December 4th (Album Version (Edited)) - Jay-Z // Sean Carter was born December 4th Sean Carte生于12月4日 Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces 体重10磅8盎司 He was the last of my 4 children 他是我4个孩子中最小的那个 The only one who didn't give me any pain 也是我生得最轻松的一个 When i gave birth to him 当我生下他的时候 And that's how i knew that he was a special child 我知道 他是一个特别的孩子 They say 他们说 "they never really miss you til you dead or you gone" 人们会在你死去或者离开后 铭记你 So on that note i'm leaving after the song 在这首歌结束后 我即将离去 So you ain't gotta feel no way about Jay so long 所以之后很长时间里 你们听不到我的歌 Atleast let me tell you why i'm this way Hold on 至少让我告诉你 我为什么要这样 I was conceived by Gloria Carter and Adaness Revees 我是Gloria Carter和Adaness Revees的儿子 Who made love under the Siccamore tree 他们在梧桐树下亲热时 怀上了我 Which makes me 这让我 A more sicker emcee my momma would claim 有些难过 我的妈妈却表现得很淡定 At 10 pounds when i was born i didn't give her no pain 当我出生的时候我只有10磅重 我没有带给她一丝痛苦 Although through the years i gave her her fair share 尽管这么多年来 我让她痛苦不堪 I gave her her first real scare 我出生的时候 I made it from birth and i got here 还在她身上留下来了第一块疤 She knows my purpose wasn't purpose 她知道我并非本意如此 I ain't perfect i care 我并不完美 对此我很在意 But i feel worthless cause my shirts wasn't matchin my gear 但是我觉得这一切都不值得 因为我如此穷酸落魄 Now i'm just scratchin the surface cause what's burried under there 现在我却无法触及到深层次的原因 Was a kid torn apart once his pop disappeared 一个孩子因为他父亲的抛弃而失去了父爱 I went to school got good grades could behave when i wanted 当我想做的时候 我也能成绩优异且行为得体 But i had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted 但是我心中挥之不去的恶魔总是影响到我 Hold on 坚持住 Shawn was a very shy child growing up Shawn是一个害羞的男孩 He was into sports 他喜欢体育运动 And a funny story is 还发生了一件有趣的事 At 4 he taught hisself how to ride a bike 在他四岁的时候 他自己学会了如何骑自行车 A two wheeler at that 而且还是两个轮子的自行车 Isn't that special 难道这不特别吗 But i noticed a chance in him when me and my husband broke up 但是父亲抛弃家庭的事几乎扭曲了他的生活 Now all the teachers couldn't reach me 现在所有的老师都管不住我了 And my momma couldn't beat me 我的妈妈也不再打我 Hard enough to match the pain of my pops not seeing me SO 再也享受不到父爱 让我的内心非常痛苦 With that distain in my membrain 在我的观念里 我是被无视的 Got on my pimp game 干起了一些不良买卖 F**k the world my defense came 和世界开了个玩笑 自我防御起来 Then Dahaven introuced me to the game 然而Dahaven是我的伯乐 Spanish Jose introduced me to cane Spanish Jose教会了我很多东西 I'm a hustler now 我现在是一个明星 My gear is in and i'm in the in crowd 我在这里工作 受众人追捧 And all the wavey light skinned girls is lovin me now 所有的灯光都为我而亮 苗条女孩们开始爱上我 My self esteem went through the roof man i got my swag 我的自尊心获得了极大的满足 开始忘乎所以 Got a volvo from this girl when her man got bagged 从一个女孩那里得到了一辆沃尔沃 那是她的男人买的 Plus i hit my momma with cash from a show that i had 还有 我把巡演赚的一大笔钱给了我妈妈 Supposedly knowin nobody paid Jaz wack a** 好像大家都在给我开工资 I'm geting ahead of myself by the way i could rap 我在你的前面 顺便说一下 我又开始了我的说唱 That came second to me movin this crack 这是我的第二次机会