[Verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

I'd like to tell a story and it goes like this 我想讲一个故事，它是这样的

Before I was makin money hand over fist 以前，我是马金的钱拱手握拳

The mid-80's is what I'm talkin about 在80年代中期，是我对你说约

You will agree without a reasonable doubt 你会同意无合理疑点

As I tell this tale, sittin on a pail 我讲这个故事，呆坐着一个桶

This is one you'll like when it's done 这是一个你会喜欢的，当它完成

Only certain people know about Union Square 只有某些人知道联合广场

The Rooftop, Latin Quarter, cause I was there 屋顶，拉丁区，因为我在那里

Red Alert downtown, Brucie Bee uptown 红色警戒市中心， Brucie的蜜蜂住宅区

Grandmaster Vic had a different sound 大师维克有不同的声音

You had block parties, with free gifts 你有块各方，提供免费礼品

Mr. Magic and Marley gave radio a lift 魔术先生和马利了无线电电梯

You don't understand, but we do 你不明白，但我们

That's why I'm tryin to explain it to you 这就是为什么我试着解释给你听

So sit back and listen, to what I say 于是坐下来听，我说什么

As I tell the story of this beautiful day 照我说的这个美丽的一天的故事

   

[Chorus: sampled] [合唱：采样]

"We'll go dancing in the dark" - HEY! “我们一起去跳舞在黑暗中” - 嘿！

"Walking through the park, and reminiscing" “漫步在公园里，和回忆”

BREAK IT ON DOWN! 打破它下来！

   

[Verse 2] [诗歌2]

Before Versace and DKNY 范思哲（Versace）和DKNY前

There was a lot of clothes that was fly 有很多衣服，这是飞

Like Polo, Benetton, Coca-Cola and Osh Kosh 喜欢Polo ，贝纳通，可口可乐和奥什信贷基金

Guess jeans and others that's acid washed 猜猜牛仔裤和其他人的酸洗

D.C. wore K-Swiss and Sergio [?]Vertini 特区穿着K-瑞士和塞尔吉奥· [？] Vertini

Girls wore tennis skirts, that was mini 女孩穿网球裙，那是小

Spot[?], Ewings, [?] 点[？] ，尤因， [？]

New Balance, Fila, Nike and Elites 新百伦，FILA ，耐克和精英

African clothes and medallions was worn 非洲的衣服和徽章被磨损

And when Rakim came out, knowledge was born 而当Rakim的走了出来，知识诞生

In the midst of it all, I almost forgot 在这一切之中，我差点忘了

There was a brother uptown makin his own spot 有一个哥哥住宅区出不来了自己现货

Makin Gucci, leather and suede tailor made 马金古驰，皮革和麂皮量身定做

That had more flavor than mom's Kool-Aid 这有更多的味道比妈妈的库尔急救

I'm gonna tell you, the name of this man 我要告诉你，这个人的名字

He goes by the name of the Dapper Dan 他去了小巧玲珑丹的名字

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

See at this time, you might think I'm strange 看到在这个时候，你可能会觉得我很奇怪

Cause I wore a four-finger ring, and big gold chains 因为我穿了四个戒指，并大黄金链

Like I was Mr. T from the A-Team 像我是T先生从A组

It was just a sign of me makin cream 这是我的马金霜只是一个符号

But the cars and jeeps was incred-a 但汽车和吉普车是incred -A

Like the Audi, 280 Z's, 98's and Jettas 像奥迪， 280 Ž年代， 98年代和捷达

Cherokees, Wranglers, Suzuki Sidekicks 切诺基，牧羊人，铃木插袋

L.A. and West coast cars was doin tricks 洛杉矶和西海岸汽车是干什么的技巧

Now the dances was crazy to match 现在的舞蹈是疯了匹配

Like the Pee Wee, The Wop and the Cabbage Patch 像小便一点点，在痛击和椰菜

The Prep, The Snake, and "The Biz Mark, Biz Mark" 的准备，蛇，以及“商务马克，马克·商务”

The way the Gucci Girls gave shows a spark Gucci的女孩给的方式显示出火花

Now listen, to what I got to say-ah 现在听，我得说啊

Reagan was Pres', and Koch was the Mayor 里根是普雷斯和科赫是市长

You can't beat that with a baseball bat 你不能击败的用棒球棒

And you'd never see me without my Biz Mark hat 你永远不会看到我没有我的商务标记的帽子

   

[Chorus x4: w/ ad libs] [合唱X4 ：瓦特/广告库]