歌手: Master P
时长: 03:55
Things Ain't What The Used To Be - Master p[00:00:00]
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Things ain't what they used to be[00:00:01]
往事不再[00:00:07]
Things ain't what they used to be[00:00:07]
往事不再[00:00:12]
I remember back in the days[00:00:12]
我记得,在过去[00:00:14]
It wasn't like that[00:00:14]
并不像现在这样[00:00:14]
Everybody knew everybody[00:00:14]
人们相互熟识[00:00:17]
Now days it ain't like that[00:00:17]
如今已不再[00:00:18]
We used to stand on the corners and drink brew[00:00:18]
我们曾经站在街角,喝啤酒[00:00:21]
Now days you gotta duck when they drive through[00:00:21]
而现在你只能被车赶着走[00:00:24]
Cause they blastin' life is like plastic[00:00:24]
因为物质大爆炸,我们的生活只像塑料一样[00:00:27]
But who would be[00:00:27]
但是谁能成为[00:00:28]
The next egg took out the easter basket[00:00:28]
下一个新的开始[00:00:30]
Is it you me or her or she or he[00:00:30]
是你,我,还是他[00:00:33]
Who would live to see the long age of 23[00:00:33]
谁能活下去见证这个时代[00:00:36]
Cause once you dead and gone who gives a damn[00:00:36]
一旦你逝去,没有人再在乎你[00:00:39]
On your tombstone would read Rest In Peace Sam[00:00:39]
在你的墓碑上只是写着,愿你安息吧,某人[00:00:42]
But in the ghetto you cooked 'till you dead[00:00:42]
但是你在贫穷中奋斗至死[00:00:45]
Ain't no love when you dead[00:00:45]
死时,连爱都未曾得到[00:00:47]
And gone cause you red[00:00:47]
只能随风消逝[00:00:48]
Like roaches for the gutter peanut butter[00:00:48]
就像是被消化的黄油和面包[00:00:51]
Your life in the gutter fool cause you fluttered[00:00:51]
你的生活这么糟糕,就是因为你一直在阿谀奉承[00:00:54]
With this game that I spit shoot out don't quit[00:00:54]
我如此唾弃的事,你却乐此不彼[00:00:57]
Now you a victim of society another statistic[00:00:57]
现在你又证明了你是这个社会的牺牲品[00:00:59]
I heard the gunshots rain[00:00:59]
我听到了枪声如雨[00:01:01]
From the middle of the street[00:01:01]
在街上响起[00:01:04]
The gunsmoke cleared three people on the concrete[00:01:04]
硝烟过后,三人倒下[00:01:07]
I mean it's crazy slippin' on daisies[00:01:07]
我觉得这太疯狂了,就像在滑冰时摔倒了一样[00:01:10]
Time to call it quits they done put a bullet in a baby[00:01:10]
停下来吧,他们甚至要对孩子出手[00:01:13]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:01:13]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:01:16]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:01:16]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:01:19]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:01:19]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:01:22]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:01:22]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:01:25]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:01:25]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:01:29]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:01:29]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:01:35]
Watch you back in the ghetto black[00:01:35]
小心你的身后[00:01:37]
Open the box Mom's ain't nothing to eat[00:01:37]
打开箱子,母亲已经没什么可吃的了[00:01:40]
Back in the day I thought we was a family[00:01:40]
过去,我曾认为我拥有一个家庭[00:01:43]
My little brother on the street corner selling crack[00:01:43]
我的小弟弟在街角卖炮竹[00:01:46]
Only 15 used to be a quarterback[00:01:46]
他当时只有15岁,是个四分卫[00:01:49]
I wish the law would rehabilitate my auntie[00:01:49]
我希望法律可以还我的姑姑清白[00:01:52]
I came home try to visit that girl tried to do me[00:01:52]
我回家,想拜访她[00:01:55]
Started tweakin said that she needed crack[00:01:55]
她开始颤抖,说她需要**[00:01:59]
Stole my grandma's rent money out her purse black[00:01:59]
她偷了奶奶租房子的钱,放到了自己的黑包里[00:02:02]
I stay Tru 2 Da Game you devils' can't see me[00:02:02]
我呆在那里,恶魔看不到我[00:02:05]
I put that on my mom I put that on my gold teeth[00:02:05]
我藏在妈妈身后,我镶了金牙[00:02:08]
My homies bangin' no respect for the American flag[00:02:08]
我的家已经贫困潦倒,我才不会尊重美国国旗[00:02:11]
But they kill over that blue and red rag[00:02:11]
蓝红旗已经破败不堪[00:02:14]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:02:14]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:02:18]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:02:18]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:02:20]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:02:20]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:02:23]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:02:23]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:02:26]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:02:26]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:02:29]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:02:29]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:02:38]
I remember back in the day smoking[00:02:38]
我记得过去[00:02:39]
W**d was the everyday drug[00:02:39]
每天都要吸的是烟草[00:02:41]
Now days they shoot h****n and sell blood[00:02:41]
现在人们**卖血[00:02:44]
Back in the day catchin the clamps was gettin us shot[00:02:44]
过去偷盗是死罪[00:02:47]
Now days catch the AIDS and your time will stop[00:02:47]
现在,患上艾滋会判你死刑[00:02:50]
My lil homies doin time 25 with a L[00:02:50]
我破败的家挺不了多久[00:02:53]
A victim of the system I'd rather die and go to hell[00:02:53]
我的家就是现有制度的受害者,让我去死吧[00:02:56]
I try to be legit and start my own company[00:02:56]
我试着守法经营,开了自己的公司[00:02:59]
'Till these sucker want to bump into P[00:02:59]
直到这些坏蛋闯进我的公司[00:03:02]
They point the finger at me[00:03:02]
他们指着我[00:03:04]
For tellin another what to do[00:03:04]
让别人去做[00:03:05]
How could another person tell you what to do[00:03:05]
其他人怎么能告诉你该怎么做呢[00:03:08]
I could tell you to rob or steal or kill[00:03:08]
我可以告诉你,是偷还是抢还是**[00:03:12]
Thats like pointin' the finger at Jack or Jill[00:03:12]
就像是用手指着一位路人一样[00:03:15]
For being the first person on this little earth[00:03:15]
好像你是存在这世上的第一人[00:03:18]
Is like askin' Mary why she had to give birth[00:03:18]
这就像问玛丽为什么她要生孩子[00:03:21]
And who would be the next victim to lose his life[00:03:21]
谁会成为下一个丢掉性命的人[00:03:24]
And who would be the next one to make a life[00:03:24]
谁会成为下一个创造生命的人[00:03:27]
But when you make a life you[00:03:27]
但是,当你创造生活之时[00:03:29]
Gotta learn to teach your kid[00:03:29]
要教给你的孩子[00:03:30]
So one day they can grow up and make it big[00:03:30]
这样,未来他们长大了,才能继承衣钵,发扬光大[00:03:33]
But all this gangbangin' and turf wars gotta cease[00:03:33]
到时候,这些杀戮流氓的行为就会停止[00:03:36]
Cause y'all know we livin in the last days G[00:03:36]
我们会回到过去[00:03:40]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:03:40]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:03:42]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:03:42]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:03:45]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:03:45]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:03:48]
Times done changed things ain't what they used to be[00:03:48]
时代更迭,往事不再[00:03:53]