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[ti:Letter To My Countrymen (Feat.]
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[00:00.000]Letter To My Countrymen - Brother Ali/Dr. Cornel West
[00:31.968]以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
[00:31.968]I used to think I hated this place
[00:34.588]我曾以为自己厌恶这个地方
[00:34.588]Couldn't wait to tell the president straight to his face
[00:37.368]迫不及待想当面告诉总统我的不满
[00:37.368]But lately I changed nowadays I embrace it all
[00:40.651]但最近我改变了，如今我接纳了一切
[00:40.651]Beautiful ideals and amazing flaws
[00:43.391]美好的理想与惊人的缺陷
[00:43.391]Got to care enough to give a testament
[00:45.391]必须足够关心，才能为现状作证
[00:45.391]'Bout the deeply depressing mess we're in
[00:48.531]关于我们深陷其中的混乱与压抑
[00:48.531]It's home so we better make the best of it
[00:51.031]这是我们的家，所以我们最好尽力而为
[00:51.031]I wanna make this country what it says it is
[00:53.581]我想让这个国家成为它所宣称的样子
[00:53.581]Still dream in the vividest living color
[00:55.831]依然梦想着最鲜活的生活色彩
[00:55.831]No matter how many times my love been smothered
[00:58.441]无论我的爱被压抑了多少次
[00:58.441]Who's ever above us won't just let us suffer
[01:01.181]在我们之上的那些人不会让我们受苦
[01:01.181]All of this struggling got to amount to something
[01:04.861]所有的挣扎终将有所回报
[01:04.861]This is a letter to my countrymen
[01:06.921]这是写给我的同胞的一封信
[01:06.921]Especially those my age and younger than
[01:09.791]尤其是那些与我同龄或更年轻的人
[01:09.791]We're up against an ugly trend
[01:11.911]我们正面对一个丑陋的趋势
[01:11.911]Everybody's hustling don't nobody touch their friends
[01:15.431]每个人都在忙碌，却没有人关心朋友
[01:15.431]No group singing and dancing
[01:17.221]没有集体的歌唱与舞蹈
[01:17.221]No anthem nobody holds hands and
[01:20.531]没有国歌，也没有人牵手
[01:20.531]Instead they give a handheld
[01:22.591]取而代之的是他们递来一个工具
[01:22.591]And make you shoulder life's burden by your damn self
[01:25.711]让你独自承担生活的重担
[01:25.711]One thing that can't be debated
[01:27.781]有一件事无可争辩
[01:27.781]Power never changed on it's own you got to make it
[01:30.531]权力不会自己改变，你必须去争取
[01:30.531]That's why community is so sacred
[01:33.401]这就是为什么社区如此神圣
[01:33.401]That's the symbol that we make when we raise fists
[01:37.771]那是我们举起拳头时的象征
[01:37.771]"Sooner or later"
[01:42.951]“迟早”
[01:42.951]"Sooner or later"
[01:47.001]“迟早”
[01:47.001]We don't really like to talk about the race thing
[01:49.441]我们并不真的喜欢谈论种族问题
[01:49.441]The whole grandparents used to own slaves thing
[01:51.871]那些祖辈曾经拥有奴隶的事情
[01:51.871]Pat ourselves on the back in February
[01:54.331]在二月时自我安慰
[01:54.331]Looking at pictures of Abe Lincoln and the great King
[01:57.271]看着亚伯拉罕·林肯和伟大的马丁·路德·金的照片
[01:57.271]But the real picture's much more embarrassing
[01:59.831]但真实的画面却更加令人难堪
[01:59.831]We're still not even close to really sharing things
[02:02.511]我们甚至还未真正学会分享
[02:02.511]The situation of oppressed people
[02:04.881]被压迫者的处境
[02:04.881]Shows what we feel it means to be a human being
[02:08.441]揭示了我们对人性的理解
[02:08.441]What does it mean to be American
[02:10.501]成为美国人意味着什么
[02:10.501]I think the struggle to free is our inheritance
[02:13.701]我认为争取自由是我们的遗产
[02:13.701]And if we say it how it really is
[02:15.751]如果我们直面现实
[02:15.751]We know our lily skin still give us privilege
[02:18.631]我们深知白皙的皮肤仍赋予我们特权
[02:18.631]Advantages given to the few
[02:20.631]少数人享有的特权
[02:20.631]That are built into the roots of our biggest institutions
[02:23.681]深植于我们最大机构的根基中
[02:23.681]That's the truth in life we got to choose
[02:25.991]这是我们必须面对的生活真相
[02:25.991]Do I fight in the movement or think I'm entitled to it
[02:30.311]我是投身于运动，还是认为自己理所当然享有这一切
[02:30.311]This is not a practice life
[02:31.871]这不是一次练习的人生
[02:31.871]This is the big game we got to attack it right
[02:34.491]这是我们必须正确应对的重大挑战
[02:34.491]Each one of us is headed for the grave
[02:36.681]我们每个人都终将走向坟墓
[02:36.681]This old crooked world won't be saved by the passive type
[02:40.301]这个扭曲的旧世界不会被被动者拯救
[02:40.301]This is a letter to my countrymen
[02:42.431]这是写给我的同胞的一封信
[02:42.431]Not from a Democrat or a Republican
[02:45.031]不是来自民主党或共和党
[02:45.031]But one among you that's why you call me brother
[02:47.641]而是你们中的一员，所以你们称我为兄弟
[02:47.641]Ain't scared to tell you we're in trouble 'cause I love you
[02:51.951]我不怕告诉你们我们陷入了困境，因为我爱你们
[02:51.951]"Sooner or later"
[02:57.081]“迟早”
[02:57.081]"Sooner or later"
[03:01.451]“迟早”
[03:01.451]They tell me I'm a dreamer they ridicule
[03:03.591]他们说我是一个梦想家，他们嘲笑我
[03:03.591]They feel defeated old bitter and cynical
[03:06.211]他们感到挫败、老迈、苦涩和愤世嫉俗
[03:06.211]Excuse me but I see it from a different view
[03:08.831]请原谅，但我以不同的视角看待这一切
[03:08.831]I still believe in what a driven few could really do
[03:11.761]我仍然相信那些有动力的人能真正改变世界
[03:11.761]I know that the masses want to sleep
[03:13.821]我知道大多数人只想沉睡
[03:13.821]And they would just rather hear me rapping to the beat
[03:16.381]他们更愿意听我随着节奏说唱
[03:16.381]But I want to pass this planet to my son
[03:19.001]但我想把这个世界交给我的儿子
[03:19.001]A little better than it was when they handed it to me
[03:21.871]让它比交到我手中时更好一些
[03:21.871]So I wrote a letter to my countrymen
[03:24.871]所以我给我的同胞们写了一封信
[03:24.871]I'll be happy if it only reaches one of them
[03:27.431]哪怕只触动其中一人，我也会感到欣慰
[03:27.431]Reporting live A-L-I your brother
[03:29.861]现场报道 A-L-I 你的兄弟
[03:29.861]Mourning in America dreaming in color
[03:33.291]在美国哀悼 梦想在色彩中
[03:33.291]My dear Brother Ali
[03:36.531]我亲爱的兄弟 Ali
[03:36.531]I think you know deep down in your soul that
[03:38.451]我想你内心深处知道
[03:38.451]Something something just ain't right
[03:42.761]有些事情就是不对劲
[03:42.761]You don't want to be just well adjusted to injustice
[03:46.011]你不想只是适应不公
[03:46.011]And well adapted to indifference You want to be
[03:49.811]也不想对冷漠习以为常 你想成为
[03:49.811]A person with integrity who leaves a mark on the world
[03:54.421]一个正直的人 在世界上留下印记
[03:54.421]People can say when you go that you left the world
[03:57.551]人们可以说，当你离开时，你让这个世界
[03:57.551]Just a little better than you found it I understand I want
[04:02.501]变得比你发现它时更好了一点，我明白我也想要
[04:02.501]To be like that too
[04:03.541]成为那样的人
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