The air is still, the heat is rising 空气是静止时，热量上升

Summer time's on the horizon 夏令时是在地平线上

Little girl with a baby crying 小女孩带着宝宝哭闹

'Cause she's got no food to eat 因为她有没有粮食吃

   

And it ain't that nobody's listening 它不是任何人的听力

And it ain't that nobody cared 它是不是没有人关心

It's just that everybody's busy 只是，大家都很忙

Looking out for what is theirs 寻找下什么是他们的

   

I'm a hustler on the corner 我在角落骗子

Making very little money 做很少的钱

But down the block on the other corner 但倒在另一角块

This nigger's down there getting paid 这黑人的那里得到报酬

   

What's he doing that I ain't doing? 什么是他做的，我是不是在做什么？

He got clothes and fancy things 他把衣服和花哨的东西

Big old car and pretty women 大旧汽车和漂亮女人

Watch what jealousy and envy brings 看什么嫉妒和羡慕带来

   

On the backstreet, that's where I live 在后街，这就是我住的地方

On the backstreets, there ain't nothing positive 在后街，没有什么正面的

   

Now up the block comes my man, Cee Lo 现在，该功能块来我的男人，东欧螺

Say what's happening, how you feel? 说发生了什么，你的感受如何？

He don't care about no [?] 他不关心不[？]

'Cause he's known to keep it real 因为他知道保持真实

   

Peep what's happening down the block? 偷看发生了什么下来的块？

Yo hood is down, you're taking mine 哟引擎盖下，你采取防雷

Cee Lo knows about his business 东欧罗知道他的生意

So he runs it down one time 于是，他跑下来一次

   

He get keys straight from Miami 他从迈阿密拿到钥匙直

Hooks it up and sells it cheap 钩了起来，卖了便宜

You ain't getting nothing but old from Sally 你是不是得到什么，但老萨莉

So your prices are too steep 所以，你的价格太陡

   

But I got just the thing you need, son 但我得到了你需要的东西，儿子

If you really wanna win 如果你真的想夺冠

Sunlight sparkles on his gold fronts 在他的黄金战线的阳光闪耀

As he makes this evil grin 因为他使这个邪恶的笑容

   

Take a walk on down to my crib 散步下来到我的婴儿床

And let me show you something new 让我告诉你一些新的东西

Now I got loads of guns and ammo 现在我有枪和弹药的装载

That I bought from this white dude 我从这个白色的家伙买

   

You could tell that I was down 你能告诉我意志消沉

That I was just the man to see 我是刚刚那人看

And he funded me and leased the cheese with 他资助了我和租用的干酪

Of artillery on the backstreet 炮兵在后街

   

That's where I live on the backstreet, yeah 这就是我住在后街，是啊

There ain't nothing positive 有没有什么积极的

   

Now in his bedroom, it's amazing 现在，在他的卧室，这是惊人的

He got guns of every kind 他把每样枪

He lights a plant and we start blazing 他灯工厂，我们开始熊熊

Then I picked the one that shined 然后我找到了一个照

   

It's an old school Calico 这是一个老派的印花布

Semi auto dark as night 半自动黑暗如夜

It's just the thing I need 这正是我需要的东西

To make my situation tight 为了使我的紧张局势

   

So he shows me how to load it 于是，他给我看如何加载它

Since I don't know what to do 因为我不知道该怎么办

Aims toward the wall and it exploded 旨在向墙，它爆炸了

Through this poster of Ice Cube 通过这张海报冰块

   

It brought so much devastation 它带来了那么多的灾难

That it's obvious to me 这很明显对我

That is just the thing 这就是刚才的事情

To separate your soul from your body 从你的身体中分离你的灵魂

   

On the backstreet, that's where I live 在后街，这就是我住的地方

On the backstreet, yeah, there ain't nothing positive 在后街，是的，没有什么积极的

   

I went home and started planning 我回家，并开始规划

For he might come up at midnight 因为他可能会拿出在午夜

In the darkness catch him slipping 在黑暗中抓住他滑倒

Take his [?] up, money is life 把他[？]起来，钱是生活

   

I'll just catch him as he goes out 我就抓住他，他去了

To his car to make a run 他的车进行运行

Now you can't front when you're confronted 现在你不能前面，当你面对

With the cold steel of a gun 随着枪冷兵器

   

Midnight comes and I'm moving 午夜到了，我搬家

On the creep all dressed in black 对蠕变都穿着黑色的

Wearing a ski mask so he won't know 戴着滑雪面具，所以他不会知道

Who just put him on his back 谁只是把他放在他的背上

   

So I hid behind the bushes 所以，我躲在灌木丛

At the people's house next door 在人们的房子隔壁

3 shots rang out from behind me 3张从我身后响起了

And my blood began to pour, no 而我的血液开始滔滔不绝，没

   

What? What now, boy? 什么？现在什么，男孩？

Told you I was gonna get you, boy 告诉你，我会得到你，孩子

Thought you's gonna catch me sleeping in your dream 想你的会抓我睡在你的梦

Do it hurt? Let's go 不要疼吗？我们走吧

   

Everything happened in one swift action 一切都发生在一个迅速行动

Should I just couldn't believe 如果我只是不敢相信

Cee Lo told them what was happening 东欧罗告诉他们发生了什么事

I been tricked up and deceived 我一直在欺骗和蒙蔽

   

And it ain't that nobody heard it 它是不是没有人听说过它

And it ain't that nobody cared 它是不是没有人关心

It's just that everybody was busy 这只是大家都很忙

Looking out for what was theirs 寻找下什么是他们的

   

[?] city said [？]城市说

What they call the M-C-C 他们所谓的M-C -C是什么

Now I don't really know what that means 现在，我真的不知道是什么意思

But it's what the cops called me 但它就是警察打电话给我

   

They don't care what happens to me 他们不关心会发生在我身上

They don't miss me on the beat 他们不想念我在街上巡逻

All they know is that there's one less nigger 他们所知道的是，有少了一个黑奴

   

Hanging on the backstreet where I used to live 挂在那里我以前住的后街

On the backstreet, there ain't nothing, nothing 在后街，没有什么，没有什么

   

The choices you make can make or break you 你的选择能不能造就你

The choices you make can make or break you 你的选择能不能造就你

The choices you make can make or break you 你的选择能不能造就你

The choices you make can make or break you 你的选择能不能造就你