Lebron James was born and raised in Akron, a hard luck city
勒布朗詹姆斯在阿克蘭出生并長大,一座不景氣的城市
But till this day, he has never abandoned his hometown
但直至今日,他從未拋棄他的家鄉
One thing I always say when I was younger
當我年幼的時候他們總是說
"It's that I want to play Akron on the map."
我想讓阿克蘭一舉成名
Tattoo the area code on my arm
我把阿克蘭的電話區域號紋在手臂上
You know Akron Ohio was where I was man
你知道俄亥俄阿克蘭是我成長為男人的地方
When I was four or five years old
當我四五歲的時候
My mother bought me a little toys basketball hoop
我媽媽給我買了一個小玩具籃筐
And she plays the basketball on my hand
并教我打球
Everyday when I woke up
每天當我醒來的時候
I had a little basketball on my hand and was trying dunk on the six foot hoop everyday
我手里都拿著一個小小的籃球,并每天嘗試扣只有六尺高的籃筐
Lebron showed a close bound with his mom
詹姆斯與母親感情很好
But it was just the two of them and it wasn't easy.
但也僅僅是他們兩人相依為命并且這并不簡單
She was young
她很年輕
You know my mom had me when she was sixteen
你知道我媽媽在十六歲的時候生下了我
You know so, she was really young
所以你知道的她非常年輕
Not having that father figurer around
我沒有常年陪伴在身邊的父親
It was difficult (when you went to some) when I went some of my friends’house, Becaue they have fathers and mothers around
你會發現我是多么的艱難,當我去我的一些朋友家的時候,,他們有父母陪伴左右而我沒有
Overwhelmed, his mom made a decison to sent LeBron to live with another family
為生活所困,詹姆斯的媽媽做出一個決定把勒布朗寄養在別的家庭
That was a tough choice for her
這對于她而言是一個艱難的決定
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