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点击复制Living For The City
A boy is born in hard time mississippi
一个男孩在艰难的岁月里出生在mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty
被四面丑陋的墙围着
His parents give him love and affection
他的父母给他爱和关心
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
让他坚强 走向正确的方向
Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
在这城市生存下去就已足够
His father works some days for fourteen hours
他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
你可以打赌他几乎没有挣到钱
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板
And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny
你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士
Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty
他的姐姐回来了 已经长大
Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
她的裙子很短 但是她的腿很强健
To walk to school she’s got to get up early
为了走到学校 她要早早起床
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的
Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many
她的弟弟很聪明 比别的孩子都懂事
His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any
他很耐心 但是这无法长久
To find a job is like a haystack needle
找到一份工作就如大海捞针
Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people
因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人
Living just enough just enough for the city
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
Living just enough For the city
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
他的头发很长 他的脚步很坚定
He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
他的一生都走在纽约市的街头
He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution
空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸
He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution
他想要投票 但是没有解决的办法
Living just enough just enough for the city
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
Yeah yeah yeah
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
那会促使你过好明天
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
这个地方很残忍 没有比这个城市更冷的地方
If we don’t change the world will soon be over
如果我们不改变世界 马上就要结束了
Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city
活下去就足够了 不要再付出 只要活在这个城市就足够