Yo, the first time I heard Digital Underground I was in the first grade 哟，我第一次听到的数字地下，我在一年级

My homie Lace brought it over and he dubbed it on a mixtape 我亲密的蕾丝带过来，他戏称它是一个混音带

I would do the Humpty Hump and perform to his verses 我会做积重难返驼峰，并执行他的诗句

Twelve years later I learned that Shock-G and him were the same person 十二年后我才知道，冲击-G和他是同一个人

I loved Hammer, I can't front he taught me how to dance 我爱锤，我不能前，他教我如何跳舞

Along with Bel Biv Devoe I had Jay Ohs and a pair of zebra pants 随着贝尔BIV迪沃我有周杰伦OHS和一对斑马裤

But this was the foundation of what would come to be 但是，这是什么来是基础

A life long passion journey and drive; an emcee 长寿命的激情之旅，并带动;司仪

Some people ask me what it means, I don't know where to start 有人问我这是什么意思，我不知道从哪里开始

It's the deepest connection between my soul and my heart 这是我的灵魂，我的心脏之间最深的联系

When I first stepped into a cipher and a jam in the park 当我第一次踏进一个密码和果酱在公园

I got served, no for real I got served 我得到了服务，没有真正的我被送达

But see I learned something 但是看到我学到的东西

Observed others and watched 观察别人，看着

An urged hunger burst, earned a turn at that park. 一个呼吁饥饿一阵，赚一转，在那个公园。

I don't care who you are, where you're from or what you believe in 我不在乎你是谁，你来自哪里，或者你相信什么

But if you love hip hop I bet it's more or less for the same reason 但如果你爱嘻哈我敢打赌，这或多或少出于同样的原因

This is it when you spit you exist in that moment 这是当你吐你在那一刻存在

And if you're sick with that gift then you rip it when you perform it 如果你生病了这份礼物，那么你撕它，当你执行它

Then all the shit that you live begins to lift up your shoulders 然后，所有你生活的狗屎开始抬起你的肩膀

And the audience well they get to experience where your soul is 和观众以及他们得到的体验，你的灵魂

The most amazing feeling, rocking the crowd to your anthem 最惊艳的感觉，摇摆的人群，以您的国歌

From the front to the back with their motha fuckin' hands up 从正面与他们Motha博士他妈的背举起手来

'Cause I'm an emcee, won't be the first won't be the last 因为我是一个主持人，也不会是第一个也不会是最后一次

Just another b-boy and I'm a die in my stance 只是另一个B男孩，我在我的立场模具

   

If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down 如果你有笔和键盘把你的心脏降

If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down 如果你有一个记录，并可以螃蟹打下了下来划伤

If you got a marker and a can bomb your art now 如果你有一个标记和一个现在可以轰炸你的艺术

If you got a floor and you're fast kick that I'll style 如果你有一个楼，你就快一脚，我会风格

   

If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down 如果你有笔和键盘把你的心脏降

If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down 如果你有一个记录，并可以螃蟹打下了下来划伤

If you got a marker and a can bomb the whole damn town 如果你有一个标记和一个可以轰炸整个该死的小镇

But if you live for hip hop don't ever put your hands down 但是如果你住的嘻哈永远不要把你的手了

Don't put your hands down, keep that shit up 不要把你的手放下，保持这种狗屎

   

We're goin' to rock it like this, do this with me 我们要走了，摇滚是这样的，做到这一点与我

It goes front, back 它会正面，背面

Front, back 前，后

Front, back 前，后

Front, come on 前方，加油

   

It goes front, back 它会正面，背面

Front, back 前，后

I said front, back 我说前，后

To my people you know it 我的人，你知道它

   

Now I don't know if it's the clothes, the hoes, or the cars 现在，我不知道这是否是衣服，锄头，或汽车

That makes people rap like they're trapped inside of these bars 这使得人们说唱像他们这些酒吧的媚惑

This shit ain't complicated man just be who you are 这一切，没有复杂的人只是你是谁

To busy searching for the light and missing the fact that you're a star 忙着寻找光线和失踪的事实，你是个明星

Now who's got passion now stand the hell up 现在，谁拥有激情，现在站在地狱

'Cause I want to hear somebody rapping who's got it inside their cuts 因为我想听到有人振打谁拥有它自己的内部裁员

Or you can get intricate displaying your fancy cadences 或者，你可以得到复杂的显示你的想象节奏

But if you're not speaking the truth you might as well not be saying shit 但是，如果你不说实话，你还不如不说狗屎

I said who's going to teach the kids? 我说谁去教孩子？

You'd rather blow up and get famous so you can get some new rims 你宁愿炸毁，并得到著名这样你就可以得到一些新的轮辋

All the money in the world can help you look like a star 所有的钱在世界上可以帮助你长得像明星

But money can't buy you the heart to go and put inside your bars 但金钱买不来你的心脏去把里面的酒吧

And I like nice shit too 而且，我喜欢漂亮的狗屎太多

Believe me, I got a closet full of Nikes and a whole bunch of Lenore suits 相信我，我有一个衣柜全耐克和一大堆勒诺套装

They'll give you the white tees and the icy earring like the whole youth, 他们会给你的白T恤和冰冷的耳环，如整个青春，

Population of hip hop but look beyond it when I record through, 人口嘻哈，但超越它，当我记录过，

These beats 'cause if I don't speak me 这些次因为如果我不说话我

What's the difference between my lyrics and what you hearin' on MTV 什么是我的歌词，你在MTV倾听“有什么的区别

People fear that if they're steering away from the mainstream 人们担心，如果他们在主流转向走

Then their album won't sell 然后，他们的专辑不会卖

Well I could give a fuck 好吧，我可以给他妈的

I'm just goin' to freestyle and spit what's in my gut 我只是要去到自由泳和吐什么在我的内心

And if you want to you can go and label me conscious 如果你想，你可以去我的标签意识

But remember there's a kid at a bus stop beat boxin' 但要记住有一个孩子在一个巴士站拍博信“

Who's life will be effected by what's inside of his Walkman 谁的生活将是什么是他的随身听里面来实现

   

If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down 如果你有笔和键盘把你的心脏降

If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down 如果你有一个记录，并可以螃蟹打下了下来划伤

If you got a marker and a can bomb your art now 如果你有一个标记和一个现在可以轰炸你的艺术

If you got a floor and you're fast kick that I'll style 如果你有一个楼，你就快一脚，我会风格

   

If you got a pen and a pad put your heart down 如果你有笔和键盘把你的心脏降

If you got a record and can crab lay a scratch down 如果你有一个记录，并可以螃蟹打下了下来划伤

If you got a marker and a can bomb the whole damn town 如果你有一个标记和一个可以轰炸整个该死的小镇

But if you live for hip hop don't ever put your hands down 但是如果你住的嘻哈永远不要把你的手了