My momma said 我妈妈说：

"It seemed like yesterday my brother “这似乎是昨天我的兄弟

Said him was gunna leave here 他说，在贡纳离开这里

Said he was gunna go and make some money himself" 说他是贡纳去赚点钱自己“

See my brother wants still to be a rapper 看到我的弟弟希望仍然是一个说唱歌手

And he can rap real good too 而且他可以真正的说唱也不错

   

He use to have this book he carried around with him all the time 他使用的这本书，他随身携带了他所有的时间

He use to call it a diary, He use to take it everwhere he went 他使用的称之为一本日记，他用它来把它everwhere他去

One day he took it to church when we went to sunday school 有一天，他把它带到教会，当我们在主日学

And the pastor asked him "Boy, whats that you got in your hand" 和牧师问他“小子，什么，你在你的手了”

And he said this is my diary 他说，这是我的日记

And the pastor told him that sinners couldn't have no diary (sinner) 和牧师告诉他，罪人不能有任何的日记（罪人）

My brother said he was lying, And my brother said if he couldn't have a diary 我哥哥说，他是在撒谎，我哥哥说，如果他不能有一本日记

and he was a sinner, he would just call it a diary of a sinner (diary) 他是个罪人，他只是把它叫做一个罪人的日记（日记）

   

My momma told him don't worry bout what pastor says 我的妈妈告诉他不要担心什么事情的牧师说：

My momma told him don't worry bout what nobody says 我的妈妈告诉他不要担心什么事情没人说

If that was your diary, that's gunna be your diary 如果这是你的日记，那是贡纳是你的日记

Thats what my mamma said 那是什么我妈妈说

He said he gonna turn it into an album, And I believe him too 他说，他要去把它变成一张专辑，我相信他了

I'm just waiting (One day) one day we gunna turn that radio on .... 我只是在等待（一天）有一天，我们贡纳打开了收音机....

   

[Music fades] [音乐淡出]