Korean
It was a new world
평소에 글이나 시나 끄적이던 내게
심청이마냥 급 다가와
내가 못 뜨던 새 눈을 뜨게 했네
But people keep askin’ baby why you love that hip-hop shit?
그럼 나는 말해 이윤 원래 없어 cause it’s hip-hop
별 거 없어 에픽하이, 남들처럼 Jay-Z, Nas 물론 클래식한
Illmatic과 Doggystyle, In My Mind 또한 KRS-ONE
또 Ready to die, Eminem과 The Chronic과 그 다음 명작 2001
Gang Starr, Black Star, Eric B, Rakim, Pete Rock and CL smooth
They just keep poppin’
달고 살았어 아주 많이
그때의 난 아주머니
할 말이 많아서 남들이 해주는 이야기론 부족하다 느꼈지
일단은 억지 거짓, 덕지덕지 발라 가사랍시고 썼지
And that was it! uh that was it 내가 내가 된 시점
학습지 사이 백지에 모두 아는 날 잠시 끼워
그리고 지웠어 비웠어 비트 위에서만큼은 난 자유로워
7년 전이나 지금이나 똑같아 이게 제일 나다워
I'll be down for your rap
I'll be down for your rhythm
여전히 내 심장을 뛰게 해
내가 진짜 나이고 싶게 해
Yeah I love this
(Hip! Hop!) 사람 냄새가 나는
(Hip! Hop!) 인생으로 써내려가는
(Hip! Hop!) 이제는 삶의 일부가 된
(Hip! Hop!) Yeah this ma (Hip! Hop!)
Yo ma Hiphop 입학? 몸으로 느끼며 개입함
부갈루, 킹텃, 올드스쿨 리듬 타
빅히트 위탁에 rhyme과 혀를 밀착
두각을 나타내 지금은 랩 댄스 교집합
Yeah ma role model, 다듀 버벌 with 에픽 하이
서툰 날 이력서 써 무명 깨 무댈 fly
아무것도 모른 날 일으켰지 매일 내 맘을 울린 Artist, Ring
몸으로 표현만 했었던 비기와 투팍 and 나스,
날 더 알아갔지 uh
Hope hope world, 내 세상을 만들기 전에 Cole world
그가 금요일 밤을 비출 때부터
더 영감을 받고 써가 내 곡을
Mac miller, Kanye, Kendrick 그들의 음악은 내 귀에 부딪혀
매일 미쳐가게 테두릴 잡아준 내 삶의 최고의 뮤지션
끝없는 딕션, all right 내 본능이 골라
어떤 랩이든 어떤 춤이든 감각적인 내 교감
이젠 내 삶 속의 공간은 힙합으로 녹아
오늘도 Wild for the night 내 몸은
Feel like A$AP A$AP
I'll be down for your rap
I'll be down for your rhythm
여전히 내 심장을 뛰게 해
내가 진짜 나이고 싶게 해
Yeah I love this
(Hip! Hop!) 사람 냄새가 나는
(Hip! Hop!) 인생으로 써내려가는
(Hip! Hop!) 이제는 삶의 일부가 된
(Hip! Hop!) Yeah this ma (Hip! Hop!)
힙합은 찾아왔어 살며시
어린아이가 엄마를 찾듯이
자연스럽게 내 삶에 스며들었지 그 당시에
초등학생일 뿐이었던 나 그제서야 꿈을 재단해
I want a rapstar 남들과 비슷한
삶을 혐오했던 꼬맹이의 조숙함
주위에 모두가 붙잡고 만류하더라도
내 안에서 자리를 고수한 힙합은
날 송두리째 뒤집어놔, 그 어린 날
교과서 귀퉁이에 적어내렸던 my 16 bars
덕분에 난 안정된 삶 뿌리치고 갔던
대구 남산동의 작업실에
날 던지고 밤새도록 갈았던 무딘 펜촉의 날
노력 끝에 난 결국 학창시절에 받는 언수외 대신해서
빼곡히 채워갔던 rhyme 덕에 dreams come true
주위에서 다들 묻지 힙합이 뭐냐고
당당히 답을 하지 나의 전부라고
그 결과 내 인생 자체를 음악 안에 뼈 묻었어
이 문화를 사랑한 게 죄라면 난 골백번은 넘게 더 죽었어
I'll be down for your rap
I'll be down for your rhythm
여전히 내 심장을 뛰게 해
내가 진짜 나이고 싶게 해
Yeah I love this
(Hip! Hop!) 사람 냄새가 나는
(Hip! Hop!) 인생으로 써내려가는
(Hip! Hop!) 이제는 삶의 일부가 된
(Hip! Hop!) Yeah this ma (Hip! Hop!)
English
It was a new world
To the me who normally just scribbled down prose or poetry
It approached me like Simchung*
And made me open a new eye that I had been unable to open before
But people keep askin’ baby why you love that hip-hop shit?
Then I tell them there was no reason from the start cause it’s hip-hop
There’s not much to it, Epik-High, like others Jay-Z, Nas of course the classic
Illmatic and Doggystyle, In My Mind and also KRS-One
Also Ready to die, Eminem and The Chronic and the next masterpiece 2001
Gang Starr, Black Star, Eric B, Rakim, Pete Rock and CL smooth
They just keep poppin’
I lived with them constantly on my lips
Back then, I was a middle-aged woman
I had so much to say that I felt it wasn’t enough with the stories other people would tell
At first I wrote forced made-up lies, plastered on and called lyrics
And that was it! uh that was it The point when I became me
On the blank page between the worksheets I stuck the me who everyone knew
And wiped it out, emptied it, on the beat at least I’m free
It’s still the same as 7 years ago, this is what’s most like me
I’ll be down for your rap
I’ll be down for your rhythm
It still makes my heart beat
It makes me want to become the real me
Yeah I love this
(Hip! Hop!) That smells human
(Hip! Hop!) That I write down as life
(Hip! Hop!) Which has now become a part of my life
(Hip! Hop!) Yeah this ma (Hip! Hop!)
Yo ma Hiphop introduction? I entered it while feeling it with my body
Boogaloo, Kingtut, Old school I ride the rhythm
At the request of BigHit I attached my tongue to rhythm
And show an affinity for it, Now I’m a combination of rap and dance
Yeah ma role model, Dy(namic)Du(o), Verbal (Jint) with Epik High
I write a resume for my rough self, I break the no-name and on the stage fly
I picked up the me who didn’t know anything, the Artist, Ring that made my heart cry every day
The B.I.G and Tupac and Nas that I had formerly only expressed with my body
I got to know myself better uh
Hope hope world, Before I made my world Cole world
From when he would brighten up my friday night
I get inspired and write it down, my song
Mac Miller, Kanye, Kendrick, their songs beat on my ears
The best musicians of my life that helped me set the borders and made me go crazy every day
The endless diction, all right my instinct chooses
No matter which rap or which song, my instinctual communication
Now the places in my life are melted into hiphop
Today as well, Wild for the night, my body is
Feel like A$AP A$AP
I’ll be down for your rap
I’ll be down for your rhythm
It still makes my heart beat
It makes me want to become the real me
Yeah I love this
(Hip! Hop!) That smells human
(Hip! Hop!) That I write down as life
(Hip! Hop!) Which has now become a part of my life
(Hip! Hop!) Yeah this ma (Hip! Hop!)
Hip-hop came to find me gently
Like a child looking for his mother
It melted into my life naturally, back then
I who was only an elementary school kid finally fabricated my dream
I want a rapstar, similar to others
The thoughtfulness of the kid who hated life
Even if everyone around me tries to hold me back and dissuade me
The hip-hop that made a place for itself inside of me
Turned me upside down, that young me
My 16 bars that I wrote down in the corner of my textbook
Thanks to that I threw away my comfortable life,
And the studio in Daegu’s Namsan-dong that I went to,
The days of dull pens when I ground it all night
After my efforts in the end, instead of the Language, Math and Foreign Language that kids get in their school days
Thanks to the rhymes that I stacked up continuously, my dreams come true
Everyone around me asks, what is hip-hop
And I answer confidently, it’s my everything
As a result, my whole life, I buried my bones in my music
If it’s a crime to love this culture then I died more than a hundred times for them
I’ll be down for your rap
I’ll be down for your rhythm
It still makes my heart beat
It makes me want to become the real me
Yeah I love this
(Hip! Hop!) That smells human
(Hip! Hop!) That I write down as life
(Hip! Hop!) Which has now become a part of my life
(Hip! Hop!) Yeah this ma (Hip! Hop!)
Translator’s Notes:
* Simchung is a character is Korean folklore.