Things Ain't What The Used To Be (Explicit) - Master p
Things ain't what they used to be
往事不再
Things ain't what they used to be
往事不再
I remember back in the days
我记得,在过去
It wasn't like that
并不像现在这样
Everybody knew everybody
人们相互熟识
Now days it ain't like that
如今已不再
We used to stand on the corners and drink brew
我们曾经站在街角,喝啤酒
Now days you gotta duck when they drive through
而现在你只能被车赶着走
Cause they blastin' life is like plastic
因为物质大爆炸,我们的生活只像塑料一样
But who would be
但是谁能成为
The next egg took out the easter basket
下一个新的开始
Is it you me or her or she or he
是你,我,还是他
Who would live to see the long age of 23
谁能活下去见证这个时代
Cause once you dead and gone who gives a damn
一旦你逝去,没有人再在乎你
On your tombstone would read Rest In Peace Sam
在你的墓碑上只是写着,愿你安息吧,某人
But in the ghetto you cooked 'till you dead
但是你在贫穷中奋斗至死
Ain't no love when you dead
死时,连爱都未曾得到
And gone cause you red
只能随风消逝
Like roaches for the gutter peanut butter
就像是被消化的黄油和面包
Your life in the gutter fool cause you fluttered
你的生活这么糟糕,就是因为你一直在阿谀奉承
With this game that I spit shoot out don't quit
我如此唾弃的事,你却乐此不彼
Now you a victim of society another statistic
现在你又证明了你是这个社会的牺牲品
I heard the gunshots rain
我听到了枪声如雨
From the middle of the street
在街上响起
The gunsmoke cleared three people on the concrete
硝烟过后,三人倒下
I mean it's crazy slippin' on daisies
我觉得这太疯狂了,就像在滑冰时摔倒了一样
Time to call it quits they done put a bullet in a baby
停下来吧,他们甚至要对孩子出手
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Watch you back in the ghetto black
小心你的身后
Open the box Mom's ain't nothing to eat
打开箱子,母亲已经没什么可吃的了
Back in the day I thought we was a family
过去,我曾认为我拥有一个家庭
My little brother on the street corner selling crack
我的小弟弟在街角卖炮竹
Only 15 used to be a quarterback
他当时只有15岁,是个四分卫
I wish the law would rehabilitate my auntie
我希望法律可以还我的姑姑清白
I came home try to visit that girl tried to do me
我回家,想拜访她
Started tweakin said that she needed crack
她开始颤抖,说她需要**
Stole my grandma's rent money out her purse black
她偷了奶奶租房子的钱,放到了自己的黑包里
I stay Tru 2 Da Game you devils' can't see me
我呆在那里,恶魔看不到我
I put that on my mom I put that on my gold teeth
我藏在妈妈身后,我镶了金牙
My homies bangin' no respect for the American flag
我的家已经贫困潦倒,我才不会尊重美国国旗
But they kill over that blue and red rag
蓝红旗已经破败不堪
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
I remember back in the day smoking
我记得过去
W**d was the everyday **
每天都要吸的是烟草
Now days they shoot h****n and sell blood
现在人们**卖血
Back in the day catchin the clamps was gettin us shot
过去偷盗是死罪
Now days catch the AIDS and your time will stop
现在,患上艾滋会判你死刑
My lil homies doin time 25 with a L
我破败的家挺不了多久
A victim of the system I'd rather die and go to hell
我的家就是现有制度的受害者,让我**吧
I try to be legit and start my own company
我试着守法经营,开了自己的公司
'Till these sucker want to bump into P
直到这些坏蛋闯进我的公司
They point the finger at me
他们指着我
For tellin another what to do
让别人去做
How could another person tell you what to do
其他人怎么能告诉你该怎么做呢
I could tell you to rob or steal or kill
我可以告诉你,是偷还是抢还是**
Thats like pointin' the finger at Jack or Jill
就像是用手指着一位路人一样
For being the first person on this little earth
好像你是存在这世上的第一人
Is like askin' Mary why she had to give birth
这就像问玛丽为什么她要生孩子
And who would be the next victim to lose his life
谁会成为下一个丢掉性命的人
And who would be the next one to make a life
谁会成为下一个创造生命的人
But when you make a life you
但是,当你创造生活之时
Gotta learn to teach your kid
要教给你的孩子
So one day they can grow up and make it big
这样,未来他们长大了,才能继承衣钵,发扬光大
But all this gangbangin' and turf wars gotta cease
到时候,这些杀戮流氓的行为就会停止
Cause y'all know we livin in the last days G
我们会回到过去
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be
时代更迭,往事不再