[CHORUS: Devin The Dude] [合唱：德文花花公子]

Lookin back when the days wasn't so easy 回来看的时候，天也没那么容易

You were either hustlin or strugglin 你是不是hustlin或挣扎

Make it or break it, would take all different pieces 它或打破它，会采取所有不同的部分

And we'll make somethin of nothin 我们会让虚无的事端

   

[VERSE 1: Devin The Dude] [诗歌1 ：德文花花公子]

Lookin back at the times when we had to grind 回来看的时候，我们不得不磨

When it came to freestylin we was glad to rhyme 当它来到freestylin我们很高兴韵

When it was hard to make a dime, let alone get a dollar 当它努力使一毛钱，更不用说拿到一块钱

Had to get your hustle on, knew not to ask your mama for it 只好让你在喧嚣，不知道要问你的妈妈吧

When you got it you couldn't blow it 当你得到它，你不能搞砸了

So I saved what I had in the bag, then I would go get 所以我救了我的包，然后我会去拿

Radio batteries, I'd buy the cassettes 对讲机电池，我就买了录像带

LPs, 4-tracks, wires and (?) 有限合伙人， 4轨，线材和（ ？ ）

And we was down for hours, we was known around town 我们是下来了几个小时，我们是围绕镇素有

Come through with the crew and break the cardboard down 来通过与船员，并打破了纸板下来

Heh... glide (?) 嘿...滑行（ ？ ）

Then the whole thing started with the Odd Squad parties 那么整个事情开始与奇各方队

Met E-40 at the Rap-A-Lot office 满足C-40在RAP- A - 地段写字楼

Him and Bela cool niggas with the Click that stay drunk 他和贝拉酷黑鬼与单击留醉

We was gettin Houstin high, they already had the Bay crunk 我们是刚开Houstin高，他们已经有了湾旷课

Straight up old school, wasn't no ProTools 直上老同学，是不是没有的ProTools

Jack you for your jacket, and they'll jack you for yo shoes 杰克，你对你的外套，他们会抬高你的鞋子哟

Back then you had friends who had your back 那时候你有朋友谁了你的背

You only had three choices - sports, rap or crack 你只有三个选择 - 运动，说唱或裂纹

And ah, it's a blessing to still be part of the game 啊，这是一个祝福，仍然是比赛的一部分

And I wouldn't change one thing 我不会改变的一件事

   

[CHORUS: Devin The Dude (E-40)] [合唱：德文花花公子（E - 40 ） ]

Lookin back when the days wasn't so easy 回来看的时候，天也没那么容易

(It wasn't easy, mane) （这是不容易的，鬃毛）

Were either hustlin or strugglin 要么hustlin或挣扎

(Workin, hustlin and strugglin) （干活， hustlin和挣扎）

Make it or break it, would take all different pieces 它或打破它，会采取所有不同的部分

(All of the pieces) （所有部分）

And we'll make somethin of nothin 我们会让虚无的事端

(That's right, mane, we'd make somethin of nothin, mane) （这是正确的，鬃毛，我们会做没什么的事端，鬃毛）

   

[E-40] [E - 40 ]

Make somethin out of nothin 请事端出来的虚无

Hey Devin 嘿，德文

This 40, mane 这40鬃毛

Let me gas it right quick, bro 让我气是正确的快，兄弟

Let it tell it from my perspective, you smell me? 让它从我的角度告诉你，你闻到我吗？

Look here 看这里

I just wanna spit a few bars 我只想吐出几个酒吧

Listen up, family 听好了，家庭

Listen 听

   

[VERSE 2: E-40] [诗2 ： E- 40 ]

Lookin back before YouTube and social networks was founded 回来看YouTube和社交网络之前成立

A&R's'd go to the hood to find artists with talent A＆ Rsd去引擎盖找到艺术家的天赋

Recording engineers was low-key lightweight crooks 录音师是低调轻巧骗子

Not all of 'em but some of 'em'd take all day to fly hooks 不是所有的时间，但一些“ emd需要一整天飞钩

That's how they did it back then, based on a hourly rate 这就是他们是怎么做到的当年的基础上，每小时收费

The longer they make, the mo' money they make 他们做的时间越长，莫的钱，他们做

All we wanted to do was rap, young and enthusiastic 所有我们想做的就是说唱，年轻热情

Hopin that one day our tapes would be in stores shrinkwrapped and packaged 河滨有一天，我们的磁带是在商店shrinkwrapped和包装

We used to beg the promoters to do us a favor 我们用乞求的促销员帮一下忙

Let us perform for free, pimpin, mane, the money gon' come later 让我们为自由，潘潘，鬃毛执行，钱会去晚一点

We knew the money was gon' come later 我们知道这笔钱会去晚一点

We was just tryina get our name out there 我们只是tryina让我们的名字在那里

And it ended up workin, mane, for real though 它结束了干活，鬃毛，真正虽然

Rehearse and practise, practise and rehearse 排练和练习，练习和排练

Me and Too $hort, Bun and Pimp C wouldn't charge each other to spit a verse 我太$园艺，包子和Pimp C的不会收取对方吐一首诗

We all knew what we was worth, future legends up in the game 我们都知道我们是值得，未来传说在游戏中

RIP Pimp C, way ahead of his time RIP的Pimp C的，办法超越他的时代

Everybody wanna be that guy, everybody wanna be that dude 每个人都希望成为那个人，每个人都希望是，花花公子

But everybody don't wanna pay dues like 40 and Devin The Dude 但大家都不想交纳会费像40和德文花花公子

Two good dudes, old school but new school 两个不错的帅哥，老学校，但新学校

Meet 'em in person, you gon' say, "Them some cool fools" 符合时间的人，你会去说，“他们的一些很酷的阿斗”

Good music still around, just gotta know where to find it 好音乐犹在，只是得知道在哪里可以找到它

The seasoned entrepreneur independently grindin 经验丰富的企业家独立折磨

20 plus 3 years deep in this music 20加3年深在这个音乐

People always be askin me, "40, how the fuck is you still doin it?" 人们总是阿斯我，“ 40 ，怎么他妈的是你还干什么了？ ”

   

[CHORUS: Devin The Dude (E-40)] [合唱：德文花花公子（E - 40 ） ]

Lookin back when the days wasn't so easy 回来看的时候，天也没那么容易

(It wasn't easy, mane) （这是不容易的，鬃毛）

Were either hustlin or strugglin 要么hustlin或挣扎

(Workin, hustlin and strugglin) （干活， hustlin和挣扎）

Make it or break it, would take all different pieces 它或打破它，会采取所有不同的部分

(All of the pieces) （所有部分）

And we'll make somethin of nothin 我们会让虚无的事端

(That's right, mane, we'd make somethin of nothin, mane) （这是正确的，鬃毛，我们会做没什么的事端，鬃毛）