I was just a little girl 我只是一个小女孩

Skinny legs, a press and curl 瘦腿，记者和卷曲

My mother always thought I'd be a star 我妈一直以为我会成为一个明星

But way before my record deal, 但这样在我唱片合约，

The streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill 哺育劳伦希尔街头

Made sure that I'd never go too far 确信，我从来没有走得太远

Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been 每一个少数民族居住区，每个城市和郊区的地方我去过

Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem 让我回忆起我的日子在新耶路撒冷

Story starts at Hootaville grew up next to Ivy Hill 故事开始于Hootaville长大旁边的常青藤山

When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun 当孩子们偷quartervilles的乐趣

"Kill the guy" in Carter park “杀了人”的卡特公园

Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark 骑着猫鼬，直到它的黑暗

Watching kids show off the stolen ones 看着孩子们炫耀的那些被盗

Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been 每一个少数民族居住区，每个城市和郊区的地方我去过

Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem 让我回忆起我的日子在新耶路撒冷

   

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 你知道它是热的，不要忘记你有什么

Looking back, 回首往事，

Looking back, looking back, looking back 回头看，回头看，回头看

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 你知道它是热的，不要忘记你有什么

Looking back 回首

Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back 回想，回想，回想

   

A bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel 一袋Bontons ， 20美分和镍

Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles 斯普林菲尔德大道。有最好的冰棍

Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu 周六早上的卡通和功夫

Main street roots tonic with the dreds 主要街道基层进补的上将小于

A beef patty and some coco bread 牛肉饼和一些椰子面包

Move the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe 移动从我的酒糟的补丁，我的鞋的鞋舌

'Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather “会员Frelng - Huysen曾经有炸弹皮

Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were together 回来时，道格清新斯利克里克在一起

Looking at the crew, we thought we'd all live forever 看着剧组，我们以为我们都会永远活

   

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 你知道它是热的，不要忘记你有什么

Looking back 回首

Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back 回想，回想，回想

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 你知道它是热的，不要忘记你有什么

Looking back 回首

Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back 回想，回想，回想

   

Drill teams on Munn street 在芒恩街钻队

Remember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef 记住，当霍桑和校长有牛肉

Moving Records was on Central Ave. 移动记录是在中央大道

I was there at dancing school 我在那里的舞蹈学校

South Orange Ave. at Borlin pool 南橘大道。在Borlin池

Unaware of what we didn't have 不知道是什么，我们没有

Writing your friends' names on your jeans with a marker 用记号笔在你的牛仔裤写你的朋友的名字

   

July 4th races off of Parker 7月4日的比赛了帕克

Fireworks at Martin stadium 烟花在马丁球场

The Untouchable P.S.P., where all them crazy niggers be 贱民的PSP ，所有这些疯狂的黑奴是

And car thieves got away through Irvington 与偷车贼逃走通过欧文顿

Hillside brings beef with the cops 山坡上带来了牛肉警察

Self-Destruction record drops 自我毁灭的记录滴

And everybody's name was Muslim 而且每个人的名字是穆斯林

Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-state 感觉和88吸引孩子们的，出状态

And everybody used to do the wop 每个人都用来做痛击

Jack, Jack, Jack ya body 杰克，杰克，杰克雅身

Nah, the Biz Mark used to amp up the party 不，在商务马克用来放了党

I wish those days, they didn't stop 我想那些日子里，他们并没有停止

Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been 每一个少数民族居住区，每个城市和郊区的地方我去过

Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem 让我回忆起我的日子在新耶路撒冷

   

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 你知道它是热的，不要忘记你有什么

Looking back 回首

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back 欢迎回来，欢迎回来，欢迎回来

You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got 你知道它是热的，不要忘记你有什么

Looking back 回首

Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back 回想，回想，回想

   

Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back 回想，回想，回想

[To end] [要结束]