His name was Rasool 他的名字叫拉苏尔

Carmel completed boy from the 22 卡梅尔从22完成了男孩

Rough on the outside 粗糙的外

But on the inside he was cool 但是在里面，他很凉爽

Rasool was a king 拉苏尔是一个国王

But also a fool 但也有傻瓜

Back on the block again with the same crew 后面的块具有相同的乘员再次

Tariq from the west side 塔里克从西侧

Little John form the avenue 小约翰形成途径

Always seen um bout a quarter to two 总是看到UM回合点钟了

Shaking hands with everybody 握手与大家

But at the same time sharing the blues 但在同一时间分享的蓝调

And oh how he passed it on 呵呵他怎么把它传给了

Shaking hands till what was in his pockets was gone 握手，直到什么在他的口袋里不见了

He'd be outside in the cold with his bubble goose on 他会在在寒冷的室外，他泡的鹅

But inside 但里面

I knew he wasn't warm 我知道他是不温

Around 10:30 on that dreary night 10:30左右上沉闷的夜晚

His bowaz said they were hungry they were hungry 他bowaz说，他们饿饿

Wanted to get a bite 希望得到一咬牙

But they didn't send a runner 但他们并没有派选手

Rasool knew it wasn't right 拉苏尔知道这是不对的

But he stayed anyway to get the chain he liked 但他无论如何留下来让他喜欢上了链

And oh how the shots rang in the streets 呵呵如何枪声大作在街头

Hitting everybody in the surrounding vicinity 在周边附近的击球大家

Children of the children 孩子们的儿童

One young father to be 一个年轻的父亲是

And Rasool lay dead in my north Philly Street 和拉苏尔在我的北费城街头倒地身亡

At fifteen years old 在十五岁

It was the first death I'd seen 这是我见过的第一个死亡

But the game ain't designed for no kind of winning 但游戏是不适合任何一种赢的

And oh this is a friend of Rasool 哦，这是使者的朋友

Telling you to think about what you do and who you call your crew 告诉你想想你做什么，你打电话给你的船员谁

The very choices you make 您所做的选择很

May make a Rasool out of you 可以做一个使者出来你

Now you don't want that do you? 现在，你不想说是吧？