Open Letter (To a Landlord) - Living Colour

Open Letter (To a Landlord) (2023 Remaster) - Living Colour
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Now you can tear a building down
你可以拆掉一栋建筑
But you can't erase a memory
但你无法抹去一段记忆
These houses may look all run down
这些房屋或许看起来破旧不堪
But they have a value you can't see
但它们有着你无法看到的价值
This is my neighborhood
这是我的社区
This is where I come from
这是我成长的地方
I call this place my home
我称这里为家
You call this place a slum
你却称这里为贫民窟
You wanna run the people out
你想把人们赶走
This is what you're all about
这就是你的真实面目
Treat poor people just like trash
把穷人当作垃圾对待
Turn around and make big cash
转身却赚取巨额利润
Now you can tear a building down
你可以拆掉一栋建筑
But you can't erase a memory
但你无法抹去一段记忆
These houses may look all run down
这些房屋或许看起来破旧不堪
But they have a value you can't see
但它们有着你无法看到的价值
Last month there was a fire
上个月发生了一场火灾
I saw seven children die
我目睹了七个孩子的死亡
You sent flowers to their families
你给他们的家人送去了花
But your sympathy's a lie
但你的同情只是虚伪的谎言
Cause every building that you burn
因为你烧毁的每一栋建筑
Is more blood money that you earn
都是你赚取的血腥财富
We are forced to relocate
我们被迫离开家园
From the pain that you create
只因你制造的痛苦
Now you can tear a building down
你可以拆掉一栋建筑
But you can't erase a memory
但你无法抹去一段记忆
These houses may look all run down
这些房屋或许看起来破旧不堪
But they have a value you can't see
但它们有着你无法看到的价值
Now you can tear a building down
你可以拆掉一栋建筑
But you can't erase a memory
但你无法抹去一段记忆
These houses may look all run down
这些房屋或许看起来破旧不堪
But they have a value you can't see
但它们有着你无法看到的价值
We lived here for so many years
我们在这里生活了这么多年
Now this house is full of fear
如今这房子充满了恐惧
For a profit you will take control
为了利润，你将掌控一切
Where will all the older people go
老人们将何去何从
There used to be when kids could play
曾经孩子们可以无忧无虑地玩耍
Without the scourge of drug's decay
没有毒品的侵蚀与堕落
Now our kids are living dead
如今我们的孩子如同行尸走肉
They crack and blow their lives away
他们破碎，生命随风飘散
Now you can tear a building down
你可以拆掉一栋建筑
But you can't erase a memory
但你无法抹去一段记忆
These houses may look all run down
这些房屋或许看起来破旧不堪
But they have a value you can't see
但它们有着你无法看到的价值
Now you can tear a building down
你可以拆掉一栋建筑
But you can't erase a memory
但你无法抹去一段记忆
These houses may look all run down
这些房屋或许看起来破旧不堪
But they have a value you can't see
但它们有着你无法看到的价值
You've got to fight
你必须战斗
You've got to fight
你必须战斗
You've got to fight
你必须战斗
For your neighborhood
为了你的社区
You've got to fight
你必须战斗
For your neighbor
为了你的邻居