[Verse 1: K’naan] [诗歌1 ： Knaan ]

Someone called the cops on him 有人叫他的警察

Someone told his pops on him 有人告诉他的持久性有机污染物对他

He was talkin’ crooked 他说歪

And he had some rocks on him 他有一些岩石上的他

Tucked, tucked in his socks’s corner 藏，藏在他的袜子的角落

Chucks, chucks and the Charlotte Hornet 夹头，卡盘和夏洛特黄蜂

Cap when he ‘flow 盖当他流

Then they all surprised on him 然后，他们都对他感到惊讶

Yes he’s a fugee 是的，他是一个宗福季

But he go all Nas on ‘em 但他去的所有NAS上的时间

Well can’t go pras on ‘em 好了不能去时间有害生物风险分析

And he got that crossover 而他得到的交叉

But he from the streets 但他从街头

You don’t cross over 你不跨越

Hut, hut to the block soldiers 小屋，小屋的块战士

Buck, buck to the cop vultures 降压，降压缔约方会议秃鹰

Nope, no I don’t know pilots 不，不，我不知道飞行员

Uh, nigga I know pirates 呃，兄弟们，我知道海盗

Violence the islands 暴力岛屿

Shout out to my idrens 喊出我的idrens

Put your hands up 把你的手

Like it’s a motherfuckin’ siren 就像是一个娘警报

   

[Hook] [钩]

Well I paid all my dues 好吧，我付出我所有的会费

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

Shone a million shoes 照万元的皮鞋

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

‘Cause when you got nothing left 因为当你什么都没有留下

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

You got nothing to lose 你有什么可失去的

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

   

[Verse 2: Nas] [诗2：纳斯]

I used to stand on Vernon and 10 我曾经站在弗农和10

Burnin’ a spliff burner on hip 臀部燃尽A spliff刻录机

Wishing to flip a bird 希望翻转鸟

Yac burning my chest YAC烧我的胸口

Black certainly I’m dressed 黑色当然我盛装打扮

Strictly that army shit 严格的军队狗屎

Finish my shift 完成我的转变

Pack gone before the dawn hit 黎明到来之前收拾了

Anything I could earn on the strip 什么是我能做赚取条

Turn it and flip 把它和翻转

Watching my back 看我的背

Cooking that pot 烹饪的锅

Making it stretch 使其伸展

Discussing with my cliq 我的CLIQ讨论

Should we duct tape the connect 如果我们胶带的连接

It’s rough and K’naan knows 它的粗糙和Knaan知道

He had the same woes 他有同样的困境

I’m voicing my opinions 我道出我的意见

I forgot y’all was there 我忘了你们都在那里

I ain’t know y’all was still listenin’ 我是不是知道你们都还在listenin

Be honest I ain’t care 说实话，我不关心

Y’all don’t get my innuendos my interests 你们都没有得到我的影射我的兴趣

Y’all on some simple shit 你们都对一些简单的狗屎

Thinking I’m preachy 想着我说教

Yeah, my church is the world 是啊，我的教会是世界

Christians sip a cup of this holy water 基督徒啜饮一杯这种圣水

Stuck at this phony border 停留在这个虚假的边界

It’s custom to enter the main stream 这是自进入主流

You must front and record 你必须正面和记录

A poorer oratory 较差的演讲

Your life story corny 你的人生故事老土

Yo, my Somali niggas know what war be 呦，我的索马里黑鬼知道什么是战争

   

[Hook] [钩]

Well I paid all my dues (paid my dues) 好吧，我付出我所有的会费（付了会费）

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

Shone a million shoes 照万元的皮鞋

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

‘Cause when you got nothing left 因为当你什么都没有留下

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

You got nothing to lose 你有什么可失去的

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

   

[Verse 3: K’naan] [第3节： Knaan ]

Remember when niggas said Nas was Somalian 记住，当黑鬼说纳斯是索马里

Baseball cap had the tags 棒球帽有标签

Like a yardie and it was written just came out 像比亚迪，它是书面刚出来的时候

I was gnarly then 我是粗糙的话

Niggas dreaded seeing me like a Rastafarian 黑鬼们十分害怕见到我就像一个塔法里教

We didn’t know the dresscode though 我们不知道的dresscode虽然

We was bargainers 我们是bargainers

The knock off filas with the pumps and cheap cardigans 与泵和低价开襟停止工作filas

Niggas looked corny I admit 黑鬼看着老土，我承认

We was foreigners but this corny kid 我们是外国人，但这个老生常谈的孩子

Quick send you to the coroners 快速送你去死因裁判官

Y’all know my war story 你们都知道我的抗战故事

I won’t repeat it 我就不再重复了

It’s just injury 这只是伤害

My victory’s undefeated 我胜利的不败

Thought you knew me well 还以为你知道我很好

Go back and delete it 回去删除

I’m in every joint this year 今年我在每一个关节

Orthopedic and yes the AK’s are instruments 骨科和肯定的AK的是仪器

We do drum ‘em 我们鼓时间

I’m somewhere between killa and king Solomon 我Killa的所罗门王之间的某处

And the shades take half the face 和色调走半边脸

We over stun ‘em and treat obstacles like ass 我们在击晕时间和治疗像屁股的障碍

We overcome ‘em 我们克服了时间

Man, they really made me do this 伙计，他们真的让我这样做

I was peaceful like a Buddhist 我是喜欢宁静的佛教

But then niggas came 但随后传来黑鬼

And screwed it up like Judas 并拧起来像犹大

Now I’m suited up with Lugers, Rugers suddenly intruders 现在，我不适应了Lugers ， Rugers突然入侵者

Turn around like hoola hoopers 转身像hoola hoopers

Fucking losers 他妈的失败者

   

[Hook] [钩]

Well I paid all my dues 好吧，我付出我所有的会费

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

Shone a million shoes 照万元的皮鞋

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

‘Cause when you got nothing left 因为当你什么都没有留下

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

You got nothing to lose 你有什么可失去的

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah 是啊，是啊是啊是啊

   

[Outro] [尾奏]

This one’s for the world 这一个对世界

This one’s for your girl 这一个对你的女孩

This one’s for your Mama 这一个对你的妈妈

This one’s for your Nana 这一个对你的娜娜