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All nice and decent crew follow me now we say

所有的好与不好的人 现在跟着我一起唱

Say Hi-Tek yes you're ruling hip-hop

Hi-Tek 你就是说唱的好手

Say J Rawls yes you're ruling hip-hop

J. Rawls 你就是说唱的好手

Redefinition say you're ruling hip-hop

重新定义 你就是说唱的好手

Say Black Star come to rock it non

Black Star来摇滚吧

Yo from the first to the last of it delivery is passionate

从第一到最后 我们可以传递激情

The whole and not the half of it vocab and not the math of it

整个而不是它的一半 那是词汇而不是数学

Projectile that them blasted with accurate assassin sh*t

他们开始射击 他们是准确的刺客

Me and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth

我和凯利很亲近 就像伯利恒和拿撒勒

After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk

在这之后 你在你的唱片上开始回放

Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin

闪亮得像一个聚集起来的星号

Connectin like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments

从别墅到旧房子

Cause all my Brooklyn residents heavy regiments

因为我所有的布鲁克林居民 都有沉重的负担

Don't believe here the evidence where Brooklyn WHAAAAAAAoohhhh

不要相信 真相就在Brooklyn

See that Bound to take it all kid believe that

看见了吗 一定会把所有的孩子带走

From where they sellin tree at to where the police be at

从他们交易的地方到警察那里

Talib Kweli e-Kweli-ty yo tell them where we be at

Talib Kweli e-Kweli-ty告诉他们我们在哪里

Brooklyn New York City where they paint murals of Biggie

布鲁克林和纽约城有许多名流大亨

In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous life look pretty

我们相信现金 因为犹太人的奢华生活真是让人难以置信

What a pity -- blunts is still fifty cents it's intense

多么遗憾 钝器仍然是50美分 越来越激烈

Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense

树的芬芳是占主导地位的 那不会被忽视

My presence felt my name is Kweli from the Eternal Reflection

我觉得我的名字 凯利 来自永恒的反射

People thinkin MC is short hand for Mis Conception

人们认为主持人干不久

Let me meditate set it straight came to the conclusion

让我沉思 得出结论

That most of these cats is featherweight let me demonstrate

大多数的人在开始都是人微言轻的 让我来证明

Walkin the streets is like battlin be careful with your body

走在街上就像战斗 注意你的身体

You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like Sade

你一定知道空手道 你的灵魂是坚韧的 像萨德一样

Stop actin like a b**ch already be a visionary

不要再表现的像一个坏女人 成为一个梦想家

And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary

或许你可以在讣告上看见你的名字

Third rate teacher readin and talkin about

下等的人们在阅读讨论

\"I knew he'd amount to nothin\"

我知道他什么也不是

Neighbors like \"He was the quiet type

邻居们说 他是安定的类型

Who'd have thought they was frontin \"

谁会想到他们是面对着他的呢

Talkin Loud like you in RCA get carted away

想想在RCA的你 用车运走

With body parts and treys what a way to start your day

出于对身体的考虑 你今天会如何开始

Yo it's like

那就像

One two three

123

Mos Def and Talib Kweli

摩斯戴夫和泰利凯利

We came to rock it on to the tip-top

我们开始摇滚

Best alliance in hip-hop wyahhhhh

嘻哈里最好的联盟

I said one two three

我说123

It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee

那似乎有点危险

They shot Tupac and Biggie

他们射击了Tupac和名流

Too much violence in hip-hop wyahhhhh

嘻哈里有太多的暴力

I said Manhattan keep on makin it (Bo ) Brooklyn keep on takin it (Bo )

我说 曼哈顿 布鲁克林 一直谈论他们吧

So relax we're takin it back Redhook where we're livin at

放轻松 我们正在节节败退 我们就住在Redhook

Plenty cats be strugglin not hustlin and bubblin

很多人正在努力 热火朝天

It ain't about production and -- what else we discussin

它不是关于生产 我们还能谈论什么

When the cock crows my crop grows enable me to rock flows

当公鸡啼叫 万物生长 我就可以开始摇滚

Strivin for perfection ever since I was a snot-nosed

精益求精 自从我开始臭名昭著

COLOSSAL true original b-boy apostle

异常的 真实的 原始的街舞男孩追随者

Standin on the rooftop with the Zulu gestapo

和Zulu gestapo站在屋顶上

You think you the sh*t

你认为你是无名小卒

Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit

背后有人会强迫你退出

It could be your crew or click

这可能是你的同伴或者仇敌

Or some random kid you smoked buddha with

或者是你与佛祖谈论起的某个孩子

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history

我在考虑实体产业没有历史

Of spittin the epitome of stupidity -- livin my life

我这一生都活得糊里糊涂

Expressin my liberty it gotta be done properly

重获我的自由 我想我会过得更好

My name is in the middle of e-Kweli-ty

我的中间名字是eKwelity

People follow me and other cats they hear him flow

人们跟随着我 还有人跟随着我的步伐

And assume I'm the real one with lyrics like I'm Cyrano

我想我就是真正的创作达人 就像我是Cyrano

Still sippin wishin well water imported from Pluto

还是啜饮着许愿井水 那是从冥王星原装进口的

Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers

三百六十毫升 到处都是我们的追随者

In miles or kilometers most cats cannot proceed us

不论走过多少路途 有多少人追随 都不能让我们停下

In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the cheaters

我们是狮子 是丛林里的领袖 而你们是骗子

A cypher will complete us if we come through your receivers

一个数字 会使我们完整并让我们击败你

You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us

你可以耍弄我们 模仿我们 读懂我们 然后带我们回家

(line for line) Good Jesus Mos Def and Kweli just

上帝啊 摩斯戴夫和泰利凯利

Make a p**sy freeze up thinkin we will ease up

让女孩们停下来 那很简单

One two three

123

Mos Def and Talib Kweli

摩斯戴夫和泰利凯利

We came to rock it on to the tip-top

我们要开始摇滚

Best alliance in hip-hop wyahhhhh

我们是嘻哈中的最佳组合

I said one two three

我说123

It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee

做主持是诸多危险中的一种

They shot Tupac and Biggie

他们射击了图派克和名流

Too much violence in hip-hop wyahhhhh

嘻哈中有太多的暴力