所属专辑:The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
歌手: Lauryn Hill
时长: 05:15
I was just a little girl[00:00:05]
我那时是个小女孩[00:00:08]
Skinny legs a press and curl[00:00:08]
非常地瘦弱[00:00:10]
My mother always thought I'd be a star[00:00:10]
我妈妈总认为我会成为明星[00:00:16]
But way before my record deal [00:00:16]
但我的专辑发售之前[00:00:18]
The streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill[00:00:18]
Lauryn Hill在这条街长大[00:00:20]
Made sure that I'd never go too far[00:00:20]
我不会远离这里[00:00:25]
Every ghetto every city and suburban place I've been[00:00:25]
我去过的每一个地方[00:00:30]
Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem[00:00:30]
都让我回忆起我在新耶路撒冷的日子[00:00:36]
Story starts at Hootaville grew up next to Ivy Hill[00:00:36]
保守党看着我在常春藤成长[00:00:41]
When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun[00:00:41]
当孩子们以偷东西为乐时[00:00:44]
"Kill the guy" in Carter park[00:00:44]
在卡特公园 杀了他[00:00:49]
Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark[00:00:49]
知道黑暗[00:00:51]
Watching kids show off the stolen ones[00:00:51]
看着孩子展示他们偷来的战利品[00:00:56]
Every ghetto every city and suburban place I've been[00:00:56]
我去过的每一个地方[00:01:00]
Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem[00:01:00]
都让我回忆起我在新耶路撒冷的日子[00:01:06]
You know it's hot don't forget what you've got[00:01:06]
你知道这里很热 别忘记你自己拥有的[00:01:10]
Looking back [00:01:10]
回想过去[00:01:12]
Looking back looking back looking back[00:01:12]
回想过去[00:01:16]
You know it's hot don't forget what you've got[00:01:16]
你知道这里很热 别忘记你自己拥有的[00:01:20]
Looking back[00:01:20]
回想过去[00:01:23]
Thinking back thinking back thinking back[00:01:23]
回想过去[00:01:26]
A bag of Bontons twenty cents and a nickel[00:01:26]
全身就剩下这么点东西了[00:01:29]
Springfield Ave had the best popsicles[00:01:29]
斯普林菲尔德大道有最好的冰棒[00:01:31]
Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu[00:01:31]
星期六早上有卡通和功夫表演[00:01:36]
Main street roots tonic with the dreds[00:01:36]
主街道上什么都有[00:01:39]
A beef patty and some coco bread[00:01:39]
一个牛肉馅饼和一些可可面包[00:01:41]
Move the patch from my Lees to the tongue of my shoe[00:01:41]
我给我的鞋上打满了补丁[00:01:46]
'Member Frelng-Huysen used to have the bomb leather[00:01:46]
这里的人以前不好惹[00:01:50]
Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were together[00:01:50]
那个时候我和我的好朋友还在一起[00:01:52]
Looking at the crew we thought we'd all live forever[00:01:52]
看看他们 我们本可以长生[00:01:56]
You know it's hot don't forget what you've got[00:01:56]
你知道这里很热 别忘记你自己拥有的[00:02:00]
Looking back[00:02:00]
回想过去[00:02:02]
Thinking back thinking back thinking back[00:02:02]
回想过去[00:02:07]
You know it's hot don't forget what you've got[00:02:07]
你知道这里很热 别忘记你自己拥有的[00:02:11]
Looking back[00:02:11]
回想过去[00:02:12]
Thinking back thinking back thinking back[00:02:12]
回想过去[00:02:17]
Drill teams on Munn street[00:02:17]
整个团队都在街上[00:02:19]
Remember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef[00:02:19]
还记得霍桑和总理[00:02:22]
Moving Records was on Central Ave [00:02:22]
移动记录在中央大街上[00:02:27]
I was there at dancing school[00:02:27]
我当时在舞蹈学校[00:02:29]
South Orange Ave at Borlin pool[00:02:29]
南橘大道[00:02:32]
Unaware of what we didn't have[00:02:32]
记不清我们失去了什么[00:02:37]
Writing your friends' names on your jeans with a marker[00:02:37]
用记号笔把你朋友的名字写在你们的牛仔裤上[00:02:40]
July 4th races off of Parker[00:02:40]
在七月四号那一天[00:02:42]
Fireworks at Martin stadium[00:02:42]
马丁体育场放起了烟花[00:02:49]
The Untouchable P S P where all them crazy niggers be[00:02:49]
那些无法触及的让他们疯狂[00:02:52]
And car thieves got away through Irvington[00:02:52]
那些偷车贼也已经逃跑了[00:02:57]
Hillside brings beef with the cops[00:02:57]
警察来到山坡上吃牛肉[00:03:00]
Self-Destruction record drops[00:03:00]
自我摧毁[00:03:02]
And everybody's name was Muslim[00:03:02]
每个人的名字都叫穆斯林[00:03:06]
Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-state[00:03:06]
感觉我吸引来了其他州的孩子[00:03:12]
And everybody used to do the wop[00:03:12]
每个人过去都是意大利人[00:03:18]
Jack Jack Jack ya body[00:03:18]
Jack[00:03:20]
Nah the Biz Mark used to amp up the party[00:03:20]
要保证安全[00:03:23]
I wish those days they didn't stop[00:03:23]
我希望那些时光还在[00:03:27]
Every ghetto every city and suburban place I've been[00:03:27]
我去过的每一个地方[00:03:32]
Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem[00:03:32]
都让我回忆起我在新耶路撒冷的日子[00:03:38]
You know it's hot don't forget what you've got[00:03:38]
你知道这里很热 别忘记你自己拥有的[00:03:42]
Looking back[00:03:42]
回想过去[00:03:43]
Welcome back welcome back welcome back[00:03:43]
欢迎回家[00:03:48]
You know it's hot don't forget what you've got[00:03:48]
你知道这里很热 别忘记你自己拥有的[00:03:52]
Looking back[00:03:52]
回想过去[00:03:53]
Thinking back thinking back thinking back[00:03:53]
回想过去[00:03:59]
Thinking back thinking back thinking back[00:03:59]
回想过去[00:04:04]