"You better stop foolin if you want to get along with me" “你最好停止愚弄，如果你想获得与我”

True 真

"We grew up on the block, and we know about poverty" “我们长大了块上，并且我们知道贫穷”

Do you? 你呢？

   

Dear hip-hop, I apologize for how you've been treated 亲爱的hip-hop ，我对你是如何被处理的道歉

I should've fought for my culture, instead I retreated 我已经打了我的文化，相反，我退

The game is wounded, I stood and watched while they beat it 本场比赛是受伤的，我站着看，而他们击败它

My culture starved, I refused to feed it 我的文化饥渴，我拒绝给它

They sold you for a dollar like slaves in iron collars 他们卖给你一块钱像铁铤奴隶

A*R's chase you with bloodhounds and rottweilers A·R的追你了警犬和罗威纳犬

You went to the highest bidder, you was pissed on like kitty litter 你去了出价最高的人，你是生气像猫砂

But far from a quitter, but there's somethin to consider 但远不是一个半途而废的人，但有事端考虑

Nah, after much deliberation 不，想来想去

I decided I'm the hottest cat to ever receive rotation 我决定，我要永远接受旋转最热的猫

I'm the foundation, one of the chief architects 我的基础上，总建筑师之一

of this dream we're all chasin, I had to speak up 这个梦，我们都是追赶，我不得不说出来

Too much time was wastin WHOA! So here we go 过多的时间是在浪费哇！所以在这里，我们去

I'm tired of the money talk and the, bitches and hoes 我已经厌倦了谈论金钱和，母狗和锄头

Everybody's always, soundin the same 每个人都一如既往地soundin相同

I have to walk on water I can't, drown in the game 我要在水面上行走，我不能，淹没在比赛中

   

[Chorus 2X: scratched samples] [合唱2倍：抓样]

"Hip-Hop, was set out in the dark" [3X] “嘻哈，载于黑暗中” [ 3倍]

"They used to do it out in the park" “他们用来做出来在公园”

   

I remember your bar mitzvah, that burgundy label 我记得你的成年礼，是勃艮第的标签

Me and Jam Master had the battle of the big cables 我和果酱法师们的大线之争

Before the Serratos, real vinyls, real tables 在Serratos ，真正的乙烯基，真正的表之前

Skills was the motto, no hype, no fables 技能是座右铭，没有炒作，没有寓言

You seemed so happy, you loved me so much 你似乎很高兴，你爱我这么多

You popped off and went platinum, at my slightest touch 你弹出去白金，我稍一碰触

Oversized hoodies, Yukon trucks 超大帽衫，育空卡车

20 years later, it's like lightning struck 20年后，它就像一道闪电击中

They're worshipin the money, they're prayin to the bank 他们worshipin的钱，他们祈祷银行

They danced on slaveship, slept as it sank 他们跳舞的slaveship ，睡它沉没

The devil made 'em do it, but only God do I thank 魔鬼做时间做，但只有上帝做我感谢

Because we aren't done yet, there's still gas in the tank 因为我们还没有完成，仍然有气体罐

You look in a man's eyes, that's how you really tell his rank 你看着一个人的眼睛，那是你如何真正告诉他的军衔

Not the size of his account, check him, he might bounce 他考虑的不是大小，检查他，他可能会反弹

It's all on the line, this time it really counts 这一切就行了，这一次真正重要的

I'll bleed for this one, on down to the last ounce 我会流血，这其中，就到最后盎司

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

They rent a crib they're frontin, they rent a car they're stuntin 他们租用他们廷婴儿床，他们租一辆车，他们stuntin

They rent a chain they're bluffin, that's why the culture's sufferin 他们租用链他们bluffin ，这就是为什么文化的痛苦中

And even if you're a millionaire that don't mean nothin 即使你是一个百万富翁，这并不意味着虚无

unless you build your community and encourage some unity 除非你建立你的社区，并鼓励一些单位

Too much ego... too much posin 太多的自我......太多posin

If he's so hot then, why's the culture frozen? 如果他这么热的话，为什么是文化冻结？

It's time for a change, the order needs to be rearranged 这是改变的时候了，订单需要重新安排

And this song was pre-ordained 这首歌是预先规定

After 2 long decades, LL still remains 经过2长的几十年里，当地雇员仍

And you can blame it on my spirit, not on my brains 而且你可以责怪我的精神，而不是在我的脑子

Time to put on my armor, go to war for the game 时间穿上我的盔甲，去打仗的游戏

Cause it's on its last leg, and that's more than a shame 因为这是它的最后一站，这是多丢人

This is a lifestyle homey, it's more than champagne 这是一个家庭式的生活方式，它比香槟

But I will make a toast to Flash reachin the Hall of Fame 不过，我会举杯闪存要触摸名人堂

I end it with a line, from the book of King James 我跟行结束它，从国王詹姆斯的书

Let there be light when I write graffiti on the train 要有光，当我写涂鸦在火车上

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[repeat 2X] [重复2倍]

Let us proclaim the mystery and fame 让我们宣扬的神秘和名声

I pray the Lord my culture be saved 我祈祷上帝我的文化保存

If hip-hop dies before I awake 如果街舞死之前，我醒了

May Jam Master Jay cut a LL break 可果酱大师杰伊切当地雇员休息