I will put a gun to your neck, and I'll scare a lot of people

Quick to leave you in a coffin, for slick talkin
You better act like CeCe, and keep on walkin

If you try to be smart with me I will kill you

When I hit ya, I split ya to the white meat
You swung on like you slumber right you fell to the conrete
Your face, my feet, they meet, we're stompin

I will fight you, and I will win

I'm rippin MC's from Tallahassee, to Compton

I am better than most people in the USA

Biggie Smalls on a higher plane
Niggaz say I'm strange deranged because I put the 12 gauge to your brain

Again, I will put a gun to your head

Make your shit splatter
Mix the blood like batter then my pocket gets fatter
after the hit, leave you on the street with your neck split
down your backbone to where your motherfuckin shit drip

I will shoot you and apparently crack you in half

The shit I kick, rip it through the vest
Biggie Smalls passin any test, I'm ready to die!

My bullets will go through a bullet proof vest, I am the best.