歌词
Ohhhh
在我不满17岁的时候
Now I was barely seventeen
曾经满怀希望
with a pocket full of hope
尽管当时家里一贫如洗
Screamin' dollar and a dream
却还大嚷着要赚大钱
with my closet lookin' broke
我哥们儿看起来一本正经
And my nigga's lookin' clean
却在贩毒的时候条子抓了个正着
gettin' caught up with that dope
你经历过
Have you ever served a fiend
一切希望落空的梦魇么？
with a pocket full of soap
小子 让我来告诉你
Nigga I can tell you things
一些你本不该知道的事吧
that you probably shouldn't know
你是否曾听过那些
Have you ever heard the screams
你听过凶杀现场撕心裂肺的尖叫吗？
when the body hit the floor
这份痛苦让你无数次带着冷汗从梦中惊醒
Flashbacks to the pain wakin' up cold sweats
只能一大早就得健身来发泄
Six o'clock in the mornin' gotta hit the BoFlex
在道上混可不能是弱鸡
Get my weight up on the block
在道上混可不能是弱鸡 时时刻刻得提防着条子
keep watch for the cops
那些天杀的条子就爱拷上黑人再开三枪
God they love to serve a nigga three hots and a cot
现如今犯罪挣的钱还不如临时兼职多
Nowadays crime pays like a part time job
穷困潦倒的日子里我只能祈祷 就像卡尔托马斯在歌里唱的那样（Carl Thomas是90年代的R&B歌手）
And the drought got me prayin' for a car time vibe
及时雨快来吧（summer rain是Thomas一首歌的歌名）
Summer Rain come again numb the pain
洗去我作为罪人的痛苦
'cause it's hard for a felon
我明知贩毒是条无尽的深渊
In my mind I been cryin' know it's wrong
却依然挣扎着陷了进去
but I'm sellin'
拭去眼泪
Eyes wellin' up with tears thinkin'
每当想起我那九泉之下的兄弟
'bout my niggas dead in the dirt
他永远印在我的T恤上
Immortalized on this shirt
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
延续传奇
Form with the plot
17:45（可能是死亡时间）
One-Seven-Forty-Five
你的故事继续
Form at the plot
兄弟你精神永存
Real niggas don't die
成为道上的信条
Form on the plot
兄弟之间永不背弃
Hood niggas don't lie
传奇继续
Form on the plot
我的兄弟永垂不朽
My niggas don't die
人人以你为傲
Form on the plot
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
你是道上的精神支柱
Form on the plot
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
你见过被海罗银（和谐）侵蚀头脑的人吗？
Have you ever seen a fiend cook crack on the spoon
你见过毒瘾发作变得像狼人一样狂暴的人吗？
Have you ever seen a nigga that was black on the moon
当你的兄弟进监狱
Have you ever seen your brother go to prison
你看过自己哭泣的样子吗？
as you cried
你他妈见过天上色彩斑斓的彩虹吗？
Have you ever seen a motherfuckin' ribbon in the sky
都没有！老子眼里只有绿色的百元大钞
Nope all I see is that C.R.E.A.M nigga that green
老子就是坐拥美人的王者
I'm a black king black jeans on my black queen
我马子的美臀大到大屏电视都装不下
And her ass fat too fat for a flat screen
老子就是毒品王国的国王
I'm the type of nigga make the whole fuckin' trap lean
老子的毒品有翅膀
Kingpin nigga put wings on a crack fiend
想抓老子
If they want a nigga
得派海军陆战队来
they gon' have to send a SWAT team
但老子依旧像《疤面煞星》里最后一幕那样逃出生天
And I'm goin' out like Scarface in his last scene
知道啥叫传奇人物了吗？
A legend what that mean
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
延续传奇
Form with the plot
17:45（可能是死亡时间）
One-Seven-Forty-Five
你的故事继续
Form at the plot
兄弟你精神永存
Real niggas don't die
成为道上的信条
Form on the plot
兄弟之间永不背弃
Hood niggas don't lie
传奇继续
Form on the plot
我的兄弟永垂不朽
My niggas don't die
人人以你为傲
Form on the plot
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
你是道上的精神支柱
Form on the plot
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
兄弟永垂不朽
Real niggas don't die
要当一秒钟英雄
To die a young legend
还是要抱憾终身你自己选
or live a long life unfulfilled
你想改变世界
'Cause you wanna change the world
但你活着的话是永远不可能的
but while alive you never will
我听说
'Cause they only feel you after you gone
人们只有在你死了才能关注到你
or I've been told
现在声名大噪和安然终两种思想老在我脑海里盘旋
And now I'm caught between bein' heard and gettin' old
该死 有时候我真想一死了之
Damn death creepin' in my thoughts lately
要我死的话我只有一个愿望
My one wish in this bitch make it quick
“妈的 下手痛快点”
if the Lord take me
我知道谁都不会永世长存
I know nobody meant to live forever anyway
所以我也像家乡的人一样努力奋斗着（Virgini-A应该是北卡的一个地名 Cole是北卡人）
And so I hustle like my niggas in Virgini-A
黑人们总是口口相传：
They tellin' niggas sell dope rap or go to NBA
“只有贩毒或者去NBA打球才能功成名就”
In that order
正是这种观念禁锢了黑人的思想
It's that sort of thinkin' that been keepin' niggas chained
令他们不得不身陷社会底层
at the bottom and hanged
你们从来没见过的那颗成功果实是饱含痛苦的
The strangest fruit that you ever seen ripe with pain
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