歌词
Wyclef Jean：
Wyclef Jean登场
There's a war going on outside
外面正经历着
That nobody safe from
可能无人生还的战争
But here in my arms
但是在我的怀抱中
I'll keep you from harm
我会让你免受伤害
There's no guarantee tonight
今夜我无法保证
That we will wake up
我们是否还有机会从睡梦中醒来
When night takes to morning
当早晨从夜晚中挣脱出来
But if no alarm rings you can count on one thing
但如果没有警报声，你尽管指望一件事
Wyclef Jean/VIC MENSA：
Wyclef Jean VIC MENSA登场
I'll be your shelter
那就是我将会成为你的庇护所
Emergency
在非常时刻
Please count on me yeah
请尽管寄希望于我
I'll be your superhero
我将会成为你的超级英雄
When danger arrives
在每一次危机来临时
Uh
没错
I'll be by your side
我将守卫在你身边
You're my lucky dime
你是我生命中的幸运银币
VIC MENSA/Wyclef Jean：
VIC MENSA Wyclef Jean登场
Wyclef told me "Call 9-1-1"
Wyclef让我报警
But who do you call when the ambulances don't come
但是当救星未至时，你又会呼唤谁的名字呢
Or watch as the ones sworn by law to protect us
或者紧盯着曾发誓要保护我们的人
Wrongfully convict us then call the corrections
他们冤枉我们有罪，用莫须有的罪名逼迫我们“改正”
Next they bail the banks out when we in recession
然后在我们陷入绝境时利用银行为我们的灾祸火上浇油
Or hang us in a jail cell so they could swing the election
还是将我们关入牢狱，这样他们就可以动摇选举
I walk Chicago streets with potholes that's deep
我走在坑坑洼洼的芝加哥街头
And Tahoes creep like T.L.C.
Tahoes偷偷摸摸得活着，像TLC的记者
Hospital workers in scrubs with no P-P-E
医院工作者们没有足够的消毒条件
But they got money for riot gear my n***a we dyin' here yeah
但是暴徒得到了去掀起暴力的钱，残害我的同胞们，我们正苟延残喘着
You tell me not to move with my gun
你告诉我别那么警觉
But we got more funeral homes than schools where I'm from
但是我来自一个殡仪馆比学校更多的地方
And on the news all you view is homicides
在新闻里，满眼都是屠杀
Tell me why it ain't no trauma units when everybody traumatized
告诉我为什么当所有人受伤时，他们却无处去疗伤
Yeah
那好
Tryna get on your feet playin' the hand they dealt ya
我尝试站在你的角度打好这手牌去处理烂摊子
If your house is not a home let this song be a shelter
如果你的家不再温暖，就让这首歌成为你所能至的庇护所吧
Wyclef Jean/Chance The Rapper：
Wyclef Jean Chance The Rapper登场
I'll be your shelter
我将为你提供庇护
Emergency
遇到非常时刻时
Please count on me yeah
请尽管依赖于我
I'll be your superhero
我将成为你的专属英雄
When danger arrives
当危险来临时
When danger arrives
当灾祸袭来时
I'll be by your side
我将陪伴在你身边
I'll be by your side
我将守护在你身边
You're my lucky dime
你是我的幸运银币
Chance The Rapper：
Chance The Rapper登场
It's a hunnid bags under the underpass
在下水道里有数不胜数的裹尸袋
Rumblin' stomachs cups jingle when Hummers pass
当悍马车经过饥肠辘辘的她，她饿着的肚子也发出同样的哀嚎
Brisk wind summer's done winter is comin' fast
夏天过去了，随着轻快的风，冬天就快来临了
And then they Zoom teacher wonder why they don't come to class
然后他们在Zoom (一个网络会议App)上的老师正奇怪有位学生为什么没有准时来上课
The internet been out the hot water been out
因为网络断了，生活也更加拧巴
She moved to her aunt's house then to her friend's couch
她搬去了姑妈的家里，不久又被赶到了朋友家，只能睡在沙发上
Her abuser went to jail but that n***a been out
虐待她的恶人被抓入了监狱，但那个混蛋却又钻了法律空子，被放了出来
Producer was in-house they closer than pen pals
制作人在室内，他们更接近歌手
Homeless in the home of the slaves I wonder how that would feel
无家可归的人在贫民窟内，我好奇他们作何感受
The manifested destiny a bunch of land they could steal
那些暴徒可以夺走土地，这是既定事实
Think about Kenneth Walker and Philando Castile
我想到了Kenneth Walker(在需要肾源时，收到了50年前的校友捐献的肾)和Philando Castile(2016年在接受停车检查时被警察连开四枪击毙)
How they only wanted to protect their family
他们都只是想要保护自己的家庭
While there's n***as out here that make it worse for they folks
但这样的惨剧让他们的家庭过得更糟糕
It's a deeper hotter hell for the worst of these folks
他们被拉入了更滚烫，更黑暗的地狱中
It's a mystery we never heard the murder she wrote
还有我们未曾听到的已发生的惨剧
If we finally paid her back the whole earth would be broke
但如果我们最后都选择报仇，那地球也承受不住了
Wyclef Jean/VIC MENSA：
Wyclef Jean VIC MENSA登场
I'll be your shelter
我将会成为你的港湾
Emergency
当困难时
Please count on me yeah
请依赖我吧
I'll be your superhero
我将会成为你的超级英雄
When danger arrives
当危难来临时
Uh
没错
I'll be by your side
我将会伴你左右
VIC MENSA：
VIC MENSA登场
I write for my n***as doin' life with no possibility of parole
我为我只能在牢狱度过终身的同胞们发声
You playing Fortnite that's how long you spend in a hole
你们沉迷于堡垒之夜，沉浸在井底
Live from Death Row free my n***a Julius Jones
我的同胞Julius Jones面临S刑，放了他
I had a dream that Mumia was home I speak freedom in song
我有一个梦想:Mumia能回到家，我可以为自由高歌
'Cause all I see is racist faces
满目疮痍，我只能看见种族歧视主义的丑恶嘴脸
Where hate lives and they rape kids in cages
那里憎恨生命，在牢笼里残害孩童
What kinda nation lynch Elijah McClain
什么样的国家会处死Elijah McClain(23岁，购买冰茶后被逮捕处死)
And send us to the Middle East to die for the flag
并把我们送去中东，为星条旗而死
They drive us insane to sell us medication
他们逼疯了我们只为靠医疗刮走我们的油水
We demand reparations and they tell us "Have patience"
我们想讨个说法，得到的回应却是“耐心等待”
Instead of cash payments we get minimum wages
我们的劳动得不到应有的报酬
They give us the Black Plague then send us a white savior
他们给我们黑死病，又送来虚假的白衣天使
I found faith when I lost hope
当我失去希望时，我找到了信仰
That's when Julius reminded me of a bar I wrote
那是Julius让我想起的一段我自写的歌词
Behind bars on the yard where they dream of the street
歌词的背后，是我们的街头梦想
On Death Row singin' 'We could be free
在赴死的路上我们高歌“我们将会自由
We could be free
我们终将自由
Peter CottonTale：
Peter CottonTale：（和声）
I know you'll be my shelter from the storm
我知道你将成为我在暴风圈中的庇护所
I know you'll be my shelter from the storm
我知道你将会为身处泥泞中的我伸出援手
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh
我们为同胞高歌
Oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh
我们为理想世界高歌
专辑信息
1.SHELTER