[Verse 1: Ab-Soul] [诗歌1 ： AB-魂]

I know exactly how it is to feel like no one cares 我知道这究竟是怎么感觉像无人问津

About the hard work you put in but who said life was fair? 关于努力工作，你投入，但谁说过，生命是公平的？

It sure wasn't me I take the bitter with the sweet 这肯定不是我，我把苦与甜

And boil it in the pot make it hard to eat 并煮沸锅中，使其很难吃

I said If I'm going to play I'm going to play for keeps 我说如果我要玩我要为生计打

Raise stakes, take stage, speak my peace 提高赌注，拿舞台，说出我的平安

Make my pay, take my lady on a date 让我的付出，把我的淑女约会

Send my parents on a cruise - living 发送我的父母在邮轮 - 生活

Somewhere with a killer view 某处有一个杀手观点

Oh the irony I spew 哦，讽刺í喷涌

But for now the studio couches gonna have to do 但现在工作室的沙发会需要做的

I ain't going to take what I ain't earned myself 我是不是要带我的是不是自己赚

Foolish pride 愚蠢的骄傲

That's what you need to survive 这就是你需要生存

It's do or die 它是做或死

So step aside I don't mean no trouble 因此靠边站，我不意味着没有麻烦

Just want to be someone that CJ could look up to 只是希望有人能CJ仰望

Oh, and just so you know 哦，只是让你知道

When I'm on the road I'm at the travel lodge not the W 当我在路上我在旅行小屋没有在W

[Hook: Ab-Soul & BJ the Chicago Kid] [钩： AB-灵魂与北京的芝加哥小子]

Almost there, almost there, almost there 几乎没有，几乎没有，几乎没有

The finish line is in sight but I'm almost there 终点就在眼前，但我几乎没有

Almost there, almost there 几乎没有，几乎没有

Almost there, almost there, almost there 几乎没有，几乎没有，几乎没有

Even if the sun don't shine the sun don't shine 即使太阳不发光的太阳不发光

Almost 几乎

[Verse 2: Ab-Soul] [诗2： AB-魂]

Somebody asked me, what you mean by longterm mentality, actually? 有人问我，你所说的长期心态的意思，实际上？

So I had to break it down: 所以我只好把它分解：

Don't get caught up in the now 不要让她陷入了现在

Focus on the years abroad 专注于国外多年

Cause today you're here but tomorrow you could be gone 因为今天你在这里，但你明天会消失

Singing the same old song 唱同一首老歌

And who's the place to blame on? 又是谁该为此负责的地方吗？

Other than you 除了你

Whatever it is you do 不管它是你做的

From slanging eight balls to graduating from school 从slanging 8球，从学校毕业

Just gotta see it all before it happens 只是你必须看到它它发生之前

I ain't saying see a psychic I'm just saying have a 我是不是说看到一个通灵我只是说有

Idea of what you're accomplishing 你办成什么样的想法

You'll have a greater chance to accomplish it 你将有一个更大的机会来完成它

You know a little strategy, premeditation 你知道一个小策略，预谋

Wins races nine times out of ten 赢得比赛十之八九的

As if losing's ever an option 仿佛失去的曾经的一个选项

Had to bust my own bubble I really thought I was poppin' 不得不胸围我自己泡我真的以为我屁股'

(Not quite) （不完全）

[Hook] [钩]

[Verse 3: Ab-Soul] [第3节： AB-魂]

Just know your future's right around the corner 只要知道你未来的拐角处向右

Opportunity galore for ya 机会嘉豪雅

More and more you'll start to see it's no limit to what you can be 越来越多的，你​​就可以看到它没有限制，你可以什么

In any event, eventually 在任何情况下，最终

Treat your first like your last time 善待你的第一个喜欢你的最后一次

Cause it might be your last time 因为这可能是你最后一次

That's what I learned last time 这就是我学到最后一次

Look forward to looking forward in my pastime 期待期待在我的消遣

You just letting time pass like "that's fine", as wine 你只是让时间过得就像“那很好” ，如酒

Contrary to popular belief, I want the peace 流行的看法相反，我要和平

They say I'm headed hellbound at God's speed 他们说我当家hellbound神的速度

Gazunteight, or bless me if you like Gazunteight ，或者祝福我，如果你喜欢

As I, put my faith in this bud and budlight 正如我，把我的信仰在这个萌芽和budlight

I've been patiently waiting for a track to explode on 我一直在耐心地等待一个轨道上爆炸

Talk my shit, drop my load on 说说我的屎，滴在我的负荷

Hold on, I don't think you know how close I am 等一下，我不认为你知道我有多接近我

By the time this song's done I'm already there 但与此同时，这首歌的完成，我已经在那里了