[Nas] [纳斯]

To my niggaz.. huh.. 我的兄弟们..呵呵..

We all we got.. 我们所有我们得到了..

Let's hold it down though, y'know? 让我们按住不放，虽然，你知道吗？

However it's gon' go down 然而，它的坤下去

This what we gotta deal with, y'know? 这就是我们得处理，你知道吗？

Yo.. 哟..

   

[Chorus: Nas] [合唱：纳斯]

   

It's the life we chose, where friends become foes 这是我们选择的生活，让朋友成为敌人

and the dough'll get you killed quicker than you know 和doughll让你更快地杀死比你知道的

This is the life we chose, bring fake snakes and hoes 这是我们选择的生活，带来的假蛇和锄头

and the only way out, is death or goin broke 而唯一的出路，就是死亡或破产布莱恩

This the life we chose, ain't too many happy endings 这是我们选择的生活，是不是太多了大团圆的结局

That's why there ain't too many happy niggaz in it 这就是为什么没有在里面太多高兴的兄弟们

And I'll admit it, this life is fucked up but yo.. 我会承认，这样的生活是一团糟，但哟..

(but yo..) this life is the only life I know [echoes] （但哟..）这辈子是唯一的生活中，我知道[回音]

   

[Nas] [纳斯]

Uhh, uhh, uhh 呃，呃，呃

Gold bathtubs, makin love to my Queen 黄金浴缸，让爱来的我的女王

Get my back rubbed, Chardonnay, rollin up green 让我背揉揉，霞多丽，罗林绿灯

Statues, marble floors, rare paintings on my wall 雕像，大理石地板，在墙上画罕见

My lifestyle's like the Forbes Magazine 我的生活就像福布斯杂志

Closets, full of rockets and submachines 壁橱，全火箭和submachines的

Take this nigga out the projects, and his thug team 就拿这个黑鬼出来的项目，他的暴徒队

Yo we cruise past street lights, ill rides 哟，我们的邮轮过去路灯，生病的游乐设施

Mr. Child both coasts with the most loud toast 儿童先生两个海岸最响亮的敬酒

Calicos roast y'all folks, keep y'all dyin Calicos烤你们的乡亲，让你们快要枯萎

Cause it's hard to fuck around when we dealin with science 因为很难他妈的左右的时候，我们的戏份与科学

My enemies got money, so y'all should watch how I play it 我的敌人得到的钱，所以你们都应该看我怎么玩

They never know we enemies until they hear me say it 他们从来不知道我们的敌人，直到他们听到我说

Til they kid's on the phone sayin, "Please daddy pay it" 直到他们的孩子的电话在说， “请爸爸支付它”上

Til they brain's on the floor, mixed on the pavement 直到他们的大脑在地上，在人行道上混

High-class elegance, you respect or you hiss 高档优雅，你尊重或者你嘶声

You go against you'd rather piss on an electrical fence 你违背你宁愿小便电围栏

It's strategic, how these niggaz want you to think 这是战略性的，这些兄弟们怎么想你所想

You'd be surprised, who'd be the one to put you to sleep 你会惊奇地发现，谁愿意成为那个让你睡

Why you stink? Yo these streets don't allow you to blink 你为什么臭？呦这些街道不允许你眨眼

You get showered by lead, comin out with your mink 可以通过铅得到洗完澡，科曼与你的貂

Bow ties and tuxedos, bust Eagles 领结和礼服，胸围老鹰

Dump drugs and acid, then they rush with the Rico 自卸药物和酸，然后他们与波多黎各赶

It's hard fuckin with niggaz you hope you can trust 这很难与你的兄弟们希望你能信任他娘

You a fool if your main bitch is easy to fuck 你个傻瓜，如果你的主母狗很容易他妈的

And you've got money - is these hoes greedy or what? 而且你的钱 - 这是贪婪的锄头还是什么？

Shit is devious, ex-friends wantin you stuck 妈的是狡猾的，当然朋友wantin你卡住

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Nas] [纳斯]

Uhh, what's love when you don't give your man enough dough? 呃，什么是爱，当你不给你的男人足够的面团？

He wanna stick you 他想粘你

What's love, you got beef? 什么是爱，你有牛肉？

Nobody rollin wit you 没有人罗林机智

What's love, you locked up, and your family don't care 什么是爱，你关起来，和你的家人不关心

Is love a four-letter word, that deceives the air? 爱是四个字母的单词，即欺骗空气？

What's real, when you know your man's girl is a hoe 什么是真实的，当你知道你的男人的女孩是锄头

And you don't even let him know, cause you fucked her befo' 而你甚至都不让他知道，因为你性交她befo

What's real, when you talk behind a man's back 什么是真实的，当你背后议论男人的背

then you see him and give him dap, now explain that? 然后就看到了他，给他DAP ，现在解释呢？

What's trust, when they seperate your case 什么是信任，当他们独立的情况下，

When you at your court date, your co-de', can't look in your face 当你在你的开庭日期，你的合作，德 ，可以不看你的脸

What's trust, when you keep your wife away from your man? 什么是信任，当你从你的男人让你的妻子了吗？

And he never crossed you, but you claimin he's fam'? 他从没想过，但是你claimin他的票价调整机制“ ？

What's trust, when you get bust, your niggaz don't retaliate? 什么是信任，当你的胸围，你的兄弟们不要采取报复行动？

They blaze purple haze with em the next day? 他们走出紫雾与EM的第二天？

God forbid one of my niggaz get hit, I'ma go haywire 上帝保佑我的兄弟们中的一个被打到，我是去失控

Won't hesitate, I'ma spray fire 不会犹豫，我是火喷

But everybody's different, you won't know how you react 但是每个人都不同了，你不会知道你的反应

til you in that position, and that's an actual fact 直到你在那个位置，这是一个实际的事实

The hearts of men change as time goes on, who's wrong? 男人的心改变，随着时间的推移，谁的错？

You was hungry when you stuck Duke, he came back to buck you 你饿了，当你陷入公爵，他回来了，你降压

Who's wrong? Foul all your life, now you 90 谁的错？犯规所有的生活，现在你90

On your deathbed you regret bein grimy 在您临终前你后悔贝因肮脏

What's lust, a bust nut? What's a thug? 什么是欲望，胸围螺母？什么是暴徒？

A ghetto child raised around drugs, til he's old enough to bust slugs? 一个贫民窟的孩子，募到的药物，直到他足以胸围蛞蝓老了吗？

Then what's jail, to rehabilitate, or to make a nigga worse 那么什么是监狱，修复，或者使一个黑人更糟

when he come home to catch another case? 当他回家赶上另一种情况？

Life's about decisions, you choose it, you gotta live it 生活中的有关决定，你选择了它，你总得活下去吧

You did it, heaven or hell or prison 你做到了，天堂或地狱或监狱

Who knows when your clock'll stop tickin, get your weight up 谁知道，当你clockll停止tickin ，让你的体重可达

Save up before it's over neighbor, I told ya 保存之前就已经结束了邻居，我告诉过你

You gettin older player, look at those who gave up 你刚开年长的球员，看看那些谁放弃了

   

[Chorus] [合唱]