List of Demands (Reparations) - Saul Williams

I want my money back
我要讨回属于我的血汗钱
I'm down here drowning in your fat
在你臃肿的压迫下我快要窒息
You got me on my knees praying for everything you lack
跪地祈求你永远得不到的东西
I ain't afraid of you
我根本不怕你
I'm just a victim of your fears
只是你恐惧的牺牲品
You cower in your tower praying that I'll disappear
躲在塔楼里祈祷我会消失
I got another plan one that requires me to stand
我另有打算 需要挺直腰杆
On the stage or in the street don't need no microphone or beat
街头或舞台 无需麦克风与节拍
And when you hear this song if you ain't dead then sing along
若你听到这首歌还未倒下 就请放声跟唱
Bang and strum to these here drums 'til you get where you belong
随着鼓点奋力敲击 直到找到属于你的方向
I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands
我有一份写在手心的要求清单
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
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We're living hand to mouth
我们挣扎在温饱线上
You wanna be somebody
你想成为谁
See somebody
见证谁
Try and free somebody
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I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
我将诉求清单刻在掌心
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
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We're living hand to mouth
我们挣扎在温饱线上
Hand to mouth
朝不保夕
I wrote a song for you today while I was sitting in my room
今日在房中为你写下这首歌
I jumped up on my bed today and played it on a broom
跳上床用扫帚当琴弦弹唱
I didn't think that it would be a song that you would hear
不曾想过你会听见这旋律
But when I played it in my head I made you reappear
但当它在脑海响起 你又浮现眼前
I wrote a video for it and I acted out each part
我为此拍摄视频 倾情演绎每个片段
Then I took your picture out and taped it to my heart
将你的照片取出 紧紧贴在我心间
I've taped you to my heart dear girl I've taped you to my
亲爱的 你已烙印在我心上
Heart and if you pull away from me you'll tear my life apart
若你抽身离去 我的生命将支离破碎
I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands
我有一份写在手心的要求清单
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
攥紧拳头 让你看清我的立场
We're living hand to mouth
我们挣扎在温饱线上
You wanna be somebody
你想成为谁
See somebody
见证谁
Try and free somebody
又试图解救谁
I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
我将诉求清单刻在掌心
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
攥紧拳头 让你看清我的立场
We're living hand to mouth
我们挣扎在温饱线上
Hand to mouth
朝不保夕
Ecstacy suffering Echinacea bufferin
狂喜与痛苦 良药与镇痛
We aim to remember what we choose to forget
我们铭记那些刻意遗忘的过往
God's just a baby and her diaper is wet
神明不过是个尿湿尿布的婴孩
Call the police
叫警察来
I'm strapped to the teeth and liable to disregard your every belief
我全副武装 随时准备颠覆你们所有信条
Call on the law
叫法律来
I'm fixin' to draw a line between what is and seems and call up a brawl
我要划清现实与假象的界限 掀起一场风暴
Call'em up now
现在就叫他们来
'Cause it's about to go pow
因为爆炸即将发生
I'm standing on the threshold of the ups and the downs
我正站在命运起伏的门槛上
Call up a truce
请求休战
'Cause I'm about to bust loose
因我即将挣脱束缚
Protect ya neck 'cause son I'm breaking out of my noose
护住你的咽喉 小子 我要挣断这枷锁
I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands
我有一份写在手心的要求清单
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
攥紧拳头 让你看清我的立场
We're living hand to mouth
我们挣扎在温饱线上
You wanna be somebody
你想成为谁
See somebody
见证谁
Try and free somebody
又试图解救谁
I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
我将诉求清单刻在掌心
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
攥紧拳头 让你看清我的立场
We're living hand to mouth
我们挣扎在温饱线上
Hand to mouth
艰难维生