Lena

Intro x4)
[x_extra info=”popover” title=”Fact” info_trigger=”hover” info_place=”top” info_content=”‘시발’ (shibal, meaning ‘start’) sounds like the Korean word for ‘shit/damn’, which is correctly written ‘씨발’ (sshibal) but often also written ‘시발’ (shibal), giving this line a second meaning: ‘Damn starting point’ That is why he laughs in this intro.”] Start, starting point[/x_extra]

시발 시발점

Verse 1)
Hello, twenty-year-old me, you’re not the least bit interested
in economics, so why did you join that department?
That’s probably why you think that you’ve blown your college life
and you’re not even interested in the famous lectures

hello, 스무 살의 나님, 넌 경제학에 관심
하나도 없으면서 그 과 왜 갔니?
그니까 네가 대학생활이 붕 떴단 생각이 들고
한국 최고의 교수님들의 명강의들도

of the best professors of Korea
However, if you just vaguely kill time in a daze,
you will regret it. You’re not a high schooler
I don’t want you to do anything that makes you feel sorry

흥미가 안 가는 거겠지 아마.
하지만 흐릿하게 시간만 죽이며 멍하게 있다간
후회하게 될걸. 너는 고등학생이 아냐
미래의 너 자신에게 미안할 일은

towards the future you. Your rap on the radio
a few weeks before the SAT, which was praised by [x_extra info=”popover” title=”Fact” info_trigger=”hover” info_place=”top” info_content=”Korean hiphop team active from 1997-2001 who did gangster rap”]Gangtholic[/x_extra],
was quite impressive. Well, I can’t put my finger on it and don’t know
if you could be called a genius, but you seem to be rather talented in that direction

만들지 않았으면 해, 수능 보기 몇 주 전에
radio에서 갱톨릭에게 칭찬받았던 랩
꽤 인상적이던데, 뭐 딱 꼬집어 천재까진
몰라도 꽤 소질 있어보여, 그 방면에.

See, there’s no one else who raps as classily as you
On top of it, someone who has tried a great variety of music like you
is literally [x_extra info=”popover” title=”Reference” info_trigger=”hover” info_place=”top” info_content=”to Verbal Jint’s song ‘희귀종’ off the same album. The Hanja literally mean ‘rare’, ‘precious’, and ‘species’.”]a rare species[/x_extra]
Dig into it deeper! It could be that after a few years

너만큼 세련되게 랩하는 사람이 없거든
게다가 너만큼 다양한 음악을 접한 녀석은
문자 그대로 희귀종이니까
더 깊숙이 파고들어가봐, 혹시 네가

you will have become someone like a big tree
in this scene, who knows? Now, you
likely won’t feel that way at all. Of course,
it can be difficult on your own, so go to a place

몇 년이 흐르고 난 후 이 바닥의 큰 나무
같은 사람이 될지 누가 알아? 지금은 아무
느낌이 안 오겠지 물론, 너 혼자 힘으론
어려울 수도 있어, 그니까 너와 같은 취미로

where people get together who have the same hobby
You’ll discover a world you haven’t known of until now
And after about two years, you release an album
I strongly suggest [x_extra info=”popover” title=”Fact” info_trigger=”hover” info_place=”top” info_content=”Verbal Jint’s EP from 2001″]’Modern Rhymes'[/x_extra] as title

사람들이 막 모여있는 곳, 그런 곳에 가봐
여지껏 모르고 살아온 세상과 만나게 될걸
그리고 2년쯤 후면 음반을 내는거야
제목은 Modern Rhymes 적극추천

Hook)
My worn-out notebook was filled to the brink
with rhymes. At that time I didn’t understand them
but I learned and mastered the original
lyrics and flow using CDs I had purchased with difficulty

손때 탄 공책 안 가득히
써 내려간 rhyme, 그땐 당최 알아듣지
못 했지만 어렵게 구한 CD들로
배우고 익혔네, 본토의 lyrics and flow

My worn-out notebook was filled to the brink
with rhymes. I have seen the impossible, one
after the other, change into reality
It is still the same now

손때 탄 공책 안 가득히
써 내려간 rhyme, 불가능이 하나둘씩
현실로 바뀌는 걸 난 봤지
그건 지금도 마찬가지

Verse 2: Beenzino)
Ayo, wassup, sixteen-year-old Lim Sungbeen?
You want to get out of here quickly, right?
At Munho-ri in Seojong Township, Yangpyeong District, Kyeonggi Province
the only thing you can see are the ridges between rice paddies, and

ayo wassup 열여섯살 임성빈
넌 어서 여길 벗어나고 싶지
경기도 양평군 서종면 문호리에서
볼 수 있는 건 논두렁과 오직

it has a boonies vibe with nothing but mountains and rivers
Inconsistent with that, in your ears [plays] [x_extra info=”popover” title=”Fact” info_trigger=”hover” info_place=”top” info_content=”Verbal Jint’s EP from 2001″]’Modern Rhymes'[/x_extra],
[you’re wearing] a 3XL plain t-shirt and a black do-rag
that you bought in Itaewon, pants with a waist of about

산과 강이 있는 촌구석 vibe,
그와 안 어울리게 귀에는 Modern Rhymes,
3XL 무지티에 이태원에서 산
검은색 듀렉에, 바지 허리둘레는 약

34 or 36, you’re lookin’ for a dirty bitch
However, of all things, your girlfriend is a Catholic who wants to preserve her virginity
Catholic, but you want her to lick your dick
Don’t be greedy again, you haven’t even kissed before

34 or 36, you’re lookin’ for a dirty bitch
근데 하필 네 여친은 혼전의 순결을 지키려고 하는
Catholic, but you want her to lick your dick
또 욕심 부리지마 해 본 적도 없으면서 키스

Do not lose one thing: the peace of your mind
There’s no need to hurry that much, man
Because when there is something you really want, and it is nothing you force upon yourself
but it is something true to you, then you will obtain it

잃지마 한 가지 peace of your mind
너무 서두를 필요는 없어 임마
진짜 원하는 게 있고 그게 어거지가
아닌 진정한 것이라면 다 얻어지니까

Don’t mind the rappers you envy and the well-off hyungs
and keep up your vibes
Because when there is something you really want, and it is nothing you force upon yourself
but it is something true to you, then you will obtain it, yeah

너가 부러워하는 랩퍼들, 또 잘 나가는 형들
의식하지 말고 계속 keep up your vibes
진짜 원하는 게 있고 그게 어거지가
아닌 진정한 것이라면 다 얻어지니까 yeah