[audience clapping, beat starts] [听众鼓掌，打开始]

We've been having these gatherings for over 12 years 我们一直有这些聚会超过12年

Uhh, my first one, was ah at Latin Quarters in 1987 呃，我的第一个，是啊，在拉美宿舍于1987年

with Afrika Bambaataa - he threw the first one, that I attended 与非洲Bambaataa - 他扔了第一个，我参加

We kept the tradition going through the Stop the Violence Movement 我们保留了传统的暴力运动经历停止

Through Human Education Against Lies, Rhythm Cultural Institute 通过人反对教育谎言，节奏文化局

And now the Temple of Hip-Hop 嘻哈，现在的庙

This is Hip-Hop's spiritual base 这是嘻哈的精神基础

And as a spiritual base, we look to guide the youth in that discipline 并作为一种精神的基础上，我们期待引导青年的纪律

Uhh, no culture is a culture, unless it has principles 呃，没文化是一种文化，除非它有原则

unless it has morals, unless - we are unified 除非它有道德的，除非 - 我们是统一的

in some sort of principle, something we are not going to step beyond 在一些原则上的，这是我们不打算超凡脱俗

Something that defines us 一些在定义我们

What I'd like to do, is just for a moment as we.. deal with this 我想要做的，仅仅是片刻的..我们处理这

Think about your role in Hip-Hop 想想你在嘻哈的作用

Think about what you do everyday in Hip-Hop 想想你在嘻哈每天做

This is not about right now 这不是现在

It's about twenty years from now 这是从现在起大约二十年

It's about ten years from now 这是从现在起大约十年

The tapes are rolling, the notes are being taken 磁带都睁不开，音符正在采取

This is the type of thinking we have to get into 这是一种思维，我们必须进入的类型

if this is going to survive and last 如果这是要生存，最后

So again, Hip-Hop Appreciation Week, is a time of self-reflection 如此反复，嘻哈感恩周，是自我反省一段时间

A time for Hip-Hoppers to ask, 一时间对于嘻哈料斗问，

"What am I doing, to preserve the culture?" [echoes] “我在做什么，以保护文化？ ” [回音]