《People Like Me》歌词

[00:00:00] People Like Me (像我这样的人) - K'naan

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[00:00:13] Heaven is there a chance that you could come down

[00:00:19] 天啊 有没有个机会让你下凡

[00:00:19] And open doors to hurting people like me

[00:00:24] 并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人

[00:00:24] People like me

[00:00:27] 我这样的人

[00:00:27] People like me

[00:00:30] 我这样的人

[00:00:30] People like me

[00:00:33] 我这样的人

[00:00:33] People like me

[00:00:36] 我这样的人

[00:00:36] Is it fair to say that I am stressing out

[00:00:39] 说我快被公道逼疯

[00:00:39] I'm stationed in Iraq and they won't let me out

[00:00:42] 我正困在伊拉克 他们不放我出去

[00:00:42] My homeys said I was stupid for even joining

[00:00:45] 我兄弟说我自始愚蠢透顶

[00:00:45] My counselor said that my decision was disappointing

[00:00:48] 我的律师说我的决定令人失望

[00:00:48] How she had good for good state colleges

[00:00:51] 她对我上所好大学满怀希望

[00:00:51] And with my good grades it wouldn't have been a problem

[00:00:55] 而以我的好成绩一切无碍

[00:00:55] But they don't understand the power of significance

[00:00:58] 但他们不明白事关重大

[00:00:58] More than brilliance and certainly more than difference

[00:01:01] 比荣誉当然也比金钱更重要

[00:01:01] And if you ask me now would I repeat it

[00:01:03] 而如果你现在问我 我是否仍义无反顾

[00:01:03] Would I fight in a war I don't believe in

[00:01:06] 我是否会打一场前景不明的战争

[00:01:06] Well the answer is if not me where the cancer is

[00:01:10] 那么回答是如果我并非症结所在

[00:01:10] They been doing this before Jesus of Nazareth

[00:01:12] 他们在耶稣生在拿撒勒前 一向如此

[00:01:12] And after all this time it is still deadly hazardous

[00:01:16] 而且此后仍危机四伏

[00:01:16] And bush isn't really being all that inaccurate

[00:01:19] 布什也不是全部讲错

[00:01:19] When he says we're winning the war cos it's staggering

[00:01:22] 当他说 我们打赢了是因为慢慢局势会好转

[00:01:22] But that's cause we're killing everybody that we see

[00:01:25] 但那是因为我们在杀死眼前所有人

[00:01:25] And most of us soldiers we can barely fall asleep

[00:01:28] 而我们多数兵士夜不能寐

[00:01:28] And time and time again I'm feeling incompetent

[00:01:30] 而时光流转我感到不称职

[00:01:30] Cos my women back home we're constantly arguing

[00:01:33] 因为家里女眷回家 我们争执不休

[00:01:33] And I must be crazy cos all I'm obsessing with is

[00:01:37] 而我一定疯了 因为我全神贯注于

[00:01:37] Her Myspace and Facebook and who's commenting

[00:01:39] 她的个人空间和脸谱及谁在评价

[00:01:39] I swear to god if she's cheatin' I'm doing her a** in

[00:01:42] 我向上帝发誓如果她在骗我做蠢事

[00:01:42] I can tell with one look and it came to me

[00:01:45] 我能说出一面之辞 我的心情

[00:01:45] Sounding like something from a song hook

[00:01:49] 听起来好似一段歌 唱道

[00:01:49] Heaven is there a chance that you could come down

[00:01:55] 天啊 有没有个机会让你下凡

[00:01:55] And open doors to hurting people like me

[00:02:00] 并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人

[00:02:00] People like me

[00:02:03] 我这样的人

[00:02:03] People like me

[00:02:06] 我这样的人

[00:02:06] People like me

[00:02:09] 我这样的人

[00:02:09] People like me

[00:02:12] 我这样的人

[00:02:12] Meet Sarah the proud mother of young Sebastian

[00:02:16] 认识下萨拉 小塞巴斯蒂安的伟大母亲

[00:02:16] Suburban professional went to college in shton

[00:02:19] 郊区的专家上过Massalin的大学

[00:02:19] In self pity she suddenly cried

[00:02:22] 在委屈中她突然哭喊

[00:02:22] Would my life be important if I suddenly died

[00:02:25] 我若猝然长逝我的生命会重要些吗

[00:02:25] Neighbors saying what a nice women she was

[00:02:27] 邻居们说她为人多么好

[00:02:27] Keeping mostly to herself ever since the divorce

[00:02:30] 自从离婚后一直独守

[00:02:30] And with the company downsizing and the fall and all

[00:02:34] 随着公司的裁员与不景气的到来

[00:02:34] She really shouldn't take it that personal at all

[00:02:37] 她真不该那么小气

[00:02:37] It wasn't her boss who had his eyes on her thighs

[00:02:40] 并非她老板往她大腿上瞄

[00:02:40] And got a rise from her rising off the desk though

[00:02:43] 虽然 由于被侵犯升了职

[00:02:43] And despite remembering saying no plenty of times

[00:02:46] 尽管她不停拒绝

[00:02:46] It was still a damn surprise being let go

[00:02:48] 仍然遭到公司抛弃

[00:02:48] And now stuck with a mortgage she can't afford

[00:02:51] 现在还有还不起的贷

[00:02:51] And too educated to blame the corporate world

[00:02:54] 有太多话可以谴责企业界黑暗

[00:02:54] She got on welfare and hated it case work a power tripping

[00:02:58] 她有失业救济但讨厌接受 做了个无业者

[00:02:58] And generally being degraded if

[00:03:01] 而通常激动

[00:03:01] Nothing else she was treated sick

[00:03:02] 如果她久病

[00:03:02] And ineffective which is the worst thing

[00:03:05] 却总治不好才算最糟的

[00:03:05] That she'd been left with

[00:03:08] 在她的经历中

[00:03:08] Damn no magic from David Blane

[00:03:11] 该死 没有大卫布雷恩的魔术

[00:03:11] No painter to pain this pain

[00:03:12] 无法描绘这痛苦

[00:03:12] No Morgan Freeman to narrate the shame

[00:03:15] 没有摩根弗里曼讲述这羞耻

[00:03:15] So she took refuge and prayer

[00:03:17] 所以她求助于祈祷

[00:03:17] Kinda like finding god in the phone book

[00:03:20] 有点像在电话簿里找到了上帝的号码

[00:03:20] And it came to her sounding something like a song hook

[00:03:25] 而这感受于她 听起来好似一段歌 唱道

[00:03:25] Heaven is there a chance that you could come down

[00:03:31] 天啊 有没有个机会让你下凡

[00:03:31] And open doors to hurting people like me

[00:03:36] 并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人

[00:03:36] People like me

[00:03:39] 我这样的人

[00:03:39] People like me

[00:03:42] 我这样的人

[00:03:42] People like me

[00:03:45] 我这样的人

[00:03:45] People like me

[00:03:49] 我这样的人

[00:03:49] I guess I told you about myself to a degree

[00:03:52] 我猜 我向诸位自我介绍过一次

[00:03:52] Just by telling you about people like me

[00:03:55] 就通过介绍与我同境遇的人

[00:03:55] But people like me they speak politely

[00:03:57] 但像我一样的人 说话彬彬有礼

[00:03:57] They don't start no beef or peace why me

[00:04:01] 他们不以无肉可吃 介绍自己

[00:04:01] Everybody gotta eat but everybody doesn't

[00:04:03] 每个人都该吃但都不得

[00:04:03] Which is why I want to tell you about my favorite cousin

[00:04:07] 这便是我为何要介绍我最有感情的表兄弟

[00:04:07] He and I grew up where the sun shines

[00:04:09] 他和我在阳光照耀之地成长

[00:04:09] And we both partook with the gun crimes

[00:04:12] 我们都扛过枪犯了罪

[00:04:12] And we both liked American rap rhymes

[00:04:15] 我们还都喜爱美国说唱那些韵词

[00:04:15] Even though we didn't understand one line

[00:04:18] 虽然我们一行也看不懂

[00:04:18] If you remember my line of notes in my last album

[00:04:21] 如果你还记得我在上一张专辑中所说

[00:04:21] I talked about a close call with a grenade

[00:04:24] 讲述了带来千钧一发的手榴弹

[00:04:24] I think we both must have been about 7th grade

[00:04:27] 我想我们都上过七年级

[00:04:27] But don't panic we both survived without damage

[00:04:30] 但别慌我们都有过平静的童年

[00:04:30] But we developed a bond like we survived the titanic

[00:04:33] 但我们就像泰坦尼克号上的人一样被命运绑在一起

[00:04:33] But when the country became frantic

[00:04:35] 但当故国发了癫狂

[00:04:35] My mother tried to get us out planned it

[00:04:37] 我母亲努力要把我们带离 计划着

[00:04:37] To the last detail except the plan got derailed

[00:04:41] 但一个小细节让计划一度停滞

[00:04:41] Cos there wasn't enough money for the plain tickets

[00:04:44] 因为没有足够的钱买机票

[00:04:44] How bitter when my mother had to chose who to take with her

[00:04:48] 我母亲忍着多大的痛选择谁能一道走

[00:04:48] So my cousin got left in the war and that's just hard to recall

[00:04:52] 所以我表弟留在战乱中 真是不堪回首

[00:04:52] But now I take refuge and prayer

[00:04:55] 但我现在只能求助于祈祷

[00:04:55] Kinda like finding god in the phone book

[00:04:57] 有点像在电话簿中找到了上帝的号码 这感受于她

[00:04:57] It came to me sounding kinda like something from a song hook

[00:05:01] 听起来好似一段歌 唱道

[00:05:01] Heaven is there a chance that you could come down

[00:05:06] 天啊 有没有个机会让你下凡

[00:05:06] And open doors to hurting people like me

[00:05:12] 并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人

[00:05:12] People like me

[00:05:15] 我这样的人

[00:05:15] People like me

[00:05:18] 我这样的人

[00:05:18] People like me

[00:05:21] 我这样的人

[00:05:21] People like me

[00:05:25] 我这样的人

[00:05:25] Heaven is there a chance that you could come down

[00:05:31] 天啊 有没有个机会让你下凡

[00:05:31] And open doors to hurting people like me

[00:05:36] 并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人

[00:05:36] People like me

[00:05:39] 我这样的人

[00:05:39] People like me

[00:05:42] 我这样的人

[00:05:42] People like me

[00:05:45] 我这样的人

[00:05:45] People like me

[00:05:50] 我这样的人