《1980》歌词

[00:00:29] I grew up in the 1980's

[00:00:38] 我成长于80年代

[00:00:38] In a 4 bedroom house

[00:00:48] 四居室的房子里

[00:00:48] My family my Grandma

[00:00:50] 住着我的家人 我的祖母

[00:00:50] 3 or 4 Aunties

[00:00:51] 三四个姑姑

[00:00:51] Uncles and Brothers

[00:00:52] 叔叔和兄弟们

[00:00:52] In and out of prison daily

[00:00:53] 是蹲号子的常客

[00:00:53] At certain times when there was no heat

[00:00:55] 有时 房子里没有暖气

[00:00:55] We stay under covers

[00:00:56] 我们就躲在被窝里

[00:00:56] There was life like u never seen

[00:00:57] 那是一种你从未见过的生活

[00:00:57] Grandma taking extra people in

[00:00:59] 祖母还接济了其他的人

[00:00:59] Come dinner time It was tippin' 18

[00:01:01] 所以 有时候饭桌上会有十八个人

[00:01:01] Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath

[00:01:04] 用炉子上的大锅烧水洗澡

[00:01:04] Rub my face with Olive Oil

[00:01:05] 用橄榄油擦脸

[00:01:05] All my mates used to laugh

[00:01:06] 所有朋友都嘲笑我

[00:01:06] All my Cousin's moved out

[00:01:08] 亲戚们都搬走了

[00:01:08] We all got divided

[00:01:09] 我们也被迫分开了

[00:01:09] As I started to get older I seen God providing

[00:01:11] 日渐长大 我逐渐明白 这是上天给予的恩赐

[00:01:11] I've seen 0 last 3 months solid

[00:01:13] 我的家庭曾有三个月没有分文收入

[00:01:13] I got my first pair of nikes we were still eating porridge

[00:01:16] 但我却收到了人生中的第一双耐克鞋 而彼时我们还只能吃燕麦粥

[00:01:16] Me and my cousin used to play Mel &Kim

[00:01:18] 我和表弟过去常听Mel &Kim的唱片

[00:01:18] Practising dancin'

[00:01:20] 练习跳舞

[00:01:20] Coming down the stairs and ting

[00:01:21] 从楼梯上蹦下来

[00:01:21] I touched Africa and came back darker

[00:01:23] 我也曾去过非洲 回来时变得更黑了

[00:01:23] Knowing myself

[00:01:24] 也更了解自己了

[00:01:24] Feeling my roots a little bit harder

[00:01:27] 知道了生命起源的厚重

[00:01:27] 1980 year that God made me

[00:01:30] 80年 上帝创造了我

[00:01:30] 89 I started to get by

[00:01:31] 89年 我开始勉强度日

[00:01:31] 99 I started to write rhymes

[00:01:38] 99年 我开始写歌

[00:01:38] Walk with me reminice my life

[00:01:47] 跟着我 一起回顾我的生活吧

[00:01:47] So then we moved up

[00:01:48] 然后 我们搬到了更好的地方

[00:01:48] I thought I was the Fresh Prince

[00:01:49] 我一度以为自己是《新鲜王子》的主角

[00:01:49] Dynasty was re runs and Dallas was faded

[00:01:52] 那时《炎情岁月》正在重播 而Dallas则早已过时

[00:01:52] With 3 beds this time and 6 kids

[00:01:55] 这次 我们有了三张床和六个小孩

[00:01:55] We got a doggy that dog loved to s**t

[00:01:57] 我们还养了一条狗 那狗总是到处大小便

[00:01:57] My brother got his first pair of LA Gears

[00:01:59] 我哥哥也得到了他人生第一双LA Gear鞋

[00:01:59] He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear

[00:02:02] 他觉得那鞋更适合拍照 而不是用来穿

[00:02:02] I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter

[00:02:04] 我开始外出玩耍 牛仔裤也变得有点紧身

[00:02:04] My weird neighbours set their own house on fire

[00:02:07] 我那奇怪的邻居总是点燃自己的房子

[00:02:07] Church was All day every day and every week

[00:02:09] 教堂每天24小时都开放

[00:02:09] That's where I learned how to sing

[00:02:11] 那里是我学会唱歌的地方

[00:02:11] Hearing that pastor Preach

[00:02:13] 听牧师布道

[00:02:13] Benediction was all we went for

[00:02:14] 我们去教堂只为应付

[00:02:14] So we could run home and play connect 4

[00:02:17] 这样 我们就能早点回家玩游戏

[00:02:17] Mum worked late and we learnt to cook

[00:02:20] 妈妈经常加班到很晚 所有我们学会了做饭

[00:02:20] Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup

[00:02:21] 米饭 豆子 鸡肉 炖豆汤

[00:02:21] In the room watching Kung Fu films

[00:02:23] 在房间里看功夫电影

[00:02:23] And Cleopatra joans

[00:02:24] 还有Cleopatra Joans

[00:02:24] Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls

[00:02:47] 幻想我们是Cosby一家和火柴女孩

[00:02:47] The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks

[00:02:50] 楼下有个男人死了三周

[00:02:50] His own cat started eating him

[00:02:51] 他的猫甚至开始饥不择食

[00:02:51] The house starts to wreak

[00:02:53] 房主开始发愁

[00:02:53] That's when we moved out

[00:02:54] 那时候我们就搬走了

[00:02:54] And our house was bigger

[00:02:55] 我们的新房子更大

[00:02:55] We had a large garage and the attic was killer

[00:02:58] 有一个大车库和一个令人难忘的阁楼

[00:02:58] We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin'

[00:03:00] 我们过去常常在早上祈祷三个小时

[00:03:00] Sitting on the school bus

[00:03:01] 坐在校车上

[00:03:01] Believe we was yawning

[00:03:03] 估计我们都打着哈欠

[00:03:03] All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads

[00:03:05] 头发都贴在我们额头上

[00:03:05] Jam curls splits dorags and pin curls yes

[00:03:08] 卷发 刘海 头巾等等

[00:03:08] Sexy boys walking round showing interest

[00:03:10] 有些男孩则总是晃来晃去 想要吸引我们注意力

[00:03:10] In what I don't know coz we all had flat chests

[00:03:13] 我不知道他们对什么感兴趣 毕竟我们都是平胸

[00:03:13] Don't think we never mastered the Kid n Play steps

[00:03:16] 别以为我们不会Kid n Play的舞步

[00:03:16] Doowop for days in the bogle yep

[00:03:18] 在Bogle舞中跳上几天都没问题

[00:03:18] But this is just the beginning of my life right

[00:03:21] 但这只是我的人生的开始 对吧

[00:03:21] 9 kids a house and one life time

[00:03:23] 9个孩子 一个房子和一生

[00:03:23] Yo the beginning of my life right

[00:03:26] 嘿 我的人生的开始 对吧

[00:03:26] 9 kids a house in one life time

[00:03:31] 9个孩子 一个房子和一生