Brand Nubian (Explicit LP Version) - Brand Nubian
Brand nubian function
新努比亚人
A junction of three
我们是个三人团队
Collaboration in a style that's like funk
我们的风格有点偏放克
To slap palms swing arms
拍拍手 摆摆胳膊
Tap a soul
直击心灵
Cause no rock rolls down our hill
因为我们和摇滚截然不同
Yo black it's kinda ill
这有些病态
We don't roll no rocks we just fill
我们不玩摇滚
Heads with knowledge pure foundation
我们的脑子里全是知识 内心很纯净
Showing and proving through the manifestation
我们在用行动去证明
Of our name which is "Brand Nu"
我们配得上我们的称号
Brand Nubian and we've come to
我们要慢慢让人们
Make the people aware that black means first
意识到黑人是一切的源头
4000 years and we're made to feel cursed
400年来 我们感觉自己受到了诅咒
But now it's our time to rule
但是现在该我们翻身了
Student of the old teacher of the new school
我们继往开来 开拓创新
My inspiration is the five percent nation
我的灵感来自于百分之五国度
As I cram education was born
当我在歌唱时 听众也受到了教育
Like a thorn in your side I have sworn
这些就像内生的知识般自然
Never to divide with Brand Nubian
永远不要和我们分道扬镳
You have to stand as a black man
你要像黑人一样昂首阔立
Brand Nubian
新努比亚人
From the Sudan plus I never ran
来自苏丹 而我从未奔跑过
I'm from Africa the central region
我来自非洲的中心区域
There I grew and formed a legion of my force
在那我发展壮大了一支队伍
See me riding on a jet black horse at any cost
看我不惜任何代价骑在一头飞奔的黑马上
Brand Nubians will rise up
新努比亚人会兴起
And be the boss and show it
成为世界的主宰
All fairness if you're black and show awareness
如果你是黑人 你会感受到公正和一切的美好
You can rally 'round the flag
你们可以在旗帜下集合
Stand tall or don't stand at all
要么不站 要么高高站起
You're with the three and
你和我们仨在一起
The three won't sag to the floor
我们不会跌倒
Besides picture that I'm painting I can draw
此外想象一下我画画的样子 我会画画
See me work nine to five on my easel
看我从早上九点到下午五点一直画画
My physical is strong
我的身体很强壮
And my mind is cock diesel
我的头脑很清晰
Brand Nubian function in conjunction
新努比亚人
With the three
我们是个三人团队
Brand Nubian
新努比亚人
Not on a bandwagon following a fad
我们不是盲目追逐潮流
Making use of the knowledge
而是利用那些
That we already had
我们已经有的知识
Grand Pu here to send the mind into a frenzy
Grand Puba令大家都陷入疯狂
I bet I'll swing something
我敢确定这个夏季
This summer for the benzi
我会完全放松
Seep into the mind the brain
让思绪和大脑陷入休眠
And activate the pelvis
活动自己的身体
Keeping the blind deaf dumb and blind is Elvis
不看不听也不说
Meaning old so behold
意义古老 所以注意了
The black the beautiful the bold
黑的 美丽的 勇敢的
Now if this falls short I'll try harder
现在如果这个不够 我会更努力
A wisdom to me is someone like Assata
在我看来 像阿莎塔一样的人就是智者
I'd like to say peace to Bambaata
我愿与班巴塔讲和
Tasa Kuma Achmed and Kenyatta
塔沙库玛 艾哈迈德和肯雅塔
Brothers that'll fight for the cause
都是愿意为了正义奋斗的兄弟
And they live in the boundaries
他们住在正义之典的
Of the righteous laws
边界内
To put it exact dominant means black
准确地说 黑人才是主宰
But some have a hard time
但是有些人很难
Trying to swallow that
接受这一点
Now we have some that are fake
现在我们中间出现了虚伪的人
Wearing blue eyes and green eyes
蓝眼睛的和绿眼睛的
Come on gimme a break
歇歇吧
Brand Nubian here to wake up
新努比亚人要开始觉醒了
Take off the makeup
卸下伪装
Cause all it'll do is cake up
因为它只会让你膨胀
Just be real that's how I feel
做真实的自己吧
Brand Nubian
新努比亚人
Nubian
努比亚人
A native or inhabitant of Nubia
努比亚的原住民
Nubian
努比亚人
A member of one of a group of
是非洲部落的一员
African tribes that formed a poweful
他们建立了一个强大的帝国
Empire between Egypt and Ethiopia
就在埃及和埃塞俄比亚之间
From the 6th to 14th century Nubian
从6世纪持续到14世纪
Any of several languages spoken
苏丹中部和北部
In the central and northern Sudan
有多种语言
And that's why we call ourselves Brand Nubian
因此我们称呼自己为新努比亚人
As the midnight oil burns our minds turn
我们挑灯夜战 动着脑筋
Make a mistake and be fake and you'll burn
犯了错 伪装自己 你会玩火自焚
We're here to teach
我们在这是为了教育
So you'd might as well learn
所以你最好学习一下
That the tree has the knowledge
这三个人有你所
For what you yearn
渴望的知识
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