歌词与中文翻译
The Message - Grandmaster Flash
The Message - Grandmaster Flash
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么挺过来的
Broken glass everywhere
到处都是碎玻璃
People pissin' on the stairs, you know they just don't care
人们在台阶上小便，你知道他们根本不在乎什么
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise
我无法忍受这气味，无法承受这噪音
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
但是我没钱搬家，我猜我别无选择
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
耗子在客厅乱窜，蟑螂在里屋
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
无所事事的少年们戴着棒球帽站在街头巷尾
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far
我想逃离这些东西，但是跑不远
'cuz a man with a tow truck repossessed my car
因为一个开着拖车的哥们夺走了我的车
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
别再逼我，我已经快到极限
I'm trying not to lose my head
现在我力图让我不要疯掉
Uh huh ha ha ha
啊哈哈哈哈
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
Standin' on the front stoop hangin' out the window
站在门口的台阶上，或是从窗户眺望
Watchin' all the cars go by, roarin' as the breezes blow
看到各种车经过，轰鸣着，带来阵阵风
Crazy lady, livin' in a bag
疯女人住在袋子里
Eatin' outta garbage pails, used to be a fag hag
从垃圾桶里捡拾吃的，她曾经老陪着那些同志
Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango
她说她会跳探戈，还会fandango
A Zircon princess seemed to lost her senses
本来冰清玉洁的小公主好像已经失去理智
Down at the peep show watchin' all the creeps
去那些播放电影的地方看那些污浊的东西
So she can tell her stories to the girls back home
所以她回到家里就可以把她的所见告诉她朋友
She went to the city and got social security
她到了城市里，只能靠着政府福利生活
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own
她需要个皮条客，这事儿她自己干不了
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
别再逼我，我已经快到极限
I'm trying not to lose my head
现在我力图让我不要疯掉
huh ha Uh ha ha
啊哈哈哈哈
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
My brother's doin' bad, stole my mother's TV
我的兄弟干了坏事，偷了我妈的电视
Says she watches too much, it's just not healthy
他说她看的太多了，不健康
"All My Children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night
白天看《All My Children》，晚上是《Dallas》
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
根本看不了比赛，或者Sugar Ray的拳击
The bill collectors, they ring my phone
要账的人打我的电话
and scare my wife when I'm not home
在我不在家的时候吓到了我老婆
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
我在贫民窟里获得教育，还有那两位数的通胀率
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
我做不了城铁上班，因为公交站有罢工
Neon King Kong standin' on my back
霓虹灯金刚站在我的背上
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac
所以我不能向后转，这会让我的骶髂关节断掉
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane
得了偏头疼，还有脑膜炎
Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane
有的时候我感到要癫狂
I swear I might hijack a plane!
我发誓我可能要劫机！
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
别再逼我，我已经快到极限
I'm trying not to lose my head
现在我力图让我不要疯掉
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
My son said, Daddy, I don't wanna go to school
我的儿子说，爸爸，我不想上学
'cuz the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool
因为老师是个混蛋，他肯定觉得我是个傻子
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper
所有的小孩都在抽
if I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper
如果我找份工作，学着当个清洁工，生活应该就会变得容易些
Or dance to the beat, shuffle my feet
或者我可以随着伴奏跳舞，变换我的舞步
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps
穿个衬衫还有领带，然后陪着那些怪胎玩玩儿
'cuz it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny
因为都是为了钱，这一点儿也不好笑
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey
你需要坑蒙拐骗，才能在这个“充满牛奶和蜂蜜的土地”上生存
They pushed that girl in front of the train
他们把一个女孩推到了列车的前面
Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again
带着她找医生，把她的胳膊缝了几针
Stabbed that man right in his heart
她刺了那男人的胸口
Gave him a transplant for a brand new start
给他移植了一个“新的开始”
I can't walk through the park 'cuz it's crazy after dark
我无法走在公园里，因为晚上的时候太危险
Keep my hand on my gun 'cuz they got me on the run
我需要手一直握着枪因为他们在追击我
I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw
我就像一个不法分子，我又被击倒在地
Hear them say "You want some more?"
他们说：“还想要点吗？”
Livin' on a see-saw
时起时落，我好像活在跷跷板上
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
别再逼我，我已经快到极限
I'm trying not to lose my head
现在我力图让我不要疯掉
Say what?
你说什么？
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
A child is born with no state of mind
一个小孩出生是一张白纸
Blind to the ways of mankind
但是如何做人，他也不知道
God is smilin' on you but he's frownin' too
上帝在微笑，同时也在皱眉头
Because only God knows what you'll go through
因为只有上帝知道你会经历什么
You'll grow in the ghetto livin' second-rate
你会在贫民窟里过着二等公民的生活
And your eyes will sing a song called deep hate
你的眼睛会唱着充满深仇大恨的歌
The places you play and where you stay
你在这个地方生存和玩耍
Looks like one great big alleyway
这儿就像一个狭窄的胡同
You'll admire all the number-book takers
你羡慕那些为彩票商跑腿的
Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money-makers
匪徒，皮条客，毒贩，还有挣大钱的人
Drivin' big cars, spendin' twenties and tens
向往开着大车，花钱大手大脚
And you'll wanna grow up to be just like them, huh
你就想成为他们那样，哈
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
成为走私贩，骗子，强盗，赌徒
Pickpocket peddlers, even panhandlers
扒手小贩，甚至乞丐
You say I'm cool, huh, I'm no fool
你说：“我好着呢，我不是白痴”
But then you wind up droppin' outta high school
但是你最后却辍学了
Now you're unemployed, all non-void
现在你失业了，天天无所事事
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
你就像Pretty Boy Floyd四处闲逛
Turned stick-up kid, but look what you done did
变成了个坏孩子，你看看你做了什么
Got sent up for a eight-year bid
你要蹲八年的大牢
Now your manhood is took and you're a Maytag
你的男人气概也被夺走，你在监狱里取悦别的男人寻求保护
Spend the next two years as a undercover fag
在接下来的两年里变成了个尚未出柜的同志
Bein' used and abused to serve like hell
你被利用，被侮辱，在监狱里为别人服务
'til one day, you was found hung dead in the cell
直到有一天，你被发现在牢笼里上吊而死
It was plain to see that your life was lost
很显然，你的生命也失去了
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
你浑身冰冷，你的身体来回摇荡
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
但是你的眼睛还在唱悲伤的歌
Of how you lived so fast and died so young so...
因为你这一生过的太快，走的太早
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
别再逼我，我已经快到极限
I'm trying not to lose my head
现在我力图让我不要疯掉
Uh huh huh huh huh
啊哈哈哈
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
Huh, uh huh huh huh huh
哈，啊哈哈哈哈
It's like a jungle sometimes
有时候这儿就像丛林
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
我都不知道自己是怎么生存下来的
Huh, uh huh huh huh huh
哈，啊哈哈哈哈 翻译来源：OURDEN字幕组