Audubon Ballroom - Lupe Fiasco

Artist: Lupe Fiasco

Title: Audubon Ballroom

God is great
上帝很伟大
Ghettos America U S to the izzay
犹太区 美国到耶和华
Killa in the citywide sprizzay
全市到处都是杀手
Where there's sunshine in the shizzade
到处都没有阳光
Church won't pull him out the pin like a grenade
教堂不愿救赎他 骨瘦如柴的人就像手榴弹一样快要爆炸
For acting out their fears like a charade
他们宣泄恐惧的行为还是个谜
'Til they blackin' out their tears like it's lights out
直到他们终止眼泪 就像熄灭一盏灯光
Bring em out the black like a lighthouse
在黑暗中指引他们 就像一座灯塔
And wave to em before they wiped out
在他们精疲力竭之前向他们挥手
Lifesaver threw em hope they catch it
救生员给他们扔去器械 希望他们能抓住
But it's so Titanic to be iced out
受到冷遇的话也太有泰坦尼克的风格了
That's just scratching the surface like triple axels
这才只是皮毛 刚刚开始而已
Want to roll around that Bentley like Crystal Castles
想在那辆宾利旁走动 就像观赏水晶城堡
In addition to the chain
别管束缚
That's just to take the attention from the pain
从痛苦上转移注意力
Or is it the mission of the man
这是一项任务
Audubon Ballroom Motel Lorraine
奥杜邦舞厅 洛林旅馆
Now white people they can't say ni**a
现在白人们 无法说出黑人这字眼
So I gotta take it back
所以我要将它收回
Now black people we're not niggas
现在我们黑人不再是你们口中的黑人
God made us better than that
上帝将我们创造得更好
No break ah wait
不停歇 等一下
Little mayhem for your All-State nay ham all steak
对你们全州的小小伤害 包括所有吹嘘的人
Get a good ball great like a golf grade
举行一场盛大舞会 就像高尔夫级别的
Make the ball break
让舞会热闹起来
Just one swing no putting
一杆进洞
That's how I try 'n does things always
这就是我一直做事的方式
Especially when your past is
尤其当你的过去是
Martin Baldwin Audubon Ballroom
马丁鲍德温奥杜邦的跳舞场
Turn the glass ceiling to a glass floor
翻天覆地
Make a trampoline out of trapdoor
在地板上支一个蹦床
On that gasoline when I was back poor
我以前穷的时候住在加油站
Now they crafted out my dream underneath a tap floor
现在他们在地板下精心铸造我的梦
Backpack battle-cat underground rap lore
用说唱文化开始一场战役
Anonymous but dominant - what's a Mac to a hacker
匿名却又显赫 就像从菜鸟变成黑客
In other words lyrical Zuckerbergs
换句话说 就像抒情大师
Pimp you may move a mouse but what's a rat to a cat store
混蛋你像胆小鬼一样移动 就像送死的老鼠
It's like a gig to an app store
就像应用商店里的小型演出
I rap Black history you can only see my past if you fast forward
我说唱黑人历史 如果你快进就可以看见我的过去
Now white people they can't say ni**a
现在白人们 无法说出黑人这字眼
So I gotta take it back
所以我要将它收回
Now black people we're not niggas
现在我们黑人不再是你们口中的黑人
God made us better than that
上帝将我们创造得更好
Black Panthers black anthems black blues
黑豹党人 黑色圣歌 黑色布鲁斯
With black answers for black stanzas: Langston Hughes
黑人的诗歌带着黑色的答案 朗斯顿休斯
Breaking rules ain't it cool
打破规则 这不酷吗
Took it old and made it new
已经变陈腐 让它翻新
Black painters musical black anger
黑人画家 悦耳的黑人愤怒声
Black mothers beautiful black anchors
黑人妈妈 美丽的黑人转折点
So let's hear it for 'em Let's hear it for 'em
让我们听他们唱
Let's hear it for 'em Let's hear it for 'em
让我们听他们唱
Black America Trap America
黑色的美国 被困的美国
80s Babies Crack America
80后的小孩 拖垮美国
Rap America Bad as Erykah
说唱美国 像Erykah一样坏
From the era of family tearing up
来自一个破碎的家庭
But we just won big can't be undid
但我们刚当上大赢家 不能掉以轻心
Form a whole culture in just one kid
我们的历史文化很短 就像一个小孩
Miami d**e boys Oakland militants
迈阿密的愚蠢男孩们 奥克兰的激进分子
Harlem Renaissance it's our deliverance
哈莱姆文艺复兴 这是我们的解放
Now white people they can't say ni**a
现在白人们 无法说出黑人这字眼
So I gotta take it back
所以我要将它收回
Now black people we're not niggas
现在我们黑人不再是你们口中的黑人
God made us better than that
上帝将我们创造得更好
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