Living for the City-Stevie Wonder

[00:00.000] 作词 : Stevie Wonder [00:01.000] 作曲 : Stevie Wonder [00:02.000] 制作人 : Stevie Wonder [00:11.270]A boy is born in hard time mississippi
一个男孩在密西西比艰难的岁月里诞生 [00:15.980]Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty
被丑陋的高墙禁锢 [00:20.930]His parents give him love and affection
他的父母给他爱和关怀 [00:25.100]To keep him strong moving in the right direction
让他在正确地方向上坚定不移 [00:29.910]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
只是为了在城市里活下去 [00:40.420]His father works some days for fourteen hours
他父亲有时一天工作十四个小时 [00:45.230]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
然而你可知道他几乎一个子儿都挣不来 [00:50.100]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
他的母亲无数次清理人们的地板 [00:54.540]And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny
你可能不敢相信她依旧什么都得不到 [00:58.940]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
仅仅能在这个城市里生存下去 [01:26.540]His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty
他的姐姐也是黑人但长得老俊了 [01:31.380]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
她的裙子很短但腿实在好看 [01:36.290]To walk to school she’s got to get up early
为了去上学她每天早早起床 [01:41.090]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
衣着简陋却很干净 [01:45.170]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
仅仅是为了在这个城市里生存而已 [01:56.090]Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many
她的弟弟很聪明但不像白人一样有很多机会 [02:00.660]His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any
他很有耐心但是很快耐心就被挥霍光了 [02:05.610]To find a job is like a haystack needle
找到合适的工作实在是太难了 [02:10.200]Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people
不好意思在这座城市里有色人种是被歧视的 [02:14.570]Living just enough just enough for the city
仅仅是为了在这座城市活下来而已 [02:51.620]Living just enough For the city
仅仅只是为了活下来而已 [04:17.121]Busman： "Bus for new york city"
巴士司机：“开往纽约的巴士” [04:19.196]Man： "Hey, bus driver, i'm getting on that, hold it"
男人：“嘿, 巴士司机,我要上车, 等一下 [04:25.683]Man： "Thanks a lot"
男人：“非常感谢” [04:32.495]Man： "Wow, new york, just like i pictured it, skyscrapers and everything"
男人：“哇，纽约，真的和我想象中的一样，摩天大楼和美好的一切。” [04:41.911]Passerby: "Hey, hey, brother, hey, come here, slick"
路人：“嘿，嘿，兄弟，嘿，过来，小子” [04:43.816]Man： "Huh"
男人：“嗯” [04:44.261]Passerby："Hey, you look, you look hip, man"
路人：“嘿，你看起来，你看起来很时髦，兄弟” [04:45.305]Passerby："Hey, you wanna make yourself five bucks？man"
路人：“嘿，你想让自己赚到五块钱吗？兄弟” [04:46.890]Man："Yeah,but i"
男人："嗯，但是我" [04:47.349]Passerby："You look hip, run this across the street for me right quick, okay?
路人：“你看起来很时髦，赶紧的帮我把这个弄到对面去，好吗？” [04:49.434]Passerby："Run this across, run this across"
路人：从这里过去，从这里过去” [04:52.483]Police："Up against that goddamn car, let's go"
警察：“拦住那辆该死的车，走” [04:54.542]Man："What? huh, i didn't know, what?"
男人：“怎么了? 嘿，出什么事了，干什么？” [04:55.257]Police："Gimme your hands up, you punk"
警察：“把你的手举起来，你这个混蛋。” [04:57.043]Man："I'm just going across the street"
男人：“我只是要过个马路而已” [04:58.510]Police："Take him out"
警察：“抓住他” [04:59.078]Man："Oh lord, what i do?"
男人：“天啊，我做了什么？” [05:00.965]Police："Turn around, turn around, put your hands behind your back, let's go, let's go"
警察：“转过来，转过来，老老实实把你的手放到背后，跟我走，別浪费时间" [05:03.644]"A jury of your peers having found you guilty, ten years"
"由你的同龄人组成的陪审团认定你有罪，判十年" [05:08.927]Jailer："Come on, come on, get in that cell, nigger"
狱卒：“赶紧的，赶紧的，给我滚到牢房里去，黑鬼” [05:12.003]Man："God, lord"
男人：“我的天呐！” [05:17.370]His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
他的头发都变长了，腿脚如同被灌了铅 [05:22.140]He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
他好像在纽约的街道里走过了一生 [05:26.880]He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution
他快死了我们却爱莫能助 [05:31.680]He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution
他参加投票却无能为力 [05:35.570]Living just enough just enough for the city
他仅仅是想在这里生存下来而已啊 [05:43.330]Yeah yeah yeah
可怜的人 [05:46.280]I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
我希望自己多听内心的声音 [05:50.750]And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
这样就能创造一个更好的明天 [05:55.560]This place is cruel no where could be much colder
没有什么地方能比这里更冷酷了 [06:00.280]If we don’t change the world will soon be over
如果我们不改变的话一切都将毁灭 [06:04.220]Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city
他仅仅是为了在这里生存下去