I heard there was a rumor Too $hort was dead 我听说曾有传言太$园艺死

Walked in the house and got shot in the head 走进屋里，得到了头部中弹

I know you don't believe it, if you do you're wrong 我知道你不相信它，如果你这样做，你就错了

How can I die and rock it all night long? 我怎么可以死，长岩整个晚上？

I'm Too $hort baby, spit that rap 我太$园艺的宝宝，吐说唱

I put Oakland, California on the map 我把加利福尼亚州奥克兰市地图上

It's so hard, got you telling lies 这是如此艰难，有你在说谎

Can't hold me back so you say I died 所以你说我死也不会阻止我

It's incredible, I came back to life 这是令人难以置信的，我又活过来了

I never let 'em bury me without my mic 我从来没有让我们让他们把我埋了没有我的麦克风

I keep breathing, don't stop that breath 我一直在呼吸，不要停止呼吸

Now everybody's talking about Too $hort's death 现在每个人都在谈论太多$园艺死亡

Am I a zombie, or something close? 我是一具僵尸，还是近？

I'm not Casper, I mack all the ghosts 我不是卡斯帕，我麦克所有的鬼

Oaktown style is the only way Oaktown风格是唯一的出路

I catch a new freak every day 的一个新的怪胎每天赶

It's not the Yellow Brick Road, it's called the Foothill Strip 这不是黄砖路，这就是所谓的山麓地带

Stand on your toes, make your heels go click 站在你的脚趾，让你的脚跟去点击

Three times, it's no place like home 三次，就好像家里没地方

So why you wanna bury me all alone 那么，为什么你要埋葬我独自一人

I bring a new meaning to underground rap 笔者为大家带来了新的含义地下说唱

Dead or Alive, I'm still Born to Mack 是死是活，我还是天生麦克

Always on the pop charts, straight rapping 总是在流行音乐排行榜，直叩

I'm not dead, I'm just macking 我没死，我只是macking

   

So as the word turns, I'm a living soul 这样的话原来，我是一个活生生的灵魂

I even heard a rumor that I overdosed 我什至听到一个谣言，我服用了过量

I'm not a reincarnation of something old 我不是老东西一个轮回

Like King Tut I was buried in gold 像图坦卡蒙我埋在金

Why you wanna cry when I'm still living? 为什么你想哭的时候，我还活着？

Word got out and the rumors started spreading 消息传出的谣言开始蔓延

My momma, called one night 我的妈妈，叫一晚

Said "Todd, are you all right? 说： “托德，你没事吧？

The whole family's got the Too $hort blues 全家人的得到了太$园艺蓝调

I heard it last night on the evening news" 我听说昨天晚上在晚间新闻“

And that's bad, it's not even true 这就是坏的，它甚至不是真正的

I told my momma like this "Let's sue" 我告诉我的妈妈是这样“我们起诉”

So many times, I heard I died 所以很多时候，我听说我死了

I guess I'm like a cat and I got nine lives 我想我像一只猫，我得到九条命

Well I'm the P-L-A, Y-E-R 嗯，我的P-L - A，Y -E -R

I lay bunnies, like Hugh Heffner 我躺在小兔子，喜欢休Heffner

I'm her flavor, kinda saucy 我是她的味道，有点俏皮

I lay back and let the young freak toss me 我躺下来，让年轻的怪胎折腾我

Even if she don't like serving a pimp 即使她不喜欢服皮条客

I'm still living, so let's do it again 我还活着，所以让我们再做一次

I keep rapping, hard as hell 我一直说唱，硬得要命

Cause your rumors make my records sell 因为你的谣言让我的销售记录

If you continue, I'll soon be rich 如果继续下去，我很快就会发财

Riding around town going "Biiiitch!" 骑马在城里去“ Biiiitch ！ ”

   

People always say "Too $hort can't rap" 人们总是说“太$园艺不能说唱”

Now I drive a Benz and my bank is fat 现在我开的是奔驰，我的银行发

It's like crap, put a "c" on a rhyme 这好像是废话，把“C”的韵

Ain't nothing left homie but a scandalous crime 是不是什么都没有留下亲密，而是可耻的罪行

I'm the best damn rapper you could ever hate 我是最该死的饶舌歌手，你可能永远恨

Say I died on the freeway in the earthquake 说我在地震中遇难的高速公路

Say I'm washed up, say I'm through 说我冲了上来，说我是通

But the fact still stands I'm better than you 但事实仍然有效，我比你强

You got rhymes? Well I got more 你有押韵？嗯，我得到了更多的

I take you on a trip to my rappin' store 我带你上了一趟我的说唱商店

You find rhymes and raps, poems and caps 你会发现童谣和说唱，诗歌和帽子

Way more raps than any rapper could rap 这样更斥责比任何说唱说唱会

Cause if you rap like me, he wouldn't have to be 因为如果你说唱和我一样，他也不会要

Weak on the mic like my boy MC 弱像我的孩子的MC麦克风

It don't stop, to the funky beat 它不停止，到时髦的节拍

I know you like dancing with a real big freak 我知道你喜欢一个真正的大怪物跳舞

I can't dance, but I sure can rhyme 我不会跳舞，但我可以肯定韵

I sold a million, in '89 我卖了一百万，在89年

And if you didn't know baby, it's the 90's now 如果你不知道，宝贝，这是上世纪90年代，现在

Old Short Dog got a new breakdown 旧短的狗有一个新的细分

I went to Miko's, fresh candy paint 我去巫女的，新鲜的糖果漆

Now I'm doing things that the suckers can't 现在，我正在做的事情，吸盘不能

If I was dead, they'd call it "Dead Man's Rap" 如果我死了，他们就会把它称为“死的人的斥责”

But on the real, Short Dog is back 但在真实的，短的狗又回来了

   

Funk funky, off the Parliament 芬克时髦，离议会

I'm still living, so let's do it again 我还活着，所以让我们再做一次

It's incredible, even if I die 这是令人难以置信的，即使我死了

I never let 'em bury me without my mic 我从来没有让我们让他们把我埋了没有我的麦克风

I bring a new meaning, to underground rap 笔者为大家带来了新的含义，地下说唱

Dead or alive, I'm still Born to Mack 是死是活，我还是天生麦克

I say "What's up" to my homies in Santa Rita 我说“怎么了”我在Santa Rita的兄弟们

Right about now I know you need a 说得对，现在我知道你需要一个

Too $hort rhyme to get you through the day 太$园艺韵，让你度过每一天

Oaktown style is the only way Oaktown风格是唯一的出路

I came up, and now I've sworn 我来了，现在我已经宣誓就职

To rock this mic til I can't no more 要摇滚这个话筒直到我不能没有更多

And that's game, straight pop the most 这就是比赛，直线最流行

MC rapper from the West Coast 从西海岸说唱歌手MC

Too $hort, dead or alive 太$园艺，生死未卜

I still chill on the Eastside 我还是冷静的东区

Cause I remember how it all began 因为我记得这一切是如何开始

House parties in East Oakland 家庭聚会在东奥克兰

Now it's on the pop charts, still rapping 现在，它在流行音乐排行榜，还是说唱

I'm not dead, I'm just macking 我没死，我只是macking