歌词
I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years of blessing,
在我生日的那天我早早地醒来，我已经在祷告中度过了20年，
The essence of adolescent leaves my body now I'm fresh in,
我仍然保持着年轻人的活力，感觉到神清气爽，
My physical frame is celebrated cause I made it,
我的名声家喻户晓，因为我成功了，
One quarter through life some God-ly like thing created,
在我这四分之一的人生中，看到一些东西正被造物主创造，
Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some,
一年365天我都在用写词，而且我也会，
Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs from,
装上麦克风，来上一段即兴说唱，咒骂是我换气的方式，
my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain,
那些拜金主义压得我大脑的血管生疼，
Don't go against the grain simple and plain,
别和简单与朴素背道而驰，
When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard,
当我还这么年轻的时候，我曾经艰难度日， 努力工作，赚钱养家，
Robbin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards,
投身行当，
Dipped to the projects my quick cash,
然后我继续努力， 过上了小康生活，曾经的伙计都过着，
and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with hash,
富有的生活，
Now it's all about cash in abundance, I used to run with,
于是我把我的座右铭改成了“明天会更好”，
is rich or doin years in the hundreds,
用一元钱买了一个瓶子，而不是去买乐透，
I switched my motto -- instead of sayin tomorrow,
然后我站在街头，抬头仰望天空，
That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto,
我调好了之后，继续努力，
Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks,
我用理论发声，让这个时代像带有静电的毛织物一样噼啪作响，
I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back,
用这复杂的理论冲击着你们的大脑，
Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric,
生活不易，最后你都会死去；这就是我们及时行乐的原因，
Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cabbage,
因为你不会知道自己什么时候会离开人世，
Life's a bixch and then you die; that's why we get high,
生活不易，最后你都会死去；那就是我们努力的原因，
Cause you never know when you're gonna go,
因为你不会知道自己什么时候会离开人世，
Life's a bixch and then you die; that's why we puff lye,
生活艰难，最后你都会死去；这就是我们及时行乐的原因，
Cause you never know when you're gonna go,
因为你不会知道自己什么时候会离开人世，
Life's a bixch and then you die; that's why we get high,
因为生活不易，最后你都会死去。
Cause you never know when you're gonna go,
Life's a bixch and then you die.
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