Every once in a while
偶尔有那么些时候
You need some ol' skool company
你需要些老派情谊相伴
Somebody that appreciates a sexy groove
有人懂得欣赏这撩人韵律
And a old school melody
和那复古悠扬的旋律
When god his son and the love of family
当上帝圣子与家庭之爱
Ruled in the community
还主宰着社区之时
The songs you sing
你所吟唱的歌曲
Lift you up to heaven
将你灵魂托向天堂
A heaven we can believe in
那个我们深信不疑的天堂
Everybody's talkin' about hard times
人人都在诉说艰难时世
Like it just started yesterday
仿佛苦难昨日才降临
People eye know they've been strugglin'
我认识的人们确实在挣扎
At least it seems that way
至少表面看来如此
Fat cats on wall street
华尔街的权贵们
They got a bailout
却获得纾困救助
While somebody else got to wait
当他人仍在苦苦等待
700 billion but myold neighborhood
七千亿投入 可我的老街区
Ain't nothing changed but the date
除了日期什么都没改变
Every once in a while
偶尔有那么些时候
You need some ol' skool company
你需要些老派情谊相伴
Somebody that appreciates a sexy groove
有人懂得欣赏这撩人韵律
And a old school melody
和那复古悠扬的旋律
When god his son and the love of family
当上帝圣子与家庭之爱
Ruled in the community
还主宰着社区之时
The songs you sing
你所吟唱的歌曲
Lift you up to heaven
将你灵魂托向天堂
A heaven we can believe in
那个我们深信不疑的天堂
Ain't nothing ever come from complaining
抱怨从未带来任何馈赠
Xcept a bitter heart that's true
唯余一颗苦涩的心 这是真理
Follow along and you gon wanna do
若你随波逐流终将渴望
Something before the next chorus is thru
在下段副歌结束前有所作为
The songs we sing
我们曾吟唱的旋律
They used to mean somethin
承载着往昔深意
Now every other one is just mean
而今多半只剩刻薄言语
Rather than reminisce eye'm telling you this
与其沉湎回忆 不如听我诉说
It's time for a brand new scene
是时候开启崭新篇章
Every once in a while
偶尔有那么些时候
You need some ol' skool company
你需要些老派情谊相伴
Somebody that appreciates a sexy groove
有人懂得欣赏这撩人韵律
And a old school melody
和那复古悠扬的旋律
When god his son and the love of family
当上帝圣子与家庭之爱
Ruled in the community
还主宰着社区之时
The songs you sing
你所吟唱的歌曲
Lift you up to heaven
将你灵魂托向天堂
A heaven we can believe in
那个我们深信不疑的天堂
Everybody's sinkin' in the quicksand
众人深陷时光的流沙
Created by the keeper of time
那是时间守护者布下的陷阱
Cast aside by using ancient tricks
被古老的把戏所抛弃
That changes ur state of mind
那改变了你的心境
They got you catering the whims of the flesh
他们让你沉溺于肉体的欲望
Before you get your paper right
在你理清头绪之前
Call me old fashioned
说我守旧也罢
But back in the day
但在往昔岁月里
There wasn't no shorties in sight
根本见不到轻浮的身影
1st come job then come marriage b4 shorty
先立业 后成家 再养育后代
Come out with the baby carriage call me
推着婴儿车来找我吧
Old fashioned just clap yo hands just clap yo hands
老派作风 只需拍拍手 拍拍你的手
Radio used to be local untouched by the man
电台曾属于本地 未被权势染指
Songs we used to sing used to mean something
我们曾唱的歌 承载着真挚意义
Now they just bland like the drummer
如今却索然无味 如鼓手般平庸
Where's the real drummer michael B
真正的鼓手在哪 Michael B
Mint condition morris day
完美状态的Morris Day
Jellybean wishin' Sheila e and brother John sometimes me
Jellybean向往着Sheila E 和Brother John 有时也包括我
'til dawn
直到黎明破晓
If the white house is black
若白宫被黑暗笼罩
We gotta take the radio back
我们要夺回电台频道
Power to the people
权力归于人民
Power to the people
权力归于人民
Put this thing on repeat go back 2 one
让这首歌循环播放 回到最初
And just move ur feet tell your friends Prince and
随着节奏摇摆 告诉你的朋友Prince和
The mplsound we can't be beat
我们的音乐无可匹敌
Suckas