[Verse I] [诗一]

Little boy, where you goin'? 小男孩，你要去？

Tell me what you gon' do, you gon' be 告诉我你坤什么呢，你安好

Tell what your future 告诉你的未来

Is college in your dreams? 大学是你的梦想？

You like that money and them shiny things? 你喜欢钱，他们闪亮的东西？

Got shot at seventeen 被射杀的17

At your funeral we sing a sad song 在你的葬礼，我们唱悲伤的歌

Your momma's baby's gone 你妈妈的宝宝不见了

I hear the preacher say, "Rest in peace little boy." 我听到牧师说：“安息吧的小男孩。 ”

   

[Verse II] [诗二]

Little girl, where you goin'? 小丫头，你要去？

Do you even know you too young for them clothes? 你甚至不知道你太年轻了他们的衣服吗？

I know you think you grown 我知道你觉得自己长大

But let him see yo mind not the crack or yo behind 不过，让他看到哟心中没有裂纹或后面哟

Baby, Take your time and realize tomorrow has trouble of its own 宝贝，把你的时间，实现明天有自己的烦恼

Oh, and one more thing 哦，还有一件事

You deserve a king 'cause you a queen, baby girl 你应该有一个国王，因为你一个皇后，女婴

   

[B section] [ B段]

What happen to the days when we knew the way and we used to say Jesus 发生什么事的时候，我们知道的方式，而我们常说耶稣的日子

Now everyting is gray when trouble comes we pray 现在everyting是灰色的，当麻烦来我们祈祷

Something gotta change 事情变化得

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

I've seen the lightning flashing 我已经看到了闪烁的闪电

And I heard the thunder roll 我听见雷声滚

See it won't be long God is showing up our wrong 看到它不会很长，上帝正显示出我们的错

You better get right church 你最好马上教堂

Before it's time to go home 在此之前的时间回家

   

[Verse III] [诗三]

Momma, Daddy, what you doing? 妈妈，爸爸，你在做什么？

Ain't took a trip in years 是不是花了一趟多年

Busy with both your careers trying to make your mark 忙与你的职业生涯努力使你的商标

Even bought a house but you kids live at 106&Park 即使买了一套房子，但你的孩子住在106公园

It's getting dark 天快黑了

Don't let the sun go down 不要让太阳下去

Now your children ain't around for you 现在，你的孩子不在身边你

Ain't no money in the world worth you losing family 是不是没有钱在世界上值得你失去的家庭

Just tryin' to help you see baby 只是试着帮你看孩子

   

[B section and Chorus] [ B节和合唱]

   

[Bridge] [桥]

If we ever need The Lord before, we sho' do need him now 如果我们以往任何时候都需要主，我们翔的确需要他了

Sho' do 翔做

   

[Verse IV] [诗四]

Preacherman, where we goin'? Preacherman ，我们要去？

Church, what does it mean? 教堂，这是什么意思？

Talent show or lottery? 才艺表演或抽奖？

I know I've been guilty 我知道我犯了

It starts inside of me 它从我的内心

Together, we can make a change 总之，我们可以做出改变

And one more thing 还有一件事

When you judge his name 当你判断自己的名字

Be careful, the preacher ain't you God 要小心，牧师是不是你的神

See his job is to give people Jesus, baby 看到他的工作是给耶稣的人，婴儿

Jesus, baby 耶稣宝宝

   

[Chorus 2x] [合唱2倍]