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Back in the day, 早在一天，

growing up in Hollis Queens New York, 生长在霍利斯纽约皇后区，

I used to play in the day til the day got dark, 我曾经在一天打直到一天天黑，

and everyone around me knew everybody else, 和我周围的每个人都知道其他人一样，

no matter what you do, you're never by yourself, 不管你做什么，你永远不会自己来，

school and homework were neccessary evils, 学校和家庭作业是neccessary丑恶现象，

before you went out and daredeviled like Kenivel 你出去daredeviled像Kenivel前

football and softball and b-ball we played, 足球，垒球和B球我们打，

cause that's that we went about it back in the day 导致这就是我们去一下吧，早在天

   

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now back in the day, 现在又回到了一天，

block partys going on in the summer, 块党的事，在夏天，

the echo in the street was the beat of the drummer, 在街上回声是鼓手的节拍，

guys and girls dancing, and kids ran around, 球员和女孩跳舞，和孩子们跑来跑去，

when I got a little older, grab the mic and throw down, 当我有洁癖，抢麦克风扔了下来，

I always rocked the party, I never was afraid, 我总是震撼的聚会，我从来就没有害怕，

cause if you made a record you was gonna get paid, 因为如果你做了笔录，你是会得到报酬，

Baby D was in there, and so was Super Rhymes, 婴儿D为在那里，所以被超级韵，

and every signle DJ had a pair of good times, 和每一个劲儿的DJ有一双好时光，

now ?? hooked me, and put me in the crew, 现在？迷上了我，并把我在剧组，

but 15 brothers made it something like a zoo, 但15兄弟使它像一个动物园，

when I got through, like the other crews around, 当我穿过，像其他船员身边，

with Jam, Pete, Hollis Crew and Solo Sound, 果酱，皮特，霍利斯船员和独奏声，

but meanwhile, all the kids were getting into fashion, 但同时，所有的孩子都进入时尚，

spend a couple dollars, hit the ave with a passion, 花几元钱，打大街与激情，

trying to be in with the rest of New Yorkers, 努力成为与纽约人的休息，

mock necks, knees, and a pair of british walkers, 模拟脖子，膝盖，和一对英国步行者，

the ?? to the turn to the ave for the shopping, 的？该轮到大街的购物，

and once you got started, yo, there was no stopping, 一旦你开始了，哟，没有停止，

and when it got cold there were coats to get inta, 当它冷了有衣拿到INTA ，

sheep dogs and goosedowns that keep you warm in the winter, 羊狗和你保持温暖的冬天goosedowns ，

collecting dust in my house today is some of the gear that I used to wear 今天收集灰尘，我的房子是一些我以前穿的齿轮

around the way, 周围的方式，

you gotta dress to impress is what I always say, 你必须着装得体是我一直说的，

cause that's the way you went about it back in the day 造成这是你在这一天去一下回来的路上

   

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back in the day I watched wrestling with Superfly Snuka, 早在一天，我看了冥思苦想Superfly的Snuka ，

a quart of ?? and a strawberry bazooka, 一夸脱？和草莓火箭筒，

5 for a haircut, and they can make it thourough, 5理发，他们可以把它thourough ，

and 50 cents can get you anywhere in the borough, 和50美分可以让你在任何地方的自治市镇，

karate movies came on Saturdays at 3, 空手道电影来了星期六在3 ，

the films were kind of cheap but they were dope to me, 该膜是一种廉价的，但他们是涂料对我来说，

movie scores for 3 bucks, and 5 in the city, 电影评分3块钱， 5城市，

so 20 was plenty, with someone who was pretty, 所以20是充足的，与别人谁长得漂亮，

you had to have heart, though, 你必须有心脏，不过，

and suckers were forbidden, 和吸盘被禁止，

yes we were kids then, but no we wasn't kidding, 是的，我们是孩子的话，但没有我们是不是在开玩笑，

I often reminisce about the real good times, 我常常怀念真正的好时光，

yo, I know it's not Georgia, but it's still on my mind, 哟，我知道这不是格鲁吉亚，但它仍然在我心中，

back when we used to have the partys in the park, 回来的时候，我们曾经有过在公园的党的，

and crack wasn't nothing but a broken sidewalk, 而裂缝是不是只是一个破碎的人行道上，

you helped a brother out so he could make his way, 你帮兄弟出来，所以他可以做他的方式，

cause that's how you went about it back in the day 引起这就是你如何在一天走遍回来