You know.. life is funny.. 你知道..生活是有趣的..

If you don't repeat the actions of your own success 如果不重复自己的成功的行动

you won't be successful 你会不会成功

You gotta know your own formula, your own ingredients 你要知道你自己的配方，你自己的成分

What made you, YOU.. 是什么让你，你..

   

1987 I was at the Latin Quarters 1987年，我是在拉丁宿舍

Listenin to Afrika Bambaata give the order Listenin到的Afrika Bambaata下令

The call of the order was to avoid the slaughter 该命令的调用是为了避免屠宰

He said, "Record companies ain't got nuttin for ya!" 他说： “唱片公司是不会得到尼坦雅！ ”

Without a lawyer, he taught The Infinity Lessons 没有律师，他教的课无限

In how hip-hop could be a, many a blessing 如何街舞可能是，许多的祝福

And that was great, so in 1988 而这在1988年是伟大的，所以

there was no debate, we had to end the hate 没有辩论，我们不得不结束仇恨

The name of the game was "Stop the Violence" 游戏的名称是“停止暴力”

and unity, knowledge, and self-reliance 团结，知识，自力更生

We - started talkin bout Martin and Malcolm 我们 - 开始说话回合马丁和马尔科姆

Had these ghetto kids goin, "Huh, what about him?" 有这些贫民窟的孩子们要走， “咦，他怎么了？ ”

1989, Professor Griff speaks his mind 1989年，格里夫教授说他的头脑

but his freedom of speech is declined 但他的言论被拒绝

1990 came with the West coast 1990附带的西海岸

East coast, West coast, who is the best coast? 东海岸，西海岸，谁是最好的海岸？

Lookin back now, of COURSE it was bogus 回来看现在，这当然是假的

The whole argument was where we lost focus 整个论点是，我们失去了重心

We got hopeless; not with the lyrics and music 我们有没有希望;不与歌词和音乐

but with hip-hop, and how we used it 但随着嘻哈，以及我们如何使用它

Or abused it, you know how the crew get 或滥用它，你就知道如何让船员

"You like it cause you choose it" “你喜欢它，因为你选择了它”

1991, we opened our eyes 1991年，我们打开了我们的眼睛

with Human Education Against Lies, we tried 与人对教育的谎言，我们尝试

to talk about the state of humanity 谈谈人类的状态

But all these others rappers got mad at me 但是，所有这些人的说唱歌手，在我生气了

They called me "Captain Human", another message was sent 他们叫我“队长人” ，被送到另一个消息

"Self Destruction don't pay the {fuckin} rent" “自我毁灭不支付{ }他妈的租”

Remember that? Nobody wanted conscious rap 还记得吗？没人要意识的说唱

It was like - where these ballers at? 这就像 - 在这些ballers在哪里？

Where can they call us at? All was wack 他们在哪里可以拨打我们的？全是怪人

Hip-Hop culture was fallin flat and that was that 嘻哈文化是坠落平整，而且是

So in 1992, I found my crew 因此，在1992年，我发现我的船员

They said, "Yo Kris, what you wanna do?" 他们说， “哟克里斯，你想要做什么？”

I said, "Damn - why they wanna get with me? 我说： “妈 - 为什么他们想和我一起走？

If I bust they {shit} I'm contradictory. 如果我胸围他们{ }狗屎我是矛盾的。

If I play the bitch role, they take my shoe. 如果我打了泼妇的角色，他们把我的鞋。

Tell me what the {fuck} am I supposed to do?" 告诉我是什么{ }他妈的我应该怎么办？“

So I did it, don't stop get it get it get it 所以，我做到了，不停止得到它得到它得到它

All of a sudden these critics they wanna spit it 突然这些批评，他们想吐掉

"Kay Are Ess One is con-tra-dic-to-ry" “凯是Ess来一个是CON- TRA- DIC-到- RY”

Just cause I wouldn't let these rappers get with me 只是因为我不会让这些说唱艺人得到与我

{Fuck} that, {fuck} you and {fuck} your pen { }他妈的是， { }他妈的你他妈的{ }你的笔

If a rapper wanna diss, yo I'd do it again 如果一个说唱歌手想迪斯，哟我会再做一次

But I'm makin these ends, and I got my friends 不过，我要做个这些目标，我有我的朋友

And I really don't wanna have to sit in the pen 我真的不希望有坐在笔

So I go back to the philosopher 于是我回到哲学家

1993 hip-hop is uhh.. wack 1993年的hip-hop是嘘..怪人

Go back, check the facts 回去后，核对事实

1994, "Return of the Boom Bap" 1994年， “的热潮Bap的回归”

It wasn't all about the loot 那是不是所有的战利品

It was all about Harry Allen Rhythm Cultural Institute 这是所有关于哈利·艾伦节奏文化局

Blowin up, 1995 吹了起来， 1995年

Conscious rap is still alive 有意识的说唱还活着

But nobody wanna play it, nobody wanna say it 但没有人想打它，没有人想怎么说

Nobody okayed it, they'd all rather hate it 没有人okayed ，他们都愿意，而恨它

1996 it really don't stop 1996年真的不停止

We put together somethin called the Temple of Hip-Hop 我们放在一起事端称为嘻哈寺

Not just DJin, breakin, graf and lyrics 不只是DJin ，唱到，格拉夫和歌词

But how hip-hop affects the spirit 但嘻哈如何影响精神

"Step Into a World," that's what I did “步入世界， ”这就是我所做的

1997 I was raisin my kid 1997年我被葡萄干我的孩子

or kids, but I, had to go 还是孩子，但我不得不去

Cause New York DJ's changed the flows 导致纽约DJ的改变了流向

to clothes and hoes, but that wasn't me 衣服和锄头，但是那不是我

I'll be damned if I dance for the MTV 如果我跳舞的MTV ，我会被定罪

So in 1998 I began to debate 所以在1998年我就开始辩论

Should I go now, or should I really wait? 我应该现在就去，不然我真的应该等待？

'99, I moved to L.A. you see 99年，我搬到了洛杉矶，你看

and took a gig with the WB 并采取了演出与世行

Started studyin philosophy full-time 开始学习在理念全职

To have a full heart, full body, full mind 为了有一个完整的心脏，全身，满脑子

But you know what the problem is or was? 但是你知道问题是什么，或者是？

DJ's don't raise our kids, cuz DJ的不养我们的孩子， CUZ

they so caught up in the cash and jewels 他们因此陷入了现金和珠宝

How they gonna really see a hip-hop school? 他们怎么会真正发现了嘻哈学校？

How they gonna really see a hip-hop temple? 他们怎么会真正发现了嘻哈的寺庙？

They don't even wanna play my instrumentals, but 他们根本不想发挥我的乐器，但

big up Dr. Dre, Snoop, Xzibit 大起来德瑞博士，史努比， Xzibit的

Especially Xzibit, he was there in a minute 尤其是Xzibit的，他在那里一分钟

Mic Conception, all of them, said 麦克风概念，所有的人都表示，

"Yo you need help? I should call them" “哟，你需要帮助吗？我应该叫他们”

When I was in L.A., I held the crown 当我在洛杉矶，我曾冠

Bloods, Crips, they held me down 血液，瘸子，他们一直在支持我

I could never forget Mad Lion, killer pride 我永远也不会忘记疯狂的狮子，杀手的骄傲

with the gat in the lap in the low-ride 与GAT在圈中低程

Oh I can't forget, Icy Ice, Lucky Lou 哦，我不能忘记，冰爽冰，幸运楼

Julio G, that was the crew 胡利奥· G，这是船员

Davey D, Ingrid, David Connor 戴维D，英格丽·大卫·康纳

The list goes on and on, let me tell ya 这样的例子不胜枚举和，让我告诉你

FredWreck, and my man Protest FredWreck ，和我的人抗议

Much respect, no less 多的尊重，没少

To my spiritual and mental defenders 我的精神与心理捍卫者

Big up to L.A., temple members 大到洛杉矶，寺庙成员

But in 2000, I seen how I wanted to live 但在2000年，我看到我是多么想活下去

I wasn't no executive 我是不是没有执行

So I picked up the mic and I quit my job 于是我拿起麦克风，我辞掉工作

Said to Simone I gotta get with God 据说西蒙娜我得与神

She said, "Don't worry bout these dollars and quarters. 她说， “别担心布特这些美元和宿舍。

Record companies ain't got nuttin for ya." 唱片公司没有得到尼坦雅。 “

Damn, she took me back to Bam! 该死的，她带我回巴姆！

Took me back to who I am! 带我回我是谁！

Brought me back to the New York land! 把我带回了纽约的土地！

Now I overstand!.. 现在我overstand ！ ..

   

[interviewer] [采访]

Now KRS-One, now you've been quoted as saying that 现在， KRS -One的，现在你已经被引述说，

rap is something we do, hip-hop is something you live. RAP是我们做的东西，街舞是你生活的东西。

[KRS] Yes! [ KRS ]是的！

[interviewer] [采访]

Explain that to us please. 解释给我们吧。

[KRS-One] [ KRS -One的]

Well, well, today hip-hop, we are advocating that hip-hop is not, 好了，好了，今天的hip-hop ，我们所提倡的嘻哈是不是，

just a music, it is an attitude, it is an awareness, it is a way 只是音乐，更是一种态度，是一种意识，它是一种

to view the world. So rap music, is something we do, but HIP-HOP, 看世界。所以，说唱音乐，是我们做的，但HIP-HOP ，

is something we live. And we look at hip-hop, in it's 9 elements; 是我们生活的东西。我们看一下街舞，在这9个元素;

which is breaking, emceeing, graffiti art, deejaying, beatboxing, 这是突破， emceeing ，涂鸦艺术，担任DJ ，口技，

street fashion, street language, street knowledge, and street 街头时尚，街头语言，知识的街道和街道

entrepenurialism - trade and business. And uhh, that's where y'know entrepenurialism - 贸易和商业。而嘘，这就是你知道的

that's the hip-hop that that that we're about. We come from the uhh 这是嘻哈的，我们是这个。我们来自侏儒

the root of, of Kool DJ Herc, who originated hip-hop in the early 70's 的库尔Herc的DJ ，谁发起的hip-hop ，在70年代初的根，

and then Afrika Bambaata and Zulu Nation (mmhmm) 然后的Afrika Bambaata和祖鲁民族（ mmhmm ）

who instigated something called The Infinity Lessons 谁策动了一种叫做无限教训

and added conciousness to hip-hop, and then Grandmaster Flash 并增加忧患意识，以街舞，然后宗师闪光

with the invention of the mixer, on to Run-D.M.C. and then myself. 与所述混合器的发明中，在对运行D.M.C 。然后我自己。

And uhh, we created the "Stop the Violence" movement, you may recall 而且呃，我们创建了“停止暴力”的运动，你可能还记得

a song, "Self Destruction" and and and so on. All of this, goes to 一首歌， “自我毁灭” ，并和等。这一切，进到

uhh uhh, the idea of LIVING this culture out and taking responsibility 嘘嘘，住这种文化出来，承担责任的想法

for how it looks and and acts in society. 对于它的外观和行为，并在社会上。