I keep telling myself 我不断告诉自己 Man I'm living the good life 我过得很好 I'm living the good life 我过得很好 I'm on top of the world 我在世界的顶端 I'm on top of the world 我每天都很高兴 I was born into poverty raised I the sewerage 我出生贫穷 以乞讨为生 Streets always would be a part of me, it made me the truest 大街就是我的一部分 那让我活得很真实 And even when my days were the bluest 即使在我最忧郁的日子里 I never ran from adversity, instead I ran to it 我也从没有逃避逆境 我迎难而上 Fear ain't in the heart of me I learned just do it 我内心并不恐惧 我学会的只是勇往直前 You get courage in your fears right after you go through it 当你经历一切 你就在你的恐惧中获得了勇气 Now I come through in a Coupe on 22s 我开着装配有22英寸车轮的拉风跑车 That ain't bad for a ni**a who ain't even finish school 那对一个还没有完成学业的家伙来说是很不容易的 Don't get me wrong I never been a fool 别误解 我不是个傻瓜 I just put off graduating for a pair of tennis shoes 我只是为了一双网球鞋推迟了毕业 I used to use the beat to paint my pain 我曾用这种打击去掩饰我的伤痛 But nowadays man I can't complain 如今 我不能抱怨 I got several automobiles and they all on thangs 我拥有几辆汽车 Several size of tangent and they all in one chain 不同的大小 但都是同样的类型 Used to see me in the mall I'm the same 你会像以前那样在商场见到我 And get a couple broads giving brain on the plane 还有在空中高潮俱乐部 I come from Chi-Town lost and found in the struggle 我从唐人街来 努力寻找奋斗方向 Where dudes say stay safe and stay out of trouble 伙计们说 别惹麻烦 Speak is muffed the law and B gon try to cuff you 语言会把法律弄得更糟糕 B会给你戴上手铐 Those with duffles move weight and have muscles 那些有装备的人都很强大 I came through the dirt with a verse for the people 我带着写给人们的诗走过尘世 Open up for Daddy Kane and Easy up at the Regal 为Daddy Kane打开门 在皇家剧院表演 The radio rarely put their needle on my record 收音机上很少放我的专辑 They ain't see how the hood and heaven were connected 他们不知道天堂和地狱是怎样相连 Sounds projected, ain't show how effective 听起来一切都不真实 也没展示怎样的效果 Lessons learned, sessions turned to life reflected 经验教训都是人生的折射 And everything I found real in life know I kept it 生活中每一件真实的事 我都记得 They say life's a teacher, you're gonna get tested 他们说生活就是老师 每个人在接受着考验 When a ni**a changed they keep saying that ni**a strange 即使黑鬼们已改变 他们还是会说黑鬼很奇怪 Couldn't see how my mind won't be the lame 难道你不知道吗 我的脑子还没短路 Ahead of my time I caught up with the game 我提前赶上了这场比赛 Making good music making paper making change 制作好的音乐 创作歌词 创造变化 I put on gasoline drawers I stood in the fire 我穿上浇满汽油的裤子 我站在火中 With enough heat to set the hood on fire 有足够的热量可以引火上身 Man you niggaz think Suge was off the wire 黑鬼们认为Suge很危险 You should've seen the squad before I had Messiah 在我有弥赛亚之前 你应该见过这支乐队 We assumed the title as the number one supplier 我们把冠军作为我们首要的供应商 Felt like I was selling blow since I was in diapers 好像 我还是孩子的时候 我就在做买卖 And wish a ni**a would come try us 期盼有黑鬼向我们挑战 We was cool with the killers, best friends with the lifers 我们和杀手 罪犯是很好的朋友 Quick to up and scrap with niggaz who want to deny 我们将一路上升 就和那些拒绝的黑鬼们争吵吧 For what we considered then as a lucrative empire 我们认为那是一个有利可图的帝国 But like that pimping time flash by you 但是一切都转眼即逝