[00:00:05] You are appreciated [00:00:10] 你很珍惜 [00:00:10] When I was young me and my mama had beef [00:00:13] 那时候我还年轻,母亲还在烹制牛肉 [00:00:13] Seventeen years old kicked out on the streets [00:00:16] 十七年过去,尘封了的街道 [00:00:16] Though back at the time I never thought I'd see her face [00:00:19] 蓦然回首,还能否看到她的面孔 [00:00:19] Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place [00:00:21] 她能取代我母亲的位置吗 [00:00:21] Suspended from school; and scared to go home I was a fool [00:00:25] 辍学,不归,真傻 [00:00:25] With the big boys breakin all the rules [00:00:28] 与那些男孩,破坏规矩 [00:00:28] I shed tears with my baby sister [00:00:30] 在妹妹面前,隐藏着眼泪 [00:00:30] Over the years we was poorer than the other little kids [00:00:32] 事经多年,家里每况愈下 [00:00:32] And even though we had different daddy's the same drama [00:00:36] 不同的父亲,同样的悲剧 [00:00:36] When things went wrong we'd blame mama [00:00:39] 我们还会责怪母亲 [00:00:39] I reminice on the stress I caused it was hell [00:00:42] 回想那街道,不堪回首 [00:00:42] Huggin on my mama from a jail cell [00:00:44] 在牢房想拥抱母亲 [00:00:44] And who'd think in elementary [00:00:47] 还在小学吗 [00:00:47] Heeey I see the penitentiary one day [00:00:51] 耐心等待吧,总有一天 [00:00:51] And runnin from the police that's right [00:00:54] 逃狱 [00:00:54] Mama catch me put a whoopin to my backside [00:00:57] 母亲抓紧我,鞭策那马背 [00:00:57] And even as a crack fiend mama [00:01:00] 如挚友 [00:01:00] You always was a black queen mama [00:01:03] 你永远是黑暗皇后 [00:01:03] I finally understand [00:01:04] 最终我明白 [00:01:04] For a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man [00:01:08] 一个女人抚育孩子并不容易 [00:01:08] You always was committed [00:01:09] 你总发誓说 [00:01:09] A poor single mother on welfare tell me how ya did it [00:01:14] 你如何享受当单身母亲 [00:01:14] There's no way I can pay you back [00:01:16] 我难以报答你 [00:01:16] But the plan is to show you that I understand [00:01:19] 可你的痛苦难掩 [00:01:19] You are appreciated [00:01:20] 你如此珍贵 [00:01:20] Lady [00:01:22] 女士啊 [00:01:22] Don't cha know we love ya Sweet lady [00:01:26] 我们都很爱你 [00:01:26] Dear mama [00:01:28] 亲爱的母亲 [00:01:28] Place no one above ya sweet lady [00:01:31] 生活就在身边 [00:01:31] You are appreciated [00:01:33] 你很珍贵 [00:01:33] Don't cha know we love ya [00:01:37] 我们都很爱你 [00:01:37] Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair [00:01:39] 大家都知道,这并不公平 [00:01:39] No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't there [00:01:41] 无父爱,无懦弱 [00:01:41] He passed away and I didn't cry cause my anger [00:01:45] 他离开了,我并没有哭泣,只因愤怒 [00:01:45] Wouldn't let me feel for a stranger [00:01:48] 他如同我生命中的陌生人 [00:01:48] They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless but all along [00:01:51] 人们都说我冷血无情 [00:01:51] I was lookin for a father he was gone [00:01:53] 可当我需要父爱的时候,他不在 [00:01:53] I hung around with the Thugs and even though they sold drugs [00:01:57] 在暴徒的队列中徘徊,尽管他们做着非法勾当 [00:01:57] They showed a young brother love [00:01:59] 竭力展示兄弟间的义气 [00:01:59] I moved out and started really hangin [00:02:01] 我离开了,开始了流浪 [00:02:01] I needed money of my own so I started slangin [00:02:04] 我身无分文,我开始了咒骂 [00:02:04] I ain't guilty cause even though I sell rocks [00:02:07] 并没有罪恶感,唱着摇滚乐 [00:02:07] It feels good puttin money in your mailbox [00:02:10] 金银入袋时感觉如此美好 [00:02:10] I love payin rent when the rent's due [00:02:13] 按时交租 [00:02:13] I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to you [00:02:16] 赠你一串钻石项链