[Verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

I try to always buy final call from the F.O.I 我尝试总是从F.O.I买最后通话

Even though that's not what Islam always signify 虽然这不是伊斯兰教总是意味着

Y'all gotta love the struggle in 'em 你们都爱是爱的时间的斗争

They would get on their knees and shine shoes 他们会得到他们的膝盖和光泽的鞋子

'fore they ever let the drugs afflict 'em 前他们曾经让药物折磨时间

Makin taco's and fuckin with McDonald's 马金TACO的和他妈的与麦当劳

Nickel and dime broke, but dignified with high hopes 镍和角钱破门，但端庄寄予厚望

Some people shoulder the weight of the median, make it look easy 有些人肩负的平均重量，使它看起来容易

Even though they walkin the tight roads 即使他们走着紧道路

Immigrants, twelve deep in one bedroom 移民， 12深的一间卧室

I'm too cool, I look at 'em like fools 我太爽了，我看看全身像傻瓜

Those fools combine forces and put the resources 那些傻瓜联手，把资源

And guess who the new owner of the corner store is 猜猜谁是街头小店的新主人是

Shit, what's stoppin me from doin that? 妈的，什么样的距离上来了阻止这我吗？

I probably could with drug smugglers approve of that 我可能与毒品走私批准的

Because if one dime sack in the time can climax 因为如果在一个时间毛钱一袋可以达到高潮

Into a billion dollar industry, then look at my abilities 成为一个十亿美元的产业，再看看我的能力

But I'm a dreamer in alotta ways 但我是一个梦想家的alotta方式

I feel if you believe in God that you believe in brighter days 我觉得，如果你相信上帝，你相信美好的日子

Keep my son's heartbeat in my sleep 让我儿子的心跳在我睡觉

I'ma walk the Planet Earth with his name carved deep in my feet like 我是一个走在地球与他的名字刻在深我的脚像

   

[Chorus x2] [合唱x ]

Children growin, women producin 孩子慢慢生长，女性制造者，

Men go workin, but what's the use 男人去干活，但有什么用

When the real strive hard and stress about the rent 当真正的努力有关​​租金辛苦和压力

And can still die poor and in debt without a cent 而且还可以死差和无债务的一分一毫

   

[Verse 2] [诗歌2]

Born again christian creatures from the suburbs 从郊区重生的基督徒生物

Tryin to save souls on Broadway, they got some nerve 试着拯救灵魂在百老汇，他们得到了一些神经

Comin here unaware that the one's with no material gifts 今儿在这里不知道该人的，没有物质礼物

Sometimes most spirits leave rifts 有时候，最精神留下裂痕

Lazyness got me spare the stand back and what was that Lazyness让我闲了退后一步，那是什么

That can't hold me back, my man Vast told me that 这不能阻止我，我的男人浩大告诉我，

"Harlem got all that on a bigger scale" “哈林得到了所有在更大的规模”

When there's bullets in the sandboxes every bid is real 当有子弹在沙箱中的每一个出价是真实的

I see children growin up within a wicked system 我看到孩子们长大的一个邪恶的系统内

Smilin I wanna kiss 'em, I see prophet Muhammad in 'em 微笑着我想吻他们，我看到先知穆罕默德在时间

Poverty's trickin people from my generation 贫困的，从我这一代trickin人

And hands down to world's most creative 并倒手给世界上最有创意

I've seen both sides of the fence 我见过的两侧护栏

Picket a chain link and we ain't all thinkin the same thing but 纠察链环节，我们是不是都在想同样的事情，但

They teens got so impressed by me 他们十几岁有这么被我留下深刻的印象

They try to walk, talk, interact and dress like me 他们试图走路，说话，互动，穿得像我

We captivated the world's imagination 我们征服了世界的想象力

I used to idolize athletes and entertainers 我曾经崇拜的运动员和演艺人员

Cause they never let the situation capture 'em 因为他们从来没有让局面捕捉时间

System gave 'em lemons, made lemonade and sold it back to 'em 系统给了时间柠檬，就只好卖了回时间

   

[Chrous x2] [ Chrous X2 ]

Children growin, women producin 孩子慢慢生长，女性制造者，

Men go workin, but what's the use 男人去干活，但有什么用

When the real strive hard and stress about the rent 当真正的努力有关​​租金辛苦和压力

And can still die poor and in debt without a cent 而且还可以死差和无债务的一分一毫

   

[Verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

Marvin Gaye said it best "This ain't livin" 马文·盖伊说得好：“这不是活着”

No matter your religion the earth keep spinnin 无论你的宗教地球保持在旋转

And the sun keep shinin, babies keep cryin 和太阳不断闪耀，让婴儿哭泣

Old folks dyin in beats within you put ya chiming 老人们在拍快要枯萎之内你把雅插话

And here I am, still lower class America 我在这里，还是下层美国

Same room, same view, different cast of characters 同样的房间，同样的观点，不同的人物

Regina got arrested as a late prowler 里贾纳被逮捕的后期徘徊者

Couldn't trick, got evicted, lost her section aid voucher 不能欺骗，得到了拆迁户，失去了部分援助券

Onward goes my neighbourhood's revolving door 辗转去了我家附近的旋转门

A gang of rental properties nobody owns at all 出租物业没有一帮拥有的一切

I guess that's why we call it a hood 我想这就是为什么我们叫它罩

Nobody stays as long as it takes to become neighbour 没有人因为它才能成为邻居留长

   

[Chorus x2] [合唱x ]

Children growin, women producin 孩子慢慢生长，女性制造者，

Men go workin, but what's the use 男人去干活，但有什么用

When the real strive hard and stress about the rent 当真正的努力有关​​租金辛苦和压力

And can still die poor and in debt without a cent 而且还可以死差和无债务的一分一毫