I never had much ran with a bad bunch
我和一群坏小子在一起没什么收获
Little skinny kid sneakin w**d in my bag lunch
瘦骨嶙峋的孩子偷偷往我包里塞那种东西
And all through Junior High we was just gettin by
整个初中我们都得过且过
And drivebys robbed my homies of their young lives
飞车党夺走了我兄弟年轻的生命
I never did cry and even though I had
我从未流过泪即使我流过泪
Pain in my heart I was hopeless from the start
我心里很痛苦从一开始我就没有希望
They couldn't tell me nothin they all tried to help to help me
他们什么都不能告诉我他们都想帮我
The m*******a had my mind gone it wasn't healthy
这家伙让我失去理智这不健康
I travelled places caught cases what a ill year
我走遍天涯海角染上各种病例真是倒霉的一年
I felt the pain and the rain but I'm still here
我感受过痛苦经历过风雨但我依然在这里
Never did like the police let the whole world know
从未像警察一样让全世界都知道
Now I gets no peace cause they chasin me down
如今我不得安宁因为他们紧追不舍
And facin me now what do I do
面对我我该怎么办
These thangs that a Thug goes through
暴徒经历的这些事情
And still I rise so keep ya head up and make ya mind strong
我依然扶摇直上所以你要昂起头来让你的意志坚强起来
It's a struggle every day but you gotta hold on
每天都在挣扎但你必须坚持下去
Hold on be strong hold on
坚持住坚强坚持住
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's on
当一切拉开序幕
Hold on be strong hold on
坚持住坚强坚持住
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's on
当一切拉开序幕
Hold on be strong hold on
坚持住坚强坚持住
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's on
当一切拉开序幕
Hold on be strong hold on
坚持住坚强坚持住
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's on
当一切拉开序幕
There's never a good day cause in my hood they
从来没有好日子过因为在我的地盘上
Let they AK's pump strays where the kids play
让他们拿着AK步枪四处游走孩子们嬉戏打闹
And every Halloween check out the murder scene
每个万圣节都去现场看看
Can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen
我情不自禁地重现荧幕上的暴力场面
My homies dyin 'fore they get to see they birthdays
我的兄弟在他们生日之前就死去了
These is the worst days sometimes it hurts to pray
这是最糟糕的日子有时祈祷会让我伤心
And even God turned his back on the ghetto youth
即使是上帝也对贫民窟的年轻人置之不理
I know that ain't the truth sometimes I look for proof
我知道事实并非如此有时我会寻找证据
I wonder if heaven got a ghetto and if it does
我不知道天堂是否也有贫民窟
Does it matter if you blood or you cuz
不管你是血还是你因为
Remember how it was the picnics and the parties in the projects
还记得当初那些野餐和派对的场景吗
Small time drinkin gettin high with them armies
小时候喝酒和军队一起嗨
Just another knucklehead kid from the gutter
不过是贫民窟里的蠢货
I'm dealin with the madness raised by a single mother
我要面对一个单亲妈妈引发的疯狂
I'm tryin to tell you when it's on
我试着告诉你何时拉开序幕
You gotta keep your head to the sky and be strong most of all hold on
你必须昂首挺胸变得坚强最重要的是坚持住
Hold on be strong hold on
坚持住坚强坚持住
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's on
当一切拉开序幕
Hold on be strong hold on
坚持住坚强坚持住
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's onHold on be strong hold on
当一切拉开序幕坚持不懈
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's onHold on be strong hold on
当一切拉开序幕坚持不懈
Be strong hold on
坚强点坚持下去
When it's on it's on
当一切拉开序幕
Hold on be strong
坚持住坚强点
I know them ain't tears comin down your face
我知道你不会掉眼泪
When it's on it's on but
当一切拉开序幕
Wipe your eyes
拭干泪水
Hold on be strong
坚持住坚强点
In this world
在这个世界上
When it's on it's on but
当一切拉开序幕
Only the strong survive y'know
只有强者才能生存你知道
Hold on be strong
坚持住坚强点
Hmm I know it's hard out there
我知道外面的世界不容易
When it's on it's on but
当一切拉开序幕
Welfare
Hold on be strong
坚持住坚强点
AIDS earthquakes
艾滋病地震
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
Muggings carjackings
抢劫抢劫
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
Yeah we got problems
我们之间有问题
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
But believe me when I tell you
但是请相信我
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
Things always get better
一切都会好起来的
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
God don't like ugly
上帝不喜欢丑陋的人
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
And God don't like no quitters
上帝不喜欢轻言放弃的人
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
You know what Billie Holiday said bay-bee
你知道BillieHoliday说的话吗
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
God bless the child that can hold his own
上帝保佑能坚持自我的孩子
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
Y'know
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
You got to stand strong
你必须坚强地站起来
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
And when these bustas try to knock you out your place
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
You stand there to they face
你站在他们面前
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
Tell em hold on and be strong
告诉他们坚持住坚强点
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
The game don't stop
这场游戏不要停
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
Hmmm
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
This here is black main
这是黑色的
Cause when it's on it's on but
因为当一切拉开序幕
If you don't never leave nothin learn one thing
如果你什么都没留下学会一件事
Hold on and be strong
坚持下去坚强起来
It don't stop til the casket drop
直到棺材掉下来才罢休
Hold on
坚持住
Thug for Life feel me
暴徒一辈子懂我的意思吗
All my homeboys and my homegirls stay strong
我的兄弟姐妹都坚强无比
When things get bad especially come the first and the fifteenth
情况糟糕的时候尤其是一日和十五日
Stay strong and stay ballin hold on
坚强点腰缠万贯坚持下去
I'll catch y'all at the next life we in traffic
下辈子我会来找你们我们在路上奔波