G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)-Common/Cee-Lo

[00:00.534]After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world
你知道，当你走到了25岁的时候，你所想的仅仅是如何在这个世界上生存 [00:22.558]Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. Who knows?
也许你将会有一个小男孩或小女孩，谁又知道呢？ [00:27.190]Anyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to you
无论如何，只要你迈过了这个年龄并有了这个年龄的人所应该有的经历， [00:31.766]You start thinkin about stuff...tryin to make the right moves
你开始思考成功的要素，并尝试去迈出正确的脚步 [00:34.650]So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin, check it
所以，打破规则---这是我正在想的事，那么就去做它吧 [00:37.110]Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn
我接受来来自于lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn的教育（看不懂瞎翻了，请原谅我的草率） [00:40.854]Began, began with time
开始吧，随着时间的流逝而开始 [00:43.274]Bein my bloodline is one with the divine
我的血统是最高贵的那一种， [00:46.678]In time brotha, you will discover the light
伙计们，在适当的时候，你将会发现真理在闪光 [00:49.550]Some say that God is Black and the Devil's White
有的人说上帝是黑色的而恶魔是白色的 [00:52.486]Well, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right
好吧，事实上恶魔是错的而上帝是正确的 [00:55.529]I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear
我挣扎着，争斗着，在恐惧和怀疑之中 [00:58.639]The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear
雨还没有停，但是我依然可以清楚地看清一切 [01:01.326]As a child, given religion with no answer to why
当我还是一个孩子的时候，我被给予了宗教和信仰，却没有人告诉我为什么 [01:04.125]Just told believe in Jesus cuz for me he did die
我仅仅被告诉---去相信耶稣吧，因为你的生命是他给的 [01:07.070]Curiosity killed the catechism
但是我的好奇抹杀了教义 [01:10.376]Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to
理解和智慧变成了我人生的步调 [01:13.461]And became a slave to master self
然后变成了“主”的教徒 [01:15.854]A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health
一个富裕的人应该具有才识，快乐和健康 [01:18.854]My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons
我的思想被灌注了Zen和Tao的思想 [01:22.029]Koran and the Bible, to me they all vital
古兰经和圣经---对我来说他们都是很重要的 [01:24.969]And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys
我从他们中获得了真理，所以，男孩们，你们必须去阅读他们 [01:27.981]You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief
你不可以错过他们----那些不同分枝的宗教信仰 [01:30.938]But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em
一个相同的根系孕育了这些不同的分枝，但是心怀恶意的人们却尝试修剪掉它们 [01:34.622]And use religion as an emblem
并且把宗教当作是彰名显赫的徽章 [01:36.701]When it should be a natural way of life
当它成为了正常生活的一部分时， [01:39.121]Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right
我是谁？而那些说你宗教信仰有罪的人---他们又是谁？ [01:42.421]That's who got you doin right and got you this far
他们是让你做对或反之远离真理的那些人 [01:45.325]Whether you say "in Jesus name" or Hum do Allah
无论你嘴里呼喊的名字是耶稣还是安拉 [01:48.181]Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you
这些都无关紧要---只要你认为他们对你来说是至高无上的 [01:51.080]You let that show towards others in the things you do
你只不过是用他来向别人展示你所正在做的事情 [01:53.989]Cuz when the trumpets blowin, 24 elders surround the throne
因为当喇叭被吹响的时候，24个长者冲向了王位去争夺它 [01:57.190]Only 144,000 gon get home
只有一万四千个人有自己的家啊， [02:00.037]Only 144,000 gon get home
只有一万四千个人有自己的家啊， [02:02.805]Only 144,000 gon get it baby
宝贝你看到了吗？只有一万四千人有自己的家啊 [02:05.799]Chorus Cee-Lo:
副歌 Cee胖 [02:06.037]I've lived and I've learned
我活着并学习着， [02:13.973]I have taken and I've earned
我付出着并收获着 [02:16.676]I have laughed, I've cried
我笑着并哭着 [02:19.689]I have failed and I have tried
我失败着并疲倦着 [02:22.613]Sunshine, pouring rain
阳光造就了倾盆大雨 [02:25.461]found joy through all my pain
我发现快乐贯穿着所有的伤痛 [02:28.405]I just wanna be happy with being me
我只想快快乐乐的做我自己 [02:34.501]Cee-Lo:
Cee胖 的饶舌 [02:34.821]Let me voice my concern
让我的声音来表达我的关怀吧 [02:36.021]So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title
我大多数兄弟们都为了得到一个头衔而出卖了他们自己 [02:39.005]That their actions didn't earn
然而他们的付出没有回报 [02:40.487]Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence
我们的无知和我们的纯真息息相关 [02:42.893]Subconciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince
下意识地，去寻找一个易受影响的人并说服他 [02:47.109]I've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse
我最后终于明白了为什么黑人总是被人认为是错的 [02:49.702]place [02:50.184]Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know
因为当你不知道真相的时候，你很难去纠正自己的思维模式 [02:52.781]Who you are in the first place
“你是谁”总是被你放在第一位 [02:53.783]So I try to find the clue in you
我尝试着去寻找你错误的蛛丝马迹 [02:55.069]But evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do
但是，显而易见地，白人总是知道比我们自己所知道的更多的黑人历史 [02:58.092]Why're we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely hidden
为什么我们要被欺骗呢？我不知道我们的历史被有目的地遮掩了 [03:01.429]Damn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am
女马的，我内心深处的一些东西渴望知道我到底是谁 [03:04.220]So I began my search, my journey started in church
所以我开始了我的寻找，我的旅程从教堂开始出发 [03:07.676]It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief
当我真正理解了宗教信仰的时候，我的伤痛减轻了 [03:10.392]Hustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets
欺诈像是一个占用了我花在街头的时间的“礼物” [03:13.265]Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with
教我如何洗去那些我必须去面对的罪恶 [03:16.068]And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school
所以当我尝试去在学校寻找它的时候，我觉得自己像是一个傻子 [03:18.852]It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only
它简直就像一场有预谋的预演---- [03:20.984]Science and math are universal
当数学和科学普及了的时候 [03:22.277]Takin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran
吸取老者的意见，阅读古兰经和圣经 [03:24.716]Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites
从西伯利亚犹太人那里去寻找记载真理的卷轴 [03:26.718]Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White
等一等，这是不对的---耶稣并不是白色的 [03:28.236]Some leads were granted with insight
许多领导人被人们的眼光所认同 [03:29.956]and it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand
但那是有预谋的---这花费了我一些时间去弄明白这些言过其实的事 [03:32.660]He still created with the imperfection of man
他始终具有着人类的缺点 [03:34.099]So, with followin' I disagree
所以，我以下列举的事是我不认同的 [03:36.084]By no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but
没有任何手段可以让我忘记或原谅那些对我的伤害 [03:39.716]I do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind
我知道恶魔并不是一个纯洁无暇的实体，他只不过是人们幻想出来的 [03:42.780]That's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas
有些时候肤色是被混淆的，因为既有邪恶的白人也有邪恶的黑人 [03:45.187]You gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity
你会发现这些消极的看法其实都没有事实依据 [03:47.707]But one side you gonna have to choose
但是你必须选择站在其中一边 [03:49.596]Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse
我不会滥用任何讲话的机会 [03:51.267]So how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession
所以，制造出世俗偏见的你---有什么资格称自己为上帝呢？ [03:54.404]Become an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and
所以那变成了一个困扰----为什么你写下了你的赞美诗 [03:56.814]Can't follow your lesson
却又不能遵从你的教义呢？ [03:57.653]If a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown
如果一颗种子种下了，你必须使他为名于世，并呵护他的成长 [04:00.501]If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
如果你是上帝，那么拯救你自己吧，不要在心灵上奴役了你自己 [04:03.406]If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
如果你是上帝，那么拯救你自己吧，不要在心灵上奴役了你自己 [04:06.188]If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
如果你是上帝，那么拯救你自己吧，不要在心灵上奴役了你自己 [04:09.072]Well, I've lived and I've learned
我活着并学习着 [04:11.299]I've taken and I've earned
我付出着并收获着 [04:14.054]I have laughed, I have cried
我笑着并哭着 [04:17.155]I failed and I have tried
我失败着并疲倦着 [04:20.294]Sunshine, pourin rain
阳光造就了倾盆大雨 [04:22.907]I found joy through my pain
我发现快乐贯穿着所有的伤痛 [04:25.870]Just wanna be happy...bein me
我只想快快乐乐的做我自己 [04:35.211]Bein' me
做我自己