June 6th 1975 1975年6月6日

In Miami Florida was the place I first arrived 在佛罗里达州迈阿密是我第一次来到这个地方

My parents smiled as I opened my blues eyes 我的父母笑了，我睁开眼睛的蓝调

'cause they was newly married and I was their first child “因为他们是新婚，我是他们的第一个孩子

My pop was from Jersey my mom was from Miami 我的流行是从新泽西州我的妈妈是从迈阿密

They met in the bed stuy Brooklyn NYC 他们在床上stuy纽约布鲁克林会面

At Art College and yes they was hippies 在艺术学院，是的，他们是嬉皮士

So I guess that makes me child of the sixties 所以我想这大概使我六十年代的孩子

But anyways we didn't stay we moved to plant city 但不管怎么说，我们没有停留，我们搬到了城市植物

Then to Lakeland then to Miami then to Ybor city 然后莱克兰然后到迈阿密再到优博城

Living in the hood where things are never ever pretty 生活在那里的东西是永远美丽的引擎盖

The only white kid smack dab in the inner city 内城唯一的白羊羔皮嫌民建联

My playground is a parking lot plus a back ally 我的游乐场是一个停车场以及一个回盟友

At times I would wake up in the dark with no electricity 有时我会在黑暗中醒来，跟没有电情况

On top of that we were struggling cause we got no money 最重要的是，我们都在努力的原因，我们没有钱

And going through this inside it's killing me 而经历这里面的杀了我

   

On and on on and on 上上和

You love goes on 你爱下去

On and on on and on 上上和

   

I was about 6 when all this was goin on 我大约6时，这一切都是布莱恩

Things began to change everything I knew was up and gone 事情开始改变了一切，我知道了​​起来，走了

They separated on the weekends I would see my mom 他们分开周末我会看到我的妈妈

Still living with my pops in my hood but not for too long 仍住在我在我的引擎盖持久性有机污染物，但不能太久

When I was nine they divorced and I was moving on 当我九岁，他们离婚了，我是移动的

To the suburbs with my mom cause courts said it was wrong 到郊区跟我妈的原因法院表示，这是错误的

For me to be living in the hood with my dad so I'm up and gone 对我来说，生活在引擎盖和我爸让我起来走了

Mom remarried and had a baby we living in my grandmas home 妈妈再婚，有我们住在我奶奶家的宝宝

We living in a neighborhood that's middle class 我们生活在一个区域，以中产阶层

But I felt poor because of some things I didn't have 但我觉得差了一些事情，因为我没有

Time passed we moved out but still thing aint right 时间一天天过去，我们感动了，但事情还是向右AINT

I'm slipping fast at home all I do is fight and yell 我快滑倒在家中我所要做的就是战斗和呼喊

My grades start to crash plus I ran away from home twice 我的成绩开始崩溃，再加上我离家出走了两次

And almost got shot by the cops one single night 而几乎被射杀的警察一个单一的晚上

I started high school and party all the time 我开始高中和党的所有的时间

But little did I know what was gonna happen to my life 但我一点也不知道发生了什么会发生在我的生活

   

On and on on and on 上上和

You love goes on 你爱下去

On and on on and on 上上和

   

At 15 had a talk with my cousin got me thinking 在15与我的表弟谈话让我思考

Was there more to life than girls partying and drinking 是否有更多的生命比女生聚会，喝酒

I picked up his bible and started reading revelations 我拿起他的圣经，并开始阅读的启示

For some reason I was crying when I reach the ending 出于某种原因，当我到了结局我哭了

Now God was working on me and this was the beginning 现在神正在对我，这是开始

The first time in a long while that I started praying I had to move again and again and say goodbye to everyone 第一次在很长一段时间，我开始祈祷，我不得不一次又一次地移动，告别大家

My dad and my friends was once again all up and gone 我的爸爸和我的朋友们再一次全部起来走了

Brand new school by myself sitting all alone 由我独坐着崭新的校

Feeling like a fool every single day I 'm coming home 感觉像一个傻瓜的每一天我正在回家

But I would listen every night in my bedroom to Gospel radio preach about Christ and just then soon 不过，我会听，每天晚上在我的卧室里约的基督福音广播宣讲，并就在这时很快

I gave my life to him everything became new 我把我的生命给他的一切成为新

I was born again I've never been the same dude 我重生了，我从来没有相同的纨绔子弟

Ya took my sin and my guilt and let them blame you 雅把我的罪，我有罪，让他们怪你

And on and on though the years you always came through 等等等等，虽然这些年来你一直都挺过来了

   

On and on on and on 上上和

Your love goes on 你的爱下去

On and on on and on 上上和

   

It was November and the year was 1995 这是十一月的一年是1995年

I still remember the very first date with my wife 我还记得第一次约会我的妻子

And I was on my own doing shows part time 我是我自己做的显示兼职

Twenty years old just trying to make something of my life 二十岁只是试图让事情我的生活

I moved away home when I was only eighteen 我搬回家去，那时我才18

Broke as a joke making music trying to chase a dream 打破了作为一个笑话做音乐试图去追逐梦想

And everybody seems to think I'm crazy except for me 每个人都似乎认为我疯了，除了我

But God was there every time to supply my needs 但上帝每一个提供我需要的时候在那里

I went on staff at a church in the inner city 我在城市内部又对工作人员在一所教堂

Writing rhymes in my spare time for my CD 写在我的业余时间儿歌给我的CD

I mailed my demo to a label named Gotee 我寄我演示一个名为Gotee标签

And out of nowhere Todd Collins up and called me 进出无处托德·柯林斯和打电话给我

He said he heard my junk and plus he wanted to sign me 他说，他听到了我的垃圾，并加上他想签我

My heart jumped and plus I want to cry and scream 我的心脏跳了起来，再加上我想叫喊

But all I did was hung up the phone quietly and thinked God how he always provided for me 但我所做的只是挂了电话，并悄悄地神鑫卡特，他怎么总是为我提供

   

On and on on and on 上上和

Your Love goes on 你的爱下去

On and on on and on 上上和