TEETH

I done been in trouble, 'bout as long as I remember
一波未平一波又起
My momma tried to help me, but I hardly ever listened
媽媽曾苦心勸誡我卻自以為是閉目塞聽
So she sent me to them white schools
所以她把我送到了白人學校【Ameer的母親把他送到主白人的學校以遠離黑人區“不好的影響”】
I learned that I was different
我算是領會到我的不同了
They told me I'm a nigga, well now I know I am
他們告訴我我是個黑鬼我已心知肚明
I got my finger on the trigger, I'm a project baby
手指輕叩扳機出身於窮鄉僻壤【Project指政府設立的公共住房在這里長大的他更易接近槍支和毒品】
A free lunch felon, and I'm hungry every minute
他們發給我免費的午餐卻始終難以滿足我
Empty stomach, weed smoke can't fill it
煙草也無法填滿我的空胃
If you don't listen to me I set fire to the building
如果你不認真聽我娓娓道來我就放火燒了你家大樓【電影Office Space中米爾頓因受忽略而燒毀了自己工作的大樓】
Need to listen to the children
即便是童言童語我們也需認真聆聽
And the weapons they concealing
同時也別忘了睜亮眼睛認真去看他們隱藏起來的武器
Hear the voices of a million when I sell my first million
當我嶄露頭角時他們對我議論紛紛
I am bound to go diamond ain't no luck or surprises
靠天不如靠己我定要成就自己
I am tanning on an island
我在小島上享受日曬給自己來個“天然美黑”
I can feel the pressure but I see my new horizons
我負壓前驅大開眼界
Me and all my niggas getting stars down on Sunset Boulevard
我和我的哥們儿在Sunset Boulevard呼風喚雨揮灑自如
But niggas from the South Side with xan-bars and gun play
但來自南區的那幫哥們儿卻沉浸於毒品和槍支暴力【Ameer不以Drug use為耀他將自己與這些“毒品”說唱歌手區分開來】
Niggas on that 'some day'
他們總嚷嚷著“總有一天我會……”
If you shooting for the stars you only headed one way
若你這麼想要功成名就那比起好高騖遠不如腳踏實地地狠乾一把