[scratched:] "Whattya think makes up a K-R-S?" [划伤： ]“ Whattya认为构成了一个K R-S ？ ”

   

[KRS-One:] [ KRS -One的： ]

Skinny cat, young cat, with a knapsack strapped to my back 瘦小的猫，年轻的猫，用绑在我背上背包

1981 before the crack attack 1981年以前的破解攻击

I used to let the Olde English 800 suds bubble 我曾经让奥尔德英语800肥皂水泡沫

In the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle 在富兰克林大道班车的上车

Brooklyn, no doubt, Wingate Park, no doubt 布鲁克林，毫无疑问，温盖特公园，毫无疑问

Prospect Park I'm all laid out 展望公园我都奠定了

Homeless, my gear played out and I know this 无家可归的，我的装备打出来，我知道这

But I'm an MC I stay focused 但我一个MC我留聚焦

I took the shuttle to the D and wrote my rhymes in a hour 我把班车到D ，写我的童谣在一个小时内

Took the D to the E, last stop the Twin Towers 带着对D到E ，最后一站的双塔

Sittin in the belly of the beast 在好好坐着兽的肚子

In the World Trade organization, bein harassed by the police 在世界贸易组织，拜因被警察骚扰

I wrote my rhymes right there on the spot 我写我的童谣在那里当场

New York City, 1984 corruption was hot 纽约市1984年的腐败是热的

Cats sellin uzis out the Jacob Javits Center for a high price 猫塞林uzis了雅各布·贾维茨中心高昂的代价

Let me tell you 'bout my life 让我告诉你什么叫我的生活

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

[scratched:] "The type of shit a young black man [划伤： ]“狗屎类型一个年轻的黑人男子

gotta go through every day of his life" 得经过他的生活“中的每一天

[scratched:] "Hard times to live in [划伤： ]“困难的时候，住在

Wake up in the morning thank God" 醒来的早晨感谢上帝“

[scratched:] "The type of shit a young black man [划伤： ]“狗屎类型一个年轻的黑人男子

gotta go through every day of his life" 得经过他的生活“中的每一天

[scratched:] "Hard times to live in [划伤： ]“困难的时候，住在

Wake up in the morning" ... "Now it's my turn" 醒来的早晨“...... ”现在轮到我了“

{"Listen"} { “听”}

   

[KRS-One:] [ KRS -One的： ]

Eighty-five comes in, eighty-six comes in 八五进来， 86进来

The marijuana with the cocaine mix comes in 与可卡因混合大麻进来

High class hustlers, I'm takin flicks with them 高级混混，我要拿回笔触与他们

My first songs Red Alert, he's mixin them 我的第一首歌曲红色警戒，他混入其中

This a far cry from a kid sleepin on the bench 此相去甚远孩子睡在板凳上

Now I'm V.I.P. in the club, this don't make sense 现在，我贵宾在俱乐部，这是没有意义的

But it does, as I take daps and hugs 但这样做，因为我把DAPS和拥抱

from cats that move drugs, they say "Kris rise above" 从移动药物的猫，他们说：“克里斯升破”

Everybody knew my style, Kris was no coward 大家都知道我的风格，克里斯并没有懦夫

I wanted to get in the game but my peeps wouldn't allow it 我想在游戏中获得，但我的窥视不会允许它

They'd say, "Read them books and write them hooks 他们会说， “读这些书，并把它们写挂钩

Save our children, give 'em a whole new outlook" 救救我们的孩子，给他们以全新的面貌“

So I did, I lived like any street kid 所以，我没有，我活得像街道上的孩子

But I was handed 20 books, others were handed 20 year bids 不过，有人递给我20本书，其他都交给20年出价

Still they wouldn't sell to your mother or your wife 尽管如此，他们也不会卖给你的母亲或你的妻子

There was respect man~! Let me tell you 'bout my life 有尊重的人〜 ！让我告诉你什么叫我的生活

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[KRS-One:] [ KRS -One的： ]

1987 my career blowin up now 1987我的职业生涯吹响了现在

Me and Scott LaRock took the year growin up now 我和斯科特LaRock了一年长大的，现在

Me I'm just a private cat, whatever you perceive as live 我，我只是一个私人的猫，不管你认为活

KRS is as live as that KRS是活的了

We the livest act, in eighty-eight, eighty-nine, and ninety-now 我们的活的行为，在88 ，八十九，九十，现在

But them years be far behind me now 但他们多年远远在我身后现在

In ninety-one, no one can find me now 在91 ，没有人现在可以找我

I chose the underground to rhyme where it's grimy, WOW 我选择了地下韵在那里的肮脏，哇

Rewind me now, 13 albums for you to see 现在快退了我13张专辑给你看

Or catch me speakin at them universities 或抓住我speakin在他们的大学

My mind stays keen, I'm hardly ever seen 我的头脑保持敏锐，我几乎没有见过

I do a lot of work, just not in the mainstream 我做了很多工作，只是没有在主流

   

[scratched:] "Know what you need to learn [划伤： ]“知道你需要什么学习

Old school artists don't always burn" 老派的艺术家并不总是烧“

   

[scratched:] "Know what you need to learn... [划伤： ]“知道你需要学习...

KRS-One... don't always burn" KRS -One的......不要总是烧“