I swear to tell the truth and nothin but the truth... 我发誓，说实话，并没什么，但事实...

so help me GOD 帮助我吧，上帝

I just felt like tellin the story of my life 我只是觉得像在告诉我生命的故事

Felt like, maybe somebody could be inspired, you know? 感觉，也许有人可以得到启发，你知道吗？

We all feel pain, we all go through things 大家都觉得痛苦，我们都经历过的事情

But it's time to overcome all that 但是，它的时间来克服一切

   

[Verse One: LL Cool J] [诗一：LL酷J]。

   

If your plane crashed in the water and everybody died 如果你的飞机坠毁在水里，每个人都死了

would you drown on purpose or try to survive? 你会被淹死的目的或尝试生存？

I was born handicapped my arm wouldn't move 我出生残疾人我的手臂不动

They called me a cripple pops caught an attitude 他们叫我陷入一种态度一个跛子持久性有机污染物

Beat my moms smoked lye drove trucks 打我妈妈熏碱液开着卡车

My moms had a miscarriage, he didn't give a fuck 我的妈妈有流产，他不给他妈的

He sniffed some coke, come home 他闻了闻有些焦，回家

Beat up on my moms cause she's talkin on the phone 打了我的妈妈，因为她的说话在手机上

Come on 来吧

   

[Chorus: LL Cool J and singers] [合唱：LL Cool J与和歌手]

   

(all I ever wanted) （我曾经想要的）

All I ever wanted 我只求

(all I ever needed) （所有我所需要的）

All I ever needed 所有我所需要的

(was a father) （是父亲）

was a father 是父亲

(that's all) （就这样）

That's all! 就这样！

(all I ever wanted) （我曾经想要的）

All I ever wanted 我只求

(all I ever needed) （所有我所需要的）

All I ever needed... was a father 所有我所需要的......是一个父亲

(was a father) （是父亲）

   

[Verse Two: LL Cool J] [诗二：LL酷J]。

   

Moms got tired of the beatings said, "Yo, we got to go" 妈妈累了打人的说：“哟，我们得走了”

Packed up her bags we bounced out the do' 收拾起她的袋子，我们弹了出来做

She said, "I ain't takin these whippin's no mo' 她说， “我是不是羚牛这些whippin的无莫”

I wanna live to see my little Todd grow" 我要活着看到我的小托德·成长“

I remember tear drops on my pops face 我记得泪落在我的脸上啪啪

Lookin down at me standin on the staircase 看着倒在我站在楼梯上

Handsome brother with a smooth goatee 潇洒哥用光滑山羊胡

Makes me wonder why he act so ugly, you feelin me? 让我不知道他为什么行动这么丑，你觉得难过吗？

(I'm feelin you) （我感觉你）

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse Three: LL Cool J] [诗三：LL酷J]。

   

My pops got drunk when me and my moms bounced 我的持久性有机污染物喝醉了，当我和我的妈妈反弹

Swigged some Jack Dan', sniffed up a ounce Swigged一些杰克丹，闻了盎司

Grabbed the shotty left Long Isle for Queens 抓起shotty离开龙岛的皇后

Possesed by a demon... a devil it seemed 由妖应具备...魔鬼似乎

I was too young to understand the risk 我当时太年轻，理解风险

when your moms come home off the midnight shift 当你的妈妈回家了夜班

She turned around heard the shotgun click 她转过身听到猎枪点击

My pops said, "You think that you could leave me?" 我啪啪说：“你认为你能离开我吗？”

He blasted my moms in the back 他抨击我的妈妈在后面

She fell down screamin I can't forget that 她摔倒了尖叫，我不能忘记，

My grandfather tried to close the do' 我的祖父试图关闭了吗“

He got shot ten times in the stomach yo, for real 他被射杀十倍的肚子哟，真正的

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse Four: LL Cool J] [诗四：LL酷J]。

   

My head was spinnin, I had never seen blood 我的头在旋转，我从来没有见过血

Four years old, this don't feel like love 四十岁，这个感觉不一样的爱

Anyway, pops dissapeared 无论如何，持久性有机污染物dissapeared

Grandpops and moms healed up over the years Grandpops和妈妈治好了多年来

This therapist got up in her head 该治疗师在她的头起身

Led her to believe without him she'd be dead 使她相信，如果没有他，她早就死了

You know, they fell in love with one another 你知道，他们爱上了彼此

Everything seemed right that's word to mother 一切似乎正确的，是字的母亲

until I started gettin beatings everday 直到我开始刚开殴打锁具

Sometimes for going outside to play 有时，去外面玩

Late at night on my knees I'd pray 夜深了我的膝盖我会祈祷

a young child, wishin the pain would go away 一个年轻的孩子，许愿疼痛会消失

Dad where was you when he made me strip 爸爸在哪里，你当他让我带

Beat with belts like a slave with a whip 用皮带击败像鞭子的奴隶

Kicked me down steps outside in the snow 踢我下来的步骤，外面的雪

Punched me in the chest stomped me out on the flo' 一拳我的胸部踩我出去了FLO

That's just the tip of the iceberg look 这就是冰山的样子只不过是冰山一角

It's too long for a song but perfect for a book 这是一首歌太长，但完美的一本书

Word is bond, that's real baby 字是债券，这是真正的婴儿

   

[Chorus] [合唱]