篮球英文堂 第196期:超燃励志!奋斗!找到你真正想要的(2)

 　　My dreams don't live down there 我的梦想不要住在那里

　　That's what my granddad used to tell me 这是我爷爷一直告诉我的

　　When I used to walk in new projects, I look down, I see crack needles, I see bullets, I see bloodstains 当我在做新的项目的时候，我低头看，我看到了吸毒的针筒，我看到了子弹，我看到了血迹

　　But when I look to the sky I saw my dreams, I saw my opportunity 但当我看向天空时，我看到了我的梦想，我看到了我的契机

　　When I would go to school, they would tell me I was too dumb 当我到上学的时候，他们会说我太笨了

　　they told me I'd be like my father, like my family 他们告诉我我会和我父亲一样，和我家庭一样

　　Selling dope, going to the penitentiary¹. Never seeing what the real world would be 卖毒品，进监狱，永远看不到真实的世界

　　See, I was a kid couldn't read till it was 16 看，我直到16岁才能阅读

　　But my dream was bigger than my reality 但我的梦想比我的现实更宏大

　　I'm telling you, young king 我告诉你，年轻的国王

　　Keep fighting because your life depend on it 继续奋斗吧因为这是你生命之依托

　　Just like when you get hit with that bullet 就像你被那颗子弹击中一样

　　And your boy is telling you don't stop breathing, don't stop fighting 你的孩子告诉你不要停止呼吸，不要停止奋斗

　　You still got life to live 你还有生命

　　Because if you laid in your pool of blood, You gonna die there 因为如果你躺在血泊之中，你将会死在那里

　　Young king, young king learn how to fight for your purpose and not the money 年轻的国王，要学会怎样为目标而战而不是为金钱而战

1 penitentiary   

n.感化院；监狱

参考例句：

• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.他坐牢的时候，她的父亲死了，家庭就拆散了。