Keep Ya Head Up-2Pac

[00:00.00] 作词 : Daryl Anderson/Stan Vincent/Tupac Shakur/Roger Troutman [00:01.00] 作曲 : Daryl Anderson/Stan Vincent/Tupac Shakur/Roger Troutman [00:11.63]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
有人说莓子越黑，汁水越甜 [00:14.61]I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
我说肤色越黑，根源越深厚 [00:17.17]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
我向依靠救济生活的女性喊一声 [00:20.06]Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac
2pac在乎你们，而别人不在乎 [00:23.09]And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
并且，我知道他们总是殴打你们 [00:25.68]When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
当你走在街头他们拿你开玩笑 [00:28.52]But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up
但是千万别哭，擦干眼泪，别气馁 [00:31.56]Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up
原谅他们，但是不要遗忘。昂起你的头，女孩 [00:34.40]And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him
当他说你什么都不是，别信他 [00:37.79]And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him
如果他做不到努力爱你，你应该离开他 [00:40.74]Cause sista you don’t need him
因为女孩，你并不需要他 [00:42.55]And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
我可不是胡乱空谈，我只是说出自己怎么看待他们而已 [00:45.88]You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that)
你知道有件事让我很不爽 [00:47.81]When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy
男性热衷于"造人运动”,然后扔下年轻的妈妈,让她去充当爸爸的角色 [00:51.96]And since we all came from a woman
既然我们都从女人那里来 [00:53.58]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
从一个女人那里得到我们的名字，从一个女人那里获得我们的人生 [00:57.03]I wonder why we take from our women
我想知道为什么我们要从女人手里掠夺呢 [00:59.29]Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
为什么我们要强奸女人，是我们憎恨女人吗 [01:02.75]I think it’s time to kill for our women
我看现在就是为我们的女性战斗的时候 [01:04.88]Time to heal our women, be real to our women
是治愈我们的女性，真诚对待女性的时候了 [01:08.26]And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
否则我们将会有一代人 [01:10.66]That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
憎恨着哺育幼儿的女性 [01:13.82]And since a man can’t make one
既然男人生不了孩子 [01:15.87]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
那他就没有资格去要求女人，要在什么时间什么地点生孩子 [01:19.36]So will the real men get up
真正的男人能不能站出来 [01:21.45]I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up
我知道女士们你们已经受够了，但是请昂起你的头 [01:23.68] [01:24.37]Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
宝贝昂起你的头，孩子的事情并不容易 [01:31.11]ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
孩子，一切都会光明。 [01:45.24] [01:45.96]Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
我记得Marvin Gaye（著名黑人歌手）曾经向我歌唱， [01:49.26]He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
他让我感觉身为黑人很好 [01:52.10]And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough
突然之间贫民窟好象也不那么糟糕了 [01:54.97]And though we had it rough, we always had enough
尽管我们过得很苦，我们一直（觉得）受够了 [01:57.78]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
我讨厌被束缚，我打破所有的规矩 [02:00.53]Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
跟当地的帮派鬼混，抽着烟 [02:03.22]And I realize momma really paid the price
然后我意识到妈妈真的在为所有这些买单 [02:06.23]She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
她几乎付出了生命来养育我成人 [02:09.55]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
我能够拿来给她的全部就是我那不着边的美梦 [02:12.34]Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
描述着我如何拿着麦克风发飚，将会如何走上荧屏 [02:15.64]I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
我试着用五十美分来赚取一美元 [02:18.42]It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
要做个守法公民还能付得起房租可真难 [02:20.96]And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen
到最后，我好象正在走向纸笔 [02:23.16]I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind
我试着去找朋友，可他们自身难保 [02:26.31]Last night my buddy lost his whole family
昨天晚上，我的一个朋友失去了他的整个家庭 [02:28.47]It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
要征服这疯狂，需要我内心的男子气概 [02:31.92]It seems tha rain’ll never let up
看上去那雨似乎从来不会停 [02:33.73]I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
我努力昂着自己的头而又不被淋透 [02:37.35]You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
你知道，一下雨就是倾盆大雨。挺滑稽的 [02:39.77]They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor
他们有钱发动战争，却不能喂饱穷人 [02:43.01]Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is
（他们）说年轻人没有希望，可事实上 [02:45.97]it ain’t no hope for tha future
那可不应该是给未来的希望 [02:48.67]And then they wonder why we crazy
他们想知道我们为什么疯狂 [02:50.70]I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
我责怪我的妈妈，都怪她把我的兄弟变成了一个生下来就有毒瘾的孩子 [02:54.43]We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup
我们本就不该幸存，这本来就是个圈套 [02:55.98]And even though you’re fed up
尽管你已经受够了这一切 [02:57.30]Huh, ya got to keep your head up
嘿，你必须昂起你的头 [02:58.18] [03:20.76]And uhh
并且 [03:21.58]To all the ladies havin babies on they own
给所有独自养育着孩子的女士们 [03:23.93]I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone
我知道那挺难，你们感觉自己孤立无援 [03:26.44]Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
孩子他爸早早地离弃你们，把你们留给寂寞 [03:30.33]Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em
感谢主赐我以孩子，即使任何其他人都不想要他们 [03:33.56]Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure
因为我觉得我们的日子能好起来，事实上，我很肯定 [03:36.10]And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
而当你跌倒时，爬起来站直了，重新来过，争取更多 [03:39.11]Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son
没什么比你的儿子 [03:41.32]wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
想要知道为什么他爸爸不再爱他更糟糕的了 [03:44.26]You can’t complain you was dealt this
没有男人来帮你 [03:46.53]hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
你觉得无助 [03:49.28]Because there’s too many things for you to deal with
有太多的事情需要你去应对 [03:51.98]Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless
内心在消亡，但你的外表看起来毫无畏惧 [03:54.82]While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks
当泪水顺着脸颊淌下 [03:57.60]Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week
你热切地期望着这个星期的生活不要一片狼籍 [04:01.07]Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me
如果真的是那样，你将无法承受 [04:03.84]I was given this world I didn’t make it 别责怪我
别责怪我，这个世界被塞进我的手，我并不创造这个世界 [04:06.55]And now my son’s getten older and older and cold
现在我的儿子正在一天天长大，也越来越冷漠 [04:09.78]From havin the world on his shoulders
不情愿把整个世界承载在肩膀上 [04:12.28]While the rich kids is drivin Benz
当富家子弟开着奔驰车的时候 [04:14.53]I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends
我依然在努力和自己仅剩的朋友苟且偷生 [04:17.73]And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but
这真是疯狂，这一切仿佛永远不会结束，但是 [04:21.67]please... you got to keep your head up
真的，请昂起你的头 [04:23.67]