Uhh 呃

   

[Nas] [纳斯]

Pushin drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes 推着下降上衣，斯泰西Lattisaw录音带，上世纪80年代把我们所有的类人猿

Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate 最年轻的大猩猩可达蝙蝠本垒

That was a uncanny era, guns in my pants 这是一个不可思议的时代，枪在我的裤子

Yeah X-Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my fade 没错的X家族的头发，用畏惧我的淡入淡出顶部

Homicide and feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball 杀人和在那里我扮演的联邦调查局块，B球

That's when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 这时候，我不知道被我这里的原因，或者是因

Cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto 造成雷查尔斯可以看到贫民窟

Was told to stay strong and I could beat the Devil 被告知要保持坚强，我可以击败魔鬼

Cause yo, I used to play Apollo balcony seats 原因哟，我以前玩阿波罗阳台座位

Watchin niggaz swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets 在看着兄弟们挥动剃刀前排，然后在街上

The car show, 560's, chemical afros 车展， 560的，化学afros

Acuras pumpin Super Lover Cee and Casanova Acuras给水站SUPER LOVER东欧和卡萨诺瓦

Live chicks be, asses bustin out of they clothes 活的小鸡是，驴巴斯廷了他们的衣服

Wearin lip gloss, big door knockers pealin they earlobes 穿着45号球衣的唇彩，大的门环pealin他们耳垂

So where them years go? Where the old gold beers and cheers go? 那么，这些年去了？凡老金啤酒和欢呼声去了？

But now them shorties here doe, so 但是现在在这里他们矮仔母鹿，所以

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels and furs 在斗抹布回来，装帽子，液压升降台和毛皮

Riker's Island bustin, still packed, what's the word? Riker的岛巴斯廷，仍座无虚席，有什么字？

The drinkers stay drinkin, or puffin they herb 饮酒者留下喝酒，或海雀他们HERB

And I'm, still enjoyin life's ride; one mo' time 而我，依然enjoyin生活的车程; 1个月的时间，

The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels and furs 在斗抹布回来，装帽子，液压升降台和毛皮

Riker's Island bustin, still packed, what's the word? Riker的岛巴斯廷，仍座无虚席，有什么字？

The drinkers stay drinkin, or puffin they herb 饮酒者留下喝酒，或海雀他们HERB

And I'm, still enjoyin life's ride; right? 而我，依然enjoyin生活的车程;对不对？

   

[Nas] [纳斯]

Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to pull triggers 鲨鱼服的政治暴徒说服我们去拉触发器

in army boots, yellin "Join the armed forces!" 在军靴，喊“参军！ ”

We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons 我们失去了越南战争，陶醉毒药

Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes 在退伍军人的武器，而不是更大的财富针

There's still a lot of nigger callin in the coorporate offices 仍然有很多黑奴呼唤在coorporate办事处

War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they torture us 战争中的贫民区，我们蟹桶，他们折磨我们

They won't be servin the beast too long 他们不会塞尔兽太长

The murderers wearin police uniforms, confederate flags I burn 穿着45号球衣的警察制服凶手，邦联旗我烧

Beat Street breakers were dancin to the music I chose 群英街断路器是跳舞来我选择了音乐

And Peachtree Atlantic crackheads was tootin they nose 和桃树大西洋crackheads被tootin他们的鼻子

in frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children 在芝加哥的冷冻角落，装了美洲驼的孩子

with fo'-fo's, and double-revolvers 与fo - FO的，和双手枪

We devil incarnates, headed for jail 我们魔鬼体现，对于监狱领导

Where Shell gas company in South Africa be havin us killed 凡壳牌天然气公司在南非就吃我们打死

Your paper money was the death of Christ 你的纸币是基督的死

And all these shorties comin up just resurrect your life 而所有这些矮仔科曼刚刚复活你的生活

It's like a cycle 这就像一个循环

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Nas] [纳斯]

Niggaz used to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up 兄弟们习惯穿抹布上，他们的头发，当它炒起来的

That's when we were lied to, buyin hair products 这时候，我们被欺骗了，买入美发产品

Back before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin 回到我这一代，之前当我们的黑暗开始衰变

'til awareness started penetratin 直到意识开始穿膜

The styles come from prison, they used potatoes makin liquor 来自监狱的风格，他们用土豆马金酒

just to prove we some creative niggaz 只是为了证明我们一些有创意的兄弟们

Turnin nothin into somethin, is God work 撇开虚无成事端，是上帝的工作

And you get nothin without struggle and hard work 你会得到什么也没有奋斗和努力

War is necessary to my niggaz in chains 战争是必要的，以我的锁链的兄弟们

From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin y'all to know one thing 从格林唱声，我wantin你们都知道的一件事

The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does 最困难的事情就是去原谅别人，但神

Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah it's wrong, but God loves 即使你谋杀或抢劫，是啊这是错的，但上帝爱

Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you 需要一步步走向他时，他需要两个对你

Even when all else fail, God support you 即使一切都失败了，上帝支持你

I done it, got God Son on my stomach 我就干了，得到了上帝的儿子在我的肚子

My heart and my lungs was affected from Henny's and gettin blunted 我的心脏，我的肺从亨尼的受到了影响，并开始报减弱

Do your body right and it loves you back 做你的身体权利，爱你回来

You only get one life, and yo because of that 你只有一次生命，因为这一点，哟

I'm still blazin, goin out for the cause 我还是BLAZIN ，要出去的原因

Still rockin stockin caps, not for the waves, obeyin no laws 依然摇滚stockin帽，不是浪， obeyin无法可依

And it's like that 而且它是这样的

   

[Chorus] [合唱]