小心谨慎,有些人可能Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be强奸犯,那么说出你的年龄,不要假装得Older than you are, give yourself time to grow比你实际年龄大,给你自己的成长一点时间You thinking he can give you wealth, but so你认为他能够给你带来财富,可是呢Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know年轻的男孩们,你们可以帮上很大的忙,你们知道You thinking life's all about smoking weed and ice你们以为你们的人生只是抽烟喝酒You don't want a be my age and can't read and write你不会想长到了我这么大还不会读书写字吧Begging different women for a place to sleep at night到处像女人求救来找个 住宿的地方Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish聪明的男孩们会成长为真正的男人做他们想做的If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this如果你相信你可以,那么跟我说[Chorus]I know I can (I know I can)我知道我可以Be what I want a be (be what I want a be)达成我的梦想If I work hard at it (If I work hard at it)如果我努力I'll be where I want a be (I'll be where I want a be)我会到达我想到的位置[Nas]Be, be, 'fore we came to this country做,做,在我来到这个国度之前We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys我们是国王和皇后,而不是黑佣It was empires in Africa called Kush那是个在非洲叫做库什的帝国(即古埃及历史上所称的「努比亚」Nubia)Timbuktu, where every race came to get books廷巴克图,在哪每次比赛都被记录成为历史To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans向黑人老师学习他们曾教过希腊人和罗马人Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when亚洲人,阿拉伯人,给他们黄金,而当Gold was converted to money it all changed黄金变换成了钱一切都变了Money then became empowerment for Europeans钱成了欧洲人的特权The Persian military invaded波斯的军队入侵They heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred他们听说了黄金,教义和所有神圣的东西Africa was almost robbed naked非洲几乎被洗劫一空Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships奴隶制可以赚钱,于是他们开始建造贩卖奴隶的船Egypt was the place that Al exander the Great went埃及就是亚历山大大帝所去的地方He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces他被人山人海的黑奴所震惊了Shot off they nose to impose what basically打掉了他们的鼻子开始征税Still goes on today, you see?到今天还在继续,对吧?If the truth is told, the youth can grow如果知道了真相,那么你就可以成长Then learn to survive until they gain control然后学会生存直到他们得到了控制Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes没人所你必须做一个帮派分子或者妓女Read more learn more, change the globe多读书多学习,改变世界Ghetto children, do your thing穷区的
孩子们,做你们该做的事Hold your head up, little man, you're a king抬起你的头,小男子汉,你就是国王Young Princess when you get your wedding ring年轻的公主当你戴起你的 结婚戒指Your man is saying "She's my queen"你的男人会说,她是我的女王[Chorus]ah ahahah ahhh ahahaha ahahaah ahahah ahhh ahahaha ahahaahaha ahaha ah ahaSave the music y'all, save the music y'all拯救这音乐~!Save the music y'all, save the music y'all拯救这音乐~!Save the music拯救这音乐~!