Dear Mom ((8-2-2016) [Live in Chicago])-Mike Posner/The Legendary Mike Posner Band

[00:00.00] 作词 : Mike Posner/Bruce Hawes/Joseph Jefferson/Charles Simmons/Tony Pizarro/Joseph Sample/2Pac/Terence Thomas [00:01.00] 作曲 : Mike Posner/Bruce Hawes/Joseph Jefferson/Charles Simmons/Tony Pizarro/Joseph Sample/2Pac/Terence Thomas [00:28.30]Dear Mom,
亲爱的母亲 [00:33.75]When I was young me and Mom had beef
我犹小时 我与我的母亲对彼此抱怨很多 [00:37.79]17 years old kicked out on the street- I deserved that
17岁我被赶出家门 游荡于大街上--我活该 [00:42.47]I'm ashamed of the way I used to speak to you
我为我对你讲话的态度感到羞耻 [00:46.16]Wish I could but I can't reverse that
虽然我企求我能，但我无法扭转这一切了 [00:48.85] [00:49.92]Especially to you
尤其是你 [00:54.70]Your daddy told you a woman's place is in the house
你爸爸教育你 女人只有在家里才有些地位 [00:57.50]And not in the school
学校里，没有 [01:01.11]You payed your own tuition, got your own degree
你自己付了自己的学费 取得了自己的学位 [01:06.98]Started your own business, and then you had me
开始了你自己的生意 然后你有了我 [01:14.74]How can I repay the lady that looked me in the eyes
我要如何回报那位女士呢 [01:19.79]When I took my first breath
当我第一次呼吸，她深深地凝望我的脸 [01:24.54]Held my little hand when I took my first step
当我第一次学步，她紧紧地握着我的手 [01:31.93]I can't wait to sell out that arena on my own
当我迫不及待想要炫耀 [01:36.77]For the first time
第一次 我能够自己走路了 [01:44.49]You always told me,
你总是告诉我 [01:46.35]It's not your first try,
这并非一日可成 [01:49.82]It's how many tries after that
而是一年之功 [01:52.78]I mean how lucky am I
我想说的是 我是多么幸运啊 [01:56.11]That I was born and you were mine?
我出生了，而你是我的母亲 [01:58.96] [02:03.62]Life's crazy
生活是疯狂的 [02:05.39]You know, my parents used to worry about me
你知道的 我的父母习惯担心我 [02:08.97]'Cuz I barely talked to anybody
因为我不善倾吐 [02:11.08]Just made beats
只是打着节拍 [02:13.00]Isn't it ironic I get payed by the syllable?
我现在靠音节谋生，这是不是很讽刺？ [02:20.58]I gotta thank them though,
我反倒得感谢他们 [02:22.54]I know it can be difficult
我清楚 这困难如 [02:24.79]As I tiptoe in and out of zip codes,
在邮政区号里外踮着脚尖 [02:28.21]All on a mission to love- that's what I live for!
都是带着任务去爱--这就是我追求的 [02:31.19]I got big dreams man, I got big goals!
年轻人 我有伟大的梦想 我有伟大的目标 [02:34.20]You see my old ones now because I lived those!
正是为此而活，你们从我身上看到了过去 [02:37.82] [02:40.00]You gotta admit Ma,
你必须承认，妈妈 [02:41.96]I told you I'd get into Duke, and I did Ma
我说我会进入Duke，我做到了妈妈！ [02:45.50]I told you I would get signed, and I did Ma
我说我会被签下来，我做到了妈妈！ [02:48.12]Look at this Ma!
妈你看看 [02:49.48]Look at this Ma!
你看看这个！ [02:50.97] [03:12.68]As I get older, you do too
当我老去，你也老去 [03:17.51]My time gets shorter, that's just truth
我的寿命越来越短，正是如此 [03:23.31]So I leave with three words
所以我留下三个字 [03:27.21]They are not eloquent,
没有文采 [03:30.36]They are cliché,
没有智慧 [03:32.86]And they are not clever,
只是陈词滥调 [03:35.41]They are
这三个字就是 [03:37.96]I Love You
我爱你