Yeah.. yeah.. yup! 是啊..啊..是啊！

You know what? I was just downstairs 你知道吗？我只是在楼下

and I was on my way up here to the studio and 我对我的方式在这里的工作室和

a guy bumped into me and 一个人撞了我，

and he said.. he said, "Yo Kris! 他说...他说，“克里斯呦！

How is it that you stay in this music? 是什么让你留在这个音乐？

You know, this rap music ex-specially for SO.. LONG.. SO.. LONG" 要知道，这个说唱乐前特意为SO ..长..所以..龙“

I said, "Well you know years ago I made a deal with the Goddess" 我说：“嗯，你知道，几年前，我做了一个成交的女神”

He said, "The Goddess?" 他说：“女神？ ”

I said, "Well yeah, you might know her as God 我说：“嗯，是的，你可能知道她是神

but I know her as the Goddess" 但我知道她为女神“

The universal mother 万物之母

The mother of everything you see in existance 一切你存在性看妈妈

I ax-ked her for assistance í AX-糟透了她寻求帮助

in lyrical persistance 在抒情的持久性

and she gave it to me, under one condition 她给我的，但是有个条件

She said, "I'll give you the gift 她说：“我给你的礼物

but use the gift to uplift" 但用礼物来提升“

I said, "Okay mom!" 我说：“妈妈好！ ”

   

So I tell you the truth, really 所以，我跟你说实话，真的

Me nah gon' need nuttin else 我全息坤需要其他尼坦

but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself 但是健康，财富和知识，我自己

Me nah gon' need nuttin else 我全息坤需要其他尼坦

but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself 但是健康，财富和知识，我自己

   

In the beginning was the word, the word was made flesh 在太初有道，道成了肉身

Knowledge K. Reigns R. Supreme S. 知识K. R.王朝至尊S。

Some of us guess while others of us are blessed 我们中有些人猜测，而其他人都是有福

Take heed to the word, that I manifest 要谨慎的话，我表现

I manifest the future, the present, followed by the past 予表现将来，本，随后在过去

Everything in nature, rules by kickin ass 自然界中的一切，规则，在唱歌的屁股

What they tellin me, but yo, you a friend to me 他们在告诉我，但是哟，你的朋友给我

so I'ma tell you the secrets of MC longevity 所以我是告诉你的MC长寿的秘诀

Secret one: if it ain't fun, you're done 秘诀之一：如果不好玩，你就大功告成了

And about your career, huh, well choose another one 和你的职业，呵呵，还有选择其他

If you don't like what you do, you're through 如果你不喜欢你做什么，你是通过

Lesson two: make sure you got a dope crew 第二课：请确保您有一个涂料船员

Not some crew, that's like an anchor on a shoe 不是一些船员，这是像鞋的主播

A MAD CREW, that's of some benefit to you 一个疯狂的船员，这是一些好处给你

Lesson three, might be contradictory or funny 第三课，可能是相互矛盾的，或搞笑

but MC's should have OTHER WAYS of gettin money 但三菱商事的应该有刚开的钱其他方式

That's to say learn other things beside music 这就是说学习音乐的旁边其他的东西

Make money elsewhere, Hip-Hop you won't abuse it 赚钱的地方， HIP-HOP ，你不会滥用它

Too many MC's, just emcee 太多的三菱商事的，只是司仪

so their longevity, is based on an Uncle Tom 所以他们的长寿，是基于汤姆叔叔

at the record company 在唱片公司

Lesson four: sell your image, never sell a record 第四课：卖你的形象，从来没有卖出记录

Image is respected, records come and go 图像被尊重，记录来来去去

and get collected 并获得收集

Even the records of platinum artists, that used to rip shop 铂艺术家甚至记录，即用来撕裂店

can be bought, for a quarter at the thrift shop 可以买，一季度在旧货店

Which brings me to lesson number five, the illusion 这使我的教训排名第五，幻觉

has me thinkin, the minute they drop a record 有我在想，每分钟累倒了创纪录

they'll be cruisin, in the Acura 他们将cruisin ，在讴歌

Slow down! You're still a amateur 减速！你还是一个业余

What seperates the pro from the amateur is stamina 什么分割相应亲从业余的后劲

Not how long you can rhyme, but how long you've been rhymin 不是你可以押韵了多久，但你已经多久rhymin

changin with the times, and findin yourself 了变化，与时俱进，并发掘的自己

still CLIIIIIIIIIIIIMbin for wealth 还是CLIIIIIIIIIIIIMbin财富

Blow for blow, you're still growin, still showin 以牙还牙，你还在慢慢生长，依然舒

(all knowin) now that's a pro at it （所有深深地知道），现在这是一个亲吧

   

Me nah gon' need nuttin else 我全息坤需要其他尼坦

but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself 但是健康，财富和知识，我自己

Me nah gon' need nuttin else 我全息坤需要其他尼坦

but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself 但是健康，财富和知识，我自己

   

Thank you Mother, I'm out 谢谢妈妈，我走了