《Keep Ya Head Up (Explicit)》歌词

[00:00:11] Some say the blacker the berry

[00:00:12] 他们说莓子越黑

[00:00:12] The sweeter the juice

[00:00:13] 做成的果汁越甜

[00:00:13] I say the darker the flesh

[00:00:14] 我说人的肤色越黑

[00:00:14] Then the deeper the roots

[00:00:16] 其历史越久远

[00:00:16] I give a holler to my sisters on welfare

[00:00:18] 我向那些拿救济款的姐妹们喊一声

[00:00:18] Tupac cares and don't nobody else care

[00:00:21] 2pac关心着你们而别人不关心你们

[00:00:21] And uhh

[00:00:22] 而且，嗯

[00:00:22] I know they like to beat ya down a lot

[00:00:24] 我了解他们总是打击你们

[00:00:24] When you come around the block

[00:00:26] 当你们走在街头

[00:00:26] Brothas clown a lot

[00:00:27] 他们总是耻笑你们

[00:00:27] But please don't cry

[00:00:29] 但请别哭泣

[00:00:29] Dry your eyes never let up

[00:00:30] 擦干眼泪，请别气馁

[00:00:30] Forgive but don't forget girl

[00:00:31] 原谅但请不要忘记，女孩们

[00:00:31] Keep ya head up

[00:00:33] 抬起你的头来

[00:00:33] And when he tells you you ain't nothin'

[00:00:35] 而当他告诉你，你什么都不是的时候

[00:00:35] Don't believe him

[00:00:36] 不要相信他

[00:00:36] And if he can't learn to love you

[00:00:38] 当他学不会如何去爱你

[00:00:38] You should leave him

[00:00:39] 你该离开他

[00:00:39] 'Coz sista you don't need him

[00:00:41] 因为女孩，你并不需要他

[00:00:41] And I ain't tryin' to gas ya up

[00:00:43] 我并不是在胡吹乱造

[00:00:43] I just call 'em how I see 'em

[00:00:44] 我只是说出我对他们的想法

[00:00:44] You know it makes me unhappy what's that

[00:00:46] 你要知道他们的做法让我很不爽

[00:00:46] When brothas make babies

[00:00:47] 男人们沉醉于造人活动

[00:00:47] And leave a young mother to be a pappy

[00:00:51] 却扔下年轻的母亲让她们去充当爸爸

[00:00:51] And since we all came from a woman

[00:00:52] 但既然我们都来自娘胎

[00:00:52] Got our name from a woman

[00:00:53] 从女人那得到名字

[00:00:53] And our game from a woman

[00:00:55] 从女人那开始我们的人生

[00:00:55] I wonder why we take from our women

[00:00:57] 我就想知道为什么我们还能从女人那进行掠夺

[00:00:57] Why we R**e our women do we hate our women

[00:01:01] 为什么要折磨她们，是因为我们憎恨女性吗？

[00:01:01] I think it's time to k**l for our women

[00:01:03] 我认为是时候为女人们而战了

[00:01:03] Time to heal our women be real to our women

[00:01:06] 是该治愈她们，真诚相对的时候了

[00:01:06] And if we don't we'll have a race of babies

[00:01:09] 如果我们不这么做，就会有一代人

[00:01:09] That will hate the ladies that make the babies

[00:01:12] 去憎恨创造后代的女性

[00:01:12] And since a man can't make one

[00:01:14] 既然男人们并不能创造后代

[00:01:14] He has no right to tell a woman

[00:01:16] 他们就没资格去要求女人

[00:01:16] When and where to create one

[00:01:18] 要在什么时间什么地点生小孩

[00:01:18] So will the real men get up

[00:01:20] 那真正的男人能不能站出来呢

[00:01:20] I know you're fed up ladies but keep ya head up

[00:01:24] 我知道你们已经厌倦了女士们但请你昂起你的头来

[00:01:24] Keep ya head up ooo

[00:01:26] 抬起你的头来

[00:01:26] Child things are gonna get easier

[00:01:29] 孩子，事情会变得容易起来

[00:01:29] Ooo child things are gonna get brighter

[00:01:33] 哦，孩子，事情会变得光明起来

[00:01:33] Keep ya head up ooo

[00:01:36] 抬起你的头来，喔

[00:01:36] Child things are gonna get easier

[00:01:39] 孩子，事情会变得容易起来

[00:01:39] Ooo child things are gonna get brighter

[00:01:45] 哦，孩子，事情会变得光明起来

[00:01:45] Aiyyo I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me

[00:01:48] 哎呀，我记得Marvin Gaye曾向我歌唱

[00:01:48] He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be

[00:01:51] 他让我觉得身为黑人是很自然的事

[00:01:51] And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough

[00:01:53] 突然之间在贫民窟好像也没那么艰难了

[00:01:53] And though we had it rough we always had enough

[00:01:56] 尽管我们过得很苦，但我们知足

[00:01:56] I huffed and puffed about

[00:01:57] 我大力吹嘘着

[00:01:57] My curfew and broke the rules

[00:01:59] 我的宵禁，而我将打破这些陈规旧矩

[00:01:59] Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two

[00:02:02] 与当地帮派混在一起，抽烟

[00:02:02] And I realize momma really paid the price

[00:02:05] 后来我意识到确实是母亲在为这一切付出代价

[00:02:05] She nearly gave her life to raise me right

[00:02:07] 她几乎付出她的生命来教导我是非

[00:02:07] And all I had to give her was my pipe dream

[00:02:10] 而我所能回报给她的却只有这些不找边际的美梦

[00:02:10] Of how I'd rock the mic

[00:02:12] 向她描述我是如何玩转音乐

[00:02:12] And make it to the bright screen

[00:02:13] 如何带着自己的音乐出现在荧屏

[00:02:13] I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents

[00:02:17] 我试着用50美分来赚一美元

[00:02:17] It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent

[00:02:19] 但在守法的同时按时付房租还真难做到

[00:02:19] And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen

[00:02:22] 但最后我拿起纸笔

[00:02:22] I try and find my friends

[00:02:22] 我试着去求助于朋友

[00:02:22] But they're blowin' in the wind

[00:02:25] 但他们也生活艰难

[00:02:25] Last night my buddy lost his whole family

[00:02:27] 昨晚我的一个兄弟失去了他的全部家人

[00:02:27] It's gonna take the man in

[00:02:28] 是时候让内心那个强大的我

[00:02:28] Me to conquer this insanity

[00:02:30] 去征服这一团糟

[00:02:30] It seems tha rain'll never let up

[00:02:32] 雨似乎永远不会停

[00:02:32] I try to keep my head up

[00:02:34] 我努力的抬起头

[00:02:34] And still keep from gettin' wet up

[00:02:36] 但仍想避免不让自己淋湿

[00:02:36] You know it's funny when it rains it pours

[00:02:38] 一下雨就是倾盆大雨还挺好笑的

[00:02:38] They got money for wars but can't feed the poor

[00:02:41] 他们有财力去打仗，却还不能喂饱穷人

[00:02:41] Say there ain't no hope for

[00:02:43] 说年轻人没有希望

[00:02:43] The youth and the truth is

[00:02:45] 事实却是

[00:02:45] It ain't no hope for the future

[00:02:47] 对未来失去信心

[00:02:47] And then they wonder why we crazy

[00:02:49] 他们疑惑我们的疯狂

[00:02:49] I blame my mother for turning

[00:02:51] 我反倒责怪我的母亲

[00:02:51] My brother into a crack baby

[00:02:52] 给了我一个生下来就沾有**的兄弟

[00:02:52] We ain't meant to survive 'coz it's a setup

[00:02:55] 我们本不该活下来，因为一切都已注定

[00:02:55] And even though you're fed up

[00:02:57] 尽管你已受够了

[00:02:57] Huh ya got to keep ya head up

[00:02:58] 哈，你该抬起头来

[00:02:58] Keep ya head up ooo

[00:02:59] 你该抬起头来，喔

[00:02:59] Child things are gonna get easier

[00:03:03] 孩子，事情会变得容易起来

[00:03:03] Ooo child things are gonna get brighter

[00:03:09] 哦，孩子，事情会变得光明起来

[00:03:09] Keep ya head up ooo

[00:03:11] 抬起你的头来，喔

[00:03:11] Child things are gonna get easier

[00:03:15] 孩子，事情会变得容易起来

[00:03:15] Ooo child things are gonna get brighter

[00:03:19] 哦，孩子，事情会变得光明起来

[00:03:19] And uhh

[00:03:20] 而且，呃

[00:03:20] To all the ladies havin' babies on their own

[00:03:22] 给所有独自抚养孩子的妈妈们

[00:03:22] I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone

[00:03:25] 我明白生活很艰难而你们一直很孤单

[00:03:25] Daddy's long gone

[00:03:26] 孩子的父亲早早的离开你们

[00:03:26] And he left you by ya lonesome

[00:03:28] 并把寂寞孤独留给你们

[00:03:28] Thank the Lord for my kids

[00:03:30] 感谢主赐予我我的孩子

[00:03:30] Even if nobody else want 'em

[00:03:32] 即使任何的其他人并不期盼着他们

[00:03:32] 'Coz I think we can make it in fact I'm sure

[00:03:34] 因为我觉得一切会好起来的，事实上。我确信

[00:03:34] And if you fall stand tall and comeback for more

[00:03:37] 如果你跌倒了，爬起来站直了，重头再来，争取更多的

[00:03:37] 'Coz ain't nothin' worse than when your son

[00:03:40] 因为没什么会比你的儿子更糟糕的了

[00:03:40] Wants to know why his daddy

[00:03:41] 想知道

[00:03:41] Don't love him no mo'

[00:03:43] 他的父亲为什么不再爱他了

[00:03:43] You can't complain you was dealt this

[00:03:45] 你无法抱怨，你已身在其中

[00:03:45] Hell of a hand without a man feelin' helpless

[00:03:47] 没有男人来帮你，你会觉得无助

[00:03:47] Because there's too many things

[00:03:49] 因为有太多的事

[00:03:49] For you to deal with

[00:03:50] 需要你去应付

[00:03:50] Dying inside but outside you're looking fearless

[00:03:53] 内心已绝望但你却看起来无所畏惧

[00:03:53] While tears is rollin' down your cheeks

[00:03:56] 当泪水从脸颊落下

[00:03:56] Ya steady hopin' things don't all down this week

[00:03:58] 你还热切地乞求不要整个星期都那么糟糕

[00:03:58] 'Coz if it did you couldn't take it

[00:04:01] 因为如果是这样的话，你将无法承受

[00:04:01] And don't blame me

[00:04:02] 不要责怪我

[00:04:02] I was given this world I didn't make it

[00:04:05] 我是被动地去接受这个世界，并不是我去控制世界

[00:04:05] And now my son's gettin' older

[00:04:06] 现在我的儿子正一天天长大

[00:04:06] And older and cold

[00:04:08] 也变得越来越冷漠

[00:04:08] From havin' the world on his shoulders

[00:04:10] 他也正在被动接受这个世界

[00:04:10] While the rich kids is drivin' Benz

[00:04:12] 当富二代驾驶着奔驰

[00:04:12] I'm still tryin' to hold on to my survivin' friends

[00:04:16] 我仍努力与我的朋友们相互扶持

[00:04:16] And it's crazy it seems it'll never let up

[00:04:19] 一切都太疯狂了，仿佛永远不会结束

[00:04:19] But please you got to

[00:04:24] 但，请抬起你的头来