Yo, Ice, you been down with the struggle for a long time, man... 哟，冰冰，你一直走下去的斗争了很久，人...

Why don't you drop some knowledge for these brothers who 你为什么不降了一些知识，这些兄弟谁

want to get involved in this war... 想参与这场战争...

   

Take notes: real gangstas wear trench coats 记笔记：真正的帮派分子穿风衣

Grey suits, black ties and they seek votes 灰色西装，黑色领带和他们寻求选票

And you're not to be misled 而且你不要被误导

They'll kill you in your fuckin' bed 他们会杀了你在你他妈的床

They don't sell dope, yo, excuse me, yes they do 他们不卖涂料，哟，对不起，是的，他们做的

But they don't look that much like me or you 但是，他们不看那么多像我一样，或者你

But if you pull up the sheets and expose them 但是，如果你拉起床单和揭露他们

They'll crawl up like snakes and show fangs of venom 他们会爬起来像蛇和显示毒液的毒牙

Now I've been soldier for years 现在，我已经当兵多年

Representin' the tattooed tears Representin “的纹身眼泪

Other brothas locked up with no choice 其他brothas锁定别无选择

Left in the bowels of devil with no voice 留在魔鬼的肠子没有发言权

My phones are tapped, my crib is bugged 我的手机被窃听，我的粮仓被窃听

My car is tailed from club to club 我的车是从俱乐部会所尾

And this ain't no fuckin' joke 这是不是没有该死的笑话

They want to see a nigga broke 他们希望看到一个黑人爆发

You can't slip, if you slip you're out 你可以不打滑，如果你滑你出

You gotta know what you're talkin' about 你必须知道你在说什么有关

Drop science every chance you get 掉落科学每当你得到机会

Hit direct and indirect, speak in code 击直接和间接的，发言中的代码

Cause you're never alone 因为你永远不会孤单

That's why I use this low tone 这就是为什么我用这个低音

Follow this and you might grow older 遵循这一点，你可能会随着年龄的增长

This is a message to the soldiers... 这是一个信息给战士...

   

Now they killed King and they shot X 现在，他们杀死了国王和他们出手点¯x

Now they want me, you could be next 现在，他们想要我，你可能是下一个

All you gotta do is speak too loud 你要做的就是太大声说话

All you gotta be is be too proud 所有你得是太骄傲

Cause once you let'em know 导致一旦你letem知道

Who you are and where you're at 你是谁，你在哪里

You better watch your back 你最好小心你的背

Cause you might think you're just dope 因为你可能会认为你只是涂料

While you're livin' in a sniper's scope 当你活着的狙击手的范围

I'm not tryin' to scare you 我没有试着吓唬你

But there's a danger if you get too deep 但是有一个危险，如果你太深

Some nights I don't sleep 有些晚上我不睡觉

All you wanna do is tell the truth 所有你想做的事就是讲真话

All you wanna do is save the youth 所有你想做的事就是挽救青少年

Ice Cube knows, Souljah knows, P.E. knows 冰块知道，索尔嘉知道，体育知道

They throw death blows 他们把死亡的打击

And if you got kids or a girl that's true 如果你有孩子或者一个女孩这是真的

They'll move on them too 他们会继续前进它们太

But when I'm gone I need you to carry on 但是，当我走了，我需要你进行

You gotta be strong and fight for our salvation 你必须要坚强，争取我们的救赎

But there will be retaliation, soldier... 但会有报复行动，士兵...

   

To think that rap could be attacked 想想看，说唱可能被攻击

Is ignorin' the simple fact 是ignorin “一个简单的事实

That they never ment us to speak 他们从未换货我们说

They had planned to keep the black man weak 他们计划让黑衣男子弱

But rap hit the streets 但说唱上街游行

Black rage amplified over dope beats 黑色愤怒放大了涂料次

Now they want to shut us down 现在，他们想压制我们

And they don't fuck around 他们不他妈的左右

Check the history books, son 查看历史书，儿子

Black leaders die young 黑人领袖英年早逝

They tell us that your words are scary 他们告诉我们，你的话是吓人

They're revolutionary 他们的革命

Because we speak the truth 因为我们说的是真话

About crime and drugs 关于犯罪和毒品

And expose the real thugs 揭露真正的暴徒

This info is not beneficial 这个信息是不利于

To the groups that go by three initals 到去三initals组

So they try to discredit 因此，他们试图抹黑

They'll dog you with an edit 他们将你的狗与编辑

Print the words the way you never said it 打印的话，你从来没有说过它的方式

But we gotta make'em regret it, soldiers... 但我们得逗人后悔，士兵...

   

Word! I know a lot of brothas out there want to get in this war... 字！我知道很多brothas在那里想在这场战争...

You know what I'm sayin'? a lot of sistas got a lot of knowledge 你知道我的意思吗？很多sistas的得到了很多知识

to drop on our people but right now they're movin' to shut down 砸我们的人，但现在他们正在往前关闭

all hip-hop! The first amendment had absolutely nothin' to do 所有的hip-hop ！第一修正案里完全没什么做

with black people at the time constitution was written, we were 与黑衣人在当时的宪法是书面的，我们

considered nothin' but property...The expectation of havin' black 认为没什么只是财产......就吃的期望“黑

people speak on records never came to mind, so we gotta move! 人们谈论的记录永远浮现在脑海，所以我们得动！

But belive me all the black leaders have been silenced and most 但我相信的所有黑人领袖一直沉默的大多数

of the time it's been violent so if you choose to get in this war, 的时候它已经猛烈，所以如果你选择让在这场战争中，

realize what you're in for but we gotta move on... 认识你是在什么样的，但是我们得继续前进......

And we gotta stay strong... 我们得保持强劲...

   

Message to the soldiers, welcome to the struggle... 留言给战士，欢迎斗争...

Message to the soldiers, be careful, soldiers... 留言给战士，要小心，战士...