[Verse 1: Brother Ali] [诗歌1 ：兄弟阿里]

I arrived in Minnesota with handcuff bruises 我来到明尼苏达与手铐瘀伤

Summer ninety deuce, prepared to cut loose shit 夏季90平手，准备宽松的剪裁狗屎

Mom wasn't havin that, fuck bein cool 妈妈不就吃了，他妈的爽拜因

With no discussion, stuck me in a suburb school 有没有讨论，我坚持在郊区学校

Now day and night I'm on a bus full of fools 现在白天和晚上，我一个完整的傻瓜总线上

Who parents didn't want us ended up in the news 谁的父母不想让我们在新闻结束

You must be crazy, you think any of us appreciate it 你一定是疯了，你认为我们任何人领情

How our parents wanna upgrade us 如何我们的父母想升级我们

All day long we're in a fantasy land 一整天，我们正处在一个梦幻世界

Moms and dads, college plans and minivans 爸爸妈妈们，大学计划和小型货车

But when the sun set, you fled the success 但是，当太阳落下，你逃离成功

To the slum where you rest, nothin more, nothin less 到你休息了，什么东西多了，什么也没少贫民窟

School they fantasize about gangsta rap records 学校，他们幻想着自己的匪帮说唱纪录

But these are our lives, our families are connected 但这些都是我们的生活，我们的家庭连接

The Ice Cube summer vacation is takin place 冰块暑假是羚牛的地方

Right around the way from where I stay 对周围从我入住那里的方法

The mold from the gold and the 'rips from L.A. 从金模具和从洛杉矶的“切片

Brought, snow to the cold for a new place to play 带来的雪，寒冷的一个新的地方玩

There's a war goin on outside, you ain't safe from 有一场战争布莱恩之外，你是不是从安全

See if this education might save 'em 看看这样的教育可能会节省时间

   

[Chorus x2: Brother Ali] [合唱x ：兄弟阿里]

I've known you your whole life 我认识你你的一生

You drawn to that street life 你吸引到的流浪生活

Slippin away, slippin away 跌到了，跌到远

Slippin away, slippin away 跌到了，跌到远

   

[Verse 2: Brother Ali] [诗2 ：兄弟阿里]

And so our little city bus crew used to run together 所以，我们的小城市公交乘务员用来跑起来

Eat lunch together, girls Double Dutch together 一起吃午饭，女孩天书在一起

Fellas humbuggin, next day be friends 伙计们humbuggin ，第二天是朋友

The only thing we never did was date from within 我们从来没有做过的唯一的事情是迄今为止来自内部

Fellas dated white girls, sisters stayed lonely 约会白人女孩伙计们，姐妹们住寂寞

Used to kiss me on my cheek and say we were homies 用于吻我脸颊，说我们是兄弟们

Alphonso basement, we ran the party 阿方索的地下室，我们跑了党

One day on the bus, Pumpkin stabs Akey 有一天，在公共汽车上，南瓜刺A钥

Shit, my main man was Ethan 妈的，我的主要人是阮经天

Used to sell sneakers at a store called Friedman's 用一个叫店弗里德曼卖运动鞋

He had two older cousins that were hustlers 他有两个年长的堂兄弟那名混混

Filas wasn't all he pumpin to the customers Filas不是他所给水站到客户

He got a check but he got connects 他得到了一张支票，但他得到了所连接

So he got some chicks and he got respect 于是，他得到了一些小鸡，他得到了尊重

His boy Ali got hooked up with clothes 他的儿子阿里迷上了衣服

One day slap boxin, he broke my nose 有一天巴掌博信，他打破了我的鼻子

He almost cried man, he had a good heart 他都快哭了的男人，他有一个好心脏

The brother's only problem was he wasn't book smart 哥哥的唯一的问题是他没有预定聪明

He dropped out of school but he kept slangin shoes 他辍学了，但他一直slangin鞋

To keep the kids fed, he had to sell base too 为了使喂孩子，他不得不卖掉过基地

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse 3: Brother Ali] [诗歌3 ：兄弟阿里]

Time to time I used to stop in and check on my dude 我不时用停在检查我的纨绔子弟

Even when we lost touch with the rest of our crew 即使我们失去了联系，我们的船员休息

We both had babies, drama with our old ladies 我们都有过婴儿，戏剧与我们老太太

But as time went on, our connection only grew 但随着时间的推移，我们的连接只增长

He said "I just can't seem to leave these streets alone man 他说： “我只是似乎无法离开这些街道将孤独

Feels like I fell asleep one evening 我感觉就像睡着了一个晚上

And woke up the next day suddenly a grown man 第二天突然一个成年男子醒了

In a rut with no idea how to leave it 在不知道一辙如何离开它

My parents got too many kids to help me through 我的父母有太多的孩子，帮助我度过

I really don't know what the hell else to do 我真的不知道什么是地狱还能做什么

I know you gonna really get it crackin with that rap thing 我知道你会真正得到它crackin用说唱的东西

And when you blow up, I'm a come and work for you" 而当你吹起来，我是为你来的工作“

Ha, that's my man, I see you when I see you brother 哈，这是我的男人，我看你，当我看到你的兄弟

Keep your head up 'til the next time we see each other 保持你的头“ ，下一次，直到我们看到对方

Rolled out on my first national tour 推出了我的第一次全国巡演

Back on the block, went back to the store 回到块上，又回到店里

Put my hand on the door, Ethan wasn't in though 把我的手在门上，阮经天不在，虽然

They said somebody shot 'em through his front window 他们说有人开枪时间通过他的前窗

Hit 'em in the head and that he hadn't survived 打他们的头，他没有生还

Matter fact he died 'fore the ambulance arrived 事实上，他死了前急救车赶到

A man in that life, it wasn't no mistake 一个人的生命，这不是没有错

The cops called it a stray bullet, closed the case 警察称这是流弹，结案

So there's no justice and there's no closure 所以没有正义，没有封闭

You can't touch this, not you, no sir 你不能碰这个，不是你，不，先生

They buried my brother, I was on the road 他们埋葬了我的兄弟，我在路上

By the time I got home, the ground was cold 当我回到家的时候，地面冷

Got nothin left but a hole in my soul 就剩没什么，但在我的灵魂一个洞

Shit, dude was 23 years old 妈的，伙计才23岁

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

Slippin away, slippin away [x3] 跌到了，跌到远[ X3 ]