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Letter to The Editor - Thievery Corporation/Racquel Jones
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Pocket full a promises
满口空头承诺
Baby empty bellies
却让百姓饥肠辘辘
Poverty and democracies
贫困与民主政治
And political rallies
都沦为竞选工具
But who the rich a lobby for
富豪们暗中游说
Using me for votes
拿我们当投票机器
Pretend a mi yuh sorry for
假装对我们心怀愧疚
Then win and it's a joke
胜选后便原形毕露
I'm sick of trick or treaters in costumes
我受够了那些乔装打扮的骗子
Like dem as leaders
让他们当领袖
Charismatic public speakers
巧舌如簧的演说家
False prophets and fake healers
虚假的先知和冒牌的救世主
Articulate perfect grammar scammer
口若悬河的完美骗子
Scamming us for votes
骗取我们的选票
Infront of tv camera with an innocent approach
在镜头前装出无辜的模样
Nuh mo lies and fallacies
别再撒谎和诡辩
Bun apologies
无需道歉
Try nuh ask please when a squeeze and yuh pan yuh knees
当压迫降临 别跪地求饶
Justice or else says the minister farakhan
正义终将降临 正如法拉罕部长所言
Suh me stand up a gordon house
我昂首挺立议会大厦
Wid my glock inna me hand
手握武器捍卫真理
If I take it literally f*ck it geez I'm kinda sorry
若我当真付诸行动 抱歉那将是最后选择
But smaddy need fi answer what dem really do to pretty
但必须有人为暴行付出代价
Gimmi di microphone and mek mi rep di innocent
给我麦克风 让我为无辜者发声
Paying recompense for money spent to feed the governments
偿还那些喂养政府的金钱
Yo gimmi di microphone get the people riled up
递给我麦克风 唤醒民众怒火
Too much f*ckery piled up get di ting dem oiled up
堆积如山的荒唐事 该被彻底清算
Parallel universes in the same ol' hemisphere
同一片天空下 平行世界并存
Authorities they don't care with dem nose up in the air
当权者漠不关心 鼻孔朝天
'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
因我们的炸弹仅是隐喻
We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it
我们诉说真相 让青年从中觉醒
'Cause I'm a fighter yeah
因为我是不屈的斗士
If you agree put up yuh lighter yeah
若你认同就举起火光
'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
因我们的炸弹仅是隐喻
We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it
我们诉说真相 让青年从中觉醒
'Cause I'm a fighter yeah
因为我是不屈的斗士
If you agree put up yuh lighter yeah
若你认同就举起火光
Mek the stench from ghetto fences permeate dem residences
让贫民窟的恶臭渗入权贵宅邸
Extend up through the trenches
沿着战壕蔓延燃烧
Up to where the presidents is
直到总统府邸门前
Karma pan di ones and twos yes it turn the tables
因果轮回终将扭转局势
Had enough a you with your parables and fables
受够了你们虚伪的说教
Jamaican bad gal queen and revolutionary
牙买加叛逆女王与革命者
Neva quick fi start a war but shoot whenever necessary
从不轻易挑起战争 但该出手时绝不犹豫
Product of the inner city
来自贫民窟的产物
Where me come from it nuh pretty
我的出身并不光鲜
Survive the nitty gritty
在艰难困苦中求生
Ain't nobody taking pity
无人会施舍怜悯
Survival kinda sticky
生存之路布满荆棘
In New York cali and philly
纽约加州费城皆如此
A di same ting a gwaan in a kingston seat to neat
金斯顿的议会同样肮脏不堪
'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
因我们的炸弹仅是隐喻
We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it
我们诉说真相 让青年从中觉醒
'Cause I'm a fighter yeah
因为我是不屈的斗士
If you agree put up yuh lighter yeah
若你认同就举起火光
'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
因我们的炸弹仅是隐喻
We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it
我们诉说真相 让青年从中觉醒
'Cause I'm a fighter yeah
因为我是不屈的斗士
If you agree put up yuh lighter yeah
若你认同就举起火光
These are the days of the last page
这是黑暗纪元的终章
And the last page of di book of the dark age
腐朽时代的最后一页
We a path ways wid oppressors
我们与压迫者抗争
Seek predecessors
追寻先辈的足迹
Wake up ancestors
觉醒吧 先辈们
Den we team up together
让我们团结一心
We will meet we will meet
我们终将相遇 终将相遇
Pan di battle ground
在这战场之上
Trade mi microphone
放下我的麦克风
For a shottie and some copper stones
换取武器与弹药
Just be ready when di gavel sound
只待法槌落下之时
Bun a folly ground fus
先烧毁这愚昧之地
Jah surround us
上帝庇佑着我们
So we never nervous
因此我们无所畏惧
Was a mental war now this sh*t turn physical
本是精神之战 如今却演变成**冲突
From long time scar we a reap the residual
长久伤痕终将结出恶果
From slavery to now now the ting get critical
从奴役至今 事态已至危急
Dem cyah kill we soul
他们无法扼杀我们的灵魂
'Cause dem sight sey we spiritual
因他们看见我们神圣不可侵犯
Sight we spiritual so they be like hey
见证我们的圣洁 他们只得叹息
Prod the bull under sykes as subliminal get them mad
用潜台词激怒他们 如同斗牛场上的挑衅
Then chastise dem as criminal
然后污蔑他们是罪犯
Give wi *** under guise sey it clinical
打着专业的幌子给我们**
'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
因我们的炸弹仅是隐喻
We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it
我们诉说真相 让青年从中觉醒
'Cause I'm a fighter yeah
因为我是不屈的斗士
If you agree put up yuh lighter yeah
若你认同就举起火光
'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
因我们的炸弹仅是隐喻
We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it
我们诉说真相 让青年从中觉醒
'Cause I'm a fighter yeah
因为我是不屈的斗士
If you agree put up yuh lighter yeah
若你认同就举起火光