Fast Lane - Gil Scott-Heron

Fast Lane - Gil Scott-Heron

Watching players dealing in the fast lane
看车手们在车道上角逐
Set your camera shutters for the fast frames
把相机设置为快拍
Like Charlie Chaplin movies that go so quick
像卓别林电影里那样
Fending off a stampede is no easy trick
避免蜂拥绝非易事
Pulses pounding people rounding dead ends
绕圈的选手都异常紧张
At this pace you'll never hold your old friends
这样的速度 你不会一直紧跟你的老朋友
Try to build relations that just won't stick
建立短暂的关系
Examining the options you take your pick
三思而后行
Moving too fast
跑得太快
That's a question only you can answer
这个问题要你自己解决
Losing your grip
失去控制
Are your palms a little bit slippery huh
手柄有点滑吧
If you crash
如果撞车了
Crash landings always got the captain to blame
队长就不好过了
But you're the captain driving in the fast lane
现在你是队长
Losers there to see you in the fast lane
落后者不断在盯着你
Misery loves company so they claim
他们说 爱与痛同在
Excitement is the currency we deal in
想在且享受这刺激
Nursing your casualties so healing
让你的伤快速愈合
If you want to major in distraction
一旦你分心
Too bad if you're not pleased with my reaction
后果很严重
But I've seen so much out here that it is real plain
我看到太多平庸之辈
That nothing last for long out in the fast lane
在高速之下 没什么可以保持很长时间
I don't want to come off like a preacher
我不想像一个传教士一样
But I swear it's not too late to return
我发誓 现在回归正常也不晚
Somehow square and hip got put in reverse
反过来
Putting things in fifth gear made it much worse
做事太慢或许更糟糕
None of this may influence your direction
这都不会影响你的方向
But I hope you can still take suggestions
我希望你可以接受一些建议
There's a woman out there calling your name
有一个女人在喊你的名字
Hope that you don't blow it in the fast lane
希望不会影响到你
Moving too fast
速度太快
We're all praying that somehow you don't crash
我们会祈祷你不会出事