I keep telling myself
我不断告诉自己
Man I'm living the good life
我过得很好
I'm living the good life
我过得很好
I'm on top of the world
我在世界的顶端
I'm on top of the world
我每天都很高兴
I was born into poverty raised I the sewerage
我出生贫穷 以乞讨为生
Streets always would be a part of me, it made me the truest
大街就是我的一部分 那让我活得很真实
And even when my days were the bluest
即使在我最忧郁的日子里
I never ran from adversity, instead I ran to it
我也从没有逃避逆境 我迎难而上
Fear ain't in the heart of me I learned just do it
我内心并不恐惧 我学会的只是勇往直前
You get courage in your fears right after you go through it
当你经历一切 你就在你的恐惧中获得了勇气
Now I come through in a Coupe on 22s
我开着装配有22英寸车轮的拉风跑车
That ain't bad for a ni**a who ain't even finish school
那对一个还没有完成学业的家伙来说是很不容易的
Don't get me wrong I never been a fool
别误解 我不是个傻瓜
I just put off graduating for a pair of tennis shoes
我只是为了一双网球鞋推迟了毕业
I used to use the beat to paint my pain
我曾用这种打击去掩饰我的伤痛
But nowadays man I can't complain
如今 我不能抱怨
I got several automobiles and they all on thangs
我拥有几辆汽车
Several size of tangent and they all in one chain
不同的大小 但都是同样的类型
Used to see me in the mall I'm the same
你会像以前那样在商场见到我
And get a couple broads giving brain on the plane
还有在空中高潮俱乐部
I come from Chi-Town lost and found in the struggle
我从唐人街来 努力寻找奋斗方向
Where dudes say stay safe and stay out of trouble
伙计们说 别惹麻烦
Speak is muffed the law and B gon try to cuff you
语言会把法律弄得更糟糕 B会给你戴上手铐
Those with duffles move weight and have muscles
那些有装备的人都很强大
I came through the dirt with a verse for the people
我带着写给人们的诗走过尘世
Open up for Daddy Kane and Easy up at the Regal
为Daddy Kane打开门 在皇家剧院表演
The radio rarely put their needle on my record
收音机上很少放我的专辑
They ain't see how the hood and heaven were connected
他们不知道天堂和地狱是怎样相连
Sounds projected, ain't show how effective
听起来一切都不真实 也没展示怎样的效果
Lessons learned, sessions turned to life reflected
经验教训都是人生的折射
And everything I found real in life know I kept it
生活中每一件真实的事 我都记得
They say life's a teacher, you're gonna get tested
他们说生活就是老师 每个人在接受着考验
When a ni**a changed they keep saying that ni**a strange
即使黑鬼们已改变 他们还是会说黑鬼很奇怪
Couldn't see how my mind won't be the lame
难道你不知道吗 我的脑子还没短路
Ahead of my time I caught up with the game
我提前赶上了这场比赛
Making good music making paper making change
制作好的音乐 创作歌词 创造变化
I put on gasoline drawers I stood in the fire
我穿上浇满汽油的裤子 我站在火中
With enough heat to set the hood on fire
有足够的热量可以引火上身
Man you niggaz think Suge was off the wire
黑鬼们认为Suge很危险
You should've seen the squad before I had Messiah
在我有弥赛亚之前 你应该见过这支乐队
We assumed the title as the number one supplier
我们把冠军作为我们首要的供应商
Felt like I was selling blow since I was in diapers
好像 我还是孩子的时候 我就在做买卖
And wish a ni**a would come try us
期盼有黑鬼向我们挑战
We was cool with the killers, best friends with the lifers
我们和杀手 罪犯是很好的朋友
Quick to up and scrap with niggaz who want to deny
我们将一路上升 就和那些拒绝的黑鬼们争吵吧
For what we considered then as a lucrative empire
我们认为那是一个有利可图的帝国
But like that pimping time flash by you
但是一切都转眼即逝
Now I wonder what the judge think as he reading my priors
现在 法官读着我传道的书 他会怎么评价
Prison ain't full and the ** ain't bias
监狱还没满 法官不会存在偏见
You ain't got to tell and distant the liars
你不会告密 隔离说谎者吧
Gave the jail hell and shot birds at the hearse
送他们去监狱 在灵车上射杀鸟类
Lived through worse and reversed the curse
在逆境中生活 扭转诅咒