Dear Mama-2Pac

[00:00.00] 作词 : Joe Sample/2Pac/Tony Pizarro [00:01.00] 作曲 : Joe Sample/2Pac/Tony Pizarro [00:05.19]You are appreciated
我感激您 [00:10.58]When I was young me and my mama had beef
当我还小时，我和妈妈关系很糟糕 [00:13.23]Seventeen years old kicked out on the streets
17岁那年我被妈妈逐出家门 [00:16.38]Though back at the time, I never thought I'd see her face
虽然那时我赌气决心再也不与她相见 [00:19.30]Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place
但我得说，没有任何人能取代我妈妈的地位 [00:21.45]Suspended from school; and scared to go home, I was a fool
我因闯祸被学校停课，所以害怕回家 回想起来我真傻啊 [00:25.53]with the big boys, breakin all the rules
和些“大哥”们到处惹事生非 [00:28.14]I shed tears with my baby sister
因为生活困难，我和妹妹总是以泪洗面 [00:30.39]Over the years we was poorer than the other little kids
我们总是比别的孩子更贫穷 [00:32.96]And even though we had different daddy's, the same drama
即使妹妹和我同母异父，在面临同样困境时我们仍然团结 [00:36.89]When things went wrong we'd blame mama
当事不如愿时我们总是不懂事地怪在妈妈身上 [00:39.51]I reminice on the stress I caused, it was hell
我真后悔我带给妈妈的那些压力 [00:42.82]Huggin on my mama from a jail cell
当我锒铛入狱，妈妈却依然透过寒冷的铁窗拥抱我给予我温暖 [00:44.69]And who'd think in elementary?
一个涉世未深的学生又能有多深的思想觉悟？ [00:47.26]Heeey! I see the penitentiary, one day
这不，监狱正向我招手呢 [00:51.60]And runnin from the police, that's right
那天我正想办法逃离警察的追捕 [00:54.51]Mama catch me, put a whoopin to my backside
妈妈逮住了我，朝我背后的警察大声呵斥 [00:57.72]And even as a crack fiend, mama
我的妈妈也非完人，她虽曾药物成瘾 [01:00.04]You always was a black queen, mama
但她在我心中永远是那个最美丽的皇后 [01:03.02]I finally understand
我终于明白了妈妈的苦衷 [01:04.32]for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man
明白了她抚养我长大成人的不易 [01:08.88]You always was committed
她留有案底（那个年代，留有案底的黑人更难找到工作） [01:09.94]A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it
作为一个贫困得只靠社会福利过活的单身母亲，不可思议地带我们度过难关 [01:14.29]There's no way I can pay you back
我知道我穷尽一生也无法回报您的养育之恩 [01:16.32]But the plan is to show you that I understand
但我希望借此让您知道 [01:19.37]You are appreciated
我很感激您 [01:20.45]Lady...
亲爱的妈妈啊 [01:22.34]Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
难道您不知道我们对您的爱吗？ [01:26.88]Dear mama
亲爱的妈妈 [01:28.26]Place no one above ya, sweet lady
你在我心里永远都是第一，无可取代 [01:31.33]You are appreciated
我感激您 [01:33.73]Don't cha know we love ya?
难道您不知道我们对您的爱吗？ [01:37.04]Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair
一定不会有人认为这算公平 [01:39.11]No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't there
我从未从我那懦夫生父处获得任何关爱 [01:41.88]He passed away and I didn't cry, cause my anger
他可能早就死在某处了吧，我绝不会为他而悲伤 [01:45.33]wouldn't let me feel for a stranger
我的怒火告诉我，我不值得为这个陌生人感性 [01:48.09]They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along
人们总是说我错了，我没心没肺 [01:51.04]I was lookin for a father he was gone
但是我一直在苦苦寻找生父，他从不露面 [01:53.71]I hung around with the Thugs, and even though they sold drugs
于是我与暴徒结伴 [01:57.34]They showed a young brother love
他们虽为非作歹，但却给了我兄弟情谊 [01:59.67]I moved out and started really hangin
我终于搬出了家里，开始真正的漂泊 [02:01.63]I needed money of my own so I started slangin
因为受贫困所扰，我只能兜售du品 [02:04.65]I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocks
即使我知道我所为的是非法行当，我从不感到罪恶 [02:07.32]It feels good puttin money in your mailbox
钱财进账感觉真好 [02:10.27]I love payin rent when the rent's due
交着我过去交不起的房租感觉真好 [02:13.07]I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to you
给妈妈戴上自己赠送的钻石项链感觉真好 [02:16.38]Cause when I was low you was there for me
在我身陷低谷时妈妈总是在我身边陪伴我 [02:18.82]And never left me alone because you cared for me
妈妈不离不弃因为她一直都很关心我 [02:21.79]And I could see you comin home after work late
我有时看见您下晚班后拖着疲惫都身躯回家 [02:24.40]You're in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate
却依旧关心我们饿不饿，想为我们做顿晚饭 [02:27.59]Ya just workin with the scraps you was given
尽管妈妈的手头从不充裕 [02:30.60]And mama made miracles every Thanksgivin
但她却能在每个感恩节给我们带来惊喜 [02:33.69]But now the road got rough, you're alone
我知道您的路真的很难走 [02:36.83]You're tryin to raise two bad kids on your own
您却靠自己一个人养大了两个调皮的孩子！ [02:39.35]And there's no way I can pay you back
我知道我穷尽一生也无法回报您的养育之恩 [02:42.32]But my plan is to show you that I understand
但我希望借此让您知道 [02:44.01]You are appreciated
我很感激您 [02:45.64]Lady...
亲爱的妈妈啊 [02:47.88]Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
难道您不知道我们对您的爱吗？ [02:51.57]Dear mama
亲爱的妈妈 [02:52.46]Place no one above ya, sweet lady
你在我心里永远都是第一，无可取代 [02:56.92]You are appreciated
我感激您 [02:57.71]Don't cha know we love ya?
难道您不知道我们对您的爱吗？ [03:02.39]Pour out some liquor and I reminsce, cause through the drama
一边回忆我的妈妈，一边以酒酹地（把酒洒在地上是祭奠死去的人的方式，但是pac的妈妈在这首歌发行时依然在世） [03:05.26]I can always depend on my mama
即使世事多变，我在低落时总是能依靠妈妈的肩膀 [03:07.68]And when it seems that I'm hopeless
当我陷入困境丧失希望时 [03:10.13]You say the words that can get me back in focus
妈妈的一句话总能让我找回自己 [03:13.51]When I was sick as a little kid
当我低落 如孩子般无助无助时 [03:15.73]To keep me happy there's no limit to the things you did
妈妈总能让我振作起来 她为我做了太多太多 [03:18.87]And all my childhood memories
我那美好的童年回忆 [03:20.50]Are full of all the sweet things you did for me
全都是由妈妈一手构筑的 [03:25.01]And even though I act craaazy
虽然我有时行径疯癫 [03:27.56]I gotta thank the Lord that you made me
但我还是要感谢上帝让我成为您的儿子 [03:30.35]There are no words that can express how I feel
再好的遣词用字都无法表达我对您的感恩 [03:33.26]You never kept a secret, always stayed real
您从不遮遮掩掩，总是真实对人 [03:36.21]And I appreciate, how you raised me
我感激您对我的养育之恩 [03:38.60]And all the extra love that you gave me
还有那您那从不嫌多的爱 [03:42.36]I wish I could take the pain away
我希望我能带走您的苦痛 [03:44.53]If you can make it through the night there's a brighter day
若您挺过黑夜，必有美丽的白昼将至 [03:47.39]Everything will be alright if ya hold on
请您坚持住，一切都会好起来的 [03:50.20]It's a struggle everyday, gotta roll on
即使每天都是苦难，也要苦中作乐生活下去 [03:53.38]And there's no way I can pay you back
我知道我穷尽一生也无法回报您的养育之恩 [03:55.96]But my plan is to show you that I understand
但我希望借此让您知道 [03:58.95]You are appreciated
我很感激您 [04:00.06]Lady...
亲爱的妈妈啊 [04:02.10]Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
难道您不知道我们对您的爱吗？ [04:05.44]Dear mama
亲爱的妈妈 [04:07.77]Place no one above ya, sweet lady
你在我心里永远都是第一，无可取代 [04:11.27]You are appreciated
我感激您 [04:15.37]Don't cha know we love ya?
难道您不知道我们对您的爱吗？