[Verse 1:] [诗歌1 ： ]

The streets are paved with fallen souls (I don't know what I've been told) 街道上铺满了堕落的灵魂（我不知道我一直在说）

Cause I ain't never been down that road 因为我也不是没有过这条道路

The ghetto got a dirty name (the media pursued their flame) 贫民窟有一个肮脏的名字（传媒追访的火焰）

But tell me who are they to really say? 但你能告诉我，谁是他们真正说的？

It's not about the residents (damn what people think of them) 这不是居民（该死的人们认为他们）

Bush is sitting cozy on the hill 布什坐在舒适的山上

So don't look down, look up high (don't let these people steal your pride) 所以，不要往下看，仰视高（不要让这些人偷你的骄傲）

Use that ghetto bullshit as a shield 使用贫民区废话当挡箭牌

   

[Hook:] [钩： ]

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

(I don't think they heard you) （我不认为他们听到你）

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

   

[Verse 2:] [诗2： ]

Here we go another year (niggas juggling hate and fear) 在这里，我们去一年（黑鬼玩弄仇恨和恐惧）

Time is moving like the twelve-hand 时间正在像12手

It ain't all so political (black-on-black or physical) 这还不是全部如此政治化（黑的黑色或物理）

But everybody's got to understand 但是每个人都必须明白

See life ain't what it used to be (death is sowing many seeds) 看到了生命不在于它曾经是（死亡播许多种子）

Removing like we'll never see pain 卸下就像我们永远也看不到的痛苦

I usually run through life but now (I act too quickly, slow it down) 我平时在生活中运行，但现在（我的行为太快了，慢下来）

But I never, ever compromised myself 但我永远不会妥协自己

   

[Hook:] [钩： ]

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

(I don't think they heard you) （我不认为他们听到你）

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

   

[Verse 3:] [诗歌3 ： ]

The government's the biggest pimp (they take their cut and leave you with) 政府是最大的皮条客（他们把自己的剪裁和离开你）

Nothing at the end of the day 没有在这一天结束时

I'm searching for a solitude (but all I find is niggas who) 我正在寻找一个孤独（但我觉得是黑鬼谁）

Smile and tell me lies to my face 微笑着告诉我说谎我的脸

The industry's no better cause (they only show you mad love) 业界没有更好的原因（他们只告诉你狂爱）

When you're life and soul is living on the charts 当你的生命和灵魂，是住在排行榜上

But when you're luck is facing down (those ones, they are not around) 但是当你运气朝下（这些的人，他们不在身边）

Will take your heart and put it in the ground 将你的心脏，把它放在地上

   

[Hook:] [钩： ]

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

(I don't think they heard you) （我不认为他们听到你）

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

   

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话

(I don't think they heard you) （我不认为他们听到你）

And people, people... somebody's got to tell the truth 与人，人...有人的得说实话