Get By (Explicit) - Talib Kweli
Yeah my Lord yeah
耶,我的天,耶
We sell crack to our own
我们出售自己的东西
Out the back of our homes
在房子的后面
We smell the musk at the dusk
我们在黄昏闻着麝香的味道
In the crack of the dawn
在黎明前
We go through Epidodes II
我们完成第二章
Like Attack of the Clones
就像克隆人的进攻
Work 'til we break our back
工作到精疲力尽
And you hear the crack of the bone
你能听到骨头碎裂的声音
To get by just to get by
通过,只是通过
Just to get by just to get by
只是通过,只是通过
We commute to computers
我们同电脑交流
Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors
当视野伸展时,灵魂却沉默
We survivalists turned to consumers
我们生存者,转变为消费者
To get by just to get by
通过,只是通过
Just to get by just to get by
只是通过,只是通过
Ask Him why some people
问他为什么有些人
Got to live in a trailer
还要住在拖车里
Cuss like a sailor
像个水手一样诅咒
I paint a picture with the pen
我用钢笔画了一幅画
Like Norman Mailer
像诺曼梅勒那样
Me and Willa raised three daughters
我和维拉养了三个女儿
All by herself with no help
都在她身上,没有任何帮助
I think about a struggle
我想过抗争
And I find the strength in myself
我发现了内心深处的力量
These words melt in my mouth
这些语言,融化在了我的嘴里
They hot like the jail cell in the South
非常热,像是南方的监狱
Before my ni**a Core bailed me out
在我的黑人朋友保释我之前
To get by just to get by
通过,只是通过
Just to get by just to get by
只是通过,只是通过
We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky
我们做或者死就像贝德福德的红色天空
With the window of the red eye
同那红眼的窗口一起
Let the lead fly some G Rap sh*t
让它们飞,像那说唱的东西
Livin' to Let Die"
活着只为了死去
This morning I woke up
今天早上,我起床
Feeling brand new and I jumped up
感觉无比新鲜,我跳了起来
Feeling my highs and my lows
感受着我的波动
In my soul and my goals
在我的灵魂里,目标里
Just to stop smokin and stop drinkin
只要停止抽烟,停止喝酒
And I've been thinkin
我一直在思考
I've got my reasons
我有我的理由
Just to get (by) just to get (by)
只要通过,只要通过这些
Just to get (by) just to get (by)
只要通过,只要通过这些
Ba ba ba ba da bada ba da bada
Ba da bada ba da badahh
Just to get (by) just to get (by)
只要通过,只要通过这些
Just to get (by by by by by by)
Ba ba ba ba da bada ba da bada
Ba da bada ba da badahh
Just to get (by) just to get (by)
只要通过,只要通过这些
Just to get (by by by by by by)
We keeping it gangster say fo shizzle
强盗们一直在说
Fo sheezy and stayin crunk
说着那些音乐
Its easy to pull a breezy
轻松一下很简单
Smoke trees and we stay drunk
冒着烟的树,我们一直在喝酒
Yo I activism - attackin the system
呦,激进主义,攻击系统
The blacks and latins in prison
黑人和拉美人在监狱里
Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision
监狱的黑人受害者号码我都看到
Sh*t and all they got is rappin to listen to
混蛋,他们都在说着听着
I let them know we missin you
我让他们知道我很想你
The love is unconditional
爱是无条件的
Even when the condition is critical
哪怕条件是如此苛刻
When the livin is miserable
当活着是如此悲惨
Your position is pivotal
你的位置才是关键
I ain't bullshittin you
我不是咒骂你
Now why would I lie
我为什么要说谎?
Just to get by
只是为了通过?
Just to get by we get fly
只是为了通过,然后飞翔
The TV got us reachin for stars
电视让我们到了星星上
Not the ones between Venus and Mars
不是那个金星和火星之间的
The ones that be readin for parts
那个被分裂的地方
Some people get breast enhancements
有些人去丰胸
And penis enlargers
服用壮阳药
Saturday sinners Sunday morning
周六的罪人,周日的早上
At the feet of the Father
在神父的脚边
They need somethin to rely on
他们需要依靠些什么
We get high on all types of **
我们用不同的药嗨
When all you really need is love
当你真正需要的只是爱
To get by just to get by
通过,只是通过
Just to get by just to get by
只是通过,只是通过
Our parents sing like John Lennon
我们的父母像列侬一样唱歌
Imagine all the people watch
想象着所有人都在看
We rock like Paul McCartney
我们像麦卡特尼一样摇滚
From now until the last Beatle drop
从现在直到下一个披头士
This morning I woke up
今天早上,我起床
Feeling brand new and I jumped up
感觉无比新鲜,我跳了起来
Feeling my high's and my low's
感觉我的起伏
In my soul and my goals
在我的灵魂里,和目标里
Just to stop smoking and stop drinking
只要不抽烟不喝酒
And I've been thinking
我一直在想
I've got my reasons
我有我的理由
Just to get (by) just to get (by)
只要通过,只要通过这些
Just to get (by) just to get (by)
只要通过,只要通过这些
Yoyoyo yo
Some people cry and some people try
有些人哭,有些人在尝试
Just to get by for a piece of the pie
只为了那一块饼
You love to eat and get high
你喜欢吃到嗨
We decieve when we lie
我们说谎时都是欺骗
And we keepin it fly
我们一直在嗨
Yoyoyo yo
When the people decide
当人们做了决定
To keep a disguise
去掩饰这些
Can't see they eyes see the evil inside
看不到他们的眼睛,他们隐藏的邪恶
But there's people you find
但你会找到那些人
Strong or feeble in mind
思维敏锐或迟缓
I stay readin the signs
我一直在读那些警示