[Jay-Z's Mom:] [ Jay-Z的妈妈： ]

Sean Carter was born December 4th 肖恩·卡特出生12月4日

Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces 在10磅8盎司称重

He was the last of my 4 children 他是我的最后4个孩子的

The only one who didn't give me any pain when i gave birth to him 谁没有给我任何的痛苦，当我生下了他唯一的一个

And that's how i knew that he was a special child 就这样，我怎么知道他是一个特别的孩子

   

[Jay-Z Verse 1] [ Jay-Z的诗歌1]

They say "they never really miss you til you dead or you gone" 他们说， “他们从来没有真正想念你，直到你死了，或者你走了”

So on that note i'm leaving after the song 所以关于这一点我是这首歌后离开

So you ain't gotta feel no way about Jay so long 所以，你是不是得觉得没有办法周杰伦这么久

Atleast let me tell you why i'm this way, Hold on ，包括至少一个让我告诉你为什么我这样，等一下

I was conceived by Gloria Carter and Adaness Revees 我的构思是由凯莱卡特和Adaness Revees

Who made love under the Siccamore tree 谁在Siccamore树做了爱

Which makes me 这使我

A more sicker M.C. and my momma would claim 更病情加重M.C。而我的妈妈会声称

At 10 pounds when i was born i didn't give her no pain 10磅，当我出生我没有给她任何的疼痛

Although through the years i gave her her fair share 虽然许多年来，我对她做的公平份额

I gave her her first real scare 我给她她第一次真正的恐慌

I made it from birth and i got here 我是从出生使得我来到这里

She knows my purpose wasn't purpose 她知道我的目的不是目的

I ain't perfect i care 我是不是完美，但我不在乎

But i feel worthless cause my shirts wasn't matchin my gear 但我觉得不值钱的原因我的衬衫没有配套配件我的装备

Now i'm just scratchin the surface cause what's burried under there 现在，我只是scratchin表面的原因是什么的在那里安葬

Was a kid torn apart once his pop disappeared 还是个孩子的四分五裂，一旦他的流行消失

I went to school got good grades could behave when i wanted 我去学校取得了很好的成绩​​能表现时，我想

But i had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted 但我有魔鬼在内心深处，将面临提高时

Hold on 坚持，稍等

   

[Jay-Z's Mom:] [ Jay-Z的妈妈： ]

Shawn was a very shy child growing up 肖恩是一个非常害羞的孩子长大

He was into sports 他是为体育运动

And a funny story is 而一个有趣的故事是

At 4 he taught hisself how to ride a bike 在4他教hisself如何骑自行车

A two wheeler at that 两惠勒在那

Isn't that special? 是不是很特别？

But, i noticed a change in him when me and my husband broke up 但是，我在他身上看到的变化时，我和我老公分手

   

[Jay-Z Verse 2] [ Jay-Z的诗歌2]

Now all the teachers couldn't reach me 现在，所有的老师奈何不了我

And my momma couldn't beat me 而我的妈妈不能打败我

Hard enough to match the pain of my pops not seeing me, SO 够硬，以符合我的持久性有机污染物的痛苦没有看到我，所以

With that distain in my membrain 与不屑，我membrain

Got on my pimp game 得到了我的皮条客游戏

Fuck the world my defense came 他妈的世界我来防守

Then Dahaven introuced me to the game 然后Dahaven introuced我的游戏

Spanish Jose introduced me to cane 西班牙的何塞向我介绍了甘蔗

I'm a hustler now 我是一个骗子，现在

My gear is in and i'm in the in crowd 我的装备是和我在人群中

And all the wavey light skinned girls is lovin me now 和所有的波浪卷发轻皮肤的女孩，现在爱我

My self esteem went through the roof man i got my swag 通过屋顶的人，我有我的SWAG我的自尊去

Got a volvo from this girl when her man got bagged 接到这个女孩沃尔沃时，她的人得到了袋装

Plus i hit my momma with cash from a show that i had 再加上我打我的妈妈用现金从证明我有

Supposedly knowin nobody paid Jaz wack ass 据说深深地知道没有人支付的Jaz怪人屁股

I'm geting ahead of myself, by the way, i could rap 我在歌厅超前了，顺便说一下，我可以说唱

That came second to me movin this crack 这第二次来到我居无定这条裂缝

Gimme a second i swear 给我第二次我发誓

I will say about my rap career 我会说我的说唱生涯

Til 96 came niggas i'm here 直到96来到黑鬼我就在这里

Good-bye 再见

   

[Jay-Z's Mom:] [ Jay-Z的妈妈： ]

Shawn use to be in the kitchen 肖恩使用在厨房

Beating on the table and rapping 跳动在桌子上敲击

And um, until the wee hours of the morning 而这个，直到凌晨的

And then i bought him a boom box 然后我给他买了收录机

And his sisters and brothers said he would drive them nuts 和他的兄弟姐妹们说，他将驾驶他们的坚果

But that was my way to keep him close to me and out of trouble 但是，这是我的方式让他离我很近，出了事

   

[Jay-Z Verse 3] [ Jay-Z的诗歌3]

Good-bye to the game all the spoils, the adreneline rush 再见了游戏中所有的战利品，在adreneline抢

Your blood boils you in a spot knowing cops could rush 你热血沸腾，你在现场知道警察会赶

And you in a drop your so easy to touch 而你在一个下降的那么容易触碰

No two days are alike 没有两天是完全一样的

Except the first and fifteenth pretty much 除了第一和第十五几乎

And "trust" is a word you seldom hear from us ，“信”是一个词，你很少从我们这里听到

Hustlers we don't sleep we rest one eye up 混混，我们不睡觉，我们休息一只眼了

And the drought to find a man when the well dries up 旱情找个男人当井干涸

You learn to work the water without workin thirst til die YUP 您将学习到工作的水不干活口渴直到模具YUP

And niggas get tied up for product 和黑鬼得到捆绑产品

And little brothers ring fingers get cut up 和小兄弟无名指被砍掉了

To show mothers they really got em 为了证明他们的母亲真的得到了EM

And this was the stress i live with til i decided 这是我住，直到我决定应力

To try this rap shit for a livin 试试这首rap的活着

I Pray i'm forgiven 我祈求我原谅

For every bad decision i made 对于每一个错误的决定，我做了

Every sister i played 每个姐姐，我打

Cause i'm still paranoid to this day 因为我依然偏执的这一天

And it's nobody fault i made the decisions i made 而且它是没有错，我做我做的决定

This is the life i chose or rather the life that chose me 这是我选择的生活或者说是选择了我的生活

   

If you can't respect that your whole perspective is wack 如果你不能尊重你的整个观点是怪人

Maybe you'll love me when i fade to black 也许你会爱上我的时候我就会变成黑色

   

If you can't respect that your whole perspective is wack 如果你不能尊重你的整个观点是怪人

Maybe you'll love me when i fade to black 也许你会爱上我的时候我就会变成黑色

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