歌词
So we all got children, products of the ghetto
我们都有自己的孩子 他们都是这贫民区的杰作
Momma cooked us soup, daddy did the yelling
母亲为我们煲汤 父亲负责训斥
Uncle was a drunk, cousin was a felon
叔叔是个酒鬼 表兄是个罪犯
When he got pitched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
他说当自己被抓的时候 什么也没说
Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook
姨妈是位厨师 可他丈夫却满腹谎言
Cause every job he had they be payin' him off the books
所以姨夫每份工作的薪水支付完就会被人赶出来
Ghetto university, knowledge is all it took
在贫民区的大学里除了知识什么都学会了
In a tenement I was listenin' to the hook
我曾在一所房屋外听见屋内缠绵的声音
Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cook
唱出你灵魂深处的声音 黎明就会到来
When the feds comin', everybody get shook
要是在以前 当联邦调查局敲开了家门 所有人都屏息凝视
Now we doin' life like Eddie Murphy and Martin
可如今的我们应对如流 就像在背台词似的
On the chain gang, i was singing into the coffin
在黑社会里混迹 我会唱着心中的福音直至入棺
The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
生活中充斥着阴谋与利益 毒品和破裂的感情也荼毒着我们的身心
Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
别嫌我戳你痛处 我只是实话实说罢了
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
极力想要触碰那光明 可脚下踏着的却是空虚的欲望
Everybody got a past but you can never go back
每个人都有着属于自己的过去 再也回不去的过去
Oh, oh, oh, oh
呐喊吧！
Sing
放声歌唱吧！
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Tellin' you like it is, how we ever gon' live?
跟你讲就是这样 我们如何还能生存下去
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
如果搞不来钱 拿什么喂养孩子
It's a revolving door, where brothers be doin' bids
豪华饭店的旋转门外 是我兄弟姐妹摆摊的地方
I know it sound wrong but the door will be what it is
我知道这听起来很悲惨 可上帝给你开的门 你就得那样走过去
Survival of the fittest, this poor girl the illest
适者生存 不适者亡
Broke parents and black cats give me heebie-geebies
整日争吵的父母和那只黑色的猫让我精神不安
Life seems hard but nothin' ever comes easy
人生本就是举步维艰的 天上从来不会掉好东西
Whatever's in the dark, can always become the light
无论何物在黑暗中探索 总会寻到光亮
If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight?
如果逃避这争斗 永远不可能赢
Gotta speak the truth when I'm up in the booth
我要是在私密的隔间里就会说出心中所想
The streets be flyin' birds but they don't be on the roof
飞鸟也可以在树根游走 谁说一定得飞上枝头
Poverty is a pain like you pullin' a tooth
贫穷就像你拔牙时感到的痛苦
Told the streets don't let me go like I'm Bishop in Juice
告诉这片街区 别赶我走 我不愿做淹没于糖衣炮弹里的圣人
The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
生活中充斥着阴谋与利益 毒品和破裂的感情也荼毒着我们的身心
Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
别嫌我戳你痛处 我只是实话实说罢了
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
极力想要触碰那光明 可脚下踏着的却是空虚的欲望
Everybody got a past but you can never go back
每个人都有着属于自己的过去 再也回不去的过去
Oh, oh, oh, oh
呐喊吧！
Sing
放声歌唱吧！
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Gotta sing)
接着唱！
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(She's a king)
她就是这世间的主宰！
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let me say New York city
让我歌颂这伟大的纽约城吧！
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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