Gravitas, light it up 庄严，灯火

Lighten it up, brighten it up, yea 亮起来，亮起来，是啊

You want the grown step your bars up 你想要的成年加强你的了吧

You brag about the scrilla them killas lighten your cars up 你吹嘘的scrilla他们killas减轻你的车了

Welcome to the complete history of the one known as Talib Kweli 欢迎来到一个称为利布Kweli的完整历史记录

   

Such a blessing, I'm making the bread leven 这样的祝福，我正在做面包利文

Descendant of Terra Firma 泰丰资本的后裔

I'm from the era of legend 我是从传说时代是

The blind to my eyesight 盲目我的视力

Too scared of the world ending 太害怕了世界的终结

My men of spiritual essence be walking right into heaven 我的精神实质男子行走右转入天堂

Ascending without the stairs, expressing without the fears 升序没有楼梯，表示不担心

We diamonds but our minds are corrupted just like De Beers 我们的钻石，但我们的心是一样戴比尔斯损坏

Unravelling minds, travelling through time like [?] Unravelling头脑，通过时间旅行就像[？]

Standing with the flow like the man in the gondolier 站在喜欢的人在船夫的流动

In the park of Washington Square, locks in my hair 在华盛顿广场公园，锁在我的头发

Louder than the bull horns we was locking 'em there 胜于公牛牛角，我们被锁时间有

Cops would prepare to lock us up 警察将准备锁定我们了

They was scared like tales from the dark side 他们被吓得想从黑暗的一面的故事

Summer of the Central Park five 中央公园五夏

   

1989 was the number, the year that I started rhyming 1989年的数字，我开始押韵的一年

From Brooklyn to Staten Island them Decepticons was wildin' 从布鲁克林与斯塔顿岛霸天虎他们是wildin “

Music soothing but the imagery violent as bomb threats 音乐舒缓，但影像暴力的炸弹威胁

Therapy for the prison industrial complex 治疗监狱工业园区

Provided the context for the [?] with the tec nine 与TEC 9所提供的上下文的[？]

At Brooklyn Tech I spit it the best so they had to respect mine 布鲁克林科技我吐的最佳，所以他们不得不尊重我

I did it to death on my grind on a quest to get signed 我这样做是死在我磨在寻求得到签署

Sorta like the tribe would always suggest we check the rhyme 八九不离十像部落总是建议我们检查韵

An internal with Puff Daddy, confronted the [?] 内部与吹牛老爹，面对了[？]

Rolling with Hi Tek in the MPV through the streets of the Natti 通过NATTI的街道在MPV与泰克嗨滚动

Before graduating to Caddies was carrying crates 毕业前球童背着箱子

Shoutout to Flex all day doing records with John Forte Shoutout到Flex整天做记录与约翰复地

We was standing outside the tower devouring prey 我们正站在塔吞噬猎物外

Powerful display of bullet points that we shower and spray the block with 的要点强大的显示，我们淋浴和喷雾块与

Back in them solid days these rappers was appetizers 早在他们坚实的这些天的说唱歌手是开胃菜

I played it like I was David, I was tackling that Goliath 我打它像我是大卫，我解决了歌利亚

Attacking the open mics to the victory was decisive 进攻打开话筒的胜利是决定性的

This life it was so enticing, my surgery so precise 这样的生活是太诱人了，我的手术非常精确

I would chop it like thin slices at parties we politic 我砍它像薄片在聚会我们政治

At the country club, lighting up dutches with Pac and Big 在乡村俱乐部，照亮了dutches与小精灵，大

At the crib of supernatural battling back and forth 在超自然作战的的婴儿床来回

Back before Jean was in the unsigned hype in the back of The Source 返回前吉恩是未签名的炒作中的源后面

Rest in peace to [?] sons 安息为[ ？ ]儿子

[?] was liking to call you son [ η]喜欢给你打电话的儿子

Cause you mine I call you son cause you shine 因为你我的我叫你的儿子，因为你闪耀

What's up [?], this is OG Brooklyn shit 这是怎么回事[？] ，这是OG布鲁克林狗屎

Not for impostors, pour out a shot of vodka for them 不是骗子，倒出来给他们一个镜头伏特加

Big L, Big Poppa, Big Pun, 2Pac 大L ，大波帕，大双关语， 2Pac的

The jungle is too savage, rap true master producing the new classic 丛林太野蛮，说唱真正的高手制作的新古典

This shit is too classic it's blow to [?] to spinal tap 这一切，太经典了它的一击[？]到脊椎穿刺

I started with the Rawkus Recording we work the vinyl backwards 我开始与Rawkus记录了我们的工作向后乙烯

From DEF JUX to Loaded Lux 从DEF JUX来加载力士

I'm the underground king like I'm rolling with Bun and [?] 我是地下的国王像我滚了包子和[ ？ ]

The flow is nuts it's solid I got the golden touch 流量是坚果这是坚实的，我得到了点石成金

Plus my iron sheek and I got the game and the cobra clutch 再加上我的铁sheek和我的比赛和眼镜蛇离合器

This the highest calibre do the algebra 这最高水准做代数

From Yasiin Bey to Jean Grey to Pharoahe Monch 从Yasiin贝吉恩灰色到Pharoahe蒙奇

Black Thought to Common 黑色的思想，以共同

Almost 20 years after the release of Soundbombing Soundbombing释放近20年后，

And it still sound common 它听起来仍然普遍

I'm out and on tour with the greatest, A Tribe Called Quest 我走了，并在游览中与最大的，被称为任务部落

And the De La's, opened for Jay Z and Nas, who else could say this? 和德拉的，开放杰伊Z和Nas的，还有谁可以这样说？

In Vegas with Tech 9 getting faded before the gig 在拉斯维加斯与科技9演出前，越来越褪色

Only later to hit the RIO and hop on the stage with Prince 只是后来打里约热内卢和跳王子舞台

True story, I always knew the importance of great shows 真实的故事，我一直都知道的伟大表演的重要性

Since 1992 I seen Ice Cube play [?] 自1992年以来我看到冰块玩[？]

Way cold, continue to pave the road for the Kendricks and J Coles 这样冷，继续铺路的Kendricks和J科尔斯

Continue to stake gold 继续火刑金

From making the way for Kanye to meetings with Mr. Harry Belafonte 从制作方式坎耶与哈里·贝拉方特先生会晤

All started on park benches with Dante 一切都开始于公园的长椅与但丁

Predicting the future, so observant I'm clairvoyant 预测未来，所以细心的我是千里眼

The frame can't contain it, I'm painting a rare portrait 该框架不能包含它，我画了难得的肖像