R.I.L ＋ King’s gambit Lyrics English Translation by HAON
(feat. ZICO, Gaeko, 식케이 (Sik-K), VINXEN)
When I was eight, inside the MP3 I got
Was the Billboard Top 100
At fourteen, the drumsticks I held
When they got scratched, the BPM would go wild
The friend I met the following year
Led me to a whole new world
What reached my eardrums through the headphones was
Mind blow, glass art
I said “let whatever happens, happen” and from then on
Pac, Biggie, Beenzino, I memorized them all as they came
My first proper spit was at the neighborhood karaoke, spiritual like church
The hands the audience held out
Were often less than ten, but the next day at school
Rumors started to spread, ‘He should go on Show Me The Money’
I- I rap through the phone, my first mic was a UFO
Yeah, after school my class time was on repeat, REC
And the rhymes I wrote down in my notepad were reckless
No rehearsals, straight to the next stage
The ones who patted my back as I moved my feet were
VJ, 1llionaire and GAEKO
Rhythm is life
Life’s my rhythm, life’s my rhythm
Rhythm is life
Rhyme’s infinite, lines go drill ’em
Strike like lightning, light
The film splitting tight
My life is the rhythm, the rhythm is life
Life is not too good, not too bad
If I lived a day well, I fill my glass and celebrate
Marinated in dopamine, dice and playing cards in hand
I put them down for a moment, when I’m locked in a long tunnel
(Banging my head, day and night deep in it)
Mind traveling
Rhyme dribbling
Hip hop and pop, two siblings
The rhythm in the Bowers & Wilkins speakers
Wakes the amygdala, get ‘em in
Anti-aging
Money chasing
Stop for a second
Back to basics
Nas to JAY-Z
Listen with proper manners, to the roots, it’s all so amazing
(GAEKO) Just catch a whiff and go, the brilliance of youth
Stick one more clover in my hand for me
Before I leave, I bow down and receive your respect
(ECHO) Go up the mountain and tie a ribbon
Since we’re two who sharpen each other, the summit won’t be lonely
Next, maybe I’m Nirvana
Rhythm is life
Life’s my rhythm, life’s my rhythm
Rhythm is life
Rhyme’s infinite, lines go drill ’em
Strike like lightning, light
The film splitting tight
My life is the rhythm, the rhythm is life
Rhythm is life
Life’s my rhythm, life’s my rhythm
Rhythm is life
Rhyme’s infinite, lines go drill ’em
Strike like lightning, light
The film splitting tight
My life is the rhythm, the rhythm is life
Rhythm is life
Life is rhythm
Rhythm is the oil that moves my life
The pillar that set me straight
My prayer that reached God
I got back on the path I had lost
My verse honed in pitch-black darkness
It shines like the sun, my name
Perk up your ears, I learned, pencil in my hand
Clings on like it’s attacking, bumpin’ on it
A clear feelin’ even for imperfect me
Especially the fatal nasal tone
That raised me when I was a greenhorn
Feng Shui
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You non-believer
You a none, nothin’ to me
You’re done, I’m a leader now
Yeah yeah yeah
You non-believer
You a none, nothin’ to me
You’re done, so done now
Whether you’re scared or not, move
Whether it’s black or white
A hundred million hangs on a single step
The cliff turns into stairs
No need to know how to fly, ay
I buy envy and get hate as a bonus
And a whole lot of money is the free gift
The magic that sometimes knocks on the door
Bending the spoon
Life just repays me with great pride
I assist countless things
In my own way
That guy, without even trying
Is too cocky with what he got
An uppercut thrown
At those acting rude without manners
Talk more, go on
Making it hit
Like a percussion
All the fancy things
Try subtracting them, Auto-Tune
You ain’t on my level
Come on up
Cut that throat
If we’re talking class
A body possessing all the words
If you threw a stone
You’re already a loser
Pain on my shoulders but I can’t feel
Vein gettin’ colder but I can’t see no blood
My happiness feels heavy
My every single mannerism is scary
They be watching
Cause I’m a king
So I gotta win
Victory in the wind
The King’s Gambit
The King’s Gambit
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat!
My devastated heart is clean
Flying *** in the sky
Life seen from afar is a comedy
The daily routine-like bleed
Decorating the finale in crimson
But no, the culprit isn’t me
We gotta get that money
Broke, with earnings getting even longer
Ridin’ on coupe, yeah
A dream realized again after a long sleep, a stretch
Filling the empty glass, I’m going crazy, I’m taking off
I travel the nation to earn
He travels the globe to earn
The two of us walk like the Pied Piper
Why you acting up with rap
Just go to the office and look for another seat
I guarantee you’ll earn more
I create the next chapter
Holding poison
Putting it in a vessel
Take it to the gallery and sell it off
Light at the end of the tunnel
No going back
Bring it here, trophy, hang the medal around my neck
Pain on my shoulders but I can’t feel
Vein gettin’ colder but I can’t see no blood
My happiness feels heavy
My every single mannerism is scary
They be watching
Cause I’m a king
So I gotta win
Victory in the wind
The King’s Gambit
The King’s Gambit
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta win
Victory in the wind
The King’s Gambit
The King’s Gambit
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat it
Yeah yeah I gotta beat!