I'm addicted to thrill,

我兴奋的无法自拔

Its a dangerous love affair,

这份眷顾如此危险

Can't be scared when nickels down,

当它降临无须害怕

got a problem tell me now,

现在有一个问题告诉我

Only thing thats on my mind

在我脑海中唯一的事情

is who gon run this town tonight,

是今夜谁将主宰这座城市

Wassup (Jay-Z)

who gon run this town tonight,

今夜谁将主宰这座城市

Wassup (Jay-We)

we gon run this town!

我们来主宰这座城市

We are,

是我们

yeah I said it we are,

没错 我说的就是我们

This is rock nation

this is Roc Nation,这是ROC的国度

Pledge your allegiance,

起誓效忠于它

get your fatigues on,

穿上你的制服

all black everything,

周身都是黑色

black cards,blacks cars,

黑卡 黑色的车

all black everything,

将一切染成黑色

and that girls a black birds

女孩像是黑色

riding with their dillingers,

跟随她们的意愿驱使

I get more in depth,

我更加深入的领会与理解

if you boys really real enough

前提是男孩们你真的足够真实而具有价值

This is la Familia,I'll explain later,

这是个常识，让我来慢慢解释

but for now let me get back to this paper,

但是现在让我们先来转到这个方面

I'm a couple bands down,

我们的乐队每况愈下

and im tryin get back,

并且我尝试着将它挽回

I gave the other grip,I lost a flip for five stacks,

我试着另一次抓住机会,我冒失的失去了五百万

me im talking 5 comma 6 zero's,got zero's

我说的是五百万美元

Back to running circles round,

让它可以周转过来

Nigga now we squared up,Hold uuuup

兄弟们现整装待发,奏响最后战歌

Life's a game and but its not fair,

生命是一场不公平的游戏

I break the rules so I don 't care,

我打破了常规所以我根本毫不在意

So i keep doing my own thing,

所以我一直做着自己认为有意义的事

walking tall against the rain,

高昂的向风雨挺近

victory's within the mile,

胜利就在不远的前方

almost there,don't give up now,

几乎已能看见，现在绝不要放弃

only thing thats on my mind is who's gon run this town tonight,

我脑中唯一所想的事情 是今夜谁将主宰这座城市

heeeeey,heeeey,heeeey 嗨~~~~~~~~~~~

Wassup (Jay-Z)

who's gon run this town tonight,

今夜谁将主宰这座城市

We are,

我们

Yeah I said it we are,

没错 我说的就是我们

you can call me Ceasar,

你可以叫我凯撒

in a dark ceasar,

带着黑色的皇冠

please follow the leader,

请遵从我的指令

So Eric B we are

和Eric B如此相似

Microphone fiend,this the return of The God,

麦克风上的能手，王者已经归来

Peace God,

上帝让一切平息

ah ah,

ah ah,

it aint no nobody fresher,

不是任何人都不如你新鲜

Im in mason,ah,martin,margella,

我穿的是梅森-马丁-马吉拉的衣服

on the table screaming fuck the other side they jealous,

嫉妒之人在彼端谩骂

we got a banquet full of broads,

艳羡我们有美女成群的盛宴

They got a table full of fella's,

他们却只有男人满桌的荒凉

yeaaaahh,and they aint spending no cake,

耶 ~~他们分不到一杯羹

they should throw they hand in cos they aint got no spades,

而应该摊手臣服于我 因为手中已无黑桃王

yeah,my whole team got dough,

耶~~ 我的整个团队得到了一大笔钱

so my banquet is looking like millionaires row.

所以我的宴会看起来就像百万富翁的行列

Life's a game and but its not fair,

生命是一场不公平的游戏

I break the rules so I don't care,

我打破了常规所以我根本毫不在意

So i keep doing my own thing,

所以我一直做着自己认为有意义的事

walking tall against the rain,

高昂的向风雨挺近

victory's within the mile,

胜利就在不远的前方

almost there,don't give up now,

几乎已能看见，现在绝不要放弃

only thing thats on my mind is who's gon run this town tonight,

现在我心中唯一的念头,是今夜谁将主宰这座城市

Wassup (Jay-Z)

Wassup (Jay-Z)

heeeeey,heeeey,heeeey

heeeeey,heeeey,heeeey

who's gon run this town tonight,

今夜谁将主宰这座城市

Its crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow,

这实在是疯狂,你居然能从一个普通的老百姓

to everybody on your d-ck,no homo,

成为一个让所有人都迷恋与瞩目的人，无同性恋而言

i bought my whole family whips,no volvo's

Next time I 'm in Church please no photos,

下次我去教堂时,请别乱拍照(求索)

police escorts,everybody passports,

警察护送,人海簇拥

this the life that everybody ask for

这是每个人都想拥有的生活

This the fast life we are on a crash course

这是一个快的生活节奏,我们正在横冲直撞的飞驰

What you think I rap for

你认为我为何说唱?

To push a fucking Rav-4

只为了买辆Rav 4?

but i know that if I stay stunting,

可我知道如果我一直保持出色

all these girls only gon want one thing,

所有女孩都只会追求一件事情

i can spend my whole life good will hunting,

我会花尽我一生时间来找寻属于自己的美好

only good gon come is its good when I'm coming.

只有美好的人或事物离开或到来才会让人感到美好就像当我到来时

she got an ass that will swallow up a G-string,

她肥硕的臀部把丁字裤都吞没

and up top ahh,2bee stings,

还有上面,两个丰满的乳房

and im beasting off the re sling,

唤醒我沉睡的兽性 一发不可收拾

and my n-gga just made it out the precinct,

而我的兄弟正从外边涌进，(窥见那春光)

we give a damn bout the drama that your dude bring,

我们才不管你这纨绔子弟又惹了什么麻烦

im just tryin change the color of your mood ring,

我只想让你换个心情而不心中持续慌乱

Reebok baby,you need to try some new things,

锐步..宝贝，你得换点新的花样

have you ever had shoes without shoe strings?

你穿过没鞋带的鞋子么?

What's that Ye

那是什么?

baby these heels,

是宝贝你脚上穿的。

is that a make whaaat,

是订制的吗?

baby these wheels,

宝贝，你的车才是订制的。

you trippin when you aint sippin,have a refill

酌酒微醺,那便再斟一杯

you feel like you running huh,now you know how we feel

你正感觉像是你正在驱使着它 哈,我们的感受你现在才算体会到

Wassup (Jay-Z)

Wassup (Jay-Z)

we gon run this town tonight,

今夜由我们来主宰这座城市

《Run This Town》是JAY-Z一次气势澎湃的回归。段落开始时，金属棒敲击声、呼喊声配以蕾哈娜极具穿透力的嗓音，引出JAY-Z的说唱。但该曲也证明JAY-Z开始老了，坎耶·维斯特的表现明显比JAY-Z更有“活力”一些。

2013年11月，TufAmerica唱片公司声称，JAY-Z未经允许，私自盗用了其旗下艺人Eddie Bo于1969年发行的单曲《Hook & Sling Part 1》的部分样本，用在《Run ThisTown》之中。该公司以以涉嫌剽窃旗下艺人单曲为由向JAY-Z提出控诉。2014年12月，TufAmerica唱片公司败诉。