[Common] [通用]

In the Spirit of God. 在上帝的精神。

In the Spirit of the Ancestors. 在祖先的灵。

In the Spirit of the Black Panthers. 在黑豹的精神。

In the Spirit of Assata Shakur. 在Assata沙库尔的精神。

We make this movement towards freedom 我们朝着这个自由运动

for all those who have been oppressed, and all those in the struggle. 对于所有那些谁一直受压迫，以及所有那些在挣扎。

Yeah. yo, check it- 是啊。哟，检查它 -

   

There were lights and sirens, gunshots firin 有灯和警报器，枪响firin

Cover your eyes as I describe a scene so violent 遮住你的眼睛，我描述了一个场景如此猛烈

Seemed like a bad dream, she laid in a blood puddle 似乎是一个不好的梦，她的血液水坑奠定

Blood bubbled in her chest, cold air brushed against open flesh 冒泡血在她的胸前，冷空气蹭着开肉

No room to rest, pain consumed each breath 无房休息，疼痛消耗每次呼吸

Shot twice wit her hands up 两次射门机智她的手

Police questioned but shot before she answered 警方怀疑，但拍她回答之前，

One Panther lost his life, the other ran for his 一个豹失去了生命，其他的跑了

Scandalous the police were as they kicked and beat her 可耻的民警们，他们又踢又打她

Comprehension she was beyond, tryna hold on 理解她被超越， tryna举行

to life. She thought she'd live with no arm 生活。她以为她会活着，没有手臂

that's what it felt like, got to the hospital, eyes held tight 那是什么感觉，到了医院，举行了紧张的眼睛

They moved her room to room-she could tell by the light 他们搬到她的房间到另一个房间，她可以告诉由光

Handcuffed tight to the bed, through her skin it bit 紧铐在床上，在她的皮肤就咬

Put guns to her head, every word she got hit 把枪到她的头上，每一个字她腹背受敌

"Who shot the trooper?" they asked her “谁拍的士兵？ ”他们问她

Put mace in her eyes, threatened to blast her 把狼牙棒在她眼里，扬言要爆炸了

Her mind raced till things got still 她的脑海里，直到比赛的东西还是得

Opened her eyes, realized she's next to her best friend who got killed 睁开眼睛，发现她的旁边，谁被杀了她最好的朋友

She got chills, they told her: that's where she would be next 她有畏寒，他们告诉她：这就是她会是下一个

Hurt mixed wit anger-survival was a reflex 伤混合机智愤怒生存是一种条件反射

They lied and denied visits from her lawyer 他们撒谎，否认，从她的律师探访

But she was buildin as they tried to destroy her 但她buildin ，他们试图破坏她

If it wasn't for this german nurse they woulda served her worse 如果不是因为这家德国护士，他们的woulda接待她的差

I read this sister's story, knew that it deserved a verse 我读这个姐姐的故事，就知道它值得一首诗

I wonder what would happen if that woulda been me? 我不知道会发生什么，如果是的woulda是我吗？

All this shit so we could be free, so dig it, y'all. 所有这一切，所以我们可以是免费的，所以把它挖出来，你们都。

   

[Cee-lo vocals] [ CEE- LO主唱]

I'm thinkin' of Assata, yes. 我在想 Assata的，是的。

Listen to my Love, Assata, yes. 听我的爱， Assata ，是的。

Your Power and Pride is beautiful. 你的力量和骄傲是美丽的。

May God bless your Soul. 愿上帝保佑你的灵魂。

   

[Common] [通用]

It seemed like the middle of the night when the law awakened her 那好像是半夜当法律唤醒了她

Walkie-talkies cracklin, I see 'em when they takin her 对讲机cracklin ，我看见他们时，他们羚牛她

Though she kinda knew, 虽然她有点知道，

What made the ride peaceful was the trees and the sky was blue 是什么让骑和平是树木和天空是蓝色的

Arrived to Middlesex Prison about six inna morning 抵达米德尔塞克斯监狱大约六上午茵

Uneasy as they pushed her to the second floor in 不安，因为他们把她推到二楼

a cell, one cot, no window, facing hell. 一个单元格， 1婴儿床，没有窗户，面对地狱。

Put in the basement of a prison wit all males 把所有男性监狱机智地库

And the smell of misery, seatless toilets and centipedes 和苦难， seatless厕所和蜈蚣的气味

She'd exercise, (paint?,) and begin to read 她想锻炼身体， （漆？ ），并开始阅读

Two years inna hole. Her soul grew weak 两年茵孔。她的灵魂变得衰弱

Away from people so long she forgot how to speak 离人这么久，她忘了怎么说

She discovered frredom is a unspoken sound 她发现frredom是一种心照不宣的声音

And a wall is a wall and can be broken down 和一个壁是壁和可细分

Found peace in the Panthers she went on trial with 在黑豹她去试训找到和平

One of the brothers she had a child with 其中一个兄弟她有一个孩子

The foulness they would feed her, hopin she's lose her seed 他们会喂她的卑鄙，河滨她失去了她的种子

Held tight, knowing the fight would live through this seed 召开紧，知道斗争将度过种子

In need of a doctor, from her stomach she's bleed 有需要的医生，从她的肚子，她的出血

Out of this situation a girl was conceived 摆脱这种局面女孩被设想

Separated from her, left to mother the Revolution 从她分居，留给母亲的革命

And lactated to attack hate 和乳酸攻击仇恨

Cause federal and state was built for a Black fate 引起联邦及州建一个黑色的命运

Her emptiness was filled with beatings and court dates 她的空虚充满了殴打和法院日期

They fabricated cases, hoping one would stick 他们编造的情况下，希望一会坚持

And said she robbed places that didn't exist 并说她抢不存在的地方

In the midst of threats on her life and being caged with Aryan whites 在她的生命的威胁之中，并正在同笼雅利安白人

Through dark halls of hate she carried the light 通过仇恨黑暗的大厅，她所携带的光

I wonder what would happen if that woulda been me? 我不知道会发生什么，如果是的woulda是我吗？

All of this shit so we could be free. 所有这一切，所以我们可以自由了。

Yeah, I often wonder what would happen if that woulda been me? 是啊，我常常不知道会发生什么，如果是的woulda我吗？

All of this shit so we could be free, so dig it, people- 所有这一切，所以我们可以免费的，所以把它挖出来，以人为

   

[Cee-Lo] [ CEE-罗]

I'm thinkin' of Assata, yeah. 我在想Assata的“ ，是的。

Listen to my Love, Assata, yeah. 听我的爱， Assata ，是的。

Your Power and Pride, so Beautiful... 你的力量和骄傲，太美了...

May God bless your Soul. 愿上帝保佑你的灵魂。

Oooh. 哦。

   

[Common] [通用]

Yo 哟

From North Carolina her grandmother would bring 来自北卡罗莱纳州的奶奶会带来

news that she had had a dream 有消息称，她做了一个梦

Her dreams always meant what they needed them to mean 她的梦想总是意味着什么，他们需要他们的意思

What made them real was the action in between 是什么让他们真正的是与行动

She dreamt that Assata was free in they old house in Queens 她梦见Assata是免费的，他们的老房子在皇后区

The fact that they always came true was the thing 他们总是实现了事实是事情

Assata had been convicted of a murder she couldna done Assata已被定罪的一宗谋杀案，她couldna做起来难

Medical evidence shown she couldna shot the gun 如图医学证据，她couldna拍摄的枪

It's time for her to see the sun from the other side 现在是时候让她看到太阳从另一面

Time for her daughter to be by her mother's side 要在她母亲身边时，她的女儿

Time for this Beautiful Woman to become soft again 时间在这个美丽的女人再次变软

Time for her to breathe, and not be told how or when 时间陪伴她的呼吸，而不是被告知如何或何时

She untangled the chains and escaped the pain 她解开铁链，并逃脱了痛苦

How she broke out of prison I could never explain 她是如何爆发的监狱我永远无法解释

And even to this day they try to get to her 即使到了今天，他们试图让她

but she's free with political asylum in Cuba. 但她是免费的，在古巴的政治庇护​​。

   

[Cee-Lo vocals] [ CEE-罗的唱功]

I'm thinkin' of Assata, yeah. 我在想Assata的“ ，是的。

Listen to my Love, Assata, yeah. 听我的爱， Assata ，是的。

We're molded from the same mud, Assata. 我们来自同一个泥， Assata成型。

We share the same Blood, Assata, yeah. 我们有着相同的血液， Assata ，是的。

Your Power and Pride, so Beautiful... 你的力量和骄傲，太美了...

May God bless your Soul. 愿上帝保佑你的灵魂。

Your Power and Pride, so Beautiful... 你的力量和骄傲，太美了...

May God bless your Soul. 愿上帝保佑你的灵魂。

Oooh. 哦。

   

[Assata] [ Assata ]

Freedom! You askin me about freedom. Askin me about freedom? 自由！你地问我关于自由。地问我关于自由？

I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't 我会跟你说实话。我知道一个整体更多的自由是不

than about what it is, cause I've never been free. 不是它是什么，因为我从来没有免费的。

I can only share my vision with you of the future, about what freedom is. 我只能跟大家分享未来的我的视野，关于自由是什么。

Uhh, the way I see it, freedom is-- is the right to grow, is the right to 呃，我看到它的样子，自由is--是发展权，是正确的

blossom. 开花。

Freedom is -is the right to be yourself, to be who you are, 自由是-is正确的是你自己，是你是谁，

to be who you wanna be, to do what you wanna do. [fade out] 成为你想成为谁，做你想做的事。 [淡出]