[Verse One] [诗一]

Life is but a dream to me 人生不过是一个梦想，我

I don't wanna wake up 我不想醒来

Thirty odd years without having my cake up 三十多年来，无需我的蛋糕了

So I'm about my paper 所以，我对我的论文

24/7, 365,366 in a leap year 每天24小时， 365366在闰年

I don't know why we here 我不知道为什么我们在这里

Since we gotta be here 因为我们得在这里

Life is but a beach chair 人生不过沙滩椅

Went from having shabby clothes 不必破旧的衣服去

Crossing over Abbey Roads 跨越修道院路

Hear my angels singing to me 听到我唱歌的天使给我

Are you happy HOV? 你快乐吗HOV ？

I just hope I'm hearing right 我只希望我听到的权利

Karma's got me fearing life 噶的让我害怕生活

Colleek are you praying for me Colleek你为我祈祷

See I got demons in my past 看到我在过去得到了恶魔

So I got daughters on the way 所以我得到了女儿的路上

If the prophecy's correct 如果预言的正确

Then the child should have to pay 那么孩子应该支付

For the sins of a father 对于父亲的罪孽

So I barter my tomorrows 所以我易货我的明天

Against my yesterdays 对我的昨天

In hopes that she'll be OK 在希望她会没事的

And when I'm no longer here 当我不再在这里

To shade her face from the glare 遮阳她的脸上眩光

I'll give her my share of Carol's Daughter 我给了她我的那份卡罗尔的女儿

and a new beach chair 和一个新的沙滩椅

   

[Verse Two] [诗两]

Life is but a dream to me 人生不过是一个梦想，我

Gun shots sing to these 枪声唱这些

Other guys but lullabies 其他人，但摇篮曲

Don't mean a thing to me 不意味着一件事给我

I'm not afraid of dying 我不害怕死亡

I'm afraid of not trying 我怕的不是想

Everyday hit every wave 每天每打波

Like I'm Hawaiian 像我的夏威夷

I don't surf the net 我不上网冲浪

No I never been on myspace 不，我从来没有在MySpace上

Too busy letting my voice vibrate 太忙让我的声音震动

Carving out my space 雕刻出我的空间

In this world of fly girls 在这个世界上飞的女孩

Cutthroats & diamond cut ropes I twirls 割喉与钻石切割绳索í萦绕

Benzs round corners 奔驰的圆角

Where the sun don't shine 当太阳不发光

I let the wheels give a glimpse 我让车轮给一瞥

Of hope of one's grind 一个人的碾希望

Some said HOV, how you get so fly 有人说HOV ，你怎么变得这么飞

I said from not being afraid to fall out the sky 我是从不会害怕掉下来的天空说：

My physical's a shell 我的身体是一个壳

So when I say farewell 所以当我说再见

My soul will find an even 我的灵魂会找到一个更

Higher plane to dwell 更高的层面上纠缠

So fly you shall 所以，飞你应

So have no fear, just know that 所以，没有恐惧，只知道

Life is but a beach chair 人生不过沙滩椅

   

[Verse Three] [诗三]

Life is but a dream Can't mimic my life 人生不过是一个梦无法模仿我的生活

I'm the thinnest cut slice 我是最薄的切割片

Intercut, the winner's cup Intercut ，冠军杯

With winters rough enough 随着冬天够粗糙

TO interrupt life 中断的生活

That's why I'm both 这就是为什么我既

The saint & the sinner 圣人与罪人

Nice 尼斯

This is Jay everyday 这是周杰伦的日常

No compromise 不妥协

No compass comes with this life 没有指南针配备了这种生活

Just eyes 只是眼睛

So to map it out 因此，绘制出来

You must look inside 你必须往里

Sure books can guide you 当然书可以指导你

But your heart defines you 但是，你的心脏，你定义

Chica 奇卡

You corason is what brought us home 您corason是给我们带来了家

In great shape like Heidi Klum 在伟大的形状像海蒂·克拉姆

Maricon, I am on Maricon ，我是在

Permanent Vaca 永久巴卡

Life is but a beach chair 人生不过沙滩椅

This song is like a Hallmark card 这首歌就像是一个标志牌

Until you read each here 直到你读到这里的每个

So till she's here 所以，直到她在这里

And she declared 她宣布

The aire 该AIRE

I will prepare 我会做好准备

A blueprint for you to print 蓝图您打印

A map for you to get back 地图给你找回

A guide for your eyes 你的眼睛的指南

And so you won't lose scent 所以你不会失去香味

I'll make a stink for you to think 我会做一个很臭的，你认为

I ink these verses full of prose í墨水这些诗句充满散文

So you won't get conned out of 2 cent 所以，你就不会被骗了2分

My last will and testament I leave my heir 我的最后遗嘱我离开我的继承人

My share of Roc-AFella Records and a new beach chair 我的分享大鹏AFella记录和新的沙滩椅