I've walked through this world sometimes without a friend 我已经在这个世界有时候没有朋友走了

My life has been up and down, been close to an end 我的生活一直上上下下，已经接近尾声

But I've been through the mill 但我已经通过磨

And I've paid my dues 我已经付了会费

Walked so many miles in different peoples shoes 在不同民族的鞋走了这么多英里

But I've been through the fire 但我经历过火灾

And I've walked in the rain 我在雨中已经走了

I've felt the joy and endured the pain 我已经感受到了快乐和忍着痛

Once I was a schemer 有一次，我是一个阴谋家

But I always was a dreamer 不过，我始终是一个梦想家

But it took me who I was and where I've been 但我花了我是谁和我去过的地方

To make me who I am 让我我是谁

I've met a lot of lost souls in the bowels of hell 我见过很多迷失的灵魂在地狱的深处

Traveled some crooked roads, got some stories yet to tell 走过了一些歪路，有一些故事还告诉

I've shot up with the junkie, in piss stench halls 我已经拍了的瘾君子，在小便恶臭大厅

Broken bread with the devil, fallen on my knees to god 残破的面包与魔鬼，落在我的膝盖上帝

Some days I was blessed, some nights I was damned 有些日子，我很幸运，有些晚上我该死

But I always tried to lend a helping hand 但是，我总是试图伸出援助之手

Once I was a deceiver 有一次，我是一个骗子

Not I am a believer 不是我是一个信徒

But it took me who I was and where I've been 但我花了我是谁和我去过的地方

To make me who I am 让我我是谁

Oh, I've seen the little children, all strung out on dope 哦，我见过的小孩，都意乱情迷了涂料

No one to care about them, living without hope 没有人去关心他们，生活没有希望

But I've been lucky that I always had a song 但我很幸运，我一直有一首歌

I'll sing it with compassion, to try to right the wrong. 我会用慈悲心唱出来，要尽量纠正错误。

Once my life was wretched 一旦我的生活很糟糕

But why should I regret it 但我为什么要后悔

'cause, it took me who I was, and where I've been '造成的，我花了我是谁，和我去过的地方

To make me who I am 让我我是谁

[Speech:] [演讲]

This is dedicated to my friends in jail 这是献给我在监狱里的朋友

For my brother jake who had to ride the rail 对于我的兄弟杰克谁曾乘坐轨道

For my friend roonie and melvin, who were so dear 对于我的朋友roonie和梅尔文，谁是如此珍惜

They were so misunderstood 他们是如此误解

But I wish they were still here 不过，我想他们还在这里

To hear this song I sing from my heart 听到这首歌，我从我的心脏唱

They're forever in my soul, even though we had to part 他们永远留在我的灵魂，虽然我们不得不分开

Once I was a deceiver 有一次，我是一个骗子

Not I am a believer 不是我是一个信徒

But it took me who I was and where I've been 但我花了我是谁和我去过的地方

To make me who I am 让我我是谁

God said I forgive you 神说：我原谅你

Wipe away the scars 抹去的伤痕

Cause I know it took who you were 因为我知道它花了你是谁

And where you came from 和你来自哪里

To make you who you are 为了让你你是谁

Cause I know it took who you were 因为我知道它花了你是谁

And where you came from 和你来自哪里

To make you what you are 为了让你自己是什么