[Verse 1:] [诗歌1 ： ]

I was young, I was surviving the times 我还年轻，我是生存的时代

Waiting for my moment, I was destined to shine 等待我的时刻，我注定要大放异彩

Little Ray had an NSX, I was hoping I'm next 有点雷有一个NSX的，我希望我是下一个

Wanting bracelets, never had a rope on my neck 想要手镯，从未有过的绳子在我的脖子

Unless I was holding Taiyeh chain-Rest In Peace 除非我是抱着Taiyeh链安息

Even though that night you flipped on us 即使你翻给我们那天晚上

You warned us If you came back and we still on the corners, 你告诫我们如果你回来了，我们仍然在角落，

We goners, moving on to... 我们goners ，移动到...

Move your arm in your watch To another time on the block 移动你的手臂在你的手表另一个时间块上

'Cause this 40 Side Where they say Shorty rhyme “因为这40方，他们说那里的矮个子韵

Tragedy he used to come through all the time 悲剧，他常来通过所有的时间

I'm talking Juice Crew, not what the word define 我说果汁船员，而不是这个词定义什么

He had a sister named Erin, for sure was fine 他有一个叫艾琳的妹妹，肯定被罚款

That was my first crush; I bought my first mic 那是我的初恋;我买了我的第一个麦克风

I wrote my first verse, I was about nine 我写我的第一首诗歌，我大约9

I was about mine, fantasize house-buying 我正要矿，幻想房子购买

Met Paul, he wore some big glasses 保罗见面，他穿着有些大眼镜

Him and Melquan took me where G Rap lived 他和Melquan把我其中G说唱住

I was happy, just getting some answers 我很高兴，只是得到一些答案

I ain't even know what a record advance was 我是不是知道什么了创纪录的进步是

I'm seeing hoes sex in the studio bathroom 我看到在录音室的浴室性爱锄头

With rap dudes, thinking wow she moved me 随着说唱帅哥，想哇，她让我感动

Same girl then, right now's a groupie 同一个女孩的话，现在是一个追星族

Back then, she was like the star in the movie 当时，她很喜欢在电影里的明星

Large jewelry and expensive Gucci 大型珠宝和昂贵的Gucci

Next stop, Paid In Full posse recruits me 下一站，足额发放一团新兵我

Knew they were some millionaires, their ropes were dookie 知道他们的一些百万富翁，他们的绳索是杜基

Eric B man looking like touch-it-he-shoot-me 埃里克乙人看起来像触摸它，他拍，我

You see, every time Ra didn't show 你看，每次镭并未出现

I get to record demos at attempts to blow 我到了创纪录的演示，在企图炸毁

I wonder could they tell, how did they know 我想知道，他们告诉，他们怎么知道

Sixteen years later, here I go 16年后，在这里我走了

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse 2:] [诗2： ]

I'm with Akinyele in the street, trying to get us a deal 我与Akinyele在街上，试图让我们的交易

G Rap tried to get us to sign to Cold Chill ğ说唱试图让我们签字冷冰寒

But Fly Ty didn't have the contract we wanted 不过，飞泰没有我们想要的合同

Clark Kent just signed Das, he didn't want us 克拉克·肯特刚刚签署达斯，他不希望我们

Russell said I sounded like G, the nigga fronted 罗素说我听起来像G，黑鬼额

Reef and Matty C offered me a little money 珊瑚礁和马蒂ç给我一点钱

Shit a little funny, feel a little laughter 妈有点好笑，觉得有点笑声

Rebel of Hip-Hop coming through a white rapper 嘻哈的反叛通过白说唱歌手来了

My boy MC Serch nevertheless 我的孩子MC的产品查询仍然

Took me to Columbia, back then CBS 带我去哥伦比亚大学，当时哥伦比亚广播公司

Chris Schwartz, RuffHouse, he was the best man 克里斯·施瓦茨， RuffHouse ，他是最好的男人

Now bugging because the label had just dropped Def Jam 现在，窃听，因为标签刚刚下降Def Jam公司

Could you picture Russell needing a check, man 你能想象罗素需要检查，男子

But he smart, he plotted a plan for Polygram 但是他聪明，他绘制了宝丽金计划

Life is I'll, again life's a movie 生命是我会再次的生活是一部电影

Then, the roster's: Cypress Hill, Nas, and Fugees 然后，名册的：赛普拉斯山，NAS和Fugees的

Before I sold records, no promotion 之前我卖的记录，没有促销

The rap world like, what's all this commotion 说唱世界似的，什么是这一切的骚动

Went plat', mad bottles I'm toasting 去高原“ ，疯狂的瓶子我祝酒

20/20 hindsight, but how did they know then 20/20事后诸葛亮，但他们是如何知道的话

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse 3:] [诗歌3 ： ]

Invincible, lyrical, miracle man, huh 无敌的，抒情的，奇迹的人，呵呵

But back to the matter at hand 但是，回到手头的事情

'Cause ten years ago we all strived to be twenty-five 因为十年前，我们都致力成为25

Some cats didn't make it alive 有些猫没能活着

Dated some stars but respect their privacy 日一些明星，但尊重他们的隐私

Copped mad cars, laying back in the driver's seat Copped狂汽车，铺设早在驾驶员座位

Held myself down, just steering the wheel 保持自己失望，只是转向轮

Here I am, completed my whole record deal 在这里，我完成了我的整个唱片合约