[Intro: Royce Da 5'9"]
(Ryan!) I am not trying to be in the store all day
咱们不能在这店里玩一天
Y'all can play the game one time
你只能玩一次哦
Lemme go get change for a dollar real quick
我去换点零钱 很快回来
Hey my man, what's up, you got change for a dollar?
嗨 哥们 你有一块钱零钱吗
What's up, man? You don't remember me, do you?
等等 兄弟?你不记得我了 是不?
(Ryan!) I remember you, I remember you definitely
但是我记得你 我绝对记得你
I remember you took my basketball and wouldn't give it back
我记得你抢走了我的篮球 不还给我
'Cause I dribbled it inside the store but I was just messing with you
因为我在店里拍球 但是我只是在和你玩啊
Plus that was my lucky ball
还有 那可是我的幸运球
My Dad got it signed by Isaiah Thomas so I kept it with me
我爸爸找Isaiah Thomas签了名 所以我总是随身带着那个球(底特律活塞队球员)
[Verse 1: Royce Da 5'9"]
Everywhere I went I used to bounce that ball
无论走到哪里我都砰砰拍球
Everywhere I used to go I used bounce that, bounce that ball
无论走到哪里我都砰砰 砰砰拍球
I'm little Ryan from 16650 Baylis
我是住在Baylis大街16650号的小Ryan
Remember me? I used to buy all the mystery mix Now and Laters
还记得我吗?我总是买掉所有混合口味的水果糖
I used to wait for God to come down and answer all my prayers
我总是等着上帝降临 回应我的祈祷
[Chorus: Mélanie Rutherford]
Never asked for much when I sat down and say my prayers
我端坐祈祷 别无所求
All I ever, ever wanted was to be amazing (Ryan!)
只是 只是想要让人惊叹
[Verse 2: Royce Da 5'9"]
Same little boy used to walk to the corner store
街角商店前曾经有小男孩走过
Who used to get the Funyun chips, who ended up, dumb, young and rich
那个喜欢买洋葱圈的男孩 现在变得年轻有为
I had young parents but they both were strict
我父母都很年轻 但是他们都超严格
I had a superstitious granddad, wait, scratch that, crazy granddad
我有个迷信的爷爷 等等 刚那句删掉 我有个疯狂的爷爷
I seen him turn his hat around three times
我看过他把帽子转了三圈
Drive his car around the corner three times in reverse
在街角倒车倒了三圈
Just 'cause he crossed paths with a black cat
只是因为他遇到了只黑猫
Man, you remember Hank? He used to be a Jitney at the market
嘿 还记得Hank吗? 以前在市场当司机的那个
My Mom used to do his laundry
总是把衣服交给我妈来洗
He used to have me and my brothers dyin' laughin' at him
他总是让我和我兄弟们笑到不行
Talkin' 'bout, "You know you can't leave them clothes
他说 “你造的 洗完衣服之后
In the washing machine too long when they get done washed
不能把衣服留在洗衣机里太长时间
And still put 'em in the dryer, doing that makes the clothes stink"
这样再放到烘干机里 衣服会有味道的”
Damn, being back here bring back so many memories
靠 回到这里之后回忆涌了上来
You sure you don't remember me? You remember the ball? (Ryan!)
你真的不记得我了?那你还记得我的球吗?
Everywhere I went I used to bounce that ball
无论走到哪里我都砰砰拍球
Everywhere I used to go I used to bounce that, bounce that ball
无论走到哪里我都砰砰 砰砰拍球
N***a, everybody know little Ryan from 17150 Northlawn
嘿 大家都知道我是Northlawn 17150号的小Ryan
I used to come and cop pork rinds
我以前总来买炸猪皮
I used to watch drug dealers come through in cars
我以前总看见药贩子开着车进进出出
Like, "If I get one of those, it's showtime"
想着 “我要是有一辆这车 那可酷毙了”
[Chorus: Mélanie Rutherford]
Never asked for much when I sat down and say my prayers
我端坐祈祷 别无所求
All I ever, ever wanted was to be amazing (Ryan!)
只是 只是想要让人惊叹
[Bridge: Mélanie Rutherford]
Is that Ryan? Is it always good to see him in the neighborhood
这不是Ryan吗?看到他又回来了感觉真好
Hey, baby! How your momma?
Ryan宝贝!你妈妈最近怎么样啊?
Look at that car, he done done it
看他开那个车 他出息了
I told y'all he was gonna do somethin' (Ryan!)
我早就说过 他肯定能干成大事的
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Hell yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Hell yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey (Ryan!)
[Verse 3: Royce Da 5'9"]
Wow, this is overwhelin'
哇 记忆涌了上来
It feels like it was just yesteday I was watchin' "Good Times"
感觉就在不久之前 我还在看着Good Times
Wishin' I could get ahold of Thelma
希望我能追到Thelma
Fighting with my brother over channels
和我哥为了自己喜欢的频道抢个不停
I like watchin' movies
我爱看电影
He likes stupid shit like Robin Williams goin', "Nanu nanu"
他偏偏爱看Robin Williams在那叨咕什么“Nanu nanu”
Whatever that stupid ass show called
我都忘了那破节目叫啥了 管他呢
I ain't around here being no attention whore
我可不是不声不响的回来的
I need n***as to look at these whips for every time we got those extension cords
我想要我兄弟们看看我这豪车
God, I miss my big brother so much
天 我好想我大哥
He went to prison so much that I don't think I'd recognize him these days much
他在监狱里呆了太久了 我可能都认不出来了
But I'ma always know what to get him from the ice cream truck
但是我还记得他爱吃哪个口味的冰淇淋
He used to get the Push-up Pops, I used to get the snow cone
他总是买推推杯 我就会买杯冰沙
I used to wanna be just like Turbo, he used to want to be Ozone
我总是想像Turbo那样帅 他却崇拜Ozone(出自1984年喜剧电影Breakin' Turbo和Ozone是两个街舞舞者)
I got all the kids wavin' at me, all the elderly off they high horse
孩子们都朝我挥手 大人也不再傲慢
They wouldn't even let a n***a play twenty-one in the driveway
之前 他们都不让我在院子前打牌
Nowadays the ball is in the my court (Ryan!)
现在 他们来我院子里开舞会
Everywhere I went I used to bounce that ball
无论走到哪里我都砰砰拍球
Everywhere I used to go I used bounce that, bounce that ball
无论走到哪里我都砰砰 砰砰拍球
Everybody going, "Ain't that—little Ryan, from over there on Morlow?
别人见我都说 “嘿 那不是Morlow的小Ryan吗?
I ain't seen him since he was a baby"
上次见他他才那么大点”
Well I'm back in town to let the people know
我回到这里 就是想让大家知道
That you don't need no lucky ball, you already amazing
你不需要什么幸运球也能令人惊叹
And I'm still your neighbor, little ol' Ryan (Ryan!)
我还是你们的邻居 那个小Ryan