Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)
By John Legend
2010
1:58
Official Music Video
Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude) by John Legend
Lyrics & Translation
English
You know you ghetto boy, when you got a face, with a scar
And yo' highest aspirations is a place, and a car
Shorties pull out and bust, like a money shot
Now he on the run, he hot
And he hurting his granny and she the only one he got
The hood so shady
You give up hope, of ever even trying to find a sunny, spot-
-light, they caught him at the stop-
-light, but if he woulda run that yellow
Then he coulda, run the globe
But instead, with speed
They put one in the middle of his frontal, lobe
Like a unicorn
I'm just trying to keep you, informed
To my little ghetto soldiers in they, gold
Green, red, and blue uniforms - chuuch!
But I'm feeling like the loneliest monk
So I pull me a Thelonius Monk and blew, the horn
And we don the monikers of goons and gangsters
And are trained to conduct ourselves true, to form
So we add a Shorty, a Money, a Mack
A Lil', a Eazy, or a Young to our name
So all the big ballers grab rims and hung, in the game
And there's a degree, of difficulty
To make it from the ghetto boy into the manhood
Especially when you know that yo' fresh greens
Will help eliminated a canned, good
Can, good, and bad co-exist?
In a place with plenty of off ramps but no exits
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.
Spanish translation of Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude) by John Legend
Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)* (original John Legend)
You know you ghetto boy, when you got a face, with a scar
And yo' highest aspirations is a place, and a car
Shorties pull out and bust, like a money shot
Now he on the run, he hot
And he hurting his granny and she the only one he got
The hood so shady
You give up hope, of ever even trying to find a sunny, spot-
-light, they caught him at the stop-
-light, but if he woulda run that yellow
Then he coulda, run the globe
But instead, with speed
They put one in the middle of his frontal, lobe
Like a unicorn
I'm just trying to keep you, informed
To my little ghetto soldiers in they, gold
Green, red, and blue uniforms - chuuch!
But I'm feeling like the loneliest monk
So I pull me a Thelonius Monk and blew, the horn
And we don the monikers of goons and gangsters
And are trained to conduct ourselves true, to form
So we add a Shorty, a Money, a Mack
A Lil', a Eazy, or a Young to our name
So all the big ballers grab rims and hung, in the game
And there's a degree, of difficulty
To make it from the ghetto boy into the manhood
Especially when you know that yo' fresh greens
Will help eliminated a canned, good
Can, good, and bad co-exist?
In a place with plenty of off ramps but no exits
Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude) (traducción LyricVerse Team)
Sabes que eres un chico de barrio, cuando tienes una cara, con una cicatriz
Y tus más altas aspiraciones son un lugar, y un coche
Los chicos sacan y disparan, como un tiro certero
Ahora está huyendo, está en la mira
Y está hiriendo a su abuela y ella es la única que tiene
El barrio tan turbio
Pierdes la esperanza, de siquiera intentar encontrar un lugar soleado, un punto-
-de luz, lo atraparon en el semáforo-
-rojo, pero si hubiera pasado ese amarillo
Entonces podría haber, dominado el mundo
Pero en cambio, con velocidad
Le metieron un balazo en medio de su lóbulo, frontal
Como un unicornio
Solo intento mantenerte, informado
A mis pequeños soldados del gueto en sus, dorados
Uniformes verdes, rojos y azules - ¡chuuch!
Pero me siento como el monje más solitario
Así que pongo un Thelonius Monk y toco, la trompeta
Y nos ponemos los apodos de matones y gánsteres
Y estamos entrenados para comportarnos fieles, a la forma
Así que añadimos un Shorty, un Money, un Mack
Un Lil', un Eazy, o un Young a nuestro nombre
Así que todos los grandes jugadores agarran llantas y se mantuvieron, en el juego
Y hay un grado, de dificultad
Para pasar de chico de barrio a la hombría
Especialmente cuando sabes que tus verduras frescas
Ayudarán a eliminar un producto, enlatado
¿Pueden, el bien y el mal coexistir?
En un lugar con muchas salidas pero sin salidas
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