[Chorus: Mark B. Mayfield] [合唱：马克B.梅菲尔德]

I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot 我得放下块，当块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

   

I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot 我得放下块，当块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

   

[Verse 1: Nas] [诗歌1 ：纳斯]

Yea, Feds feast on street dons, look at their teeth showin' 是啊，联邦调查局宴席上穿上街头，看看他们的牙舒

Salivatin' at the mouth, South to East Orange Salivatin “在嘴，南至东奥兰治

Keep pourin' that liquor, but nigga don't sleep on it 请pourin “白酒，但兄弟们不要上睡觉

You'll be givin' up your Jesus piece to your peeps to pawn it 你会得到安宁了你的耶稣一块你的一瞥典当它

For legal fees in the penal dorm 在刑法宿舍律师费

Screamin' on the horn with 'bout thirty years on your conscience “在喇叭与回合三十年后你的良心尖叫

I'm watchin' brothers disappear, it's appallin' 我在看着兄弟消失了，这是appallin “

Some dudes had just only a year of ballin' 有些帅哥刚刚只用了一年的劈腿“

Counter-intelligence found a strange evidence (When the block is hot) 反情报发现了一个奇怪的证据（当块是热的）

Still we behind the wheel with heat on us, hangin' with predicates 尽管如此，我们对我们的车轮热的背后，犹豫不决，与谓词

Position we placed in caves in, so they got us caged in 我们的位置放置在山洞里，所以他们得到了我们在笼

Ways spinnin' like Mike Bivens from New Edition aging (I gotta... When the block is hot) 如何在旋转“像迈克比文斯从新版老化（我得......当块是热的）

I got families I'm feeding 'cause my mans is bleeding 我有家庭，我喂因为我的芒出血

Every five seconds look in all directions 每五秒钟看看各个方向

I come through prepared; I give 'em a call 我通过编写;我给他们打一个电话

I'm close, bring them guns downstairs 我很接近，把他们的枪在楼下

   

[Chorus: Mark B. Mayfield] [合唱：马克B.梅菲尔德]

I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot 我得放下块，当块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

   

I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot (hold it down) 我得放下块，当块是热的（按住不放）

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

   

[Verse 2: Nas] [诗2：纳斯]

Uh, uh, it's beef week, Monday, murder 嗯，嗯，这是牛肉一周，周一，谋杀

Two niggaz dead, Tuesday 两个兄弟们死了，星期二

Wednesday and Thursday is hearse-day 周三和周四是灵车天

Friday, somebody-gotta-die-day 周五，有人，得模天

Saturday, put the gat away 周六，把水道走

Chillin' wit your chick and a bag of haze 寒冷的机智你的小鸡和一包阴霾

Wonderin' how it's all gon' end and what type of way 迷惘怎么这一切都坤端和什么样的方式

'Cause Sunday back to gunplay “星期天原因回枪战

Mo' shit start over nothin' 莫狗屎开始了没什么

And get finished quick 'cause the art of repercussion 并获得快速完成“引起反响的艺术

Yeah, I seen it, a G' going out indecent (When the block is hot) 是的，我看到了，其G走出去非礼（当块是热的）

Takin' a plea agreement, thinkin' he secret 羚牛“认罪协议，想着他的秘密

Escape the crime scene, now you live straight like 9:15 逃离犯罪现场，现在你住直似9:15

Then one-time intervene (I gotta lay...) 然后一次性介入（我得外行...）

My man ain't like me sayin' I don't care if I die 我的男人是不喜欢我说我不在乎，如果我死了

But the SIG Sauer on me now I'm scared to die 但是， SIG绍尔对我现在我很害怕死

You thinkin' the one I send to clap you be a shorty 你想的就是我送你拍一个矮个子

But he old school, holdin' a .38, he in his forties 但他的老同学，牵着.38 ，他在四十多岁

   

[Chorus: Mark B. Mayfield] [合唱：马克B.梅菲尔德]

I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot 我得放下块，当块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

   

I gotta lay down the block, when the block is hot 我得放下块，当块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

   

[Verse 3: Nas] [第3节：纳斯]

(I gotta...) Anytime brothers can't get jobs, then they rob （我得...... ）随时兄弟能不能找到工作，那么他们抢

(When the block is hot) A man rather die than live on his knees and starve （当块是热的）一个人生不如死放在膝盖上，饿死

Cops steady askin' your man what happened 警察不断地问你的男人发生了什么

First he tell then he stop, like he not really rattin' 首先，他说，然后他停下来，好像他不是真的rattin “

Guess he not really in that casket from a sawed-off (When the block is hot) 猜猜他没有真正从个子矮的骨灰盒（当块是热的）

Listen, peep game from the brain of an all-star 从全明星的大脑听着，窥视游戏

The rain hurt niggaz bones who been shot 谁被枪杀雨伤筋骨的兄弟们

Metal pins in their leg, they walk with a limp-hop 金属针在他们的腿，他们走路一跛一跛跳

The streets lie, (When the block is hot) so you better be cautious 街道说谎， （当块是热的），所以你最好要谨慎

Your man'll fry you plus, everybody talkin' 你manll炒你加分，大家都在说

A vet, a General, don't step where I walked in 兽医，通用，不踩，我走进去

Make your own path, be a legend in your skin 让你自己的路，在你的皮肤一个传奇

(Hold down the block, when the block is hot) （按住模块，当模块是热的）

Make your own cash, don't stress what I'm forcin' 使自己的现金，不强调什么，我forcin “

Don't expect more when you put in less work than all them 不要指望更多的时候你把欠的工作比他们都

Queensbridge projects has taught him, and that's for life 皇后桥项目已教他，这就是生活

You heard me right, I got the block (When the block is hot) 你听到我的权利，我有块（块时热）

   

[Outro: Mark B. Mayfield] [尾奏：马克B.梅菲尔德]

When the block is hot 当块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

I gotta hold down the block, when the block is hot 我得按住模块，当模块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面

I gotta hold down the block, when the block is hot 我得按住模块，当模块热

I gotta use my imagination, to change the situation 我必须用我的想象，改变局面