American born, American raised, American made 美国出生，美国长大，美国制造

   

[Chorus 2X] [合唱2倍]

My country shitted on me (My country) 我国shitted我（我的祖国）

She wants to get rid of me (Naw, never) 她想摆脱我（瑙，永不）

Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 因为我看到的东西（我们知道的太多了）

Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) 因为我看到的东西（我们见过太多）

   

[Verse 1 (Nas)] [诗歌1 （NAS ） ]

It was packed on the Ryker's bus 它是挤满了RYKER的总线上

The tight cuffs is holdin' me shackled 紧袖口被牵着我的脚镣

The life of a thug caught in the devil's lap 一个暴徒陷入魔鬼的腿上生活

On the streets I was invincible 在街上我是无敌的

Cowards would duck at a glimpse if they knew 懦夫会在鸭窥见，如果他们知道

What my pistol would do, a fuckin' killa 什么我的手枪会做，他妈的Killa的

Mothers of dope fiend embarrassin' me 我的吸毒者embarrassin的母亲

All in front of my friends 所有在我的朋友面前

In the street smile with no teeth 在大街上，没有牙齿微笑

I never knew daddy, heard he had a 72 caddy 我从来不知道爸爸，听说他有一个72球童

Died in a robbery, can't remember him, was probably 3 死在了抢劫，不记得他，大概是3

Why didn't my folks just die in this society 为什么没有我的父母就是死在这个社会

Why wasn't I a child of a doctor, who left stocks for me 为什么不是我孩子的医生，谁离开股票对我来说

Two little brothers, two sisters, them shortiez gots to eat 两个小兄弟，两个姐妹，他们shortiez GOTS吃

Mother's a junkie, she twisted, so all they got is me 母亲的发烧友，她扭曲的，所以他们所得到的是我

I'm the provider, with goals to do much better than my father 我是供应商，目标做的比我父亲更好

Whether through drugs sold, or holdin' revolvers 无论是通过出售，或牵着手枪的药物

Blurry visions of dad holdin' me high 爸爸牵着的“我的高视觉模糊

It comes to me slowly, the words he would cry 说到我慢慢的话，他就会哭

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]

   

[Verse 2 (Millenium Thug)] [诗歌2 （千禧暴徒）

It is I that step up 这也是我认为加强

Me that don't give a fuck, you that bold, then it's all over soldier 我不给他妈的，你大胆的，那么一切都结束了战士

Hummers and Range's through the desert 悍马和范围的穿越沙漠

Fuck a 20 years, long as we got gas and we got water 他妈的一个20年来，只要我们得到了气体，我们得到了水

Troopers lookin' for manslaughter 战队追寻的误杀

I gotta get back, for what they owe 我得回去，因为他们欠

Shoot'em in the back for the get back 的shootem在后面的回来

Lead through shit bag, hold tie gag 铅通过狗屎袋，抱领带禁言

Forget the life had, now we all rebels 忘记了生活，现在大家都叛军

Everything burnt down includin' the ghetto 一切都烧毁了includin 贫民窟

We can see 4 miles the land its major rubble 我们可以看到， 6.4公里的土地的主要瓦砾

And debris from the earth as we knew crumble 而从地球上的碎片，因为我们知道，弄碎

Yo you could see the sea 哟，你能看到海

And the stars look closer to me 和星星看起来更接近我

I'm a mad man, this is a real life movie Mad Max 我是一个疯狂的人，这是一个现实生活中的电影疯狂的麦克斯

S-K's, AK's max, ABR's spittin' and it ain't a rap S- K公司， AK的最大值， ABR的吐口水 ，这是不是一个说唱

My mommy dearest pray for me hopin' I come back 我最亲爱的妈妈为我祈祷河滨我回来

But yo 但是哟

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]

   

[Verse 3 (Nas + Millenium Thug)] [诗歌3 （NAS +千禧暴徒）

Yo, I'm sittin' behind these prison walls 哟，我坐在这些监狱的高墙背后

I got this pen and pad wishin' on a visit, God 我上一游，这神笔和垫许愿“

Brothers is here for homicide and yo, it's some for rape 兄弟在这里杀人哟，它的一些强奸

Some brothers innocent, I pray that I could just escape 有些兄弟无辜的，我祈祷，我可以逃避

How is the war 是怎样的战争

And yo I'm wishin' I was in your shoes 哟，我许愿：“我是你的鞋

Holdin' machine guns 牵着机枪

Clean fun shootin' ducks with fatigues on 干净的乐趣乱射鸭迷彩服上

Anywhere is better than this 任何地方比这更好

It's America's plan every color of man inherits the shit 这是美国计划的人的每一种颜色继承了狗屎

Yo I'm startin to think it's all a scheme, nobody cares 哟，我要重新开始思考这一切的计划，无人问津

I know the warden is readin' the scribe 我知道监狱长是看书文士

[MT] But yo I swear, it's a billion dollar business [OT]哟，但我发誓，这是一个十亿美元的业务

Courts, lawyers and jails 法院，律师和监狱

We all slaves in this business, I'm bout to rebel 我们在这个行业所有的奴隶，我就要造反

   

[Verse 4 (Millenium Thug)] [第4节（千禧暴徒）

There's not a bitch in sight 有没有看见一个婊子

All block bench, all block gates 所有块板凳，所有块门

All gray fence, look who fucked it all up, Mr. President 所有灰色的围墙，看看谁搞砸了这一切，总统先生

I remember yesterday we was on the block gettin' bent 我记得昨天我们是在块刚开了弯

Now it's state of the art 现在，最先进的技术

I just saw the first dude I met here, his head came apart 我刚才看到笔者在这里遇到的第一个纨绔子弟，他的头就分开

What a bloody mess, a slug fest 什么是血腥的混乱，鼻涕虫巨星

I just buried 8 of mine, at night I hear grown men cryin' 我只是埋雷8 ，晚上我听到成年男子哭泣

You know I'm spittin' mine 你知道我吐口水雷

I ain't goin' out here, we gotta win 我是不是布莱恩在这里，我们得赢

Everytime I hear the wind I think a slug went in 每次我听到风声，我认为这种刺进去

I'm checkin' my chest, holdin' my head 我签我的胸口，牵着我的头

Catchin' my breath, watchin' my back 捉我的呼吸，凝视着我的背

Smokin' this grass, beatin' my dick, thinkin' of ass 屁股戒掉“这种草， beatin 我的鸡巴，想着

I don't know what they broadcast, the news hash is fake 我不知道他们播出的消息散列是假的

Everyday I'm feelin' like you, I wanna escape 每天我感觉和你一样，我想逃跑

And if y'all niggas feelin' like me, y'all niggas just say 如果你们都黑鬼感觉“像我这样的，你们都黑鬼只是说

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]

   

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