When I was seventeen 当我17

I ran away from home 我从家里跑了

And from everything 而从一切

I had ever known 我曾见过的

   

I was sick and tired 我病了，累了

Living in a town 生活在一个小镇

Filled with narrow minds 充满了狭隘的头脑

And hate 与恨

   

They used to laugh at me 他们曾经嘲笑我

The children called me names 孩子们叫我的名字

I would ran and hide 我会跑去躲

Feelin' so ashamed 感觉很惭愧

   

Just for being born 只是在出生

I was just a boy 我只是个孩子

Punished for a crime 抵罪

That was not mine 这是不是我的

   

Life ain't so easy 生活是不那么容易

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

Oh baby, life ain't so easy 哦，宝贝，生活也不是那么容易

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

No one tried to understand 没有人试图去理解

Papa did the best a man could do 爸爸没有最好的男人可以做

   

A child reality 一个孩子的现实

Is paid for by his folks 由他的乡亲支付

Fancy fairy tales 花式童话

Are born and sold by those 的诞生和那些卖

   

Who can well afford 谁可以买得起好

Time to make believe 时间，使信

Childhood dreams can still come true 童年的梦想仍然可以成真

Uh, huh- huh- huh 呃， huh- huh-呵呵

   

So I've been wandering 所以我一直在徘徊

Traveling all around 旅行各地

Guess it ain't my style 猜猜这是不是我的风格

To live in just one town 住在只有一个镇

   

Still I'll never know 尽管如此，我永远也不会知道

Why a child is blamed 为什么孩子被责备

Ridiculed and shamed 嘲笑和羞辱

We're all the same 我们都一样

   

Life ain't so easy 生活是不那么容易

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

I'm a witness that life ain't so easy 我是一个见证，生活是不那么容易

When you're a ghetto child, yeah 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子，是啊

   

Ooh, ooh, yeah 哦，哦，是的

Life ain't so easy 生活是不那么容易

When you're a ghetto child child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子的孩子

   

Oh, baby 哦，宝贝

Life ain't so easy 生活是不那么容易

Yeah, hey, hey 是啊，嘿，嘿

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

Life can be rough 生活可以是粗糙的

Life ain't so easy 生活是不那么容易

The going gets tough 吃不了苦

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

Yeah, but remember 是的，但请记住

   

Oh baby, life ain't so easy 哦，宝贝，生活也不是那么容易

Things gotta change 事情变化得

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

Things gotta change, gotta change, yeah, yeah! 事情得变化，总得变化，是啊，是啊！

Life ain't so easy 生活是不那么容易

When you're a ghetto child 当你是一个贫民窟的孩子

Whoa, oh, oh, whoa,I'm a ghetto boy 哇，哦，哦，哦，我是贫民窟的孩子