Mind state of a gangster from the 40's

注意一帮四十岁左右的恶棍

Meets the business mind of motown's Berry Gordy

他们遇上了底特律城里很有商业头脑的贝里戈迪

Turned crack rock into a chain of 40/40's

贝里戈迪曾将一个岌岌可危的出版社，变成四十家左右的连锁店

Sorry my jewerly is so gaudy slid into the party with my new pair of Mauri's

抱歉，我的首饰是如此俗气，我穿着一双新的毛里鞋溜进了派对

America meet the gangster Shawn Corey hey young world

在美国，我遇上了坏蛋肖恩科里，他向我展示了一个年轻的世界

Wanna hear a story

我听到一个故事

Close your eyes and you can pretend you're me

闭上你的眼睛，假装你是我

I'm cut from the cloth of the Kennedys Frank Sinatra havin' dinner with the Genovese'

我在肯尼迪家族里，为人作嫁，法兰克辛纳屈和热那亚人共进晚餐

The is the genesis of a nemisis

这是应有的报应

Mother America not witnessed since

伟大的美利坚祖国没有见证这一切

The harlem renaissance birthed black businessman

黑人住宅区的复兴，让黑人商人如雨后春笋般涌现出来

This is the tale of lost innocence

这是失真的传说

And the incense burns and the turntables turn

香足燃烧着，唱盘翻转着

And that Al Green plays

全是艾尔格林演唱的

I see my mothers afro as mama taps her toes

当妈妈拍着脚趾头，我看到了她的圆蓬式发型

As she rolls her j's

当她在卷发型时

And my papa just left the house

爸爸离开了屋子

In search of a killer of my uncle Ray and she's trying to calm her nerves

她为了找到杀害我舅舅雷伊的凶手，她努力让自己平静

As i observe this is just one day

只是在某一天，我注意到这些

And what tomorrow has in store

知道明日商店里会有什么

We can never be sure so all we can do is pray

我们是不清楚的，所以我们能做的就是，祈祷

As i head to my home-room

当我去卧室时

I observe the ruins **** needles on the ground

我看到一片狼藉，麻醉针散落地上

I hear a car go vroom

我听到汽车声

**** dealer in the bm with the top down

贩毒者从上面走下来

As the girls start to giggle

女孩子们咯咯咯地笑着

I ask why you laugh

我问为什么笑呢

They say you're to little

他们说你太小了

One day you'll understand

将来你就会明白

When you become a man

当你成为一个男人的时候

'Bout things you have to get you

你想要一些东西的时候

Fast forward freeze frame

快速向前，看到希望

On my pistol fistful of dollars

大把大把的钱出现在我的枪下

Ignorance is so blessful

无知是幸福快乐的

I ain't choose this life

我没有选择这样的生活

This life chose me

是生活选择了我

Around here it's the ****

在这儿

That you just do

你做的都是些乱七八糟的事儿

I just left school the same bm is pulled over

我离开学校，车停在路边

By the boys dressed in blue

男孩子们穿着蓝色制服

They had their guns drawn

他们拔出枪

Screaming"just move"

尖叫

Or is there something else you suggest we can do

你能建议我们做点别的事儿吗

He made his way to the drunk

他喝多了

Opened it like"huh" a treasure chest was removed

打开，一口喝下去，一个宝库移开了

Cops said he'll be back next month

警察们说下个月他们还回来

What we call curpt he call's payin' dues

我们称之为腐败，他们称之为缴纳会费

Now when rules is blurred as they were

当法规模棱两可的时候

What am i to do but pray

除了祈祷，我能做什么

Pray the lord forgives me

祈祷上帝原谅我

Pray he guides me for what i'm 'bout to go through pray

祈祷上帝引导我去经历我将经历的，祈祷

Anywhere there's oppression

世上没有压迫

The ** profession flourishes like beverages

**业同餐饮业一样繁荣

Refreshing sweet taste of sin

提神，罪恶的甜蜜

Everything i seen made me everything i am

我所做的成就了现在的我

Bad ** dealer or victim i beg

我请求，贩毒者和受害者

What came first moving the chickens or the egg

谁先出现，到底是先有鸡还是先有蛋

This is why i be so fresh

这就是为何我如此清醒

I'm trying to beat life 'cause i can't cheat death

我们努力打败生活，因为我不能装死

Treat shame like shamelessness aim

知荣辱，有追求

Stainless at anuses

毫无瑕疵

You know the game this is

你知道游戏就这样

Move coke like pepsi don't matter what brand name it is

将可可变成可口可乐，不要介意是什么品牌注册的

I stand behind mine everything i do i'm a man behind mine

我站在我身后，我所做的一切，都如男子汉般顶天立地

I'm not an angel I'm sure

我确定，我不是天使

But every night before i lay I drop my knees to the floor

但是每晚我睡觉前，我跪在地上

And I pray

祈祷