歌词
They say that everything you go through in life
他们说你生命中遇到的每一件事
It's what you become
都成就了你
If thats the case yeah
如果是这样的话
I'm becoming number 1
我将努力成为第一名
Listen
听好了
It's Estelle
我是Estelle
Yo yo
哟哟
I grew up in the 1980's
我在1980年代长大
In a four bedroom house
在一个有四间卧室的房子里
My family, my grandma,
我的家庭成员有 我的祖母
Three or four aunties
三四个阿姨
Uncles and brothers
叔叔和兄弟们
In and out of prison daily
进出监狱是家常便饭
At certain times when there was no heat
有时候家里没有暖气
We stay under covers
我们蜷缩在被褥下
There was life like u never seen
这样的生活你们从未见过
Grandma taking extra people in
祖母带着陌生人进入
Come dinner time it was tippin' 18
直到快晚上6点才吃完饭
Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath
在煤气灶上煮一大锅水用来洗澡
Rub my face with olive oil
我用橄榄油抹脸
All my mates used to laugh
我的所有朋友都曾经嘲笑我
All my cousin's moved out and we all got divided
我的所有表兄弟姐妹全都搬了出去,我们都分开了
As i started to get older I seen God providing
当我逐渐长大 我看见上帝的恩赐
I've seen 50 pound last 3 months solid
50磅足以支撑我3个月的生活
I got my first pair of Nikes we were still eating porridge
我得到了第一双耐克 但我们仍在每天喝粥
Me and my cousin used to play Mel and Kim practising dancin'
我和兄弟姐妹过去常模仿明星 Mel and Kim 并练习舞蹈
Coming down the stairs and ting
不小心滚下楼梯 叮当作响
I touched Africa and came back darker
我出碰到了非洲 皮肤更加黝黑
Knowing myself, feeling my roots a little bit harder
了解了自己 感到自己的根基变得扎实了一点
1980 Year that God made me
1980这一年 上帝创造了我
89 I started to get by
89年 我开始经营生活
99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始写歌
Walk with me reminisce my life
与我生命的回忆并肩同行
1980 Year that God made me
1980这一年 上帝创造了我
89 I started to get by
89年 我开始经营生活
99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始写歌
Walk with me reminisce my life
与我生命的回忆并肩同行
So then we moved up
随后我们继续前行
I thought I was the Fresh Prince
我认为我是新晋贵族
Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded
朝代更迭 达拉斯衰落
With three beds this time and six kids still
但仍过着六个孩子挤三张床的生活
We got a doggy that dog loved to ****
我们得到了一只小狗 它喜欢
My brother got his first pair of LA gears
我的兄弟得到了他的第一套装备
He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear
他认为那是用来拍照的不是用来穿的
I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter
我开始穿上紧身牛仔裤出去游玩
My weird neighbors set their own house on fire
我的奇怪邻居把自己的房屋弄着火了
Church was all day every day and every week
教堂从早到晚 每周都开放
That's where i learned how to sing
那是我学会唱歌的地方
Hearing that pastor preach
听着牧师布道
Benediction was all we went for
渴望恩赐是我们去教堂的唯一动力
So we could run home and play Connect 4
这样我们可以冲回家玩Connect4游戏
Mum worked late and we learnt to cook
母亲工作到很晚 所以我们学着做菜
Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup
米饭 豌豆 鸡肉 炖豌豆汤
In the room watching Kung-Fu films and Cleopatra Joans
在房间里看功夫电影和埃及艳后
Wishing we were Cosby kids and the match stick girls
幻想着我们是科斯比的孩童和卖火柴的小女孩
1980 Year that God made me
1980这一年 上帝创造了我
89 I started to get by
89年 我开始经营生活
99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始写歌
Walk with me reminisce my life
与我生命的回忆并肩同行
1980 Year that God made me
1980这一年 上帝创造了我
89 I started to get by
89年 我开始经营生活
99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始写歌
Walk with me reminisce my life
与我生命的回忆并肩同行
The man downstairs was dead for three weeks
住楼下的男人过世三周了
His own cat started eating him
他的猫开始吃他
The house starts to wreak
房子遭到破坏
That's when we moved out
这时我们搬走了
And our house was bigger
我们的新房子更大
We had a large garage and the attic was killer
我们有一个大车库和一个阁楼
We used to pray for three hours in the mornin'
我们曾早上做三小时的祷告
Sitting on the school bus
坐在校车上
Believe we was yawning
我们大概是在打哈欠吧
All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads
头发粘在脑门上
Jam and spritz, durags and pin curls yes
果酱和饼干 头饰和复古卷发 棒呆了
***y boys walking round showing interest
男生们饶有兴致地徘徊在旁
In what I don't know 'cause we all had flat chests
不知为何我们都平胸
Don't think we never mastered the Kid'n Play steps
别以为我们一直很逊色
Doing what for days in the boggle yep
常常犹豫地做事
But this is just the beginning of my life right,
但我的生活刚刚开始
Nine kids a house and one life time
九个孩子挤在一间房 只拥有一次生命
Yo, the beginning of my life right
哟 这是我生活的开始 对吧
Nine kids a house in one life time
九个孩子挤在一间房 只拥有一次生命
1980 Year that God made me
1980这一年 上帝创造了我
89 I started to get by
89年 我开始经营生活
99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始自己写歌
Walk with me reminisce my life
与我的生命的回忆并肩同行
1980 Year that God made me
1980这一年 上帝创造了我
89 I started to get by
89年 我开始经营生活
99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始自己写歌
Walk with me reminisce my life
与我的生命的回忆并肩同行
专辑信息
1.Get Ur Freak On
2.Ghetto Gospel
3.Hot in Herre
4.The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
5.Paid in Full (Coldcut remix)
6.Nothin'
7.Release Yo'delf
8.Umi Says
9.Let Me Blow Ya Mind
10.Oh Boy
11.Touch It
12.Simon Says
13.Ugly
14.Jump Around
15.Livin' It Up
16.Dreams
17.Concrete Schoolyard
18.There It Go (The Whistle Song)
19.California Love (remix)
20.My Humps
21.Witness (1 Hope)
22.Rump Shaker
23.OPP
24.My Band
25.1980
26.Regulate
27.(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)
28.Get Low
29.Lean Back
30.Party Groove
31.Can I Kick It?
32.Who Am I (What's My Name)
33.Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)
34.The 900 Number
35.X Gon' Give It to Ya
36.Locked Up
37.Gangsta's Paradise
38.What's Your Fantasy
39.Runnin'
40.Pump It Up
41.In da Club
42.Stunt 101
43.Funky Cold Medina
44.Let's Get Blown
45.Walk This Way
46.Switch
47.I Got 5 on It
48.Have a Party
49.Ridin'
50.How Do You Want It
51.Rapper's Delight
52.Push It!
53.Phenomenon
54.Got Some Teeth
55.Summertime
56.I'll Be
57.Express Yourself
58.Be Faithful
59.Nuthin' But a G Thang
60.The Message