歌词
America, God bless you if it's good to you
美国 一个如果对你有益上帝便会保佑你的地方
America please take my hand
美国啊带我一程吧
Can you help me underst-
你可以帮我去理解吗
Throw a steak off the yacht to a pool full of sharks he'll take it
从游艇上扔一些碎牛肉到充满鲨鱼的海里 鲨鱼便会吃掉它
Leave him in the wilderness with a sworn nemesis, he'll make it
在彼此真情宣誓后将他留在荒野里 他会这样做
Take the gratitude from him, I bet he'll show you something woah
哦 太感谢他了 我打赌他一定会向你展示一些东西
I'll chip a nigga little bit of nothin'
我绝不会剥削黑人
I'll chip a nigga little bit of nothin'
哪怕一分一毫
I'll chip a nigga little bit of nothin'
我也绝不剥削
I'll chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap
如果我剥削了别人我会把电话甩给他(让他维权)
Walk myself to the court like bitch I did that x-rated
我曾经有过在法院里像个婊子一样求全的卑劣行径
Johnny don't wanna go to school no more, no more
Johnny再也不想去学校了
Johnny said books ain't cool no more (no more)
他说书本里的东西太枯燥了
Johnny wanna be a rapper like his big cousin
他想当一个像他叔叔一样的说唱歌手
Johnny caught a body yesterday out hustlin
他昨天还自己逮到了一个贼
God bless America you know we all love him
上帝保佑 人尽皆知我们深爱着美国
Yesterday I got a call like from my dog like 101
昨天我接到从我的狐朋狗友那打来的电话 像是101空降师那样(形容突然地)
Said they killed his only son because of insufficient funds
他说他资金不足于是杀掉了他唯一的儿子
He was sobbin', he was mobbin', way belligerent and drunk
他啜泣着 惊扰着 不愿停下的大口饮酒
Talkin' out his head philosphin' on what the lord had done
上帝完成了该做的事 就是以一种哲学的方式取他首级
He said, "K-Dot can you pray for me? It's been a fucked up day for me
他说“lamar,你能为我祷告吗 这些操蛋的日子太不好过了”
I know that you anointed, show me how to overcome"
我知道你已经准备好被祷告了 让我看看你如何战胜自己
He was lookin' for some closure hopin' I could bring him closer
他用近乎绝望的眼神看着我 于是我朝他靠近了一点
To the spiritual, my spirit do no better but I told him
在这情形下 我的心绪没有任何好转 但我还是告诉他
"I can't sugar coat the answer for you, this is how I feel
“我不能说一些甜言蜜语去搪塞你 但我的感受是这样的”
If somebody kill my son, that mean that somebody's gettin' killed"
“如果有人杀了我的儿子 那杀我儿子的那个人也要死”
Tell me what you do for love, loyalty and passion of
告诉我为了爱你做了什么 是忠诚还是一腔热血
All the memories collected, moments you could never touch
这些回忆交织在一起 是一种你从未经历的痛苦时刻
I wait in front a niggas spot and watch him hit his block
我在一处黑人聚集地前等待 并看到了他把自己爆头了
I'll catch a nigga leavin' service if that's all I got
别的什么也没发现 只发现了一个黑人放了长期服务假
I'll chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap
如果我剥削了别人我会把电话甩给他
Walk myself to the court like, "bitch I did that"
并且堂而皇之地走上法庭并说“老子认罪”
Ain't no black power when your baby killed by a coward
当你的孩子被一个懦夫杀死时 不存在任何黑权主义
I can't even keep the peace, don't you fuck with one of ours
想到这我甚至无法继续冷静 “你为什么不试试和我们其中的一人上床呢?!”
It be murder in the street, it be bodies in the hour
街区里的谋杀 一小时内就横尸遍野
Ghetto bird on the street, paramedics on the dial
怂货们在街上一个个打着医生的电话
Let somebody touch my momma, touch my sister, touch my woman
让他们和我的妈妈 妹妹 女人们接触吧
Touch my daddy, touch my niece, touch my nephew, touch my brother
也和我的父亲 和我的侄子侄女们 还有我的兄弟们接触吧
You should chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap
你应该去剥削别人再把电话甩给他
Matter fact, I'm 'bout to speak at this convention, call you back
事实上我是在说 这种事态下你就应该打电话叫你的靠山了
It's not a place
这不仅仅是一个地方
This country is to be a sound of drum and bass
这座成将会充满drum&bass(EDM的一种)
You close your eyes to look around
你闭着眼睛环顾四周(比喻某人的愚昧)
Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph
信仰天主教的耶稣与约瑟夫
The great American flag is wrapped and dragged with explosives
美国被爆炸物包裹着 牵引着 随时会爆炸
Compulsive disorder, sons and daughters
子民们被强制性地迁入了一场混乱
Barricaded blocks and borders
你前进道路上的阻碍没有尽头
Look what you taught us
看看你都教会了我们什么啊
It's murder on my street
我的街区里充满心机与杀戮
Y'all street, back streets
不止是我 所有人的都是
Wall street, corporate offices, banks
华尔街里的各种公司总部和银行也是如此
Employees and bosses with homicidal thoughts
雇员和领导都在磨牙吮血
Donald Trump's in office, we lost Barack and promised to never doubt him again
特朗普上台了 我们失去了奥巴马 我们也立下承诺 再也不对奥巴马心生怀疑了
But is America honest or do we bask in sin?
但是美国到底是诚恳待人的还是在罪恶中纸醉金迷?
Pass the gin, I mix it with American blood
把这杯杜松子酒给我 我要把它跟美国的鲜血混在一起喝
Then bash him in, you crippin' or you married to blood?
然后痛斥他 “你的小腹都快断裂了还指望嫁娶鲜血?”
I'll ask again, oops, accident
我再一次发问 啊呀 意外来了
It's nasty when you set us up then roll the dice then bet us up
恶心的是你拿我们当骰子一样滚还打赌我们会正面朝上
You overnight the big rifles then tell Fox to be scared of us
你拿着一把破来福枪还想让狐狸害怕你?(狐狸比喻关系不好的或图谋不轨的)
Gang members or terrorists et cetera et cetera
帮派成员们和恐怖分子们等等
Americas reflections of me
我便是美国的缩影
That's what a mirror does
这也是镜子的作用
It's not a place
这不仅仅是一个地方
This country is to be a sound of drum and bass
这座城充满着drum&bass
You close your eyes to look around
你闭着眼睛佯装环顾四周
专辑信息
1.BLOOD.
2.DNA.
3.YAH.
4.ELEMENT.
5.FEEL.
6.LOYALTY.
7.PRIDE.
8.HUMBLE.
9.LUST.
10.LOVE.
11.XXX.
12.FEAR.
13.GOD.
14.DUCKWORTH.