Final Hour-Lauryn Hill

[00:02.573]Uhh, uhh [00:13.388]And yo, uhh, uhh, yo, yo [00:20.702]Yo, I treat this like my thesis
我把这段词当做是我的论文 [00:22.896]Well-written topic, broken down into pieces
神来之笔般的写作话题 分成几个段落 [00:25.482]I introduce then produce, words so profuse
我引出话题 然后创造思想 措辞犀利 [00:27.938]It's abuse how I juice up this beat, like I'm deuce
我驾驭这支伴奏的样子简直潇洒 我像是有双重人格一般 [00:30.655]Two people both equal like I'm Gemini, rather Simeon
两种人格相辅相成 我就像是双子座一般 或像是西面一样（圣经中人物） [00:33.920]If I Jimmy on this lock I could pop it, you can't stop it
如果我像是撬开车门那样挣脱拘束 那我将发挥的更好 你无法阻止我 [00:37.028]Drop it, your whole crew's microscopic
你最好悠着点 你的和你的团队都算不上什么东西 [00:39.641]Like particles while I make international articles, and on the cover
就像是分子物理学一般 我写下国际论文 发表于杂志封面之上 [00:43.246]Don't discuss the baby mother
别再讨论我已经身为人母的这个话题了 [00:44.787]Business, I been in this third LP you can't tell me, I witness
关于我的事业 我已经在做第三张专辑了 你没资格对我指指点点（此专辑为Hill的第三个项目 前两张为The Fugees: Blunted On Reality和The Score） [00:47.686]First handed I'm candid
我的经验都是自己摸爬滚打而来的 我坦诚如一 [00:49.045]You can't stand it, respect demanded
你无法忍受我的成功 你得学会尊重 [00:50.978]And get flown around the planet
我为事业奔波全球 [00:52.519]Rock Hard like granite or steel
一路奋斗像是钢铁和花岗岩一般坚韧 [00:54.426]People feel Lauryn Hill from New-Ark to Israel
人们都认为我从New-Ark转变成了意识说唱（New-Ark是这张专辑制作团队的名字） [00:57.900]And this is real, so I keep makin' the street's ballads
他们说的没错 所以我做的都是能在街头传唱的歌曲 [01:00.617]While you lookin' for dressin' to go with your tossed salad
然而你们只会去追逐那些俗气的作品（Tossing someone' s salad是同性交欢的俚语。Lauryn暗示同性恋群体会以特定穿着来吸引那些会围着他们转的人。在没有这种性内涵的情况下 劳伦将自己有意义 真实的工作(创作街头民谣)与其他说唱歌手的工作(比如组织晚宴(“寻找”搭配沙拉的调味品)等相对俗气的作品放在一起对比） [01:03.464]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [01:04.640]You can get the power
得到权力 [01:05.685]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻（Hill告诫人们别被钱权所掌控心智） [01:08.506]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [01:09.838]You can get the power
得到权力 [01:10.988]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [01:13.574]I'm about to change the focus from the richest to the brokest
下面这段我将对底层的人们说教 [01:16.160]I wrote this opus, to reverse the hypnosis
我写下这部作品 来改变你们的固执己见 [01:18.720]Whoever's closest to the line's gonna win it
离终点近的人总是能获得胜利 [01:21.306]You gonna fall tryna ball while my team win the pennant
当你试着投球的时候我和队伍就已经获得了胜利 [01:23.840]I'm about to begin it, for a minute, then run for senate
我可能会一分钟热度 去竞选参议员 [01:26.478]Make a slum lord be the tenant give his money to kids to spend it
（如果我真正成为了政客）我将让那些贪婪刻薄的房东们变成房客 把他收来的房租都给孩子们 [01:29.247]And then amend it, every law that ever prevented
然后修改法条 修改所有能阻止它的法条 [01:31.624]Our survival since our arrival documented in The Bible
我们的生存与人权自圣经之中就已记载 [01:34.341]Like Moses and Aaron
就像是摩西和亚伦一样（暗喻黑人社区的形势改变） [01:35.282]Things gon' change, it's apparent
一切都变了 这是显而易见的 [01:36.927]And all the transparent gonna be seen through
所有透明的东西都会被看穿 [01:39.095]Let God redeem you, keep your deen true
让上帝救赎你 保持你的信念 [01:41.525]You can get the green too
你可以转到大钱 [01:42.465]Watch out what you cling to, observe how a queen do
但注意别被金钱所支配 像个女王一样掌控它 [01:44.895]And I remain calm reading the 73rd Psalm
读《诗篇》第73篇时 我依然保持冷静 [01:47.428]Cause with all that's going on I got the world in my palm
因为经历了这么多事 尘世中的任何动静都无法再动摇我 [01:50.224]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [01:51.347]You can get the power
得到权力 [01:52.705]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [01:55.108]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [01:56.754]You can get the power
得到权力 [01:57.773]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [02:00.307]Now I be breaking bread sipping Manischewitz wine
现在我在掰面包喝马尼舍维茨酒（犹太人喝的酒） [02:03.154]Pay no mind party like it's 1999
无忧无虑 尽情享受派对 [02:05.531]But when it comes down to ground beef like Palestine
每次扯到冲突的时候 人们都会想起巴勒斯坦与犹太裔 [02:08.300]Say your rhymes, let's see if that get you out your bind
尽情展示你的说唱技巧 看这能不能让你走出心情困境 [02:10.782]Now I'm a get the mozzarella like a Rockafeller
现在我要像Rockafeller一样拿起马苏里拉奶酪了（Rockafeller 大富翁John D. Rockafeller或指代唱片公司Roc-A-Fella） [02:13.264]Still be in the church of Lalibela, singing hymns a cappella
我像是还身处在埃塞尔比亚的花岗岩教堂一般 唱着赞美诗 [02:16.242]Whether posed in Mirabella in Couture
无论是身着高定出现在《Mirabella》杂志封面上 [02:18.384]Or collecting residuals from off The Score
还是从《The Score》专辑上获得名利 [02:21.205]I'm making sure I'm with the 144
我都得确保自己与144000人同在（圣经中 144,000人从启示录中预言的恐怖的天启中获救） [02:23.843]I've been here before this ain't a battle, this is war
从前我就身处于这境地过 这不是所谓争斗 而是战争 [02:26.377]Word to Boonie, I make salat like a Sunni
去跟Boonie说 我做祈祷的样子像是逊尼派（伊斯兰最大教派） [02:29.042]Get diplomatic immunity in every ghetto community
我的成就和行事风格让我在每个街头都获得了“外交豁免权”（Hill的风格一直饱受外界争议 但缺在街头和贫民窟获得了尊重） [02:31.784]Had opportunity went from Hoodshock to Hood-chic
我的机遇从Hoodshock走向了外界（Hoodshock是Hill之前所在的难民音乐会） [02:34.475]But it ain't what you cop, it's about what you keep
但重要的不是你得到了什么 而是你留下了什么 [02:36.904]And even if there are leaks, you can't capsize this ship
即使船有漏水之处 它也不能倾覆（告诫人们即使并非生来完美 也不要放弃自己） [02:39.334]Cause I baptize my lips every time I take a sip
每每我听从上帝的教诲 我的灵魂都深受洗礼 [02:42.442]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [02:43.513]You can get the power
得到权力 [02:44.689]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [02:47.223]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [02:48.686]You can get the power
得到权力 [02:49.861]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [02:52.682]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [02:53.936]You can get the power
得到权力 [02:55.190]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [02:57.828]You can get the money
你可以得到金钱 [02:59.135]You can get the power
得到权力 [03:00.362]But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
但请你注意审判来临的最后时刻 [03:03.157]