歌词
Consider my love
回想起吾爱
The days when we were
我们在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青涩
Our love was enough
但我们的爱就已足够
Remember?
记得吗？
1974
1974年
The Lord put me on this planet with a plan to be as hard as granite
主把我安排在这这颗星球，变得如花岗岩般坚硬
Calm spirit, no panic at the childbirth
平静的心灵，在出生之时没有任何惊慌
Verse read
诗朗诵
Mother shaped my head with a kiss
母亲轻吻我的额头
“Damn! he got a strong grip…” as I suckled
“天哪，他可抓得真牢”正当我在吸奶时
My Father’s knees buckled from the joy
我的教父双膝跪地，带着喜悦
Luck would have it that this bouncing baby boy would
好运也许将会降临到这个男孩子的头上
Gravitate towards being
被吸引前往
Poetic, Emceein' in the future
充满诗意，对未来描绘
But for now on the nipple like a hookah
但现在只会吸吮着乳头，像是吸着一个水烟袋
Fast forward, play games and duke a bit
按下快进，玩游戏的画面和公爵的画面
The years progress
时光如梭
Messed with cats that dib and dabbled in chess
如同小猫咪碰翻弄乱象棋棋子
Less strategical but meaningful
没有战术，却充满意义
Growing was completed so fast
成长的速度如此之快
3rd grader doing 5th grade math
三年级的学生做着五年级的数学题
Knew the library staff and half the books I read shed light
通晓图书馆的工作人员，我读过的大半的书都熠熠生辉
Damn! Those Arabian Knights
可恶！那些阿拉伯骑士
Was influenced by love that be of my birthright
享受着我与生俱来的关爱
Consider my love
回想起吾爱
The days when we were
我们在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青涩
Our love was enough
但我们的爱就已足够
Remember?
记得吗？
Sundays at church, watching the preacher work the pulpit
星期日的教堂，看着牧师们在讲坛宣告
Sit next to Ma
坐在妈妈身边
Pay attention or you’d get pent against the wall
要专心听，不然就要面壁思过
Times was serious but love conquered
那段时光如此肃穆，却被爱包裹
Above sponsors of hate
在主办者之恨上
So we had to relate in those days
所以我们必须要把这些日子联系起来
Hip Hop was ill
嘻哈病了
Conforming to the whack performing was unreal
符号化地去迎合他人表演是不真实的
And listen that’s real!
好好听才是真的
We’d kill for a chance to go dance and wop
我们要找机会去跳舞，引爆全场
Pop music was hot and new
流行音乐又火又新潮
Boys would pop and groove with high tops and loose shoes
男孩们会在舞台上舞动身体，鞋子都掉了
To hip hop that incorporated jazz and blues
嘻哈混合料爵士和蓝调
In high school, arts were plentiful
在高中，艺术生活如此丰富
Magnetic programs romance was synthetic
充满吸引力的浪漫活动如梦如幻
Dead it in a minute so much love, but love I’m tryin to get it
那么多爱情可以在1分钟内就死透，但我要去争取
Through roads and streets
穿过大街和小巷
Avenues and creeks
大道和小溪
Seek what my heart desires buying tracks that meet
寻找着我内心渴求的东西，购买听到过的音乐
Complete now so…
而现在就
Consider My Love
回想起吾爱
The days when we were
我们在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青涩
Our love was enough
但我们的爱就已足够
Remember?
记得吗？
Those family functions
那些家庭中的职能
No interruptions
不曾断过
Bustin “The Dozens” on kin folk
在乡亲们的面前演绎着各种曲目
Mainly your cousins
主要是我的同胞们
It’s all love
全部都是爱
In good spirit
兴致高昂
Used to hear it from the older generation
曾经都是从老一代上听到的
Chasin' them dreams and stacking cream for all of us
追逐着他们的梦
We used to boost a bit
我们曾吹过的牛
Young kids with the itch to have them cool fits and fly kicks, Nike Dunks
小孩子心痒痒地想要酷炫的装备，想要篮球鞋，耐克灌篮
California raised, so the hustle was engrained from day one
在加利福尼亚长大，所以奋斗就在脑海里面根深蒂固
Fake one’s that front
前面那些虚伪的人
Give it up
放弃吧
Childhood was good
童年很美好
From Stockton to Inglewood
从斯托克顿到英格尔伍德
Boggs Tract in fact is where the foundation lies at
博格斯道就是一切的基础
Now Mac trucks back up to speed the track up
现在开着大卡车狂飙
I plead, don’t crack up the dirt before we act up
我恳求，在我们动身之前别扬起尘土
From the foot to the brain impact cuts the soul deep
从头到脚，深深冲击着我们的灵魂
A whole heap but peep we still gain
虽已拥有很多，但我们仍在偷学
Things have changed but memories stay the same
物是人非，但是回忆是相同的
This brave heart parts with…
这颗心伴随着
Consider My Love
回想起吾爱
The days when we were
我们在一起的那天
Together so young
如此青涩
Our love was enough
但我们的爱就已足够
Remember?
记得吗？
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