[Child #1] ...and then Jackie Chan just started kickin em like POW! POW! POW! [儿童＃ 1 ] ...然后成龙刚开始唱歌EM像战俘！ POW ！ POW ！

   

[Child #2] Whaaaaa??! [儿童＃ 2 ] Whaaaaa ？ ！

   

[Mos Def] [莫斯戴夫]

Alright y'all, alright y'all enough of that 你们都好吧，那好吧，你们都不够

it's time to go to bed y'all 是时候去睡觉你们都

Time to go to bed -- I don't wanna hear that 时间上床 - 我不想听你说，

You know what time it is, you know what time it is 你知道这是什么时候，你知道这是什么时候

   

[Children] Uncle Mos? [儿童]摩斯叔叔？

[Mos Def] Yeeesss? [莫斯戴夫] Yeeesss ？

[Children] Would you read us a bedtime story please? [儿童]你看我们一个睡前故事吗？

[Mos Def] Okay, okay. Ya'll tucked in? [莫斯戴夫]好吧，好吧。使你们在藏？

[Children] Yeessss... [儿童] Yeessss ...

[Mos Def] Heeeere we go... [莫斯戴夫] Heeeere我们去...

   

Once upon a time not long ago 曾几何时不久前

When people wore Adidas and lived life slow 当人们穿着阿迪达斯和居住生活慢

When laws were stern and justice stood 当法律是严肃和公正站

And people was behavin' like hip-hop was good 人们是behavin就像嘻哈好

There lived a little boy who was misled 住着一个小男孩谁是误导

By a little Sha-tan and this is what he said 由小沙潭，这是他说的

"Me and you kid we gonna make some cash, “我和你的孩子，我们会去做一些现金，

Jackin' old beats and makin' the dash..." 辉影“旧节拍和金的冲刺。”

They jacked the beats, money came wit' ease 他们劫持的节拍，钱从哪里来智慧放心

But son, he couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease 不过儿子，他不能停下来，这就像他有一种病

He jacked another and another, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder 他力压其它一个又一个，迈克尔·杰克逊，史提夫汪达

Set some R & B over the track for 'Deep Cover' (187!) 设置一些R＆B在轨道深套 （ 187 ！ ）

The kid got wild startin' actin' erratic 这孩子有野生重新开始新的肌动蛋白“反复无常

He said "Yo, that presidential I got ta have it..." 他说： “哟，那总统我得到的TA拥有它......”

With liquor in his belly son, he made up the track 随着酒在他肚子里的儿子，他做了轨道

But little did he know that his joints was wack 但他一点也不知道，他的关节是怪人

The shiny A & R said "Great new hit G!" 闪亮的A＆R的说： “太好了新打ğ ！ ”

"Whenever you need a loop, yo come get me..." “每当你需要一个循环，哟来接我回家......”

The kid got amped and he starts to figure 孩子得到陶醉，他开始图

"I'm-a get dough like all-a these otha niggaz!" “我 - 一个get面团一样全部 - 这些otha的兄弟们！ ”

So, he's in the studio workin' 'round the clock 于是，他在片场干活的全天候

For pop radio, jacked the beat to 'Planet Rock' 对于流行音乐电台，力压节拍为“行星岩石”

Was out in the street when he met this sister 在外面大街上的时候，他遇到了这个妹妹

Who couldn't sing for shhhh but the mix wit' her sister 谁不能唱作嘘，但搭配智慧姐姐

Hooked up the track and in excitation 勾搭上了轨道，并在激励

He decided he'd head for the radio station 他决定，他会前往电台

But (But!) he was runnin' and he made a left 但是， （但是！ ） ，他在天边，他做了一个左

Was skeezin' at top speed and ran into Mos Def 是skeezin “以最快的速度跑进莫斯戴夫

I slowed the young man down and I started: "Yo money, 我放慢了年轻人下来，我开始： “哟钱，

Yo, why you sellin' lies to our wives and children?" 哟，你为什么出卖在于我们的妻子和孩子吗？ “

He ran upstairs up to the top floor 他跑上楼到顶层

Opened up the door then guess what he saw? (Who?) 打开了房门，然后猜他看到了什么？ （谁？）

JANE the chickenhead radio host 简chickenhead电台主持人

Who be yappin' 'bout beef between east and west coast 谁可以yappin 回合东海岸和西海岸之间的牛肉

He said "This one's a bullet, you got ta give it run!" 他说：“这其中的一颗子弹，你有TA给它跑了！ ”

The chicken said "Thanks." and spanked it #1 鸡说： “谢谢。”和打屁股吧＃ 1

He went outside, was gettin' props all over 他走到外面，一切都结束了刚开了道具

Then he dipped into his ride, the 4-point Rover 然后，他蘸了他的顺风车， 4点罗孚

Raced up the block doin' 83 跑上块上来的83

Some cats with Hennessey saw him at a R-E-D 与轩尼诗有些猫看见他在A R -C -D

He winked his eye like his star status mattered 他眨着眼睛像他的明星地位要紧

They rat-a-tat-tatted to make his blood splatter 这些鼠-A- TAT-梭织，使他的血液飞溅

"You rockin' crazy ice and all you do is cling static “你摇滚疯狂冰和所有你要做的就是抱着静

And rollin' down to Brooklyn late night is problematic..." 和罗林“下调至布鲁克林深夜是有问题的。”

His eyes was bloody red, he hung on every word they said 他的眼睛是血红的，他挂在每一个字，他们说：

They told the kid "Back down, that playa shit is dead." 他们告诉孩子“背下来，那滩狗屎已经死了。 ”

Deep in his heart, he knew he was gone 深藏在他的心脏，他知道自己走了

But he grabbed his 45 and decide to blaze on 但他抓住了他的45 ，并决定开拓上

Wit' shades on founded had him astounded an' 才智色调上创立了他的震惊“

Before long, the young man got surrounded 不久，这个年轻人得到了包围

Those grabbed the guns, so goes the glory 那些抓住了枪，所以去的荣耀

And that is the way I got ta end this story 这就是我得到的TA结束这个故事的方式

He was out chasin' cream and the American dream 他在外面追赶奶油和美国梦

Tryin' to pretend the ends justify the means 试着去假装目的可以不择手段

This ain't funny so don't you dare laugh 这一点都不好笑，所以不要你敢笑

It's just what comes to pass when you sell your ass 这只是什么来的时候，你卖你的屁股来传递

Life is more than what your hands can grasp 寿命超过你的双手可以把握

Good Night! 晚安！

   

[Kids talking] [儿童说话]

Knock 'em out the box Mos, knock 'em out Mos 敲时间开箱MOS管，敲时间了摩斯

Knock 'em out the box Mos, knock 'em out Mos [3x] 敲时间开箱MOS管，敲时间了摩斯[ 3倍]

   

Knock 'em out... 敲时间了......

   

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