Well my ladies and gentlemen 那么我的女士们，先生们

This is a rapsession and my name is "KRS-One!" 这是一个rapsession ，我的名字是“ KRS -One的！ ”

And when I talk about "Hip-Hop Music!", I know 当我谈到“嘻哈音乐！ ” ，我知道

   

One: Breaking or breakdancing 一：破坏或霹雳舞

Rally b-boying, freestyle or streetdancin' 拉力赛B- boying里面，自由泳或streetdancin “

Two: MC'ing or rap 二： MCing或说唱

Divine speech what I'm doing right now no act 神圣的演讲我在做什么，现在没有任何动作

Three: Grafitti art or burning bombin' 三：涂鸦艺术或烧灼bombin “

Taggin', writin', now you're learning! uh! Taggin “ ，以创作” ，现在你学习！呃！

Four: DJ'ing, we ain't playing! 四： DJing ，我们是不是在玩！

[scratch] You know what I'm saying! [从零开始]你知道我在说什么！

Five: Beatboxing 五：口技

Give me a [beatboxin] Yes and we rockin'! 给我一个[ beatboxin ]是的，我们摇滚！

Six: Street fashion, lookin' fly 六：街头时尚，看着“飞

Catchin' the eye while them cats walk on by 捉“眼睛而他们的猫走了

Seven: Street language, our verbal communication 七：街道的语言，我们的语言交流

Our codes throughout the nation 我们在全国各地的代码

Eight: Street knowledge, common sense 八：街道的知识，常识

The wisdom of the elders from way back whence 长老的方式回到那里的智慧

Nine: Street entrepreneur realism 九：街道企业家的现实主义

No job, just get up call 'em and get 'em 没有工作，刚起床叫时间，让时间

   

Here's how I'm tellin' it, all 9 Elements 以下是我是在告诉它，所有的9要素

We stand in love, no we're never failing it 我们站在爱，没有我们从来没有这

Intelligent? No doubt 聪明？毫无疑问

Hip-Hop? We're not selling it out, we're just lettin' it out HIP-HOP ？我们不是卖出来，我们只是释放Walking 出来

If you're checkin' us out this hour, we teatchin' hip-hop 如果你签我们走出这个时候，我们teatchin “嘻哈

Holy integrated people have it, I'm the present power! 圣集成人拥有它，我目前的力量！

   

Rap is something you do! RAP是你做的！

3x Hip-Hop is something you live! [scratched] 3X嘻哈是你活着！ [抓伤]

Rap is something you do! RAP是你做的！

Hip-Hop is something you live! [scratched] HIP-HOP是你活着！ [抓伤]

   

Skaters, BMX-bike riders rock 溜冰者， BMX自行车车手岩

Don't you ever stop! You are hip-hop 永远也不要停下来！你是嘻哈

You doing the same things we did on our block in the suburbs 你在郊区做，我们也做了同样的事情我们的块

You know you be packing that black block 你知道你被包装的黑块

Selling that crackrock and ecstacy 卖了crackrock和摇头丸

Gettin' pissydrunk, fallin' out next to me 刚开了pissydrunk ，掉到了我的旁边

But like I told those in the ghettoes 但就像我告诉那些在少数民族聚居区

Here's the facts! True hip-hop is so much more than that 这里的事实！真正的hip-hop是如此的远不止于此

Some much more than rap, so much more than beats 比说唱部分更比拍这么多

Hip-hop is all about victory over the streets 街舞是所有关于大胜街道

What you see on TV is a lie 你在电视上看到的是一个谎言

That's not something you wanna live or pattern your life by 这不是你想住什么或图案你的生活

But, huh that's too much preachin' ain't it? 不过，呵呵，太preachin 是不是？

You don't want the ?education[?], you wanna be dead on the pavement 你不想要的？教育[？] ，你想死在人行道上

Well, so be it, some of ya'll ain't gonna see it 好吧，就这样吧，有你们大家是不会看到它

Others wanna enslave your mind! Kris wanna free it! 别人想奴役你的心！克里斯想要释放它！

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

Rap is something you do! RAP是你做的！

5x Hip-Hop is something you live! [scratched] 5X嘻哈是你活着！ [抓伤]

   

"Oh yea" [scratched] - From "P is dead" “哦，是啊” [抓伤] - 从“P死了”

   

"I have spent my whole life livin'", "talk to the fullest", "no doubt" “我花了我的整个生命活着”，“谈发挥到淋漓尽致”，“毫无疑问”

   

You know that's why these rappers can't hang 你知道这是为什么这些说唱艺人不能挂

Cause the essence of hip-hop is not a material thang 原因街舞的精髓不是物质胜

They so careless, hip-hop is in a [?] we give 他们这么不小心，街舞是在[？]我们给

Rap we do, hip-hop we live 说唱我们，街舞，我们生活

How many times I gotta say it? How the radio ain't gonna play it 多少次，我得说吗？如何电台是不会玩

And you hip-hoppers sit back and okay it 和你嘻哈料斗坐下来，还行吧

Think about it! (think about it) 想想吧！ （想想）

The present course of action, we have got to reroute it! 本行动过程中，我们必须重新路由吧！

   

[Chorus: repeat 3X] [合唱：重复3倍]

Hip-Hop is something you live! HIP-HOP是你活着！