[Rhymefest] [ Rhymefest ]

Somebody up and said "'Fest if I was you, I'd be more bitter" 有人起来，说： “巨星，如果我是你，我会更苦”

I looked and said, "If I thought like you, I'd be more nigga" 我看了看，说： “如果我想和你一样，我会更黑鬼”

More hater, more angry black man on an elevator 更多的仇敌，更生气的黑人男子在电梯

More cryin, less paper, that's when they come and take ya 更多哭泣，减少纸张，当他们来把雅的

Put you under the radar, push your record to later 把你的雷达之下，把你的记录后

Say "It could've been greater", now you a fuckin waiter, wait up! 说：“它可以一直在更大的” ，现在你他妈的服务员，等待了！

This is hustle time, revolution muscle mind 这是忙碌的时候，革命肌肉心灵

Over matter but matter of fact, who can fuck with mine? 以上问题，而且事实上，谁又能与我他妈的？

I was spitting these bars before I had a dime 我是随地吐痰这些酒吧之前，我有一毛钱

Phoney broads sayin they love me, deals that were signed 虚假湖区在说他们爱我，交易签署了

Comin home, shorties getting killed all the time 今儿回家，矮仔被杀死所有的时间

On the block over a crumb of a crumb, in their prime 在程序上面包屑的面包屑，风华正茂

I'm, prime time, life, crime 我是，黄金时间，生命，犯罪

Sex, drugs, the Lord of War, slugs, nines 性，毒品，战争之王，蛞蝓，花枝招展

Diamond mines, blood lines 钻石矿，血行

Niggas say they got no love but we love dimes 黑鬼们说，他们没有得到爱情，但我们的爱角钱

   

[Ghostface Killah] [ Ghostface Killah的]

Dwellin in the past, flashbacks when I was young Dwellin过去，倒叙我年轻的时候

Whoever thought I'd have a baby girl and three sons? 谁想到我有一个女婴和三个儿子？

I'm going through this difficult stage, I find it hard to believe 我要通过这个艰难的阶段，我觉得很难相信

Why my old earth had so many seeds 为什么我的旧地球有这么多的种子

But she's an old woman, and due to me I respect that 但她是个老女人，因为我，我尊重

I saw life for what it's really worth and took a step back 我看到了生命的东西它的真正价值和向后退了一步

Family ain't family no more, we used to play ball 家庭是不是家里人多，我们经常玩球

Eggs after school, eat grits cause we was poor 放学后的鸡蛋，吃糁因为我们是穷人

Grab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the TV 抢钳渠道，解决电视上的吊架

Rockin each other's pants to school wasn't easy 摇滚对方的裤子上学不容易

We survived winters, snotty nose with no coats 我们幸存下来的冬天，流鼻涕的鼻子，没有大衣

We kept it real but the older brothers still had jokes 我们保留了它真实的，但哥哥仍然有笑话

Sadly, daddy left me at the age of six 可悲的是，爸爸留给我在六岁的时候

I didn't know nothin but mommy neatly packed his shit 我不知道没什么，但妈妈整齐地收拾狗屎

She cried, and grandma held the family down 她哭了，奶奶举行的家人失望

I guess mommy wasn't strong enough, she just went down 我想妈妈是不是足够强大，她只是去了

Check it, fifteen of us in a three-bedroom apartment 检查一下，我们15中的三间卧室的公寓

Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there 蟑螂无处不在，堂兄弟，叔叔在那里

Four on the bed, two at the foot, two at the head 四个在床上，两名脚下，两名当先

I didn't like to sleep with Jon-Jon, he peed the bed 我不喜欢睡觉乔恩 - 乔恩，他撒尿的床

Seven o'clock, pluckin roaches out the cereal box 七点钟， pluckin蟑螂出来的麦片盒

We shared the same spoon watchin Saturday cartoons 我们分享同一个勺子在看着卡通片（星期六）

Sugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrill 糖水是我们的事，每顿无快感

In the summer, free lunch held us down like steel 在这个夏天，免费午餐举行我们失望如钢

And there were days I had to go to Tex house with a note 并有天，我不得不去德州的房子记

Stating "Gloria can I borrow some food? I'm dead broke" 指出“凯莱我可以借用一些食物？我死破产”

So embarrassin, I couldn't stand to knock on they door 所以embarrassin ，我无法忍受去敲他们的门

My friends might be laughin, I spent stamps at stores 我的朋友们可能会被嘲笑，我花了邮票店

Mommy, where's the toilet paper? Usually newspaper 妈妈，哪来的卫生纸？通常报纸

Look, Ms. Rose gave us a couch She's the neighbor 瞧，罗斯女士给了我们一个沙发上，她的邻居

Things was deep, my whole youth was sharper than cleats 东西很深，我的整个青春比夹板清晰

Two brothers with muscular dystrophy, it killed me 两兄弟带型肌营养不良症，它杀了我

But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips 不过，我记得这一点，妈妈会舔她的指尖

To wipe the coal out my eye before school wit her spit 学校机智她吐之前擦拭煤炭出我的眼睛

Case worker had her runnin back to face the face 个案工作者有她飞奔回面对的脸

I caught a case, housin tried to throw us out of our place 我抓住的情况下， housin试图把我们从我们这里

Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyse the sky 有时候，我仰望星星和分析的天空

And ask myself was I meant to be here?... Why? 我问自己，是我的意思是在这里吗？ ...为什么？

   

[Rhymefest] [ Rhymefest ]

Huh, I hear ya Ghost, it's hard growin up black 呵呵，我听到雅鬼，这是很难长大的黑

But look to God and say... 但是，看看上帝说...