And you'll know it was me by the trail of demos 你就会知道这是我所演示的踪迹

Spare me the details, e-mails, memos 饶了我的详细信息，电子邮件，备忘录

Dookie-gold chain letter to whom it may concern 杜基金链信敬启者

Put this around your neck until your hangin’ on my every word 把这个挂在脖子上，直到你的犹豫不决，我的每一个字

   

Stalkin', walkin' in my big black boots Stalkin “ ，走着”在我的大黑靴

I'm the DIY artist with thick grass roots 我DIY的艺术家厚基层

Had a couple managers as a youth 有一对夫妇管理者作为青年

I was too young to know better but I was like 我当时太年轻，不懂得更好，但我很喜欢

"What does a manager do?" “什么是一个经理吗？ ”

Now one of them he saw dollar signs in my skin color 现在，他们中的一个，他看到我的肤色美元符号

The other, he said to keep it undercover 另一方面，他说，要保持它的秘密

Post-VIP posse, pre-Internet Nazi era 后一团贵宾，前互联网时代的纳粹

Powers of suggestion suggested I be what I'm not, and that's not me ever 建议的权力，建议我是什么我不，这不是我曾经

From Lasienega to Meadowbrook Drive 从Lasienega到梅多布鲁克车道

Never looked surprised 从来不惊讶

Cut to the chase with metal hooks and knives 切断与金属挂钩和刀追

Now it's battle time, I stepped in the arena 现在是战斗的时候，我踩在竞技场

Thirteen-year-old gladiator freak with a fever for the flavor of a fight on the mic 十三岁的角斗士怪胎发烧了战斗的麦克风味道

(Follow the Leader) （听从领队）

Mr. Chuck was the surrogate father 查先生的代理父亲

KRS-One, the teacher KRS -One的老师

There I was, sneakin’ into clubs 有我在，正在偷“到俱乐部

Beat an emcee to the punch over instrumentals dubbed 击败了司仪一记重拳过乐器配成

From tape deck to tape deck 从磁带机到磁带卡座

Pause tape mix at breakneck speed 暂停磁带组合以极快的速度

The only whitey in sight 在眼前的只有怀特

That doesn’t make me realer than you, or faker than you 这并不会让我比你更真实，或者骗子比你

But I'm authentic, forget it 但我真正的，算了吧

Started breakin’ rules 开始唱到规则

Ten years later still hadn’t stopped 十年后依然没有停止

Won the biggest battle in a Metallica shirt before the album dropped 赢得了专辑之前下降了Metallica的衬衫最大的战役

A week later, smashed the trophy at a show 一个星期后，砸碎了奖杯表演

It was takin’ up the space that I needed to grow 这是羚牛了，我需要成长的空间

   

Pop pop goes the weasel (the weasel) 噗去黄鼠狼（黄鼠狼）

Drop drop goes the easel (the easel) 一滴一滴去画架（画架）

This is hip-hop for the people 这是街舞的人

Stop callin’ it Emo (waah) 停止呼唤它情绪（ waah ）

   

I know a kid who thinks he's hip-hop ‘cause he buys it 我知道一个孩子谁认为他的街舞，因为他买它

I know a kid who thinks he's hip-hop ‘cause he never buys shit 我知道一个孩子谁认为他的hip-hop ，因为他从来不买狗屎

Underground or mainstream 地下或主流

Some are bound to change teams 有些是会变的团队

Y’all weren't doin’ this dirt 你们都没有上来的这条土

When Jeru (Came Clean) 当Jeru （终于和盘托出）

   

Before the Freddie Foxxx conflict with DMX 与DMX的弗雷迪Foxxx突前

Around the time when Jay-Z and Nas' girl had sex 周围的时候， Jay-Z和Nas的女孩发生了性关系

I used to wake up every morning on a hard wooden floor 我以前每天早上在坚硬的木地板上醒来

Livin’ in Brooklyn with a car I couldn’t afford 活着的话在布鲁克林有车，我买不起

And if I wasn't hangin’ out in front of Fat Beats records, 如果我没有犹豫不决，跑在前面的发节拍记录，

I was in the factory, mailing out my 12-inches 我是在工厂，邮寄了我的12英寸

Nowadays, the DJs don't even spin wax 如今， DJ们甚至不旋转蜡

So fuck a promo copy, buddy, you can download the track 所以他妈的一个宣传片副本，哥们，你可以下载音乐，

Seratooo promo-sexual laptop Seratooo宣传信性的笔记本电脑

A hollow existence in a bottle 一种中空的存在在一个瓶子

Ya sip-sip then swallow 雅抿抿再吞

I tripped quick, then followed a path that made sense 我绊倒快，其次是有道理的路径

Started out with a live band then worked with turn-tablists 开始了与现场乐队则用导桌选手合作

Now I strike a match with the back of my front teeth 现在，我点燃一根火柴与我的门牙后面

And light up the stage with just speech ，照亮了刚刚演讲的舞台

   

I remember the days Ken and Dave let me crash on their couch 我记得的日子里肯和戴夫让我崩溃，他们的沙发上

And I saved what I could and put the cash in my mouth 我救了我只想把现金在我嘴里

When I played in my hood I had a fraction of outs 当我在我的引擎盖打我有出局的一小部分

‘Til Atmosphere put me on and now I'm packin’ the house 直到气氛把我，现在我包装; 房子

Since the mid-80s this has been a game of cat and mouse 自80年代中期这已经是一个猫捉老鼠的游戏中

It's funny hearin’ all the shit these rappers brag about 这很有趣，赫林“所有这些说唱歌手吹嘘狗屎

Knowin’ all of them are walkin’ around with massive doubts 深深地知道“所有的人都走着”海量怀疑身边

Talkin’ bout it's only status and platinum plaques that count 说话回合那就是只计算状态和铂金斑

   

Pop pop goes the weasel (the weasel) 噗去黄鼠狼（黄鼠狼）

Drop drop goes the easel (the easel) 一滴一滴去画架（画架）

This is hip-hop for the people (the people) 这是街舞的人（人）

Stop calling it Emo (wah) 停止称之为情绪（华）

   

Irony is dead, it's so motherfucking dead, I was there by its deathbed 具有讽刺意味的​​是死的，它是如此他妈的死了，我在那里用了弥留之际

And the last words that it said (Was what?) 最后的话，它说（那是什么？ ）

Was "Whiiiiite booyyyy" 是“ Whiiiiite booyyyy ”

   

I'm (Still Sick) with an independent record label 我（还在生病）与独立唱片公司

I built quick just when I got (Sick of Waiting Tables) 我建快就当我得到了（生病等待表）

Then in the blink of an eye I (Waged War) 然后在眨眼I（发动战争）

(As a Known Unsoldier) with a soul you can't pay for （为已知Unsoldier ）有灵魂的，你可以不支付

I ran a business on my own two legs 我跑的企业，在我自己的两条腿

Known to beg if I needed to with Home Grown bootlegs. 众所周知，如果我需要与本土私售乞讨。

Cut and paste images of my face and then sloppily placed 'em in a case. 剪切和粘贴我的脸的图像，然后拖泥带水放在时间的情况下。

Strange Famous! I stayed (True when School was in Session.) 奇怪的名牌！我留下来（真当学校在会议通过）

Went to college to buy time—that shit was expensive. 上了大学，买的时候，那些歌是昂贵的。

So I shamelessly self-promoted 所以，我无耻的自我提升

The radio station would open doors and opportunities 该电台将打开大门和机会

Eventually made it to Oakland 最终去到奥克兰

Where anticon. accepted me with open hands 凡anticon 。接受了我张开双手

(Journals got Personal) on a one dollar advance. 在一元提前（期刊有个人） 。

Non-Prophets! We had a hope that a UK label smashed 非先知！我们有一个希望，英国标签被砸

So I crossed out my eyes and signed to Epitaph 所以我划掉了我的眼睛，签约墓志铭

This is the hustle of an emcee 这是一个主持人的喧嚣

The (Distrust is Healthy) 的（不信任是健康的）

In a dirty industry where the promises are empty 在一个肮脏的行业里的承诺是空的

I'm more honest than friendly 我比友善更诚实

More handsome than sexy 更帅比性感

Let me bring you up to speed, (Humans do a Dance that's Deadly) 让我带你加快速度， （人类做了舞蹈这是致命的）