歌词
Here we go; we gonna send this one out to the old school
来吧，就让我们拿着这个玩意儿向老派说唱致敬吧！
All these motherfuckers in the Bronx, and Brooklyn, and Staten Island
那些在 Bronx, Brooklyn，Staten Island还有皇后区过着苦日子的兄弟们！
Queens, and all the motherfuckers that laid it down, the foundation
当然还有那些为老派说唱“做了一些微小的工作”的前辈们！
yaknowhatI'msayin? Nuttin but love for the old school
你们当然知道我在说些什么，对于老派说唱，我只有热爱！
That's who we gonna do this one for, ya feel me?
那些我将逐一致敬的人，你们能感受到我的敬意吗？
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
repeat 3X]
Nothin like the old school/ain't nuttin like the old school
没什么比得上老派说唱！根！本！没！有！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
I remember Mr. Magic, FLASH, Grandmaster Caz
我还记得Mr. Magic（John "Mr. Magic" Rivas）, FLASH（Joseph Saddler）, Grandmaster Caz（Curtis Fisher ）
LL raisin hell but, that didn't last
LL Cool J硬得像茅坑里的石头，但这货好像没坚持下去啊!
Eric B. & Rakim was, the shit to me
Eric B. & Rakim 正对我的胃口！
I flip to see a Doug E. Fresh show, with Ricky D
我的脑海里还能浮现出 Doug E. Fresh (Douglas E. Davis )和 Ricky D（Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters）
and Red Alert was puttin in work, with Chuck Chill
还有 Red Alert（Frederick Crute） 和 Chuck Chill（Charles Turner）演出的画面。
Had my homies on the hill gettin ill, when shit was real
这让我的小兄弟们high上了天,回到现实，
Went out to steal, remember Raw, with Daddy Kane
我的小兄弟们就出门干一些hustle的活。还记得Daddy Kane(Big Daddy Kane)和那首RAW（来自）！
when De La Soul was puttin Potholes in the game
当De La Soul三人组唱起Potholes in My Lawn的时候，
I can't explain how it was, Whodini
我没办法对此进行任何确切的描述！
had me puffin on that buddha gettin buzzed, cause there I was
Whodini组合甚至能使我把佛像用烟气吹得嗡嗡作响，因为我就在听他们的现场show啊！
Them block parties in the projects, and on my block
那些生活在贫民窟里（project特指Robert Taylor Homes和Gabrini Green于上世纪后半叶负责设计建造用于安置贫民的项目）和我老家街头上的帮派
You diggi don't stop, sippin on that Private Stock
你们根本放不下你们的拳头，除非你们到卖私酒的酒吧里喝得酩酊大醉。
Through my speaker Queen Latifah, and MC Lyte
打开我的功放， Queen Latifah（Dana Elaine Owens）和 MC Lyte（Lana Michelle Moorer）
Listen to Treach, KRS to get me through the night
Treach（Anthony Criss）和KRS-One（Lawrence "Krisna" Parker）的歌声伴我度过漫漫长夜
With T La Rock and Mantronix, to Stetsasonic
当然还有 T La Rock（Clarence "Terry" Ronnie Keaton），Mantronix组合和 Stetsasonic组合
Remember "Push It" was the bomb shit, nuttin like the old school
我当然记得那首（来自Salt-n-Pepa组合），它就像是一颗重磅炸弹，真是没什么能比得上老派说唱啊！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Heheheh, it ain't nuttin like the old school
哈哈哈，我再说一遍，根本没有什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Ain't nuttin like the old school
根本没有什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Yeaheheh, it ain't nuttin like the old school
是的，哈哈哈，根本没有什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Nuttin like the old school
根本没有什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
Ain't nuttin like the old school
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Heheh... I had, Shell Toes, and BVD's
哈哈哈，我有贝壳头板鞋和 BVD's（男士内衣）!
A killer crease inside my Lee's when I hit the streets
当我在大街上大摇大摆的时候，我的Lee's牛仔裤起了皱
I'm playin skelly, ring to leavey, or catch a kiss
我玩着Chrono Cross（Skelly是Chrono Cross游戏中的一个角色）,打个电话给Leavey或是接受一个香吻。
before the homies in my hood learned to smack a bitch, I remember
在我的那些混蛋兄弟们学会揍婊子之前，我还记得
way back, the weak weed they had
之前他们飞的叶子，
Too many seeds in the trey bag
他们的包里有太多的“货”了！
I'm on the train headin uptown, freestylin
我在通往城里的火车上，
with some wild kids from Bucktown, profilin
正和一些来自Bucktown的毛头小伙子来一场 freestyle battle，
cause the hoochies was starin, thinkin, "Why them niggaz swearin?"
这让这些卖私酒的娘们注视着我们，疑惑我们这些黑鬼到底在咒骂些什么呢？
I'm wonderin if that's her hair, I remember
我想知道这是不是她的头发，
Stickball, pump the hoochies on the wall
我想起了棍球，老子要把她们打飞到墙上！
or takin leaks on the steps, stinkin up the hall
或是在台阶上随地小便，把这会所里弄得臭气熏天！
Through my childhood, wild as a juvenile
回想我的童年时代，我就是个惹是生非的孩子，路子野得像只雏鸟
A young nigga tryin to stay away from Riker's Isle
我是个年纪轻轻的黑鬼，尽力让自己别去蹲苦窑（ Riker's Isle--纽约的一座监狱，以它所坐落的Rikers Island而得名）。
Me and my homies breakin nights, tryin to keep it true
我和我的兄弟们整夜狂欢，试图把这激情的幻觉保持下去。
Out on the roof sippin 90 proof, ain't nuttin like the old school
爬上屋顶喝几口高度酒，没什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Heheheyah, that's right, it ain't nuttin like the old school
哈哈哈，是的，根本没有什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Ain't nuttin like the old school
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Nuttin like the old school
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
Nuttin like the old school
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today
“我不知道我还能说些什么，我根本不会有风光无限的今天，
Hahah... remember poppin and lockin to Kurtis Blow, the name belts
哈哈哈，还记得 Kurtis Blow(Kurt Walker)街舞和腰带
Ain't nuttin like the old school
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
if the old school didn't pave the way" -- Grand Puba]
如果老派说唱没有为今天的一切披荆斩棘、铺平道路”—— Grand Puba（Brand Nubian的MC）
And Scott LaRock the Super Hoe back in Latin Quarters
还有Scott LaRock（Scott Monroe Sterling ），那首和
When Slick Rick was spittin La-Di-Da-Di
当Slick Rick嘴里发出 La-Di-Da-Di旋律的噼啪声
Gamin the hoochies at the neighborhood block parties, I remem-ber
和卖私酒的娘们在街头聚会上寻欢作乐，我还记得
breakdancin to Melle Mel
跟着 Melle Mel（Melvin Glover ）跳机械舞；
Jekyll and Hyde, LL when he Rocks the Bells
Jekyll and Hyde（短篇小说中的人物）；LL Cool J的
Forget the TV, about to hit the streets and do graffiti
让电视机去见鬼去吧，我就要到大街上大摇大摆地闲逛，顺便玩玩涂鸦！
Be careful don't let the transit cops see me
稍微小心点，我不会让让交警发现我的
It ain't nuttin like the old school!
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
Grand Puba sample repeats every bar to end]
（Grand Puba的采样重复到本曲结束）
It ain't nuttin like the old school
没什么能比得上老派说唱！
Hahahah, it ain't nuttin like the old school
哈哈哈，没什么能比得上老派说唱！
Hey, heheaha, on the real though, ain't nuttin like the old school
哈哈哈，说真的，没什么能比得上老派说唱！
...
Remember seein Brooklyn go crazy up in the motherfuckin party?
还记得在该死的聚会上见证整个Brooklyn都变得疯狂吗？
Member how fuckers used to go, "Is Brooklyn in the house?"
记得那些混球曾经怎么去的吗？“Brooklyn就在这屋子里？！”
and motherfuckers would lose they GOD DAMN MIND
这些沙雕会完全失去他们的理智！
That's the old school to me; that's what I'm sayin （Su-per, Sperm）
这就是对我而言的老派说唱，这就是我想说的！
I remember goin places that motherfuckers was scared to say
我还记得去过连那些混蛋们都不敢说出来的地方！
they was from anywhere but Brooklyn; that shit was the bomb
他们绝对不是Brooklyn的人！
Back in the motherfuckin old school nigga
回顾TMD老派说唱？
Remember skelly nigga? Knockin niggaz out the box, poppin boxes?
记得skelly吗？把黑鬼们好好揍一顿？
Member stickball? Member niggaz to run that shit like that?
记得棍球吗？记得黑鬼们追来逐去吗？
Member the block members screamin up at your mom from the window?
记得那些街头搞事的人从窗户里对着你妈妈尖叫骚扰吗？
（LL Cool J is hard as HELL...）
LL Cool J真是硬核得像从地狱里来的！
The ice cream truck, member all the mother...
记得冰激凌车吗？记得所有TMD...
Member the italian icey's yo?
记得意式冰激凌店吗？
Yo remember the italian icey's the spanish niggaz comin down
YO，记得意式冰激凌店还有那些西班牙裔黑鬼们
with the coconut icey's and shit?
争先恐后地付钱买那玩意儿吗?
I came through the door, said it before
老子从门里走出来，早就说过！
That was the SHIT!
这TM就是一坨屎！
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