歌词
3, 2, 1
三、二、一
1984
一九八四
World War III
第三次世界大战
Life is a game of business
生活是个商业游戏
And in the end we sight (swear to god)
到最后叹口气(说真的)
The new and old are bought and sold
新的旧的老的少的,买进来卖出去
And everybody thinks they’re right
没人觉得自己做错了
War is a game of business
战争是个商业游戏
A game we shouldn’t play (swear to god)
是个人不该引火上身的游戏(说真的)
Because men with guns killed all our sons
端着枪的家伙杀掉的是我们的兄弟
They blew us all away
垮掉的是我们
They called it
人管这叫做
World (paranoia)
第三次(偏执狂吧是)
War (it’s almost over)
世界(一切都完了)
3 (cause nobody hears what the people say) (*2 times)
大战(人民的心声没人管没人听)(这段唱两遍)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
哈哈哈真可笑哈哈哈
Realistically the bombs are ready
说眼前儿的,弹药都准备好了
Technically, nuclear by name
说技术上的,核武器横竖都是大阵势
Capability of total destruction
这些能把地球炸个稀巴烂
Radioactive death and flame
致命的炮火和辐射
There is talk of a firey doom
人类末日将是一片火海
Prophesied since the dawn of time
这是从最初就有的预言
In a world of bloodshed, mass confusion
一个流血千里、一片混乱的世界
Killer diseases, pollution and crime
疾病、污染、犯罪都是夺人性命的杀手
Man is in conflict with nature
因为人和自然作对
And that is why there’s so much sin
才会有如此深重的罪恶
Mother nature’s delicate balance will fix it so nobody wins
最终自然母亲的平衡力量将修复这一切,但没有谁是赢家
In world (catastrophic)
在这场(天降灾祸)
War (Reaganomic)
第三次(还提什么里根经济学)
3 (and nobody hears what the people say)
世界大战(人民的心声没人管没人听)
World (it’s atomic)
第三次(原子弹)
War (catastrophic)
世界(杀伤力极强)
3 (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
大战(哈哈哈哈哈哈哈可笑)
A thousand miles away from home
离家千里之外
A mortally wounded soldier dies
有一个死到临头的士兵
And on the blood stained battlefield
躺在鲜血浸过的战场上
His life flashes before his eyes
他回想起自己的一生
Before he dies the man saw Jesus
阖眼时他看到了耶稣
And Jesus Christ took his hand
耶稣握着他的手
And on the soldier’s dying breath
他呼出最后一口气
The good lord took him to the promised land
慈爱的上帝将他带去了天堂
Cause there’s no (people living)
因为那里(人活着)
More (people dying)
没有(人死了)
Pain (everybody disappeared)
痛苦(都不见了)
After world (people living)
在这场(人活着)
War (people crying)
第三次(人在哭)
3 (ha ha ha ha)
世界大战后(哈哈哈哈哈哈可笑)
Breakdown, pain...(so let the music play on)
崩溃,痛苦……(音乐不要停)
1984, see the world at war 1984
年,世界陷入战争
Your darkest fears of reality are knockin’ down your door
最恐怖的事正一步步来到门前
Drones and mutations, clones and deviations
飞机轰鸣,云诡波谲;克隆变异,牛鬼蛇神
And there’s no one that can escape the nuclear revelation
核力量是神的天启,没人能逃得过
Because
因为
War is a game of business
战争是个商业游戏
And in the end we sight (swear to god)
到最后叹口气(说真的)
The new and old are bought and sold
新的旧的老的少的,买进来卖出去
And everybody thinks they’re right
没人觉得自己做错了
World (paranoia!)
第三次(偏执狂吧是)
War (it’s almost over)
世界(一切都完了)
3 (ha ha ha ha)
大战(哈哈哈哈哈哈真可笑)
The silver moon, the midnight stars, Jupiter collides with Mar
夜空一轮银月,星光四溢,木星撞上了火星
And out of the darkness spirits roar
魂灵在黑暗中咆哮
To cast revenge on the earth once more
他们要再次报复人类,毁灭地球
The leaders of the world are hypnotized
人类元首们受人蛊惑
By wizards, dark and in disguise
听命于一群面目不清的黑巫师
Brought to earth by an evil hand
一只邪恶的手将这群巫师送来地球
To devour souls in a brand new land
要的是把这片土地上的灵魂精气全都吸走
They let the leader think that war brings peace
巫师们说服元首,战争才能带来和平
And out comes the one with the mark of the beast
继而猛兽出笼
There’s evil behind closed doors
这一切的幕后满是毒恶
In the year of 1984
这是1984年
Life is a game of business
生活是个商业游戏
And in the end we sight (swear to god)
到最后叹口气(说真的)
The new and old are bought and sold
新的旧的老的少的,买进来卖出去
And everybody thinks they’re right
没人觉得自己做错了
War is a game of business
战争是个商业游戏
A game we shouldn’t play (swear to god)
是个人不该引火上身的游戏(说真的)
Cause men with guns killed all our sons
端着枪的家伙杀掉的是我们的兄弟
They blew us all away
垮掉的是我们
World (catastrophic)
第三次(天降灾祸)
War (Reaganomic)
世界(还提什么里根经济学)
3 (ha ha ha ha)
大战(哈哈哈哈哈真可笑)
Long ago and all too soon
很久之前,转眼之间
2 different wars fought on the moon
月球上发生了两场战争
One put craters on it first
其中一场战争前线布满了火口
Then we blew further in the universe
向着宇宙深处开炮
Both of these were nuclear wars
这两场都是核战争
Breaking universal laws
违反了宇宙法则
Then falling stars and meteorites
星星陨石从天上往下掉
Dropped to earth by day and night
整日整夜砸到地球上
Twisters, earthquakes, hurricanes
旋风、地震、暴风雨
Volcanos, drops and torrential rain
火山喷发、大雨接着小雨下
Then one day, the UFO’s
有一天来了个UFO
Came to see the whole world explode
专门来看人类世界如何覆灭
We will pay the ultimate price
这笔债我们最终是要还
And a lesson is to be learned
有一条教训要记住
When we play with nuclear fire
要玩儿核武器的火
Everybody’s gonna get burned
所有人都得被烧着
War is a game of business
战争是个商业游戏
A game we shouldn’t play (swear to god)
是个人不该引火上身的游戏(说真的)
Cause men with guns killed all our sons
端着枪的家伙杀掉的是我们的兄弟
They blew us all away
垮掉的是我们
Pain! Pain! (so let the music play on)
痛苦!痛苦!(音乐不要停)
Between the boundaries of time and space
时间和空间围了个圈
Was the planet earth and the human race
地球和人类正处其中
A world alive and centuries old
多少个世纪过去,世界依旧生机勃勃
With veins of diamonds, silver and gold
地下埋着无数钻石和金银
Snow-capped mountains over looked the land
积雪的山川拔地而起
And the deep blue sea made love with the sand
蓝色海洋与沙滩唇齿相依
Full grown strands of evergreen hair
一丛丛茂密的绿树是地球的秀发
Kissed the sky with a breath of air
枝丫呼吸着新鲜空气,向上伸展亲吻蓝天
Where exotic fish once swam in the sea
奇形怪状的鱼潜游在海底
And the eagles soared in the sky so free
自由自在的鹰翱翔在九天
But the foolish clan that walked the land
但在陆地上行走的,是一个愚蠢的物种
Was the creature, that they called man
这种生物叫做人
They’re cannibalistic, paranoid fools
他们是群自相残杀、偏执冷血的蠢货
Tricking each other with games and rules
在条条框框博弈游戏中互相欺骗
Training their men to kill and fight
训练族人与同类厮杀搏击
Moving and steering their mechanized might
到处滥用造出来的机器
Only thought that man had in mind
人类的脑子里只有一个想法
Was to conquer the world and the rest of mankind
那就是征服世界,让所有人臣服
And with the thought that they were right
人总以为自己做的是对的
They gave you permission to take a man’s life
所以允许人杀人
The ones you killed fought just as hard
那个被你杀掉的人同样拼尽了全力
Then you even had the nerve to pray to god
可凶手竟还有颜面向上帝祈祷
But god don’t wanna hear all your mess
上帝才不想听人类这些破事
When you ain’t the one that He laid to rest
因为人不是他愿意将重任托付的那个
The devil’s children with no disgrace
因为人是魔鬼的后代,不知羞耻
Crushed and killed the human race
因为人残杀毁灭同类
While they got rich off the games and war
有些在游戏和战争里赚得盆满锅满
What in the hell were you fighting for
你们上战场拼命是为了什么
A silly ass metal, a stupid parade
杀人放火,耀武扬威,简直愚蠢
For all those innocent people you slayed
你杀掉的有多少是无辜的人
And after that, you couldn’t even get a job
打完仗了回来,连工作都找不到
Cause fighting that war made you a slob
因为战场上的日子把人变成了个懒鬼
A sergeant and major, a corporal, Lieutenant
什么中士、少校、下士、中尉
Titles and positions were all invented
捏出来了各种名号
You, and me, and all this mess
你,我,还有这一团糟
Are just a bunch of pieces in a game of chess
都只是象棋游戏里的一堆棋子
It’s all the same, a third world war
第三次世界大战也是一样
A blood thirsty massacre just like before
是一场血腥饥渴的屠杀,跟前两次一样
It’s genocide, three billion tears
灭绝种族之朝夕,数十亿人齐泪下
Feeding on a war every twenty years
这样的战争每隔二十年都会有一场
Then one day we heard the sound
有一天,人们听到了一个声响
Of the whole damn world tumbling down
整个世界都为之撼动
Just one big boom, and what do you know
嘣的一声,猜猜怎么着
The world is a ghetto, high and low
先前多高的楼,都成了一片废墟
Crumbling buildings all around
四周尽是断壁残垣
Man’s creation burned to the ground
人类的杰作都毁于一旦
Chaos, panic, fear and pain
混乱、慌张、恐惧、痛苦
Days of radioactive rain
接着几天是不间断的辐射雨
Grotesque figures burned alive
烧死了所有怪物和恶人
Miraculously seem to survive
有些生物奇迹般的活了下来
Everything of reality is the science fiction on TV
但正跟电视里播的科幻片一样
Mutant dog and saber-toothed rats
是些变异狗和剑齿鼠
Eat men with guns and baseball bats
把手里拿着枪和棒球棒的人吃掉
The dead won’t die, the brute won’t cry
死的人不会死第二次,畜生不会掉一滴泪
And everybody’s asking the question “why”
所有人都问“为什么会这样”
Until swarms of millions walk from the city
直到成千上万的人从城市里涌出
And thousands more went underground below
成千上万的人从地底下逃出
With their head held down in their own pity
个个都低着头,可怜自己
Wondering where, they do not know
想着,不知道到底哪儿做错了
Cause in this game we had a chance
本来还有转圜的可能
But we blew it for cheap thrills and romance
因为些小打小闹花前月下告吹
Maybe one day we’ll get another play
或许有一天我们还会有重新改过的机会
But until then remember what I say
但在那之前,记住我说的话
Because life is a game of business
因为生活是个商业游戏
And in the end we sight (swear to god)
到最后叹口气(说真的)
The new and old are bought and sold
新的旧的老的少的,买进来卖出去
And everybody thinks they’re right
没人觉得自己做错了
War is a game of business
战争是个商业游戏
A game we shouldn’t play (swear to god)
是个人不该引火上身的游戏(说真的)
Because men with guns killed all our sons
端着枪的家伙杀掉的是我们的兄弟
They blew us all away
垮掉的是我们
Martin Luther King, Jr.—I have a dream
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
我有一个梦想,未来某天,我四个孩子生活的国度,将不会把肤色深浅当做评判他们的尺度,而是将品格优劣作为衡量他们的标准。
“So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
让自由之声从新罕布什尔州的巍峨的崇山峻岭里响起来!
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
让自由之声从纽约州的层峦叠嶂里响起来!
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
让自由之声从宾夕法尼亚州的阿勒格尼山上响起来!
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
让自由之声从科罗拉多州冰雪覆盖的落基山畔响起来!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
让自由之声从加利福尼亚州蜿蜒的群峰之中响起来!
But not only that:
不仅如此,
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
还要让自由之声从佐治亚州的石岭间响起来!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
让自由之声从田纳西州的瞭望山上响起来!
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
让自由之声从密西西比的每一座丘陵上响起来!
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.”
让自由之声从每一片山坡土地上,响起来!
专辑信息
1.The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
2.The Message
3.White Lines (Don't Do It) (Long Version)
4.Freedom
5.It's Nasty (Genius of Love)
6.The Birthday Party
7.Step Off (Extended Mix)
8.New York, New York (Extended Mix)
9.Beat Street
10.Flash to the Beat, Pts. 1 & 2
11.Super Rappin' No.1
12.Pump Me Up
13.Showdown
14.Jesse
15.We Don't Work for Free
16.She's Fresh
17.Internationally Known
18.King of the Streets
19.Freestyle
20.World War III