The Gospel-Alicia Keys

[00:00.00] 作词 : Alicia Keys/Kaseem Dean/Corey Woods/Mark Batson/Shawn Martin/Robert Diggs/Jason Hunter [00:01.00] 作曲 : Alicia Keys/Kaseem Dean/Corey Woods/Mark Batson/Shawn Martin/Robert Diggs/Jason Hunter [00:10.16]So we all got children, products of the ghetto
我们都是贫民窟的孩子 [00:13.00]Momma cooked us soup, daddy did the yelling
妈妈煮汤 爸爸咆哮 [00:15.62]Uncle was a drunk, cousin was a felon
叔叔酗酒 表兄是重犯 [00:18.14]When he got pitched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
被逼供时 他死守秘密 [00:20.77]Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook
阿姨当厨娘 姨丈是骗子 [00:23.20]Cause every job he had they be payin' him off the books
每份工作都拿黑钱 [00:25.84]Ghetto university, knowledge is all it took
贫民窟大学 知识是唯一出路 [00:28.39]In a tenement I was listenin' to the hook
在廉价公寓里听着副歌 [00:31.40]Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cook
变革将至 山姆·库克的灵魂 [00:33.53]When the feds comin', everybody get shook
联邦探员来袭 人人自危 [00:36.11]Now we doin' life like Eddie Murphy and Martin
如今我们像艾迪·墨菲与马丁般生活 [00:38.72]On the chain gang, i was singing into the coffin
在囚犯队列 对着棺材歌唱 [00:40.98] [00:41.23]The roaches and the rats, b*****s and the cracks
蟑螂老鼠 妓女与裂缝 [00:43.77]Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
别怪我 我只是陈述事实 [00:46.38]Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
奋力攀向顶峰 底层不是归宿 [00:48.60]Everybody got a past but you can never go back
人人都有过去 但无法回头 [00:51.19] [00:51.23]Oh, oh, oh, oh
哦 哦 哦 哦 [01:01.39]Sing
唱吧 [01:01.78]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶 耶 耶 耶 [01:11.36] [01:11.94]Tellin' you like it is, how we ever gon' live?
实话告诉你 我们怎么活？ [01:14.49]If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
没有钱怎么养孩子？ [01:17.70]It's a revolving door, where brothers be doin' bids
就像旋转门 兄弟轮流坐牢 [01:19.63]I know it sound wrong but the door will be what it is
虽然残酷 但现实就是如此 [01:22.20]Survival of the fittest, this poor girl the illest
适者生存 这穷姑娘最顽强 [01:25.13]Broke parents and black cats give me heebie-geebies
破产父母与黑猫让我发毛 [01:27.45]Life seems hard but nothin' ever comes easy
生活艰难 但没什么是容易的 [01:30.00]Whatever's in the dark, can always become the light
黑暗中的事物 终会见到光 [01:32.46]If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight?
不参与战斗 怎能赢得胜利？ [01:35.70]Gotta speak the truth when I'm up in the booth
在录音棚里我必须说真话 [01:37.63]The streets be flyin' birds but they don't be on the roof
街头飞着鸟儿 却不在屋顶 [01:40.19]Poverty is a pain like you pullin' a tooth
贫穷像拔牙般疼痛 [01:42.49]Told the streets don't let me go like I'm Bishop in Juice
求街头别放我走 像《果汁》里的毕晓普 [01:44.86] [01:45.37]The roaches and the rats, b*****s and the cracks
蟑螂老鼠 妓女与裂缝 [01:47.94]Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
别怪我 我只是陈述事实 [01:50.53]Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
奋力攀向顶峰 底层不是归宿 [01:52.77]Everybody got a past but you can never go back
人人都有过去 但无法回头 [01:54.99] [01:55.68]Oh, oh, oh, oh
哦 哦 哦 哦 [02:05.58]Sing
唱吧 [02:05.92]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶 耶 耶 耶 [02:15.52](Gotta sing)
(必须歌唱) [02:16.27]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶 耶 耶 耶 [02:20.71](She's a king)
(她是王者) [02:21.43]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶 耶 耶 耶 [02:30.08]Let me say New York city
让我喊出纽约城 [02:36.73]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶 耶 耶 耶