If I hadn’t been a quiet introspective kid 如果我没有一个安静内省的孩子

If I hadn’t been a nerd wouldn’t have met with him 如果我不是一个书呆子也不会与他会面

If we hadn’t observed we be the best of friends 如果我们没有看到，我们是最好的朋友

That preferred the spoken word to the toke and binge 该首选口语的土气和狂欢

If momma hadn’t died when I was young 如果妈妈没有去世的时候我还年轻

Would me and sis have been so tight from jump 将我和姐姐已经从跳那么紧

If dad had not lost his mind to a disease 如果爸爸没有失去他的头脑的疾病

Would I be up here askin ya’ll to notice me 我会在这里阿斯你们大家注意到我

   

In the dark times didn’t know where the path went 在黑暗的时代不知道哪里去了路径

I was close to the edge like Grand Master Flash said 我是靠近边缘像大法师闪说

It was the hands of my friends who held me back 这是我的朋友谁抱着我回了手

   

Yes 是的

Without them I’d MJ keep slide’n backwards 如果没有他们，我倒是乔丹保持sliden倒退

Or be a hypocrite like some others have been 或者像一些人是伪君子已经

If that and the other hadn’t happened 如果和其他的没有发生

I don’t know that I’d be Brer Rabbit 我不知道我会Brer兔

Askin how many ifs between hero and has-been? 阿斯多少IFS英雄之间的过气？

   

If I had only known that I would be a lamb to the slaughter 如果我早知道，我是羔羊的屠宰

now I know 现在我知道了

   

If I hadn’t grown up in the 80’s 如果我没有生长在80年代

Experiencing the various things that made me 经历使我对各种事情

Would I still be standing center stage 我仍然会站在舞台中央

Trying to innovate new ways to demonstrate 努力创新新的方法来证明

If mommy daddy hadn’t turned off Mork and Mindy 如果爸爸妈妈没有关闭莫克和明迪

To inform us divorce was pending 通知我们离婚了待定

Would him and me have spent these 23 years in a frenzy 将他和我都在疯狂度过这23年

Moving back and forth with such forceful energy 奔波在这种有力的能量

I remember when I was a little baby 我记得当我还是一个小宝宝

Lying there alone on my pillow casing 独自躺在那里，在我的枕头套

Upset already I could feel the aging 心烦已经我能感觉到衰老

The urge to return was debilitating 的冲动，换来的是衰弱

And maybe I’m still afraid and need to 也许我还是害怕，需要

Cry a little harder for the world of play things 惊魂稍用力的玩的东西世界

Stop looking back on these silly day dreams 停下回头看这些无聊的白日梦

Sing along with me if you feel the same way 一起唱我，如果你有同样的感觉

   

If I had known what awaited was unplanned 如果我早知道有什么等待是无计划

If I had known the blade was in a loved one’s hand 如果我早知道刀片是在心爱的人的手

If I had known of the possible injury 如果我早知道的可能伤害

If I had known the altar was meant for me 如果我早知道祭坛是为了我

Now I know nobody can predict events 现在我知道没有人能够预测事件

Now I know there’s cracks in the picket fence 现在我知道有一个在栅栏缝隙

Now I know that something else can exist 现在我知道，别的东西可以存在

Now I know a life can be built from this 现在我知道生命可以从该建

If I had known emotions would still remain 如果我早知道的情绪仍然保持

If I had known that time wouldn’t heal the pain 如果我知道那个时候会不会痊愈痛

If I had known the intent of the injury 如果我早知道伤害的意图

If I had known the altar wasn’t meant for me 如果我早知道坛并不意味着我

Now I know there’s treasure hidden in these scars 现在我知道有财宝隐藏在这些伤疤

Now I know there’s presence in an empty yard 现在，我知道有一个空院子里的存在

Now I know what it took for me to survive 现在我知道什么了我生存

Now I know where to go to become alive 现在我知道去哪里变活