[Verse 1:] [诗歌1 ： ]

Young Man 年轻人

thirteen 13

running the streets 满街跑

Living his dreams of being Nino Brown 生活是尼诺·布朗，他的梦想

Grandmother 奶奶

who pleaded the 5th 谁承认第5

Baby brother 小弟弟

who needed him 谁需要他

His little sister 他的小妹妹

believed in him 相信他

He needs to slow down 他需要慢下来

   

Then what happens next is something we see of a movie screen 那么接下来发生的事情是，我们看到一个电影屏幕的东西

Then his days as a nigga came to an end 然后，他的日子作为一个黑人走到了尽头

Police found him in a pool of blood, clinging onto life 警方发现他在血泊中，执着到生活

That boy looked up and he said 那个男孩抬起头，他说

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Tell mama 告诉妈妈

I'm sorry 对不起

I was wrong 我错了

(I was wrong yeah) （我错了啊）

Tell mommy 告诉妈妈

I'm sorry 对不起

I was wrong 我错了

   

[Verse 2: (Anthony Hamilton)] [诗2： （安东尼·汉密尔顿）

Young girl 年轻的女孩

Sixteen 十六

Running 运行

The same streets 同一条街道

Living her dream of being Foxy Brown 生活是狡猾的布朗她的梦想

And her teacher who 而她的老师谁

Tested her 测试过她

And an uncle who 和一个叔叔谁

molested her 调戏她

Heavenly father who 天上的父亲是谁

Still blessing her 还是祝福她

She just chose to play around 她只是选择了玩

Then 然后，

The pain was just too much 痛苦是太多了

Then 然后，

We are just living today and dieing tomorrow 我们只是生活在今天与纳西族的明天

Said a prayer 说祈祷

Then closed her eyes 然后闭上了眼睛

Nodded slowly 缓缓的点了点头

Then said wait God before I go 然后说，等待上帝在我走之前

Tell mama 告诉妈妈

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Tell mama 告诉妈妈

I'm sorry 对不起

I was wrong 我错了

(I was wrong yeah!) （我错了呀！ ）

Tell mommy 告诉妈妈

I'm sorry 对不起

I was wrong 我错了

   

[Breakdown:] [故障： ]

Somethings you can change 有些事情你可以改变

Somethings you can't 有些事情你不能

Somethings will never be the same 有些事情将永远是相同的

Some people cry 有些人哭

Some people fly 有些人飞

Which one will you choose in your life? 哪一个你会在你的生活选择？

Mama you were right all along 妈妈，你是对的一直

Mama I was wrong 妈妈我错了

And another young lifes gone! 而另一位年轻的静物不见了！