[Nas talking] [纳斯说]

"The light is there." “光在那儿。 ”

   

[Intro: Olu Dara singing] [简介：奥卢达拉唱]

See I come from Mississippi 见我来自密西西比

I was young and runnin' wild 我还年轻，天边野

Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child 结束了在纽约市，在那里我有我的第一个孩子

I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas 我命名的孩子纳西尔，所有的孩子都叫他纳斯

I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive 我告诉他，作为一个年轻人，他将成为最伟大的人还活着

   

[Verse 1: Nas] [诗歌1 ：纳斯]

Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey -- 让我们去......嘿，嘿，嘿，嘿！ -

Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered Tribrary这些说唱小品的，款式我掌握

Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it 许多兄弟抢走它，并试图与之相匹配的

But I'm still number one, everyday real 但我仍然排名第一，每天实时

Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel 说我想要什么，我不在乎你们是什么感觉

'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss 因为我是自己的主人，我的POP告诉我自己当老板

Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi 保持诚信不惜一切代价，他的家是密西西比州纳切兹

Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy 这样做，是像万里，头晕，现在我们刚开了忙

Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap 缩小差距，从蓝调，爵士，说唱

The history of music on this track 音乐在这条赛道的历史

Born in the game, discovered my father's music 出生在比赛中，我发现了父亲的音乐

Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain 像王子Searchin的通过紫雨箱

But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids 但我是明尼阿波利斯的桥梁，家里Superkids的

Some are well-known, some doin' bids 有些是众所周知的，有的上来的标书

I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks í可能走结束了在铁轨上的错误的一边

If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo 如果流行wouldntve把我拉回来的说哟

[Olu Dara singing] [奥卢达拉唱]

Greatest man alive (Nas: Yeah, turn it up!) 最伟大的活着的人（NAS ：是啊，把它上升！ ）

Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! GRE -GRE -GRE -GRE ，最伟大的人还活着！

   

[Verse 2: Nas] [诗2：纳斯]

The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues 蓝调来自福音，福音蓝调

Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's 从站harmonizin 他们啊的和户外的

Old school, new school, know school rules 老同学，新的学校，了解学校的规章制度

All these years I been voicin' my blues 这些年来我一直voicin “我的蓝调

I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart 我从一开始就艺人，嘻哈指导着我的心脏

Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent 涂鸦在墙上，本应该结束了Spoffard ，不良少年

But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with 但流行音乐给了我正确的typea工具，认为与

Books to read, like X and stuff 图书阅读，如X和东西

'Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia “导致学校说孩子有阅读障碍

In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of 在美术课上我是一个强迫草绘

Teachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up 老师在我的班主任，我画了PIX乱起来

'Cause none'a them would like my style 因为nonea他们会喜欢我的风格

Read more books than the curriculum profile 比阅读课程简介多读书

Said, "Mr. Jones please come get your child 他说：“琼斯先生，请过来让你的孩子

'Cause he's writin' mad poems and his verses are wild" 因为他以创作“狂诗和他的诗歌是野生”

[Olu Dara singing] [奥卢达拉唱]

Greatest man ? The great-greatest man alive 最伟大的人？伟大的，伟大的人还活着

   

[Verse 3: Nas] [第3节：纳斯]

Hey-Hey-Hey -- My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone 嘿，嘿，嘿 - 我的波帕不是罗林石头

He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home 他是世界上吹了喇叭周围，还他回家

Then he got grown, changed his name to Olu 然后，他得到了成长，改变了他的名字奥卢

Come on, tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to 来吧，告诉他们你的思念去的地方

[Olu Dara singing] [奥卢达拉唱]

I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique 我一直在沙特阿拉伯，莫桑比克

Madagascar, Paris, Greece 马达加斯加，巴黎，希腊

The Middle Africa is where we lived 中东非洲是我们住的地方

Better known as Queenbridge 更好地为Queenbridge

[Nas] [纳斯]

Nas, Nas you don't stop NAS和NAS你不停止

Olu Dara in the house, you don't stop 奥卢达拉的房子，你不停止

Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stop 浑水“嚎叫的狼，你不要停

From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop 从蓝调到街道合你不停止

Tell 'em Pop 告诉他们流行

   

[Outro: Olu Dara singing / Nas adlibbing] [尾奏：奥卢达拉唱歌/ NAS adlibbing ]

See I come from Mississippi (Let 'em know) 见我来自密西西比（让他们知道）

I was young and runnin' wild (Runnin' wild) 我还年轻，天边野（天边野）

Ended up in New York City (Yeah!) 结束了在纽约市（耶！ ）

Where I had my first child (That's me) 在那里我有我的第一个孩子（也就是我）

I named the boy Nasir (Yeah, Daddy!) 我命名的孩子纳西尔（是啊，爸爸！ ）

All the boys call him Nas (Luh ya, boy) 所有的男孩叫他纳斯（禄雅，男孩）

I told him as a youngster 我告诉他，作为一个年轻人

He'll be the greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop) 他会成为最伟大的人还活着（你最大，流行音乐）

Greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop) 最伟大的活着的人（你最大，流行音乐）

Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! GRE -GRE -GRE -GRE ，最伟大的人还活着！

Rest In Peace Ray Charles 安息雷·查尔斯