Papa hit him, Mama kissed him 爸爸打他，妈妈吻了他

Made him go to Catechism 让他去问答

With the sisters in their black and white 在他们的黑与白的姐妹们

And all the time those city streets 和所有的时间这些城市的街道

Were teaching him another kind of wisdom 在教导他的另一种智慧

When to run and when to fight 当运行时打

Up at the playground after school 最多在学校后操场

Listening to tales of the prison system 听着监狱系统的故事

And those lawless avenues 而那些不法途径

   

Dawn on a half darkened street 黎明在半黑暗的街道

A child's footsteps repeat 孩子的脚步重复

And something there turns them 而一些有将它们

Down those lawless avenues 唐氏那些不法途径

   

Silent Joe went down so bad 沉默的乔去了那么糟糕

He was the strongest fighter the avenues had 他是最强的战斗机的途径有

Stabbed in the chest he went down swinging 被刺中胸部，他就下摆动

Someone from some other part of town 从镇其他部分的人

No one even seen it coming down 甚至没有人见过它灌进

And you don't hear no church bells ringing 而你不会听到任何教堂的钟声响起

And in the violent night the police light 而在当晚的暴力警察光

Sweeps across the lots and the yards 整个地段和码扫描

Following those lawless avenues 以下这些不法途径

   

Down on a half darkened street 倒在半黑暗的街道

Armies advance and retreat 军队进退

And struggle to take control 并努力采取控制

From those lawless avenues 从这些不法途径

   

Manuelito's sister Rosa Manuelito的姐姐罗莎

Ran away with a surfer from Hermosa 逃跑的何尔摩沙冲浪

Manuelito, cuida a Rosa, Manuelito ， cuida罗莎，

Hay mira como estan las cosas! 干草米拉科莫estan拉斯维加斯cosas ！

(Manuelito take care of Rosa （ Manuelito照顾罗莎

...Look at how things are) ......看看怎么回事儿）

   

But who could blame her after she saw 但谁又能责怪她，她看到后，

Every boy die who could have gotten close to her 每一个孩子死谁能够得到接近她

Rosa es joven u solo quiere 罗莎ES青年近卫军ü独奏quiere

ver la belleza del mundo 版本LA BELLEZA德尔世界报

(Rosa is young and only wants （罗莎是年轻，只希望

To see the beauty of the world) 看世界的美丽）

   

Manuel said: 曼努埃尔说：

"You gotta fight for what you want in this life" “你要争取你想这辈子是什么”

Just before they shipped him overseas to 'Nam 他们运往他在海外“南之前

Otra guerra sin razon OTRA格拉罪拉松

Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor OTRA格拉罪鳍片，罪荣誉

(Another war without reason, （没有原因的另一场战争，

Another war without end, without honor) 没有结束另一场战争，没有荣誉）

   

And she was fighting to understand 和她斗理解

When they shipped Manuelito's body home 当他们运Manuelito的身体回家

All she heard was one more shot 所有她听到的是多一枪

Echoing down lawless avenues 上下呼应不法途径

   

Hoy amigo, tal igual como ayer, 霍伊雅谷，河谷igual科莫艾尔，

La lucha en el barrio no cambia 香格里拉斗争报EN EL巴里奥没有形成层

Nuestros hijos son los que han de crecer Nuestros HIJOS儿子洛阙汉德crecer

Por ley de la calle, viviendo entre abrazos POR莱伊·德拉卡列， viviendo恩特雷里奥斯abrazos

Y chingazos Ÿ chingazos

(Today my friend, just like yesterday, （今天我的朋友，就像昨天，

The struggle in the barrio doesn't change. 在巴里奥的斗争不会改变。

Our children are the ones to grow up 我们的孩子是那些成长

By the law of the street 通过街道的法律

Living between hugs and blows) 拥抱和打击之间的生活）

   

Down on a half darkened street 倒在半黑暗的街道

Fathers' and sons' lives repeat 父亲和儿子的生活重复

And something there turns them 而一些有将它们

Down those lawless avenues 唐氏那些不法途径

   

En el calor de la calle EN EL灼热·德拉卡列

(In the heat of the street) （在这条街的热量）

Buscan valor en la calle Buscan勇气EN德拉卡列

(Looking for valor in the street) （寻找勇气在大街上）

Hasta final de la calle 哈斯塔最后·德拉卡列

(Till the end of the street) （直到在街道的尽头）