G.O.D.(Gaining One’s Definition)Featuring Ce-Lo - Common

G.O.D.(Gaining One's Definition)Featuring Ce-Lo (Explicit) - Common

After bein' 25 you know
你知道，过了25岁
Just trying to survive in the world
只想尝试苟活于世
'Bout to have a little boy or baby girl who knows
快要有个儿子或女儿，谁知道呢？
Anyway just when you start getting' that little age
无论如何，当你开始接触那个小家伙
And experience to you
给你带来体会
You start thinkin' about stuff
你开始思考
Tryin' to make the right moves
尝试做正确的决定
So bust it out this is what I was thinkin' check it
所以挣脱束缚，我就是这样想的，就是这样
Yo the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn
哟，伦敦林恩朗尼大学的教育背景
Began began with time
开始，从现在开始
Bein' my bloodline is one with the divine
跟我有一样的血统是件神圣的事
In time brotha you will discover the light
老兄，快点，你会发现光芒
Some say that God is black and the devil's white
有人说上帝黑暗，魔鬼纯洁
Well the devil is wrong and God is what's right
好吧，魔鬼是恶棍而上帝代表正义
I fight with myself in the ring of doubt and fear
我在疑惑和害怕中与自己斗争
The rain ain't gone but I can still see clear
雨依然在下，但我仍旧看得清晰
As a child given religion with no answer to why
作为一个孩子，被盲目地灌输宗教信仰
Just told believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
只被告知要相信耶稣，因为对我而言，他真的死了
Curiosity killed the catechism
好奇心让陈腐作古
Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to
理解力和智慧成为我依赖的方式
And became a slave to master self
也成为自己的奴隶
A rich man is one with knowledge
有钱人拥有学识
Happiness and his health
还有快乐和健康
My mind had dealt with the books of Zen Tao the lessons
我钻研了禅宗和道学
Koran and the Bible to me they all vital
***和圣经对我来说都至关重要
And got truth within 'em gotta read them boys
从中了解到真相，要读懂内涵啊，孩子们
You just can't skim 'em different branches of belief
你无法略读不同信仰的章节
But one root that stem 'em
但有种方法可以将其阻止
But people of the venom try to trim 'em
坏人们试图助其生长
And use religion as an emblem
把宗教当作象征
When it should be a natural way of life
当它成为一种自然的生活方式
Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right
不论我是谁，他们对谁诉说，你的祈祷都没用
That's who got you doin' right and got you this far
那个人让你一切正确，带你前行远方
Whether you say "In Jesus name" or "Al hum du'Allah"
无论你说，以耶稣之名或是以**之名
Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you
你只需要知道它的权利高于你
You let that show towards others in the things you do
你向别人展示你所做的事情
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin'
因为当喇叭声响起
24 elders surround the throne
24位长辈围着王座
Only 144 000 gon get home
只有144000人能回家
Only 144 000 gon get home
只有144000人能回家
Only 144 000 gon get it baby
只有144000人能得到救赎，宝贝
I've lived and I've learned
我生活，我了解
I have taken and I've earned
我曾白白得到也曾付出收获
I have laughed I've cried
我曾大笑也曾哭泣
I have failed and I have tried
我曾失败也曾努力尝试
Sunshine pouring rain
日出，下雨
Found joy through all my pain
我苦中作乐
I just wanna be happy with being me
我只想做快乐的自己
Let me voice my concern
让我说出自己的担忧
So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title
我许多同胞给自己冠以头衔
That their actions didn't earn
他们的行为没有回报
Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence
我们的无知与无辜一样
Subconsciously seeking to find
潜意识的，想要寻找
An impressionable mind to convince
要说服一个敏感的心灵
I've finally come to the realization
我最终意识到
Why black people in the worse place
为什么黑人境遇总非妥当
'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself
因为当你一无所知的时候
When you don't know
很难改正自己
Who you are in the first place
你一开始是谁
So I try to find the clue in you
所以我试着询问你
But evidently white folks know more black history than we do
但很明显，白人比我们知道更多的黑人历史
Why're we bein' lied to
为什么我们被骗了？
I ain't know our history was purposely hidden
我知道我们的故事被故意隐藏
Damn somethin' in me wanna know who I am
天哪，我想知道我是谁
So I began my search
所以我开始搜查
My journey started in church
我的旅程从教堂开始
It gave my heartache relief
那里缓解了我内心的痛苦
When I started to understand belief
当我开始理解信仰
Hustlin' was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets
我在路上来来回回，得到的不过是熙熙攘攘
Taught me survival from this evil
让我知晓如何从魔鬼手中挣脱
I'm just gonna have to deal with
我只能疲于应付
And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school
当我想在学校中学习时，我就像个傻瓜
It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only
那几乎就是一场彩排
Science and math are universal
只有科学和数学能够通用
Takin' elder advice read the Bible the Koran
听从前辈的建议，读圣经和***
Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites
在目录中寻找犹太人和以色列人
Hold on this ain't right Jesus wasn't white
等一下，不对，耶稣不是白人
Some leads were granted with insight
一些领导者用洞察之力
And it's all in the plan
一切都在计划之中
But it took me some time to overstand
我需要一些时间来定向
He still created with the imperfection of man
他创造出的人依旧有瑕疵
So with followin' I disagree
所以，以下是我反对的意见
By no means have I forgotten or forgiven
我绝不会忘记我的遭遇
What's been done to me but
或是宽恕让我如此的人
I do know the devil ain't no white man
但我知道魔鬼不一定都不是白人
The devil's a spiritual mind
魔鬼有些许理智
That's color blind there's evil white folk and evil niggas
色盲，罪恶的人中，白人和黑人都有
You gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity
你肯定能发现，没有消极就没有积极
But one side you gonna have to choose
但你需要做出选择
Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse
我拒绝滥用任何一个机会说话
So how can you call yourself God
所以你怎么能说自己是上帝
When you let a worldly possession
当你成为一个世俗的财主
Become an obsession
着了迷
And the way you write your rhymes
你创作诗歌的方式
And can't follow your lesson
不能跟随你的思路
If a seed's sown you make sure it's known
你确信，如若有所动作，必然众人得知
You make sure it's grown
你确信，必然众人得知
If you God then save your own
如果你是上帝，请救赎自己
Don't mentally enslave your own
别在精神上束缚自己
If you God then save your own
如果你是上帝，请救赎自己
Don't mentally enslave your own
别在精神上束缚自己
If you God then save your own
如果你是上帝，请救赎自己
Don't mentally enslave your own
别在精神上束缚自己
Well I've lived and I've learned
很好，我生活，我了解
I've taken and I've earned
我曾白白得到也曾付出收获
I have laughed I have cried
我曾大笑也曾哭泣
I failed and I have tried
我曾失败也努力尝试
Sunshine pourin' rain
日出，下雨
I found joy through my pain
我苦中作乐
Just wanna be happy bein' me bein' me
只想快乐地做自己，做自己