From the streets of San Diego to the slums of Echo Park 从圣地亚哥到回声公园的贫民窟街道

Broke down and homeless is where I got my start 崩溃了，无家可归的是我得到了我的开始

I bounced around for years doing this and that í反弹存在多年做这做那

But now I'm doing good and I'm never looking back 但现在我很好，我头也不回

   

I began with nothing, I still ain't got much 我开始什么也没有，我还没有得到多大

When life got me down I had to be tough 当生活让我下来，我不得不很艰难

From the age of 14 I was on my own 从14岁起我对我自己的

No one would do it for me so I did it alone 没有人会为我做的，所以我一人做

   

Shelter to shelter and jail to jail 住所为住所和监狱坐牢

I'm here to tell you right now that I will not fail 我在这里要告诉你，现在我不会失败

I wish my old friends could see me now 我希望我的老朋友，现在可以看到我

Because they never would believe what I am doing now 因为他们永远不会相信我在做什么，现在

   

I never gave up 我从未放弃

   

Right now I'm where I want to be 现在我在这里我想

Maybe not for you, but it's good enough for me 也许不适合你，但它是配不上我

Don't need no fancy cars or diamond rings 不需要任何花哨的汽车和钻石戒指

All I wanna do is get on stage and sing 所有我想要做的就是在舞台上唱歌

   

My dream is today and I'm doing it strong 我的梦想是今天我做的强

No matter what the odds, I will still push on 不管是什么胜算，我依然会推

I will do it for the poor who have no voice 我会做穷人谁没有发言权

And for all of the victims who had no choice 和所有谁也无奈的受害者

   

I will do it for the weak who cannot fight 我会做这件事谁也不能打弱

For those who were wronged I will make things right 对于那些谁被冤枉的，我会做出正确的事情

It's been an uphill battle, my fingers have bled 它是一场艰苦的战斗，我的手指已经流血

But I'm almost there and I am far from dead 但我几乎没有和我离死不远了

   

I never gave up 我从未放弃

   

When I came to the city of Hollywood I was broke down and beat 当我来到这个城市好莱坞我崩溃了，打

I slept behind dumpsters on the side of the street 我睡后面的垃圾箱在街道的一侧

There's one thing that always got me through 有一件事总是让我通过

The one thing I always held true is that I never gave up 有一件事我始终认为真正的是，我从来没有放弃过

I'm never gonna give up 我永远不会放弃