[Mos Def singing] [莫斯戴夫唱]

I'm flyin' high, in the friendly sky 我在飞翔“高，在​​友好的天空

without ever leaving the ground, yeah yeah 无需离开地面，是啊是啊

Rest of the folks are tired and weary 乡亲们的休息是累了，厌倦

And have laid their bodies down 并奠定了他们的身体向下

   

[Talib Kweli] [利布Kweli ]

We lyrically rich, livin, spiritually fit 我们抒情丰富，活着，精神契合

Eating healthy, coming clean never filthy 吃的健康，未来洁净从来没有肮脏

In God's eyes I'm wealthy 在神的眼中我是大款

Felt the power as I entered the palace of 7 lights 感觉到动力，因为我进入了7灯宫殿

Time traveled participatin on battles my brethren fight 时间旅行participatin上闯荡我的弟兄们打

For birth rights that they already got, and shouldn't have to get 对于他们已经得到的，并且不应该得到生育权

Break down the steady plot that's accurate 打破稳定的阴谋这是正确的

Bust the shots that's immaculate 胸围的镜头那是完美的

Take it to your nugget cause my beloved covet they freedom 把它带到你的狗头使我心爱的觊觎，他们的自由

Believe it put nothing above it love it or leave it 相信它放在什么上面爱它或离开它

We blessed with free will so we choose to be ill 我们有自由意志祝福，所以我们选择在生病

Like sharks keepin it movin we could never be still 像鲨鱼坚持着它居无定所，我们绝不可能仍

Swim in the channels of life 畅游在生命的通道

The orators of rhyme handling mics 韵操控麦克风的演说家

Tiptoeing through the corridors of your mind with candlelights 透过你的心灵与烛光走廊悄悄

Everlasting in your hood like liquor stores and check cashin 永恒在你的引擎盖像酒类专卖店和检查卡希

Niggaz flashing [?] classes sippin thug passion blastin 兄弟们闪烁的[？]类啜饮着暴徒激情BLASTIN

Makaveli 4, I bet on brothers with nothing to live for Makaveli 4 ，我敢打赌，在弟兄没有了生活

To give more to the struggle, they already at war 为了让更多的斗争，他们已经处于战争状态

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

So much on my mind I just can't recline 这么多在我的脑海中，我只是不能放倒

Blastin holes til the night bled sunshine BLASTIN孔直到晚上流血阳光

Breathe in... 吸气...

Breathe out, 呼气时，

Heard the bass ride out like an ancient (mating call) 听到低音渡过像一个古老的（交配鸣叫）

I can't take it, I can feel the city breathing 我不能把它，我能感觉到这个城市的呼吸

   

[Mos Def] [莫斯戴夫]

Yo, 哟，

I pushed my pen and wrote this scribe 我把我的笔写下了这隶

Like the morning wouldn't find me alive 如晨间不会发现我还活着

I'm surrounded on all sides 我四面包围

By the kind and the cool, wise men and the fool 因和善而凉爽，智者与愚者

Young guns attending school, ghetto classes include: 年轻的枪上学，贫民窟类包括：

Get yours, get it right 找你的，得到它的权利

Get down, get paid, get ass, get around 趴下，得到报酬，得到的屁股，避开

Get on, get fly, get jig and get high 坐上去，让飞，让夹具和获得高

Live to get and you'll only end up getting by 活到让你会只落得被越来越

When the nighttime covers the city like a cloak 当夜间覆盖像斗篷城市

I approach and assemble my hopes, into notes 我的做法和组装我的希望，为笔记

Hard to sleep in the city that don't 很难在不我市睡觉

Cause it won't let you rest, noises on your doorstep 因为它不会让你休息，噪音在你家门口

'Nuff distress 纳夫困扰

Police department, raid the park bench on nonsense 警察部门，RAID公园的长凳上胡说八道

Cause they fear to see the brothers conference 因为他们害怕看到兄弟会议

Regardless, we bond tight and we rumble all day to break night 无论如何，我们结合紧密，我们隆隆整天打破夜

Daylight, wifey riffin' to death - "you ain't right" 日光， wifey riffin 死 - “你是不正确的”

The same fight about my late night habits is mad static 关于我吃宵夜的习惯一样打疯了静

But the city's so alive that I just got to have it 但这个城市是如此活着，我刚刚把它

The planet of Brook-LAWN is what I look on 布鲁克草坪的行星是什么，我对

Ghetto chef rock your vest when you gettin your cook on 贫民窟的厨师摇滚你的背心，当你开始报上你的厨师

Dedicating this song to Scott LaRock, B.I.G. and 'Pac 奉献这首歌斯科特LaRock ， B.I.G.和“小精灵

Kwame Ture, Betty Carter and John Henrik CLark 夸梅 - 真实姿态，贝蒂·卡特和约翰·亨里克·克拉克

Ron Brown, and freedom fighters going down 罗恩·布朗和自由战士下去

You set the pace, now we finish the race 你走你的步伐，现在我们完成了比赛

It's on now 这是对现在

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

So much on my mind I just can't recline 这么多在我的脑海中，我只是不能放倒

Blasting holes til the night bled sunshine 爆破孔直到晚上流血阳光

Breathe in... 吸气...

Breathe out, 呼气时，

Heard the bass ride out like an ancient (mating call) 听到低音渡过像一个古老的（交配鸣叫）

I can't take it, I can feel the city breathing 我不能把它，我能感觉到这个城市的呼吸

   

[Black Thought] [黑色思想]

Yo, Yo 呦，呦

I'm from the year-round shootouts to summertime cookout 我从全年枪战是于夏季野餐

The wintertime grind with the shorties on the lookout 冬季碾上望风的矮仔

A chosen few know the rule, the rest threw the book out 选定很少有人知道的规则，其余的扔出去的书

The law stay on crews, thirsty with they hook out 法律上停留人员，渴了，他们勾出来

That old-school bang out, 那老派爆炸了，

Money that pulled the thang out 钱拉胜了

They bit him and hit him with a few, he just came out 就咬他，打了他几下，他刚出来的时候

With the sharks that travel all parts within the same route 与旅游各部位相同的路线内的鲨鱼

Narrow walls closin in, cutthroat to exit at the opening 窄壁closin的，残酷的退出开幕

Wrong place, you wasn't where you were supposed to been 不对的地方，你是不是你本应是

You back around the end, heavy wasteline again 你回绕结束时，重wasteline再次

With them same suspect cats that waste time again 与再浪费时间了他们同样的犯罪嫌疑人的猫

Ya'll need to wake the fuck up, and peep the monument in your face 你们大家需要唤醒他妈的起来，并窥视纪念碑在你的脸

Cuz ain't no time to waste not a minute 的Cuz是不是没有时间可以浪费了没有一分钟

I seen my cousin [?] said "Peace, yo where you been at?" 我已经看到我的表弟[？]说： “和平，哟，你是在哪里？ ”

He said "the final frontier 'Riq, I'm up in that, 他说：“最后的边疆” RIQ ，我是在说，

and it's the time to watch the place your foe and where your friend at, 它是看的地方你的敌人，并在您的朋友的时候，

Cuz where I rotate ain't nothin to grin at, I been at 的Cuz ，我转动没什么眉开眼笑的，我一直在

the fork in the crossroads, the outer limit, 在十字路口的岔路口，在限外，

See you can stand tall or crawl and act timid" 看你能扬眉吐气或爬行，行动胆小“

The Black Thought with the Black Star, infinite 黑思想与黑星，无限

   

[Chorus and ad libs to fade] [合唱和广告库褪色]