Didn't take nothing, that I didn't need 没带什么，我也没必要

'Cause they didn't offer classes in what I wanted to be “因为他们没有提供类我想成为

They didn't offer manhood, responsibility 他们没有提供男子气概，责任

Had to learn it the hard way 必须学会它坚硬方式

Earned my degree in the streets 赢得了我的学位在街头

   

Graduated from Hard Knocks 从硬敲毕业

Got my education 得到了我的教育

Hard Knocks 磨难

Out on the street 在街上

   

Can't bust through that ceiling without feelin' the burn 无法通过上限胸围没有感觉烧

And I ain't got nothing that I did not earn 我是不是得了什么，我没赚

Chasin' that mighty dollar 追赶“的威武美元

'Stead of hittin the books 地球上的图书斯特德

Studying Donny and Stevie 学习唐尼和Stevie

Learned to sail the hooks 学会了扬帆挂钩

   

I graduated from hard knocks 我是从艰苦的磨练毕业

Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it 得到了颠簸和瘀伤来证明这一点

Hard knocks 艰苦的磨练

Summa cum laude 以优异成绩

Hard knocks 艰苦的磨练

Hard knocks 艰苦的磨练

   

Had a real good teacher named Mr. Life 有一个名为生命先生一个真正的好老师

Didn't teach no chemistry but he taught me how to fight 没有教不会的化学，但他教我怎么打

Didn't teach biology but I learned it from the birds and the bees 没有教生物，但我从鸟类和蜜蜂学会了

Said stay close to your friends even closer to your enemies 说贴近你的朋友更接近你的敌人

   

Hard knocks 艰苦的磨练

Graduated Hard knocks 毕业了艰苦的磨练

Bumps and bruises to prove it 碰伤和擦伤来证明这一点

Hard Knocks 磨难

Hard Knocks 磨难

Got to bring it on home 得把它回家

   

Said these streets keep calling me 说这些街道不断给我打电话

Don't know what it is 不知道它是什么

Is it the thrill that I seek 难道我追求的快感

I don't know 我不知道

Is it the night 是夜

Or the sound of the city 或城市的声音

Whatever it is 不管是什么

These streets keep calling me 这些街道不断给我打电话

Day in and night, can't get them off 一天一夜，不能让他们关